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Twenty One and Going Strong THE ROCHESTER LGBT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL 274 North Goodman Street, Suite A203 Rochester, NY 14607 PHONE: 585.271.2640 EMAIL:

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elcome to the 21st edition of ImageOut, Rochester’s fabulous LGBT Film Festival!! It’s a coming of age year for our organization, with the culmination of our three year strategic plan, personified by the hiring of John C. Williams as our first Development Director and only our second staff person. This hire and the overall planning process are meant to ensure the long-term viability of ImageOut and the continuation of our mission to build community around LGBT Film, Art, and Culture. Looking forward, it’s an exciting and at the same time difficult time of change in cinema. Digital distribution and projection is becoming the norm, at considerable expense to our partner theaters. At the same time the pipeline for independent filmmakers to distribute their work is branching into TV, DVD, and online, in turn challenging annual festivals like ours to bring you the best content before it is pulled from the festival circuit. ImageOut will continue to navigate these changes and adapt so as to keep meeting the community’s need for a shared-space to appreciate together these movies that explore LGBT life and experience. oving to the future, we must acknowledge the past and the many people that worked hard to get us where we are today. This year is also the 40th anniversary of the Gay Alliance of the Genesee Valley, which helped launch ImageOut in the 1990s. We are thrilled to have the World Premiere of Shoulders To Stand On, an amazing film project that documents the LGBT History of Rochester, including interviews with many of the remarkable people involved in the struggle for equality over these past four decades. In order to make it easier for the next generation of moviegoers to access the festival, we’ve revamped our student discount program to include all of you 24 and under. Young adults as well as seniors can enjoy the $2 in-person discount for most programs. Not only that, there are pre-Festival discounts for everybody. so make sure you get your tickets to the hottest screenings early, before they sell out. We hope you’ll peruse the pages of this program and find the screenings that speak to you. We very much look forward to seeing you at the movies!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Paul Allen

Adrienne Ehrlich

Nancy Brown Jeffrey Couglar Brad Craddock

Michael Gamilla Marcus Kroll Annette Miller

Chair

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Secretary

Treasurer

Joe McCrank Deb Oppenheimer KaeLyn Rich Doug Schacht

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PROGRAMMER’S MESSAGE

Minority Report: The Year of the Invisibles Every year, there are a few weeks in July and August when I just disappear from the social scene. And when I do surface back up for air, I may seem frustrated, cranky, and, at times, desperate. That’s when you know I am neck-deep in ImageOut programming. This is year 11 for me, so one would think it gets easier. Yet every season brings different challenges, which really just make my job even more interesting and exciting. This year is no different.

ur impressive lineup of 63 narrative and documentary films, in short and featurelength forms, is truly a labor of love. With films coming from 21 different countries, including ones like Cuba and Nepal whose LGBT communities we rarely get a glimpse of, it is like bringing the world to Rochester. So what’s so special about this collection? This is the year of the “invisibles.” Many of our LGBT brothers and sisters, who have been previously underrepresented on the silver screen, are on full display in many of our films, sharing their touching, inspiring, and entertaining stories. Proving that bisexuals are more than just a myth, they show their true colors in our Opening Night film, Germany’s Free Fall, as well in Cuba’s The Last Match and the UK’s Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth. We have featured amazing films about trans women in the past but we don’t luck

out as much when it comes to finding films about trans men. That was then. Wait till you see the revealing stories of porn star Buck Angel (Mr. Angel) and funny man Ian Harvie (Ian Harvie Superhero). s in past years, a good number of important and strong supporting characters of different ethnic minorities are featured in many of the films. But they also now take center stage as lead protagonists in USA’s The Happy Sad, Philippines’ Bwakaw, Taiwan’s Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, and Nepal’s Soongava: Dance of the Orchids; as well as subjects of documentaries like Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth, The New Black and our Archive Night selection, Portrait of Jason. Our LGBT elders are also making sure that we don’t forget about them as they take unforgettable turns in the touching and insightful documentary Before You Know It, as well as in Bwakaw and Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth.

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It’s also fascinating that 11 of the 38 feature films in the lineup are by women filmmakers. Their films even handle some of the more seriously heavy and sometimes controversial topics such as homeless LGBT youth (Denmark/Finland’s American Vagabond), a murderous teen (Valentine Road), a gay Catholic priest (Poland’s In the Name Of), desperate drug addicts (Meth Head), and a crime-thriller full of twists and turns (Breaking the Girls). It’s another breakout year for female directors. People always ask me: “Which films should I see?” My best advice to anyone is to be bold and be adventurous in your movie choices. You are bound to find a lot of things you like in the lineup. But challenge yourself in seeing films that may take you out of your comfort zone. Chances are your will never get those opportunities again outside of ImageOut. See you at the movies! ~ Michael Gamilla Chair, Programming Committee

> Next Generation Series

You Make It Better It gets better. This is the mantra that we keep telling our LGBT youth who feel alone, bullied, and marginalized, to help them get through their turbulent teen years and to give them hope. Yet if one were in the receiving end of this advice, wouldn’t one automatically wonder “When?” and “How?” It is important to let LGBT youth and young adults realize that they are a part of the process of making things better for themselves and others like them; that they too can make a difference and be a part of the solution. The films in our Next Generation Series can hopefully guide, inspire, and empower the young and the old alike. YOU make it better. Before You Know It proves that we can learn a lot from the wisdom and experiences of our LGBT elders. This documentary underlines that coming out and seeking acceptance is a continuing process. The New Black stresses the importance of vigilance and activism to further our causes, and that support can always be found in our communities if we look hard enough. Ian Harvey Superhero inspires with laughter. Sometimes, we just need to relax and learn to enjoy life and our diverse experiences. But we cannot be too complacent either. Valentine Road reminds us that many young lives are still lost due to people’s ignorance and homophobia. Geography Club and Monster Pies are a reminder that happiness is not always about gaining the approval and acceptance of those around us, or winning the heart of the cutest boy or girl. But it is always about being able to love yourself for who you are. American Vagabond highlights the importance of family and a strong support system, wherever we can find them. As always, all programs in this series are free to anyone under the age of 21. Tickets can be obtained during advance ticket sales at in-person sales only and at the box office before each screening. Please be prepared to show proper ID. Are you a young Rochester-area film lover who can attend regular meetings and watch oodles of movies? ImageOut is always looking for enthusiastic Youth Programmers to help select films for next year’s Festival. For more information, catch one of the volunteers at the festival, or shoot us an email at office@imageout.org. ~M ichael Gamilla Chair, ImageOut Programming Committee

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Program 5 Monster Pies Saturday, Oct. 12 1:45pm Dryden Theatre

Program 12 Before You Know It Sunday, Oct. 13 12:30pm Little Theatre 1

Program 14 The New Black Sunday, Oct. 13 3:15pm Little Theatre 1

Program 26 Ian Harvie Superhero

Wednesday, Oct. 16 6:30pm Ingle Aud. (RIT)

Program 28 Valentine Road Wednesday, Oct. 16 9:00pm Ingle Aud. (RIT)

Program 38 Geography Club Sunday, Oct. 20 12:45pm Little Theatre 1

Program 39 American Vagabond Sunday, Oct. 20 3:00pm Little Theatre 1

ImageOut There! Series

Program 17 In The Name Of

Program 21 Meth Head

Dark Matters e in the LGBT community have claimed the bright and happy colors of the rainbow as our own, with them adorning every stripe of the flag that has become our universal and most recognizable symbol. But even rainbow colors come in darker shades. The 2013 ImageOut There! selections acknowledge that LGBT folks are just like other human beings: capable of committing mistakes, of giving in to moments of weakness, and of being evil. Not only can we throw shade, but we too have a dark side. In the Name Of portrays a gay priest struggling with his sexuality and carnal desires while holding on to his faith and vocation. It opens up the discussion for the always-controversial issues of sexual abuse and pedophilia within the Catholic Church. The surprise ending can only be described as either genius or a head-scratcher. Meth Head takes us into the deep bowels of methamphetamine addiction and the harrowing destruction it casts upon its victims and their loved ones. Even though substance abuse does not discriminate, the gay community has always been thought of as a more vulnerable target given the (wrong) perception that we all love wild circuit parties. Stranger by the Lake exposes and highlights the games gay men play when it comes to sexual promiscuity and anonymous sex. But when these encounters turn deadly, the film’s “out there” factor just gets cranked up. Be warned of explicit sexual situations throughout the movie. Breaking the Girls is a smartly written, albeit familiar, crime-thriller that happens to have lesbian and bisexual women as protagonists. This may not be shocking to many people but for some, portraying lesbians as nothing but conniving and murderous criminals can be offensive. Let this classification serve as a warning. I’m A Porn Star tackles a topic that is frowned upon in public but heavily enjoyed in private. Pornography will always offend people. Just ask a few teachers and public figures who lost their jobs. ~M ichael Gamilla Chair, ImageOut Programming Committee

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Sunday, Oct. 13 6:15pm Dryden Theatre

Monday, Oct. 14 9:15pm Little Theatre 1

Program 27 Stranger By The Lake

Wednesday, Oct. 16 9:00pm Little Theatre 1

Program 31 Breaking The Girls Friday, Oct. 18 6:00pm Little Theatre 1

Program 33 I’m A Porn Star Friday, Oct. 18 10:45pm Little Theatre 1

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ImageOutreach: Making ImageOut Accessible

Young Adults

To encourage young adults (24 and under) to attend ImageOut a $2 discount is available to many of the films shown during the Festival. Individual purchases must be made at in-person advance ticket sales or at the theater box offices with a valid photo ID. We also offer a Liaison Program to work with area students who help others learn about the Festival. There is also a college internship allowing a student to work with ImageOut to manage and implement various projects. Requests for group tickets may be ordered in advance by contacting the ImageOut office but must be received no later than Friday, October 4, 2013.

