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Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival schedule
[Photos: Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival]
‘Karmen Gei’ |
By Times staff
© St. Petersburg Times
published October 3, 2002
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Straight to the top
When board members of the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival hired Margaret Murray as executive director, her sexual orientation was not a factor. |
Today through Oct. 13. Tickets are $7.50 per event; $38 for six; $100 for a Crown Circle Pass (admission to all events and screenings plus complimentary beverage in lounge before each screening). Tickets and information available online at www.pridefilmfest.com; tickets by phone at (813) 879-4220 or at the Tampa Theatre box office. Unless otherwise noted, all events are at the Tampa Theatre, 711 Franklin St., Tampa. Other venues are TECO Plaza (across the street from Tampa Theatre) and Centro Ybor Muvico Theaters, on Seventh Avenue in Ybor City.
TODAY
‘Notorious C.H.O.’
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6 p.m. Opening Night Party, TECO Plaza, $6.
8 p.m. Notorious C.H.O. (2002) (95 min.) Margaret Cho, TV's All American Girl, continues her crusade against hang-ups with this, her second concert film. The Los Angeles Times wrote: "Cho understands that sex is politics, that sexual freedom presupposes the notion of a free society, and she therefore doesn't have to preach but merely attack prudery with all the seemingly limitless wit at her command. She also has some hard-won observations on negative body images, and no Cho show would be complete without her loving spoofs of her mother."
FRIDAY
7 p.m. By Hook or By Crook (2001) (98 min.) Author, director and Tribe 8 founder Silas Howard plays a lesbian from a small town who heads to the big city for a life of crime, meeting her match (performance artist Harry Dodge) along the way.
9 p.m. The Trip (2002) (95 min.) Love story between a gay activist and a young Republican, set against a decade of gay political struggle.
11 p.m. Webcam Boys (2001) (60 min.) Documentary on Web-based sex sites and those who occupy them.
SATURDAY
12:30 p.m. Panel discussion: Filmmaking Through the Ages, with visiting directors discussing how they made their films.
2 p.m. Karmen Gei (2000) (86 min.) This Senegalese remake of Bizet's Carmen is set at a women's prison on Goree Island, the African slave portal.
3:45 p.m. Real Family Values (short documentaries): Some Real Heat, Family Values, The Last Day of November.
5:30 p.m. It's Our Look and We're Sticking To It (shorts): Your Better Butch Fashion, Size 'Em Up, American Mullet, Lesbian Fashion?, She Wears Cufflinks, Butch Spa Day.
8 p.m. Venus Boyz (2002) (102 min.) Documentary on New York's Club Casanova, the city's first drag king meeting place.
10:30 p.m. Circuit (2001) (120 min.) Director Dirk Shafer (who will attend the screening) tells the tale of a small-town cop who heads to West Hollywood's gay party circuit.
SUNDAY
11 a.m. Not For Adults (shorts): Gay Life for Beginners, Backseat Detour, Sailor Moon, Pedro&Tony, Temporarily Insane, Blue Haven, Target Audience, Going West.
1:30 p.m. Sir: Just a Normal Guy (2001) (57 min) Documents the 15-month transition of a woman into a man. With Transjan, short on transition of Tampa transgender activist Janice Josephine Carney, who will participate in a Q&A.
3 p.m. Georgie Girl (2001) (70 min.) Not to be confused with the Lynn Redgrave film of a similar name, this is the tale of Georgina Beyer, said to be the first transsexual in the world elected to national office (New Zealand's parliament).
4 p.m. Food of Love (at Centro Ybor Muvico) (2002) (105 min.) Comedy of manners about a young pianist who embarks on an affair with his musical idol.
5 p.m. Here's Looking At You, Kid (shorts): Aaron Brockovich, Good Fagiolas, Reservoir Dykes, Taxi Lesbian, The Gay Graduate, Angels Out of the Closet, Jeffrey's Hollywood Screen Trick, Jan Michael Vincent is My Muse, Little Tommy Goodwilly.
‘Memento Mori’
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6:30 p.m. Memento Mori (1999) (97 min.) (Korean with English subtitles) The first gay film from Korea got its love affair past censors by disguising it as a horror movie set in a Korean girls' school.
8:45 p.m. Borstal Boy (2000) (98 min.) Irish literary lion Brendan Behan is the subject of this sexual and intellectual coming-of-age film, set mostly in the reform school where Behan was sent after his arrest on political terrorism charges.
MONDAY
5 p.m. Ke Kulana He Mahu: Remembering a Sense of Place (2001) (67 min.) Documentary about the Mahu (transgendered people) of Hawaii, a group that was once accepted but now is marginalized in modern culture.
6:45 p.m. P.S. Your Cat Is Dead (2002) (92 min.) Actor Steve Gutenberg wrote, directed and stars in this black comedy based on the cult novel by James Kirkwood.
7:30 p.m. Girls Can't Swim (at Centro Ybor Muvico) (2000) (101 min.) Two teenage girlfriends await their usual summer reunion, but the death of one girl's father and their conflicting sexual longings complicate matters.
