Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival 2009

Amancio Corrales was well known in clubs throughout the Southwest for his drag perfomances. Amancio was dressed as a woman the night he was murdered. Yuma authorities let the investigation become a cold case that would never have been solved. Michael Baughman, without ever knowing Amancio, kept the story alive in the media and in the minds of reluctant law enforcement. Three years after his murder this film explores Amancio's memory through eyes of his family, friends, and a very important stranger. - Stephanie Hanna-Chambers

Playboy Jin-hyeok is opening a bakery in a renovated antique shop and hires Seun-woo, an old classmate and Korea's most desired pastry chef, to ensure his shop's success. But can anything but drama ensue after the womanizing Jin-hyeuk publicly spurned and humiliated the irresistible Seun-woo, who professed his love for Jin-hyeuk in high school? Sexual tension runs thick and the musical numbers campy, as Seun-woo's ex-boyfriend returns and Jin-hyeok's true intentions for opening the shop become clear. Based on the Japanese Manga, Antique Bakery, this Korean smash hit weaves a tasty tale of love, sweets, and intrigue. - Frank Hui

The story of a unique fundraising event benefiting Austinites suffering HIV/AIDS. - Deb Bryan

Do Athena and Lilith need men for anything? Up until now, just one thing; but that may be changing due to an amazing stem-cell-inspired medical breakthrough. Now it seems that getting pregnant might be the easiest part. Breaking the news to the family, however, is harder than ever. Athena's religious, right-wing mother, wavers between total denial and going through the roof. Her father seems dumbfounded. Grandma Kate accepts the news with quips of humor, bits of wisdom and nips of Scotch. Even Lilith's gay dads have some growing up of their own to do. The Baby Formula is a tale of love, acceptance, and family at its most unconventional. - Deb Bryan

Love at first sight hits Marcel and Kyle - HARD. In order to stay in the US with Kyle, the French-born Marcel marries their lesbian friend Sarah. Together they can overcome any obstacle, hurdle any barrier. They will go to any length to stay together. But when Kyle's sister April, a former transgender prostitute, moves in while trying to get her life back on track, she takes a quick dislike to Marcel and methodically drips poison into their happiness. Marcel sees a conniving woman with a not-so-hidden agenda, while Kyle only sees his sister - in need. This once-perfect couple falls headlong into possessiveness, jealousy and rage; trapped in the tangled emotions found in that space between love and goodbye. - Deb Bryan

He's bi. No, really. He's not gay. And he's not just trying to convince himself, he's really bi… You know what? Just let him show you in this back-to-back date gone completely awry. - Cody Melcher

Life imitates art in this musical comedy of love and acceptance. Paul and Eddie are stage actors performing in Adam and Steve, Just the Way God made 'em. During rehearsals, their personal lives come to mimic the story of their on-stage characters as Paul searches for that one true love and Eddie seeks acceptance from his conservative parents. Featuring half-naked dancing angels, a singing deity, and songs such as "God Loves Gays" and "I Wanna Be a Slut", this movie is sure to please. Or put another way...It's big. It's gay. It's a musical. And it has Brent Corrigan. How can you go wrong? – Glenn Doonan

Forrest and his best friend, who he once beat up in high school for taking advantage of him, discover that the romantic connection between two people doesn't always fit easily into categories, and sometimes defies labeling all together. - Robert Boone and Frank Hui