ImageOut believes everyone should have the opportunity to be part of the larger LGBT community regardless of age, financial need or disability. Our goal is to reach more people every year. Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Please use the relay service at 1-800-662-1220 to order tickets by phone (for your reference the ImageOut office phone number is 585-271-2640). From our beginning 20 years ago, ImageOut programs have provided sign language interpreting whenever requested. Interpreting for Festival films is available only upon request during advance ticket sales (prior to 5:00pm Friday, October 4th) to guarantee that an interpreter can be present and prepared. Films that will be interpreted will be noted on the Festival Schedule page at www.imageout.org.

Seniors

As appreciation for their role in the community, and to encourage further participation in the festival, a $2 discount is available to individuals over the age of 65 for many films shown during the Festival. Individual purchases must be made at inperson advance ticket sales or at the theater box offices with a valid photo ID.

Community Partners

ImageOutreach connects our patrons to greater Rochester community – arts and media organizations, social clubs, volunteer groups, churches, and health care facilities – that speak to their interests. Read about our Community Partners in this program guide, and consider joining and supporting our local LGBT-friendly

Wheelchair Accessibility

ImageOut venues (Little Theatre, Dryden Theatre, and Ingle Auditorium at RIT) are wheelchair accessible. The Little Theatre provides a limited number of wheelchair accessible seats; additional accessible seating is available upon request during the advance ticket sales period prior to 5:00pm Friday, October 4th to ensure adequate seating arrangements.

You Can Help

Free or Discounted Tickets

If you or someone you know could benefit from these programs, call (585) 271-2640 or email office@imageout.org. If you can help defray the costs of these programs, add money on to your ticket order and earmark the funds for ImageOutreach, visit www.imageout.org/outreach.htm or send a check marked “Outreach” to ImageOut, 274 North Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14607. Thank you!

ImageOutreach provides tickets to human service organizations and individuals of limited financial means. Two tickets per eligible film with a maximum of ten tickets will be allotted for requests made by individuals. Individual and requests from organizations must be made by October 4, 2013.

Next Generation Film Series

Devoted to films by, for, and about LGBT youth. Youth are invited and encouraged to participate in film selection, so that the films we show are relevant to the issues, concerns, and experiences of today’s LGBT youth. Tickets are free to all Next Generation Series films for anyone under 21. Page 5

ImageArt presents visual and literary arts events in support of ImageOut’s mission to promote awareness, foster dialogue, and build community. In the past we’ve administered juried exhibitions unique to Western New York presenting the work of LGBTQ artists, facilitated open-mic readings and published a catalogue promoting the work of presenting artists and poets. Last year in celebration of ImageOut’s twenty-year anniversary, ImageArt mounted an invitational exhibition of twenty artworks addressing LGBTQ themes selected from past winners of the juried exhibitions. In addition ImageArt held its third annual benefit show and sale of original postcardsize artwork on paper by established, emerging, and aspiring artists.

ImageArt returns for its fourteenth annual exhibition focusing on the timely topic of marriage equality. The exhibition aims to represent the diversity and weight behind the word “marriage” addressing multiple points of view.

The exhibition opens at Visual Studies Workshop’s Bookstore Gallery located at 31 Prince Street, Rochester, New York on Friday, October 4, 2013 with an opening reception for the public from 6:00-9:00 pm. Please join us for refreshments, art, and the opportunity to visit with some of the artists. The show will continue through Saturday, October 26, 2013 as part of ImageOut’s 21st Annual Festival. Accompanying the exhibition, ImageArt and Visual Studies Workshop have organized a panel discussion addressing marriage equality and the role of activism in art led by moderator Dr. Jonathan Katz. Visual and cultural theorist Dr. Douglas Crimp, artist Scott McCarney, and activists Anne Tischer and Bess Watts will join the discussion. The panel discussion will be held October 25, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at Visual Studies Workshop and is free and open to the public.

ImageArt i do!? Exhibition October 4 - 26, 2013 Visual Studies Workshop

31 Prince St., Rochester, NY 14607 For gallery hours please visit www.ImageOut.org

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Wish You Were Queer 4! ImageArt invites you to our fourth annual benefit show and sale of original postcard-size artwork on paper by established, emerging, and aspiring artists. Artwork is displayed anonymously with the artist’s name revealed upon sale of the work. All works are sold on a first-come, first-served basis at $10 each. The exhibition and sale will be held at the Visual Studies Workshop in tandem with i do!?. All proceeds from the sale of cards will benefit the programming of ImageOut and ImageArt.

ImageArt Would Like To Thank ImageArt Jury

ImageArt Panel Discussion

Jamie Allen Joe Ziolkowski John C. Williams Gerald Meade

Douglas Crimp Jonathan Katz Scott McCarney Anne Tischer Bess Watts

ImageArt Jury Hosts

John Kinnicutt Randall Cook

THE 12TH ANNUAL AUDIENCE AWARDS

ImageOut Film & Video Awards ImageOut celebrates independent filmmakers with the annual Audience Awards sponsored by the ImageOut Board of Directors.

2012 ImageOut Audience Awards: Best Independent Narrative Feature Film Melting Away (Namess Baâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;geshem) Directed by Doron Eran

The ImageOut Award for Best Independent Narrative Feature Film The ImageOut Award for Best Independent Documentary Feature Film

Flower City Flicks

Best Independent Documentary Feature I Stand Corrected Directed by Andrea Meyerson

The ImageOut Award for Best Independent Short Film

You Are The Jury! Winners are selected by your votes on ballots provided at every screening. Audience recognition beyond applause is very important to filmmakers. Awards make a difference when filmmakers apply for grants/funding, submit to other film festivals, and seek distribution for their work. Help us support our filmmakers!

Best Independent Short Film Tsuyako Directed by Mitsuyo Miyazaki

ImageOut showcases the creativity of area filmmakers through the Flower City Flicks Film Program. This year we showcase Shoulders To Stand On to be screened on Saturday, October 12.

The Mary Elizabeth Knight Flower City Flicks Fund Mary Elizabeth Knight was a long-time supporter of ImageOut and fan of Flower City Flicks. In her memory and to honor her loyalty toward ImageOut, her friends, after conversations with her husband Clem, a loyal ImageOut supporter himself, started the Fund. ImageOut is grateful to these individuals and for the years of assistance provided by Clem and Mary Elizabeth Knight. We are pleased for the opportunity to offer this award as a tribute to Mary Elizabeth. Please consider making a donation to the Fund in memory of Mary Elizabeth Knight by sending a contribution to the ImageOut office with a note designating the money for this Fund. Special thanks for the generous 2013 donation to the Mary Elizabeth Knight Fund from: Chuck Lundeen and John Williams

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Join the Party at 140 Alex

The Opening Night Fun Continues at

The party starts at 9:00pm

444 Central Avenue, Rochester NY 14605

Tilt Night Club & Ultralounge

140 Alexander Street, Rochester NY 14607

The party starts at 11:00pm

There will tasty snacks and plenty of fun for all ImageOut members and patrons who have a ticket stub for either of the Opening Night Screenings (Programs 1 and 2).

Dance the night away at Tilt! Admission is free for ImageOut members and anyone holding a ticket stub to the Opening Night Screenings (Programs 1 and 2).

Also throughout the festival you can present your ticket stub from any ImageOut Festival screening at 140 Alexâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bar and take advantage of a drink special availableÂ exclusively to Festival goers.

For those just looking to chat, grab a drink, and enjoy appetizers Tilt will have the relaxed and funky lounge reserved exclusively for ImageOut Patrons and Members, where you and fellow film buffs will mingle with visiting special guests and stars.

Ample parking is available across the street from 140 Alex.

Also throughout the Festival you can present your ticket stub from any ImageOut film to get special admission prices at the door and drink specials at the bar. Ample secure parking is available behind Tilt. Page 8

6TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL FAIR

The First Opportunity To Purchase Festival Tickets 6:30 - 9:30pm • Eisenhart Auditorium Rochester Museum and Science Center 657 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14607 Our annual Festival Fair will be held on Thursday, September 12th beginning at 6:30pm. Enjoy complimentary light hors d’oeuvres and drinks from the cash bar while you plan your Festival experience. Don’t miss the Programmer’s Preview of Festival 2013 at 8:00pm followed by the special sneak preview FREE screening of Valentine Road at 8:20pm.

recommendations, and show you some of the exciting preview clips of Festival films.

Valentine Road at 8:20pm

At 8:20pm please join us for a special free sneak preview screening of Valentine Road – one of the many exceptional documentaries in this year’s Festival.