8:45 p.m. Days (Giorni) (2001) (80 min.) Italian film about an HIV-positive bank manager in a long-term relationship who embarks on an affair with a younger man.
TUESDAY
6:45 p.m. Cockettes (2001) (100 min.) Documentary on the gender-bending show troupe that was the toast of San Francisco in the late '60s and 70s, and influenced glam rockers such as David Bowie and Alice Cooper.
7:30 p.m. Revolutionary Girl Utena (at Centro Ybor Muvico) (87 min.) Anime fantasy about a young girl who wants to be a prince, but not necessarily a boy.
8:45 p.m. Friends and Family (2000) (87 min.) Described as a cross between La Cage aux Folles and The Sopranos, this comedy revolves around two gay men who are bodyguards for a ruthless Mafia don.
WEDNESDAY
‘Claire’
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8 p.m. Claire (2001) (57 min.) Based on a Japanese fairy tale, this silent movie was filmed with a vintage 1920s hand-cranked camera. The score will be performed live by a chamber orchestra of local musicians. Composer Ann Richardson will conduct the orchestra, and director Milford Thomas will attend the screening.
OCT. 10
7 p.m. Sugar Sweet (2001) (67 min.) Drama about young urban lesbians in modern Japan.
8:45 p.m. Lianna (1983) (111 min.) Writer-director John Sayles' tale of a young woman's sexual awakening.
OCT. 11
6:45 p.m. Lan Yu (2001) (86 min.) Steamy melodrama about a romance between a businessman and a student, set in modern China.
9 p.m. Guardian of the Frontier (2001) (100 min.) In this, the first Slovenian feature film directed by a woman, three young women embark on a canoe trip that evolves into a psychological drama as their relationship deteriorates.
11 p.m. When Boys Fly (2001) (62 min.) Nonfiction account of the circuit party scene in California.
OCT. 12
11 a.m. Novela, Novela (2002) (70 min.) Goes behind the scenes of Sexto Sentido, a socially conscious telenovela produced by feminist Nicaraguans.
12:15 p.m. Love In All The Wrong Places (shorts): Out In the Open, Doors Cut Down, Historia de Amor en El Bano Publico, Baby Blue, Boyfriend, Coffee, Desserts, Lightfair.
2:30 p.m. Fun in Girls' Shorts: Ladies Tea, Lesbians Watching Straight Porn, Master Libation, Bar Talk, On Becoming A Woman, Interviews With My Next Girlfriend.
4:30 p.m. Group (2002) (106 min.) Seattle-based filmmakers Anne de Marcken and Marilyn Freeman (who will hold a Q&A after the screening), inspired by their own experiences, produced this tale of eight women in a "queer-friendly" support group. Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein plays one of the participants.
‘A Family affair’
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‘The Business of Fancy Dancing’
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6:30 p.m. A Family Affair (2001) (108 min.) A woman dumped by her lover (Michele Greene of TV's L.A. Law) flees New York for California and the comfort of her Jewish mother, who fixes her up with her next Ms. Right.
9 p.m. The Business of Fancy Dancing (2002) (86 min.) American Indian poet and author Sherman Alexie, acclaimed for his 1998 feature Smoke Signals, is back with the tale of a gay man in Seattle who returns home to the Spokane Indian Reservation after a childhood friend dies. Star Evan Adams will hold a Q&A after the screening.
11 p.m. Luster (2002) (90 min.) Black comedy about the decadent lives of 20-somethings in Los Angeles.
OCT. 13
11 a.m. The Last Year (at TECO Plaza) (2002) (108 min.) A Bible college student overcomes parental, peer and academic pressure to be true to his sexuality.
Noon. Oliver Button is a Star (2001) (56 min.) Family-friendly exploration of bullying, tolerance and children's gender differences.
1 p.m. Queercore (at TECO Plaza) (2002) (25 min.) Documentary about the underground scene. With Skin (2002) (47 min.), documentary on a gay skinhead in Austin, Texas.
1:30 p.m. Daddy & Papa (2002) (60 min.) Gay filmmaker Johnny Symons' account of his and his partner's decision to become parents.
2:30 p.m. Concert: Crescendo/Gay Men's Chorus.
3 p.m. Kali's Vibe (at TECO Plaza) (2002) (93 min.) A woman struggles with the realization that she loves men and women.
‘Ruthie and Connie’
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5 p.m.: Ruthie and Connie (2002) (56 min.) Documentary on two Jewish grandmothers (who will hold a Q&A after the screening) from Brooklyn whose relationship as neighbors grew into something much deeper.
5 p.m. Panel Discussion: Young Voices, New Solutions (at TECO plaza). Activists discuss how to make your voice heard.
6:30 p.m. Finding Yourself (at TECO Plaza): 21 (2002) (50 min.) A 15-year-old lesbian struggles with suburban life and her dysfunctional family. With Pretty Ladies: A Super 8 Explosion (2002) (30 min.).
'All The Queen’s Men'
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7:30 p.m. All The Queen's Men. (2001) (105 min.) Matt LeBlanc of TV's Friends stars in a World War II-era farce described as a cross between Some Like It Hot and The Guns of Navarone.
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