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Gay film festival concludes

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 13, 2005

The 16th annual Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival continues tonight through Sunday, with most films screening at Tampa Theatre downtown, and one show Friday and Saturday evenings only at Sunrise Cinemas in Old Hyde Park.

Closing weekend activities also include the Frisky Friday festivities at the Sheraton Riverwalk Hotel on Ashley Street. Tickets are $15 at the door for the 9 p.m. event. At 11 p.m., a special Yacht StarShip cruise from Channelside includes music and dancing for $30 per person.

Film highlights include:

5:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre. The Southeastern U.S. premiere of Both, about a Peruvian immigrant in California who was born as a hermaphrodite and must decide which gender to adopt surgically.

7:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre. Butterfly, a lesbian romance, won the best new artist prize at the Hong Kong Film festival.

9:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre. Cinematographer Thom Best (Queer as Folk) makes his directorial debut with Ice Men, in which five men and one's ex-wife share a revelatory winter weekend.

5:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre. The Florida premiere of Take a Deep Breath, a sexy lesbian melodrama from Serbia & Montenegro, preceded by the short Stuck, winner of four awards at London's gay and lesbian film festival.

7:15 p.m., Sunrise Cinemas. An all-gay soccer team challenges a defiantly straight squad in the comedy Guys and Balls.

7:20 p.m., Tampa Theatre. Desiree Lim's Canadian comedy Floored by Love, preceded by short films Song of the Lesbian Pirates and Getting to Know You.

9:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre. Argentina's A Year Without Love focuses on an HIV-positive man who twists his condition into a bondage fetish.

11:50 p.m., Tampa Theatre. The Nomi Song chronicles the life of German performance artist Klaus Nomi, part of Andy Warhol's New Wave scene.

12:30 p.m. Tampa Theatre. The topic of transgender equality is raised in two documentaries, Norway's 100% Human and the Canadian film 100% Woman.

3 p.m., Tampa Theatre. "Reel Hot Women," a program of six lesbian-themed short films.

5:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre. "Length Doesn't Matter," an 8-film assortment of gay comedy, romance and politics.

7:45 p.m., Tampa Theatre. Ryan Shiraki's Freshman Orientation, a college campus comedy.

7:45 p.m., Sunrise Cinemas. A woman is kidnapped by teenage drifters in Canada's Show Me.

9:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre. Joseph Lovett's documentary Gay Sex in the 70s.

11:15 p.m., Tampa Theatre. From Switzerland comes Garcon Stupide, in which a young chocolate factory worker falls in love with an older man.

1 p.m., Tampa Theatre. Sarasota filmmaker Tom Murray will introduce his documentary Fish Can't Fly, exploring gay life and religious faith.

3 p.m., Tampa Theatre. El Favor is an Almodovar-style farce about two lesbians determined to have a baby.

5 p.m., Tampa Theatre. Sandra Oh (Sideways) stars in Wilby Wonderful, a Canadian ensemble comedy.

7:30 p.m., Tampa Theatre. The festival concludes with Adam & Steve, a throwback to 1980s gay culture. Parker Posey and former Saturday Night Live performer Chris Kattan co-star.

PREVIEW: Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival concludes Sunday. Full event and screening schedule at www.pridefilmfest.com or call 813 879-4220. Screenings are listed on Page XX of Weekend, and daily in Floridian. Screenings are $9 per film or 6 films for $49. Some films sell out; call for availability.

[Last modified October 12, 2005, 10:18:06]