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Programmer’s Preview 8:00pm

Our dedicated film programmers will talk about the 2013 selections and give you an insider scoop on the edgiest, sexiest, funniest, most fabulous films that you will see this year. Our Programming Committee has been working ‘round the clock and has traveled to festivals from San Francisco to Berlin to select this year’s best dramas, comedies, thrillers, documentaries, and shorts. They’ll be glad to talk about their favorites and

Valentine Road Directed by Marta Cunningham Middle school is never an easy time of life: full of changes, cliques, hormones, and waves of powerful emotion. Transitioning from

With keen insight, the film connects the human wreckage of Larry’s and Brandon’s troubled lives... ~ SUNDANCE

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Thursday, Sept. 12th

childhood to adolescence is even more difficult for kids who are transgendered. After years of suffering, young Larry King (who also goes by the name Letitia) finally finds love and confidence at Casa Pacifica, a sanctuary for abused children. Thriving in his new home, Larry begins applying makeup and donning spike heels, causing a commotion at E.O. Green Middle School. When Larry asks tough boy Brandon McInerney to be his valentine, Brandon’s jock buddies tease him mercilessly, and Brandon – also an abused teen – channels his deep humiliation into vengeance. Arriving in English class as the students work on a unit about Anne Frank and tolerance, Brandon shoots Larry twice in the back of the head. Valentine Road explores the aftermath of that tragic event on many levels. Riveting interviews, creative animated sequences, and an inspiring soundtrack (including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ hit “Same Love”) combine to make this a mustsee film. ~ J. O’Neill

ImageOut is in the Palm of Your Hand! QR (Quick Response) Codes

An expanded way of looking at the Festival Quick Response (QR) codes are barcodes which can link you directly to information on the web. You’ll see QR codes on most program pages that will link you automatically to the film’s official trailer.

If you have a smartphone, here’s all you have to do: • Download a QR Reader from your phone’s app store (most QR reader apps are free or require a small fee). • Once you have the QR Reader app on your phone, scan the QR code. • Enjoy the film trailers delivered direct to your smartphone. That’s all there is to it! Don’t have a smartphone? You’ll find all the links to film trailers and video content on our website: www.imageout.org Page 9

ImageOut Mobile Website

m.imageout.org You can now go directly to m.imageout.org to take advantage of our MOBILE website! This site contains the entire Festival schedule, information on all the films, directions to all of our theater venues, create your own Festival schedule, and more.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 11 • 6:30PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Reaching for the Moon (Flores Raras)

Directed by: Bruno Barreto Brazil / 2013 / Video / 118 min. In English and Portuguese with English subtitles

OPENING NIGHT SELECTION

Is it right to be watching strangers in a play in this strangest of theatres? What childishness is it that while there’s breath of life in our bodies, we are determined to rush to see the sun the other way around? ~ Elizabeth Bishop, “Questions of Travel”

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Bruno Barreto brings to life 1950s Rio in this beautifully drawn tale of poet Elizabeth Bishop and her love affair with architect Lota de Macedo Soares

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ulitzer Prize winner, U.S. Poet Laureate, National Book Award Winner, short-story writer, and poet are all monikers often associated with the remarkably talented Elizabeth Bishop. But she was far less known for having issues reciting her own poems, or for being awkward to the point of social ineptitude, or for being a lesbian. Reaching for the Moon, a sensitive, engaging, and happysad love story from prolific director Bruno Barreto (Doña Flor and Her Two Husbands, Four Days in September) based on the Brazilian bestseller Rare and Commonplace Flowers: The Story of Elizabeth Bishop and Lota de Macedo Soares by Carmen L. de Oliveira, hopes to shed a light on Bishop’s romantic and personal life focusing on her time living in Brazil. With high production values, stunning cinematography, and outstanding performances from a recognizable international cast, it is very clear that this is no ordinary biopic. In 1951, partly on the advice of her friend and fellow poet Robert Lowell (Treat Williams), Elizabeth Bishop (fabulously played by Australian actress Miranda Otto, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Return of the King) takes a trip to Brazil and decides to visit her college friend from Vassar, Mary Morse (Tracy Middendorf, TV’s Boardwalk Empire). Mary is living with her lesbian lover, the prominent, wealthy, and very political architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Brazilian telenovela star Glória Pires), in their stunning Samambaia estate just outside of Rio. Elizabeth is not impressed and is not planning on staying very long. But as fate will have it, Elizabeth’s supposed brief stay turns into a 15year career writing in the rainforest. Succumbing to the rule of opposites attract, she falls swiftly in love with Lota, much to the dismay of Mary. The romance is intense – intensely passionate and intensely problematic for the pair. Elizabeth is a drinker and Lota is consumed with her own work. And lurking in the background is a very resentful Mary. Indeed, this volatile, emotionally-vivid, and erotically-charged relationship is a love story fit for the big screen. Drama, intrigue, and passion are the hallmarks of Reaching for the Moon. Poets, lovers, romantics, and even cynics will be enchanted and moved by our Opening Night selection. ~ Jessica Wilkie and Michael Gamilla

~ TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

Community Partner: Trillium Health

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AUDIENCE AWARD

JURY AWARD

OFFICIAL SELECTION

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE Frameline San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival

OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC FEATURE Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

Tribeca Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD

OFFICIAL SELECTION

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival

Edinburgh International Film Festival

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FRIDAY, OCT. 11 • 9:30PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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NARRATIVE FEATURE

Free Fall (Freier Fall) Directed by: Stephan Lacant Germany / 2013 / Video / 100 min. In German with English subtitles

OPENING NIGHT SELECTION

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ometimes it doesn’t take much for a life of comfort and conformance to be turned upside down. It could be as simple and unexpected as a curious gaze, a stolen kiss, or a moment of weakness in the privacy of the woods. But when it happens, it can never be undone. Rookie police officers Marc Borgmann and Kay Engel are roommates at the academy where they are training together. Marc is initially annoyed at the cocky ways of the confident Kay, but after finding themselves in trouble with the instructor for a stupid squabble in the field, both men bond over a shared joint and a forbidden nighttime dip in the pool. Meanwhile, Marc moves next door to his parents with his very pregnant girlfriend, Bettina. The seemingly happy couple is awaiting the arrival of their baby boy. Marc is on track to be the person everyone expects him to be: proudly serving as an officer of the law, and becoming a responsible, loving partner and father. But fate has other plans. Back in the police academy, the sexual tension between Marc and Kay has become increasingly undeniable, something that the conflicted Marc has been fighting off all along. But all bets are suddenly off when the aggressive and spontaneous Kay requests a transfer to Marc’s unit. The two finally embark on an intense, passionate, and turbulent love affair. With mounting pressures from fatherhood and leading a double life both at home and at work, it becomes clear to Marc that he can never keep everyone, including himself, happy.

JURY AWARD

OFFICIAL SELECTION

BEST FEATURE Philadelphia QFest

BEST DIRECTOR Schwerin Art of Film Festival (Germany)

Berlin International Film Festival

Seattle International Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival

Frameline San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival

Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

NewFest NYC LGBT Film Festival

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Director and co-writer Stephan Lacant weaves a familiar yet gripping homoerotic tale of seduction, homophobia, and bisexuality. With gorgeous cinematography framing them, handsome lead stars Hanno Koffler and Max Riemelt (ImageOut 2011’s We Are The Night) smolder the screen. Their palpable and believable chemistry makes their characters’ story even more compelling. Free Fall is a sexy, poignant reminder that sometimes in order to build the life we are meant to have, our world must first be torn apart. ~ Michael Gamilla

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with your smartphone to view the trailer for this film or go to imageout.org. See page 9 for more information.

SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 11:00AM • DRYDEN THEATRE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Shoulders To Stand On:

World

The LGBT History of Rochester, NY Premiere Directed by: Kevin J. Indovino USA / 2013 / Video / 90 min.

FLOWER CITY FLICKS

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ochester takes center stage in a much anticipated documentary about a city that has always been at the forefront of social change and justice. Shoulders to Stand On begins by exploring a not-so-distant past: before Stonewall and before the birth of the Gay Movement. We discover a city at the height of prosperity, a city steeped in history and yet overshadowed by secrets. Before the 1970s the fear of losing jobs and family kept gay men and women underground, living double lives. Meeting places and local watering holes were constantly under the scrutiny of police: raids and payoffs were common, unchallenged practices of the day. But then, in 1969, the Stonewall Riots would provide the spark that ignited voices across the nation, and the voices in Rochester were determined to be heard. With the insight and courage of a small group of university students, Rochester’s Gay Liberation Movement was born. Their voices quickly propelled Rochester into one of the most progressive and influential LGBT communities in the country. Inspired by the spirit of a city renowned for the legacies of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, Rochester’s LGBT community would set the bar for gay activism and religious tolerance. It would lead the way to put the first openly gay candidate into an elected office in New York State. It would rise to the fight against AIDS, bringing together an entire community with care and education. The Flower City and its corporations would be one of the first to implement domestic partnership benefits and, more recently, it would be a key player in getting a gay marriage bill passed in New York. Shoulders to Stand On celebrates the brave men and women who had the courage to step out of the closet, allowing their voices to be heard, in the tradition of a city whose history is firmly grounded in freedom and equality for all. ~ Kevin Indivino

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SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 1:30PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Mr. Angel Directed by: Dan Hunt USA / 2013 / Video / 69 min.

OFFICIAL SELECTION

SXSW Film Festival

Inaside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Frameline San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival

Rio International Film Festival

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f cinema is a vehicle, allowing us to explore lives different from our own, then Mr. Angel is a rugged jeep taking us off-road and down the proverbial road less traveled. This well-crafted documentary takes us into the world of Buck Angel, a trans man with aspirations of breaking into the adult film industry as “The Man with a Pussy.” Filmed over several years, the doc follows Buck’s life with his wife and soulmate Elayne, and their (even by modern queer standards) non-traditional lifestyle. Interspersed with short clips from sex and gender experts, notably Dan Savage and Tristan Taormino, as well as Buck’s documentary, Sexing the Trans Man, the film explores Buck’s place in the culture as an icon for sex-positive representations of transgender people. But it also offers an intimate look at Buck as a human being who has traveled a difficult road to achieve his powerful self-expression. The film explores Buck’s relationship with his family, and the long journey to acceptance and rediscovery of the deep love and kinship among them. We meet Buck’s parents and sister and hear firsthand about their relationship with the son and brother they now have, (contrasted with the painful past with their tomboy, then lesbian, daughter) through addiction, recovery, and transition. A special and deeply touching sequence late in the film shows Buck and Elayne dealing with an unexpected health issue, provoking a thoughtful discussion of the risks and benefits for trans people in seeking medical intervention to facilitate their gender expression. Ultimately a tale about overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles to achieve one’s dreams, Mr. Angel is an uplifting and sexy success story you’ll want to see to believe. ~ Paul Allen

SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 1:45PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Monster Pies Directed by: Lea Galea Australia / 2013 / Video / 85 min.

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onster Pies opens with a typical scene in suburban Australia: two boys playing outside in the dirt, making mud “pies.” We learn through flashbacks that these kids are Mike and his younger brother, and the culinary creations are the eponymous Monster Pies, meant to keep nighttime beasts appeased – and outside – leaving the kids to sleep in peace. Flash forward to an adolescent Mike (Tristan Barr), riding on his bike, listening to his Walkman. Mike is a bit of a misfit, habitually late for school and picked on by the jocks for seeming “gay.” This is 1996 in Western Melbourne and gay feelings are something to be buried deep if you want to survive high school. Mike tries not to give these monsters any ammunition, but he is sorely tested when trying to hide his attraction to the new boy in school, William (Lucas Linehan), himself having trouble adjusting to a new environment. Fate brings the two together in English class, and soon they are partnered together to work on an assignment – a modern re-imagining of the Romeo and Juliet story. Their creative solution involves more misfits, and classic monsters who find companionship, hidden from the harsh and judging gaze of society. Their friendship evolves, and we think we know how this story will unfold. But what monster pies will protect these two? Monster Pies surprises with many layers of meaning, and subtle, deeply moving performances from the actors. More than just a comingof-age story, the film explores relationships and imperfect families, the loneliness of having to hide and the delight and danger of allowing another person into your secret life. ~ Paul Allen

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SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 3:45PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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I Am Divine Directed by: Jeffrey Schwartz USA / 2013 / Video / 90 min.

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eople like to laugh at sex; People like to laugh at dirty things; and people love to be shocked, I think... So that’s my job: to get out there and shock them.” After an early childhood as an introverted homebody, aspiring beautician Harris Glenn Milstead met John Waters and formed the “Dreamland Crew” in Baltimore, Maryland; dropping acid during Bergman films and lighting up the underground film and drag scenes of D.C. with an irrepressible punk-rock spirit. With a Brownie camera and an abstract little film called The Roman Candles, the genderbending, larger-than-life character of Divine was born, and the world was never the same... Thank God! Films like Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos (with its infamous “dog turd” scene), and Female Trouble all served to make Divine a counterculture celebrity from coast-tocoast. Quickly branching out into live performance with Waters, and then the psychedelic drag troupe, The Cockettes, Divine loved every minute of the attention and fame. But as with so many tragic heroines, fame and notoriety was a distraction from hidden vulnerability and insecurity. Through the drugs, the “straight” B-movie breakout attempts, and Glenn’s growing sense of frustration over being pigeonholed as Divine, the greasepaint masked more than a five-o’clock shadow. Then, at the height of his success with the release of Hairspray, came his very sudden and tragic death. Even if you’ve never seen Pink Flamingos, you know the image: a mondo-voluptuous woman in a lobster-red skin-tight ankle-flair dress; hairline pointed straight to the heavens; makeup no man, woman, or otherwise could ignore; pointing a loaded gun at some poor (or is it lucky?) schmuck off-camera. I Am Divine is the story of this image, the story of an unlikely and unforgettable cult movie icon, and the man behind it. Outsider hero, muse, disco queen, gentle soul, “cinematic terrorist”: This IS Divine. ~ Jessica Wilkie

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SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 4:00PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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The Falls 2 Directed by: Jon Garcia USA / 2013 / Video / 110 min.

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hen we last saw RJ – Elder Smith – in the final moments of The Falls (which played to an enthusiastic audience at ImageOut 2012) he was heading out on the open road, presumably headed in the direction of Chris/Elder Merrill, the man he’d fallen in love with while living together as mission companions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Writer/director Jon Garcia returns to his story to fill in what happened after the screen faded to black. We quickly learn that RJ and Chris did meet up again, once Chris had completed his mission. The two even took a road trip across the country. But after their perfect time together on that trip, they went their separate ways. Despite RJ’s attempts to contact Chris, he never received any reply. Five years have passed. RJ is working as a writer and living in Seattle with a boyfriend, Paul, who clearly loves him. Chris, meanwhile, went back to the church. He’s now living in Salt Lake City, married to a woman, Emily, and they have a three-year-old daughter together. He takes some solace knowing that he’s made his father proud, proving that he had the strength to overcome his previous indiscretions and “stay on the right track.” When both young men are contacted by the mother of Rodney, the troubled veteran they befriended during their mission, and told of his passing, they head back to Idaho to attend the funeral. Suddenly the two young men are put on a collision course once again. Familiar feelings stir when they see each other, but Chris is determined to keep RJ at a distance, and after the funeral they return to their separate lives. Unhappy with how things played out, RJ decides to pursue his former love, traveling to Utah in the hopes that he will gain some sense of closure. With Chris now forced to face his true feelings, the world he’s built for himself begins to crumble around him. A thoughtful, melancholy tale, The Falls 2 is ultimately about the courage it takes to step off of the familiar path, out into the unknown, and the consequences that await those who can’t. ~ Adam Lubitow

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SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 6:45PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

SHORTS PROGRAM

Quick Licks Curated by: Michael Gamilla Total running time: 94 min.

From sexy, generous neighbors to clubhopping party girls to an aging chanteuse, this collection of Sapphic tales of sexual adventures and loving LTRs has everything. Prepare to be mesmerized.

The Chanticleer

Directed by: Becky Lane / USA / 2013 / 22 min.

Ithaca-based filmmaker Becky Lane returns to ImageOut with a teaser for her latest project. Set in 1955, this installment introduces Edie Chaucer who returns to the dive bar she inherits from her father. She vows to clean up its image and its operation, including hiring the new bartender Val, a gal who loves dressing up as a man. A gorgeously-photographed period piece with an enchanting soundtrack, The Chanticleer shows Lane’s tremendous growth as a filmmaker.

Neighbors

Neighbors (Vecinas)

In Spanish with English subtitles Directed by: Eli Navarro / Spain / 2012 / 15 min.

Good neighbors share their sugar and spice. But better neighbors share “everything nice.”

The Kiss (Pocałunek)

In Polish with English subtitles Directed by: Filip Gieldon / Poland / 2013 / 22 min.

The Kiss

The Devotion Project: Foremost In My Mind

After an alcoholinduced night out, Emilia wakes up naked and sporting a hickey in Matylda’s bed. A wild night together, perhaps? But she’s straight!

The Devotion Project: Foremost In My Mind

Directed by: Antony Osso / USA / 2013 / 10 min.

This inspiring documentary is for all “late bloomers.” Gail Marquis, an Olympic medalist, met Audrey Smaltz, a former model, when the former basketball player was 43 and Smaltz was 61. And you just have to watch and listen to their story.

Remember To Breathe

Remember to Breathe

Directed by: Marc Saltarelli / USA / 2012 / 26 min.

Alice Martin (Lee Meriwether), a former musical headliner, now lives alone and forgotten in a house hidden away just below the Hollywood sign, reliving her former glory and past love. But will mentoring an aspiring singer give her a new lease on life?

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SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 6:45PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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Out In The Dark (Alata) Directed by: Michael Mayer Israel / 2012 / Video / 96 min. In Hebrew/Arabic with English subtitles

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here are so many victims of the conflict in the Middle East between Palestine and Israel: peace, freedom, religion, and often, hope. But there’s one we seldom hear about: love. What happens when two people from opposite sides of the border fall for one another? The hurdles become even higher and insurmountable when the lovers are of the same sex. Nimr (Nicholas Jacob) is a psychology student working on his master’s degree in Palestine. He is young, handsome, and gay. But in Palestinian territories, homosexuality is considered sinful and unnatural, a dishonor to Allah and to society. For a gay Palestinian like Nimr, social stigma becomes the least of his worries when honor killings are rampant and death at the hands of his own family members is a real possibility. Often, in order to have a taste of the gay life, Nimr sneaks over the fence from his native Ramallah, to Tel Aviv where he hits the gay bars and hangs out with his friends. This is – quite literally – taking his life in his hands. To get caught in Israel without legal papers is practically a death sentence for a gay Palestinian. Israeli security forces can blackmail you into collaborating with them as a spy, and threaten you with deportation and exposure to your own family. Fate, of course, is unpredictable, and one night at the bar, Nimr meets Roy (Michael Aloni), a gorgeous Israeli lawyer working for his father’s prestigious law firm. Sparks fly, and love soon follows. But nothing is simple in the Middle East, especially not love. When the politics of Nimr’s family are exposed, so is Nimr. Will the strength of Roy and Nimr’s love for each other be enough to keep them happy and shielded from the dangers of their cross-cultural love affair? Out in the Dark, Michael Mayer’s outstanding featurelength directorial debut, paints an honest picture of why many gays in Palestinian territories are forced to be invisible, living in the shadows. But when there is love, there is hope. ~ Georgia Beers and Michael Gamilla

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SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 9:15PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf? Directed by: Anna Margarita Albelo

USA / 2013 / Video / 83 min.

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nna (writer/director Anna Margarita Albelo) has wanted to be a filmmaker for as long as she can remember. But after countless forgettable shorts, a nervous breakdown, and an eviction, she finds herself forty, single, and living in her friend’s garage. The day after her fortieth birthday, she vows to make a change, to find career success as well as love, even if it kills her. How? Anna has no idea. Cue a chance meeting with sexy, exotic Katia (Janina Gavankar, TV’s The L Word and True Blood), an actress looking for work. She’s beautiful, she’s smart, and Anna is instantly smitten. Wanting a reason – any reason – to see her again, Anna offers Katia a role in her hot new film. The film she has yet to write. But Anna is not one to back down from a challenge, especially one she’s created herself. Determined that she’s supposed to be with Katia, she writes a great script – an alllesbian version of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolff? – and hires a cast and crew to get it shot, certain that working on this project with Katia will solidify the relationship Anna has been longing for. With the help of – and sometimes the hindrance of – her two best friends, Penelope (lesbian icon Guinevere Turner, Go Fish and TV’s The L Word) and Chloe (Carrie Preston, TV’s The Good Wife and True Blood), Anna sets out to make her film and finally capture the love she longs for so badly. But what if she’s looking in the wrong place? One of the must-see films in this year’s line up, Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf? is a semi-autobiographical, smart and witty romantic comedy that asks the question, “what do you do when you put love on hold for the sake of career, then wake up one day to realize you have neither?” ~ Georgia Beers

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SATURDAY, OCT. 12 • 9:30PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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Test Directed by: Chris Mason Johnson USA / 2013 / Video / 90 min.

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an Francisco, 1985. The gay community is in the midst of the greatest crisis it’s ever likely to face, and the subject on everyone’s lips is the mysterious virus that somehow seems to be specifically targeting homosexuals. Frankie (Scott Marlowe) is the newest and least experienced member of a prestigious contemporary dance company. A bit of a loner, he’s also under immense pressure: in work, he’s hounded by his choreographer to “dance like a man!,” while outside, the straight population seems to be growing increasingly wary and hostile toward gays. The tension feels likely to snap at any moment. Surrounded by young, physically fit, and attractive men, Frankie is at ground zero for the disease that is ravaging the community. He becomes close friends with Todd (Matthew Risch), a handsome veteran dancer with the company, who delights in regaling him with his latest exploits, savoring Frankie’s disapproval. Todd is everything the novice dancer is not: cocky, appealingly mischievous, and yes, more than a bit promiscuous. He thinks little of engaging in risky behavior at a time when no one is quite sure what constitutes “risky” anymore. As the young men’s relationship grows more flirtatious, they know that taking things any further means drifting into potentially dangerous waters. Test captures the feeling of paranoia and dread that pervaded the time, when misinformation ran rampant and the emergence of a new blood test offered potential peace of mind, whatever the outcome. Forsaking the melodrama that traditionally accompanies films of its ilk, Test is sexy and insightful, featuring beautifully choreographed dance sequences and tackling a difficult subject with as much grace as the dancers it depicts. ~ Adam Lubitow

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SUNDAY, OCT. 13 • 12:30PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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Before You Know It Directed by: PJ Raval USA / 2013 / Video / 110 min.

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t’s estimated that over 2.4 million LGBT Americans are over the age of 55. Despite their numbers, this community is often ignored by society. This funny and heartbreaking documentary spotlights three elderly gay men: a transvestite from Florida (Dennis Creamer), a black activist from New York (Ty Martin), and a former drag queen and current bar owner from Texas (Robert Mainor). Director PJ Raval’s documentary style unobtrusively takes us into the personal lives of these men and the communities in which they live. Through the interwoven narratives, Raval presents the critical issues at the heart of the aging LGBT community. Along with dealing with the effects of declining mental and physical health, economic insecurity and social isolation issues are ironically juxtaposed in the three storylines. Many older LGBT people are estranged from their biological families. They’re twice as likely to live alone and twice as likely to be single. These facts are subtly underscored in the film. Ty Martin’s storyline climaxes with a friend’s wedding, while he waits for his boyfriend to propose marriage. Dennis Creamer sagely comments that the coming-out process never ends, and that we have to learn to accept ourselves as we grow older. Robert Mainor reminds us that the one thing that applies to every age is that everybody wants to be loved and appreciated. Winston Churchill noted that we “measure the degree of civilization of a society by how it treats its weakest members.” How we treat our elderly is a testament to our humanity. No matter what we do in our lives, before we know it we will grow old and have to face our own mortality. Being aware of what’s coming and the importance of the issues facing the aging LGBT community might just make those changes a little less frightening. As Mainor quips in the film: “Enjoy every day. After it’s over, you can’t relive it.” ~ Brad Craddock

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SUNDAY, OCT. 13 • 12:30PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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The Happy Sad Directed by: Rodney Evans USA / 2013 / Video / 87 min.

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inkering around with the dynamics and boundaries of a long-term relationship can be risky business. For Aaron (Charlie Barnett, ImageOut 2012’s Closing Night film Gayby and TV’s Chicago Fire) and Marcus (LeRoy McClain, The Adjustment Bureau and TV’s Rubicon), a young black gay couple living in New York City, opening up their six-year partnership is, at first, an exciting, sexually-charged opportunity. Making the only rule that they “don’t fall in love,” they soon are challenged by Annie (Sorel Carradine) and Stan (Cameron Scoggins), a young bi-curious couple dissatisfied with their own relationship and looking for something new. While Annie begins to explore her sexual awakening with Mandy (Maria Dizzia), Stan investigates his own confused feelings for other men. Relationships begin to unravel when Marcus and Stan meet and begin fooling around together. Soon Annie and Aaron grow jealous and despondent. What was supposed to be an exciting exploration of sexual identity begins to have serious, life-altering consequences. The film deftly examines the difficult potential consequences of entering into an open relationship for the wrong reasons, where promises, intimacy, and forgiveness are sometimes used to fill the holes left in our hearts by lies, shame, and falling for the wrong people too fast. In this age of blurred lines of sexuality and at a time when polyamory is openly discussed in mainstream media, Ken Urban’s script (based on his original stage play of the same name) examines the turbulent, youthful 20s, when figuring out who we are, and what seems to make us happiest, might also make us miserable. ~ Brad Craddock

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SUNDAY, OCT. 13 • 3:15PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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The New Black Directed by: Yoruba Richen USA / 2013 / Video / 80 min.

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hen Proposition 8 was originally passed, banning same-sex marriage in California, many in the LGBT community laid a fair share of the blame at the feet of African-American Christians. This was due in large part to a number of reports in the media alleging that nearly 70% of that group voted in favor of the law. Many were angry, and if you count yourself among them, you owe it to yourself to watch this documentary. You’ll be glad you did. The New Black follows the campaign for and against Question 6, the referendum of the samesex marriage bill approved by the government of the state of Maryland in 2012. Taking place over the course of several months leading up to the November 2012 elections, the film documents activists, families, and clergy on both sides of the campaign. It’s an uncommon, and very interesting, in-depth look at homophobia (and the fight to end it) in the Black Church, as well as the Christian Right’s strategy to exploit that fear in order to convince members to vote against any and all gay rights. Director Yoruba Richen (The Promised Land) lets us stand side by side with activists on the streets of Baltimore, sit in the pews with worshipers at the biggest African-American sermons, and pull up a chair at the dinner table with suburban families grappling both for and against Question 6 – and the experience is so much more than eye-opening. It’s liberating. The New Black shows us that it is easy to oversimplify the historically complex attitudes of African Americans toward homosexuality and gay rights. So be aware and be educated. This film is not to be missed. ~ Georgia Beers

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SUNDAY, OCT. 13 • 3:15PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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Pit Stop Directed by: Yen Tan USA / 2013 / Video / 80 min.

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t’s never an easy thing, choosing to start over and head toward a new beginning, even if it’s the best thing for you. In the compassionate, sensitively observed drama, Pit Stop, director Yen Tan (ImageOut 2008 audience fave, Ciao) traces two men’s steady path toward one another and away from the unfulfilling situations they’ve found themselves in. Construction contractor, Gabe (Bill Heck) and forklift operator, Ernesto (Marcus DeAnda), have, like many of us, led messy, complicated love lives. They’re each still living with ex-lovers: Gabe with his ex-wife, Shannon, and their six-yearold daughter; Ernesto resides with his younger, directionless former boyfriend, Luis. The two men clearly have trouble letting go when they need to, and it’s resulted in some rather knotty situations for everyone involved. While their partners are making efforts to start new relationships, both Gabe and Ernesto seem reluctant, either unable or unwilling to take the difficult, but necessary steps toward happiness. But if they can summon the strength, the solution to their loneliness, and the potential for true companionship, lie just around the corner. A nuanced, honest portrayal of life in a rural, blue collar town, Pit Stop avoids stereotypes and defies expectation at every turn. The two lead actors turn in captivatingly natural performances and, as he demonstrated with Ciao, Yen Tan knows how to write appealing, sympathetic characters. It’s a film which seems to argue that if you’re feeling stuck in life, you might simply be idling at a pit stop: the brief respite before you continue on to the final destination, the place where, once you’ve arrived, you sense you were meant to be all along. ~ Adam Lubitow Preceding the Feature: Torn & Frayed Directed by: Naomi Davis USA / 2012 / 14 min. Martin, a marine who has just returned home from Iraq, is caught between two lovers, and must choose who he wants to be and who he wants to be with.

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SUNDAY, OCT. 13 • 6:00PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth Directed by: Pratibha Parmar

USA/UK / 2013 / Video / 84 min.

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must-see documentary chronicling the life of the Pulitzer-Prize-winning activist, poet, and author of The Color Purple, director Pratibha Parmar’s Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth is a moving, inspiring film which traces Alice Walker’s fascinating history from the time of her ancestors to present day. Told in Alice’s voice, through interviews and film footage of her, family members, famous friends, writers, historians, and artists, Walker’s story unfolds with naked honesty, revealing rich layers of America’s ugly yet determined struggle for desegregation. Her many battles included obtaining rights for women, blacks, interracial couples, Palestinians, and LGBTQ people. Anyone who is persecuted or ignored by those in power can become the topic of her brilliant writing and the focus of her passionate activism. In a time when doing so was not only taboo, but also illegal, Walker risked her life by putting herself on the line with Martin Luther King and the March on Washington. She demonstrated fearlessly and wrote openly about her life: having an abortion; marrying a white Jewish man; having a biracial daughter, as well as a number of relationships with women (including singer/songwriter Tracy Chapman). Some of her worst years followed on the tails of the blockbuster success of The Color Purple, when she experienced full-throated “venom” from her own community: “People really had a problem with my disinterest in submission, and they had a problem with my intellect, and they had a problem with my choice of lovers, and they had a problem with my choice of everything.” This fear of what is different, and the decidedly violent outpouring of criticism that Walker has experienced can be compared to the same kind of battle those of us in the LGBTQ community are still struggling against. Parmar’s film gives us a voice of understanding and a pioneering model of hope. It will make you think, laugh and cry. Most of all, it will make you want to be more like her or, as she would likely prefer, more like your own true beauty. ~ Adrienne Ehrlich

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SUNDAY, OCT. 13 • 6:15PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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In the Name Of (W imie…) Directed by: Malgoska Szumowska Poland / 2013 / Video / 97 min. / In Polish with English subtitles

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n the Name Of takes us to a place not quite like any other ever shown by ImageOut before: a center for juvenile delinquent boys who all came from a reformatory in a rural community in Poland. Shot with gorgeous cinematography in the lakes, woods, and fields of this wild region, the film glows with stunningly beautiful sequences. In sharp contrast to the natural beauty of these locations, the film’s content is often raw, as the boys perform farm labor, party together, taunt each other, roughhouse, or start all-out brawls. At the center of this potential chaos stands the guiding force of handsome Father Adam (Andrzej Chyra), a seemingly selfassured priest. Whether playing soccer with them or taking their confessions, Father Adam clearly is committed to these disadvantaged youths whom few others care about. But, as one local woman wonders, why has Father Adam ended up in such a backwater town after working in the big city of Warsaw? Father Adam’s edges begin to unravel after a new teenager joins the group. With a punk hairstyle and tough swagger, Blondie quickly upsets the delicate equilibrium that Father Adam has worked hard to create. Meanwhile, Father Adam meets a local young man, Lukasz (Mateus Kosciukiewicz), whose troubled past includes arson and who chooses to barely communicate with others. The priest cares for Lukasz’s injuries after a fight and then teaches him to swim. But as Father Adam and Lukasz grow closer, where will their feelings take them? A controversial and provocative film about the sexual angst of a gay priest, In the Name Of tackles familiar content from new angles, examining the complexities surrounding love, sexuality, and organized religion. Filled with riveting and true-to-life performances, this is a thoughtful and powerful film that’s not to be missed. ~ J. O’Neill

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Two Mothers (Zwei Mütter) Directed by: Anne Zohra Berrached Germany / 2013 / Video / 75 min. / In German with English subtitles

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atja and Isabella are a happy, solid German couple with decent jobs and a nice apartment. As happens in many lesbian relationships, they begin to entertain the idea of having a child. They’ve provisionally decided that Isabella will carry the baby, but at 37, she doesn’t have a lot of time left to do so. The process isn’t easy, as the pair soon discovers. For legal reasons, most sperm banks and fertility clinics in Germany won’t deal with homosexual couples, so finding a doctor who will inseminate them is like searching for a needle in a haystack. But they find him, and he’s not cheap, especially when the procedure doesn’t work immediately. Or at all. Frustrated and desperate, the women decide to go online and advertise for a sperm donor. Their main prerequisite is that the donor has no say in the raising of the baby. Katja and Isabella are firm with each other on this. But as Isabella quits her job in preparation for motherhood and finances dwindle, stress levels climb, and Katja finds herself working more and more hours to keep them afloat. Meanwhile, Isabella’s desperation to have a child becomes almost uncontrollable, until she meets Flo through their internet ad. He’s willing to donate his sperm, and he’s already fathered twenty children, so he’s confident it won’t be a problem. But he wants to be able to visit the child, to be part of its life. Isabella considers it, but Katja reminds her of their agreement. The acting in Two Mothers is superb. Karina Plachetka gives real emotional depth to the desperation Isabella feels as she fails to conceive over and over again, and then has a solution dangled before her like a carrot. Sabine Wolf’s performance is less verbal and more visual; she lets us see the worry and fear all over her face as Katja watches her stable relationship slowly crumble before her eyes over something she’s not sure she wants anymore. Brutally honest, Two Mothers reveals to us layer by emotional layer the intricacies – and heartbreaks – of a lesbian couple trying frantically to make a family. ~ Georgia Beers

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SUNDAY, OCT. 13 • 8:45PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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Getting Go, the Go Doc Project Directed by: Cory Krueckeberg USA / 2013 / Video / 91 min.

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ife in the big city of New York can be intimidating, especially if you are a college kid from the boonies – and even more so if you are openly gay but socially terrified, living your romantic and sex lives entirely solo, online, and in your cramped apartment. When this naïve and nervous college student, Doc (Tanner Cohen, ImageOut 2008’s sold out Opening Night selection, Were the World Mine), spies a drop-dead gorgeous go-go boy with the ultimate bubble butt, the intensity of his feelings pushes him out of his cocoon. But how can an ordinary guy like him get close to a hot property like Go (gorgeous, real-life go-go boy Matthew Camp)? Cooking up a scheme that includes a fake school research assignment, a camcorder, and the supposed need to interview go-go boys, Doc approaches his humpy dream date. Surprisingly, Go is eager to participate, albeit with some haggling over potential future profits from the film project. Filmed by Doc, Go candidly discusses his past, his tattoos, his underwear collection, and how he has found satisfaction shaking his thang for pay. One thing leads to another, and their video interviews transform into intimacy – surprisingly initiated by the super sexy Go, who sees something special in Doc’s awkward, yet sincere, personality. Before he knows it, Doc’s fantasies are turning into romantic and raunchy realities. But how much can you trust a creature of the night, a fantasy figure that everyone on the dance floor wants? And what will happen as Doc’s graduation date nears and he must decide his future moves, which may or may not include a place for Go? Getting Go, the Go Doc Project uses a mockumentary style to capture a multimedia, contemporary love affair; one that transcends fairy tale narrative to probe the mysterious, fragile, and profound nature of love. ~ J. O’Neill

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Bwakaw

Directed by: Jun Lana Philippines / 2012 / Video / 110 min. In Tagalog with English subtitles

OFFICIAL ENTRY

BEST ACTOR

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

Philippine Official Entry, Best Foreign Language Film – 2012 Academy Awards

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BEST FEATURE Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival

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o most people, Rene comes across as a crotchety old man, bitter about life, critical of others, and impatient when people won’t leave him alone. For example, when a tricycle driver orders him to pay a double fare for himself and his small dog, Rene not only refuses the extra fare, he refuses to pay at all! But we soon realize that this lonely man uses a hostile façade to protect the deep love in his heart – particularly for his adorable dog, Bwakaw. Rene’s prickly personality occasionally allows out other signs of affection, such as for his colleagues at the post office – a job he retired from but continues to go to in order to fight the emptiness of his life. His relatives have all emigrated, and now he lives with only Bwakaw, a holy statue left by his deceased mother, and his future coffin sitting by the front door. His possessions already packed up as if he were dead, Rene frequently visits the local priest to instruct him about his will. Meanwhile, although Rene has finally come out of the closet as an older man, he has no tolerance for the local gay hairstylist who keeps offering him cute boys for the night. Rene has given up on life, and on romance. His bitterness is compounded by the guilt he feels for a romantic relationship he had with a woman for many years. Did he prevent her from finding happiness as well? When tragedy strikes Rene’s already dour life, he surprisingly finds comfort in a new friend. But given their many differences, where will their friendship take them? Jun Lana’s film takes us to a small town in the Philippines, giving us insights into a different culture, yet one with striking similarities. As it gently, humorously, and wisely takes us deep into its characters, Bwakaw offers lessons on what matters most in life, and in love. ~ J. O’Neill

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Meth Head is a well told and hypnotizing film from start to finish.

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Meth Head Directed by: Jane Clark USA / 2013 / Video / 108 min.

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yle (Lukas Haas, Inception) has a decent job, a nice apartment in L.A., and he recently got engaged to his handsome and successful boyfriend, Julian (Wilson Cruz). But despite all he’s got going for himself, he can’t help thinking that he’d hoped to have achieved more at this point in his life. His accounting job pays the bills, but he really wants to start his own interior design business. His sister doesn’t really understand him, and his relationship with his father is strained at best. Then, while at a party one night, Kyle and Julian make the acquaintance of sexy straight boy, Dusty (Blake Berris), who offers them a little pick-me-up: a bump of crystal meth. This dabble with danger proves to be a slippery slope, opening up the door to let Kyle’s addictive personality run free. Quickly, the drug use stops being recreational, and bleeds over into every aspect of his life. Before he’s even truly aware of what’s happening, he’s somehow lost everything that was important to him. After Julian can’t bear to continue watching his lover self-destruct, and throws him out of their home, Kyle moves in with Dusty and his sometime girlfriend, Maia (Necar Zadegan, ImageOut 2010’s Elena Undone). The three form a dysfunctional family of sorts, encouraging each other’s worst behaviors. Before long, Kyle starts engaging in practices he’d never have considered before, but his path toward rock bottom has only just begun. Inspired by writer-director Jane Clark’s own real-life experiences with methamphetamine addiction, Meth Head is a harrowing and emotional portrayal of drug abuse, as well as the ways in which family (both the ones we’re born into and the ones we make for ourselves) influence the paths we take in life. ~ Adam Lubitow

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Route of Acceptance Directed by: Heather Tobin Canada / 2012 / Video / 114 min.

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hat is fate? Does every minute decision have the potential to alter the entire course of our lives? Canadian filmmaker and ImageOut veteran Heather Tobin (whose To Each Her Own played to an appreciative audience at the 2008 festival) tries three answers to these questions with Route of Acceptance: an exercise in film, fate, and philosophy. Ryan, a driven and inspired young, queer filmmaker, is staring down the barrel of her high school diploma, seriously questioning what’s next. University is most likely in the cards, but which to choose? One thick mail packet welcomes her to the best arts program in the country, but it’s far away. It would be sure to pave the way to success and artistic fulfillment, but what if Ryan’s future wife is waiting for her in nearby Toronto? Three very different schools offer three different possibilities. What else in her future depends on this decision? A film truly born of the next generation of LGBTQ thinkers, Route of Acceptance tackles pressing and universal questions, but not those we’re most used to examining in gay and lesbian cinema. No one here is questioning her sexuality or how coming out of the closet might affect the world around her, and thank goodness for it! A realistically accepting and welcoming society leaves open many windows of opportunity for more nuanced and complex stories of our lives, in a way not possible in the early years of queer cinema. With noticeable and laudable growth to her natural writing and directing talent, Heather Tobin reenters the festival film circuit with a remarkable and thought-provoking addition to this year’s lineup. ~ Jessica Wilkie

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Portrait of Jason Directed by: Shirley Clarke USA / 1967 / 35mm / 105 min.

IMAGEOUT OF THE ARCHIVES “...Jason Holliday was created in San Francisco. And San Francisco is a place to be created. Believe me.”

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The most extraordinary film I’ve seen in my life is certainly Portrait of Jason... It is absolutely fascinating.

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Jason reaches brilliant moments in a total run-down of his soul history, an all-night monologue breaking the barrier between private humor and public discourse...

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~ ALLEN GINSBERG

iggling through a literal (and figurative) haze – this is how we first meet Jason Holiday née Aaron Payne, a 33-year-old hustler from Trenton NJ, and the subject of this year’s ImageOut of the Archives selection. This avant-garde film experiment by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Shirley Clarke is a non-fiction piece, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that there isn’t a performance happening. You see, Jason is a hustler and, as he often points out, a hustler hustles all the time. Aaron acts as Jason for 105 minutes; giving him a back-story, many a booze-soaked cheeky anecdotal concoction, and a cabaret-style, epic poem of a life. But not even his jarringly thick, round, black eyeglasses, flamboyant hand gestures, wide smile, and inebriated song stylings can hide the obvious, and very deep, pain both Aaron and Jason have suffered as a black, gay man in 1960s America. As Clarke keeps her camera trained on her subject, it is these glimpses of humanity and recognizable hurt breaking through the over-thetop persona that keep viewers riveted. And riveting it is. This full-length feature has the feel of 105 minutes of sharply honed drag queen banter: self-deprecating, “honest,” and often backhandedly brutal. Portrait of Jason gives a unique and possibly forgotten version of the reality of life in a back alley near the intersection of race, gender, economics, criminality, and sexuality. Equal parts entertaining, humbling, and familiar, this remastered and restored print of a long-forgotten chunk of cinema vérité is a sophisticated and thought-provoking addition to this year’s festival lineup. ~ Jessica Wilkie

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Holden

SHORTS PROGRAM

Sex, Lies & VHS

Curated by: Michael Gamilla Total running time: 97 min.

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Some scenes contain violence and explicit sexual situations.

As in Very Hot Studs! Here’s a collection of sexy dramatic short films and a revealing documentary that will get your pulse racing, your heart beating fast, or your mind blown. And in some instances, all of the above.

Holden

In Spanish and French with English subtitles Directed by: Juan Arcones and Roque Madrid Spain/France / 2012 / 20 min.

Toeing the Line

A young photographer with a severe short-term memory problem travels to Paris to photograph a famous Spanish actor. But will it be a night that they will both remember?

Shower

In Norwegian with English subtitles Directed by: Christian K. Norvalls Norway / 2012 / 8 min.

After a few laps in the pool, a man takes a shower in the locker room. But his curiosity leaves him in a vulnerable position. Twins

Toeing the Line

Summer Vacation

Directed by: Branden Blinn/ USA / 2013 / 18 min.

Ten years after graduating from high school, former jocks Lamar and Zach meet for a group lunch at a café. But when memories of one drunken night surface back up, will these two self-proclaimed heteros cross THE line?

Twins (Zwillinge)

In German with English subtitles Directed by: Florian Gottschick / Germany / 2010 / 15 min.

On the eve of his wedding to Sophie, Daniel encounters the love of his life again after years of separation... his twin brother. Gingers

Summer Vacation

In Hebrew with English subtitles Directed by: Tal Granit and Sharon Maymon Israel / 2012 / 22 min.

Yuval is enjoying a wonderful summer getaway in a beach resort with his family. But when an unexpected visitor turns up, all he wants is to get out of there by any means.

Gingers

Directed by: Antonio Da Silva UK/Portugal / 2013 / 14 min.

Redheads. Fire crotches. Gay gingers from 12 different countries talk about what it’s like to be one and prove that the carpet does match the drapes. Page 35

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 16 • 6:30PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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Five Dances Directed by: Alan Brown USA / 2013 / Video / 83 min.

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ighteen-year-old Chip (Broadway sensation Ryan Steele) has barely leapt off the Greyhound from Kansas when he lands a position in an intimate NYC modern dance company. Plunked into the challenging, nomadic life of a dancer, this young stallion comes equipped with the discipline, dedication, and exceptional talent to make it as soloist, but finds himself on a steep stage when it comes to abandoning fear and mistrust in forging relationships with his fellow dancers. His exceptional technique and chiseled physique attract the attention of Theo (Reed Luplau), a handsome, slightly older, and equally talented dancer. But Chip is too distracted with surviving on a shoestring, while constantly receiving desperate calls from his dysfunctional mother trying to guilt-trip him into abandoning his dreams and returning home. Theo learns to give romance time to brew, and slowly, through perseverance, sweat, cheers and celebrations, love is formed. Five Dances is a compelling dance drama, juxtaposing cool, abstract modern dance and soulful music with the reality of an artist’s daily struggles amidst the endless dedication, camaraderie and competition that are required to make a dance company succeed. The characters and love scenes are like the dances: focused on the beauty of the performers’ physicality, up close and personal, and creating the feel of a documentary. Writer/director Alan Brown collaborated with internationallyrenowned choreographer Jonah Bokaer to create Five Dances, resulting in a tense, exceptional love story about commitment to both high art and to one another. Cinematographer Derek McKane does what most cannot do: he captures the fullness and the depth of the choreography and makes the three-dimensionality of dance come alive on the twodimensional screen. The stunning Steele is an award-winning dancer, and makes a fantastic film debut. The partnering of director, choreographer and cinematographer of Five Dances ushers the viewer into the rarely filmed world of contemporary dance, experiencing the highs and lows of the cast, rooting for their success, and wishing we could join in the dance. ~ Adrienne Ehrlich

JURY AWARD

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Best International Narrative Feature Tel Aviv LGBT Int’l Film Festival

Best Feature Film Rio LGBT Film Festival (Brazil)

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Saratoga Film Festival of Dance

Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Ian Harvie Superhero Directed by: Liam K. Sullivan USA / 2012 / Video / 75 min.

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he San Francisco Bay Times says, “Ian Harvie is on a mission. Sure, the transgender stand-up comic wants to make audiences laugh, but only if he can humanize trans people at the same time.” It’s true. Ian Harvie is something we don’t see often... or ever: he is a transgender stand-up comedian and he is determined to show us that we’re not so different from him. Or from each other. In this performance, executive produced by ImageOut favorite Margaret Cho, Ian arrives in Maine to give a performance in his hometown in front of an audience filled with his friends and family as well as regular attendees. In his hour on stage, he touches on a variety of hilarious topics, from the “manly” sport of hunting in Maine and the bedroom antics of the Obamas in the White House to coming out (twice) to his parents, being mistaken for a gay man in a gay bar, and shopping for sex toys with his girlfriend (the name he gave one of them will crack you up). ImageOut audiences have always held a special place in our hearts for our queer stand-up comics. We can now add a new one: Ian Harvie, Superhero. ~ Georgia Beers Preceding the Documentary: Performing Girl Directed by: Crescent Diamond / USA / 2013 / 25 min.

Using excerpts from performances and family interviews, we get to know the compelling story of performance artist D’Lo, who was raised by Sri Lankan parents in Southern California.

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GRAND JURY AWARD OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY SHORT Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

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Stranger by the Lake (L’Inconnu du lac)

Directed by: Alain Guiraudie France / 2013 / Video / 97 min.

In French with English subtitles

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This film contains explicit sexual scenes. No one under 18 will be admitted.

ith increased visibility, and without the need to remain hidden, why is cruising still such an integral part of gay culture? Is it the anonymity that’s attractive? Is the impulse to hide away our desire for connection so deeply ingrained in us? Or are gay men just naturally in touch with their urge for kinky thrills? The unnervingly sexy, minimalist thriller Stranger by the Lake invites its audience to consider these questions as it follows Franck (Pierre Deladonchamps, in a performance that’s revealing, to put it mildly), a handsome twenty-something whiling away his days at an idyllic lakeside cruising ground in rural France. Scoping out his prospects one afternoon, Franck notices mysterious, sexy new stud on the beach, Michel (Christophe Paou), and he’s instantly taken with him. Michel appears to be in a relationship of sorts, but Franck only grows more fixated as days go by without hooking up with the adonis. At the same time, Franck strikes up an easy, platonic friendship with the chubby, closeted Henri (Patrick d’Assumçao). Franck fulfils Henri’s desire for companionship, and Henri offers the younger man a more meaningful relationship to supplement the more physical ones he’s getting from the other men on the beach. Then one night after staying late at the beach, Franck witnesses Michel take part in an encounter with his partner that’s a bit more murderous in nature. But this discovery is nothing compared to Franck’s realization that he’s willing to ignore his instinct for self-preservation in order to continue pursuing the object of his affections. Wringing considerable tension from sparse dialogue and a single location, Stranger by the Lake is a compelling and thought-provoking addition to our ImageOut There! series. Despite its explicit, often unsimulated sex, the film avoids exploitation or passing judgment, and asks us to consider what attracts us to behavior we know will put us in danger. ~ Adam Lubitow

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With keen insight, the film connects the human wreckage of Larry’s and Brandon’s troubled lives...

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Valentine Road Directed by: Marta Cunningham USA / 2012 / Video / 89 min.

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iddle school is never an easy time of life: full of changes, cliques, hormones, and waves of powerful emotion. Transitioning from childhood to adolescence is even more difficult for kids who are transgender. After years of suffering, young Larry King (who also goes by the name Letitia) finally finds love and confidence at Casa Pacifica, a sanctuary for abused children. Thriving in his new home, Larry begins applying makeup and donning spike heels, causing a commotion at E.O. Green Middle School. When Larry asks tough boy Brandon McInerney to be his valentine, Brandon’s jock buddies tease him mercilessly, and Brandon – also an abused teen – channels his deep humiliation into vengeance. Arriving in English class as the students work on a unit about Anne Frank and tolerance, Brandon shoots Larry twice in the back of the head. Valentine Road explores the tragic aftermath on many levels. After Larry dies from his wounds, his friends are left stunned and unsupported by their school, which does not even allow them to dedicate a tree in Larry’s honor. Dawn Boldrin, the teacher who most encouraged Larry to be herself (and who witnessed the shooting) faces repercussions from the school district and waves of post-traumatic stress. Brandon’s family experiences disbelief, guilt, and remorse as they recount their troubled lives. And as Larry’s story hits the national news, Ellen DeGeneres and Larry King (the famous newscaster) preach the need for acceptance after this bloodbath of fear and hate. This remarkable film raises numerous hard questions. How can the justice system handle a premeditated murder committed by a boy barely fourteen years old? How can schools protect students who are transgender? How can society help all children enduring abuse, before they turn into victims or killers? Riveting interviews, creative animated sequences, and an inspiring soundtrack (including Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ hit “Same Love”) combine to make Valentine Road a must-see film for teenagers as well as adults. Although Larry’s story is heartbreaking, Averi, Larry’s best friend, realizes that “we all learned a lot about life through this.” ~ J. O’Neill

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...the comic timing remains spot-on and the jokes fetchingly offbeat in an utterly Taiwanese way.

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Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (Ming tian ji de ai shang wo)

Directed by: Arvin Chen Taiwan / 2013 / Video / 105 min. In Mandarin and Min Nan with English subtitles

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ill You Still Love Me Tomorrow? is a sweet, romantic comedy that centers on the love lives of two siblings in modern day Taiwan. While working her job in a travel agency, Mandy met San-San, a gentle, unassuming man with whom she fell in love and became engaged. But now, being faced with the reality of what married life might actually look like, she panics and calls off their wedding. San-San, devastated over losing Mandy, finds himself in the very capable, very gay hands of wedding planner Stephen and his crew (The Sisters), who help him come up with several ways to try and win back the woman he loves. Meanwhile, Mandy’s big brother, Weichung, leads a seemingly idyllic life. Married to his wife, Feng, for nine years, he is father to an adorable son, and was just promoted to manager of the eyeglasses store where he’s worked for years. Feng is talking about having another child, and Weichung is considering it when handsome flight attendant Thomas comes into his store for new glasses, and Weichung is reminded of the happy, festive, and gay lifestyle he lived before he got married. A happy, almost fifties-like soundtrack keeps Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? solidly in the category of “romantic films,” and the direction has a gentle, easy feel, bright and comfortable without slipping into heavy-handedness or being overly melodramatic. All of the characters are extremely likable – even those that are secondary – and you’ll be rooting for each one of them to end up in their very own happily ever after. ~ Georgia Beers

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THURSDAY, OCT. 17 • 9:15PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

SHORTS PROGRAM

Home(grown) Boys Curated by: Michael Gamilla Total running time: 97 min.

Enjoy this all-American collection of comedy shorts and sweet tales of love, relationships, and coming out. Some of them might even hit closer to home than you think.

X Confident

Directed by: Paul Baker USA / 2013 / 11 min.

Wanna know what Pandora Boxx is up to in LA these days? Well, here, she is an office girl with a secret.

Gay Expectations

Directed by: Richard Porlier / USA / 2013 / 13 min.

Spooners

Two strangers see their lives together flash before their eyes over a cone of Hedonist Artisan Ice Cream. <wink>

P.D.A.

Directed by: Patrick Hancock / USA / 2012 / 8 min.

An urban gay couple argues about their contrasting views on holding hands in public.

Something Real

Directed by: Guy Shalem / USA / 2013 / 9 min.

A star-studded musical fantasy contemplating the state of the West Hollywood bar scene.

Wini + George

Directed by: Benjamin Monie / USA / 2013 / 12 min.

Grotto

A young misunderstood boy finds a friend in a kindhearted bag lady.

Jackpot

Directed by: Adam Baran / USA / 2013 / 10 min.

New Jersey, 1994. When 14-year-old Jack hears about a stash of gay porn hidden in a local convenience store dumpster, he sets off on an adventure to find it.

Grotto

Directed by: Dave Scala / USA / 2013 / 7 min.

20-year-old Marco returns to his small town for the summer after a year of college in Manhattan. He’s now ready to share some big news with his best friend.

Spooners

Dirty Talk

Directed by: Bryan Horch USA / 2013 / 14 min.

Who knew shopping for a bed can be so much fun and revelatory.

Dirty Talk

Directed by: Jeff Sumner / USA / 2012 / 13 min.

Nathan, a conservative English teacher, tells his best friend Zach about a one-night stand with a hot Latin man who loves to talk dirty.

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FRIDAY, OCT. 18 • 6:00PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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NARRATIVE FEATURE

Breaking the Girls Directed by: Jamie Babbit USA / 2012 / Video / 83 min.

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Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

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usual plot it would seem: Sara, a young aspiring photographer with a hard-luck past is scraping together college tuition thanks to a bunch of scholarships and a night job bartending at a local dive bar. That simple plot thickens to a frothy head shortly after Alex, a wild trust-fund brat, pulls up a stool at Sara’s bar and starts a game of seduction. Her family may have more money than some mediumsized Midwest towns, but Alex (a stunningly grown up Madeline Zima, from Californication, but probably best remembered as the youngest Sheffield kid on TV’s The Nanny) is far from welladjusted. Lonely, spoiled, and addicted to the high life, the lanky lesbian is noticeably teetering on the edge of serious danger and wants to take the seemingly straight Sara (bombshell-esque Agnes Bruckner of The Woods, Murder By Numbers, and TV’s The Bold and the Beautiful, 24 and Private Practice) along for the ride. While on that ride one night, drunken and sleepy pillowtalk turns dark and sinister and a dual murder plot is composed. But what happens when only one of the girls is taking the conversation seriously? The events that follow throw the two women and everyone around them onto a whole new rollercoaster of lust, murder, and betrayal. Directed by Jamie Babbit (But I’m A Cheerleader, Itty Bitty Titty Committee) and co-written by actress Guinevere Turner (Go Fish, American Psycho), Breaking the Girls, a sexy psychological thriller reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train, goes over the top with its twists and turns that will keep anyone guessing until the final few frames. With its erotic thrill, its glossy production value, and a very solid acting job by a slew of recognizable faces (the female leads are joined by TV and big screen veteran Sam Anderson, Swingtown’s Shanna Collins, and the very hunky Shawn Ashmore of X-Men and TV’s The Following fame), Breaking the Girls is a must-see for anyone looking for something different and exciting in this year’s lineup. ~ Jessica Wilkie

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FRIDAY, OCT. 18 • 8:15PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

NARRATIVE FEATURE

The Last Match (La Partida) Directed by: Antonio Hens Cuba/Spain / 2013 / Video / 94 min. In Spanish with English subtitles

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Outfest: Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

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nce in a while, a Cuban film gives us a glimpse of its contemporary society, more progressive than what most of the Western world imagines, yet still held back and limited by the complexities of its culture and by its economic depression. Even rarer, from a homophobic society steeped in machismo, is a Cuban film that is fearless and unapologetic in its portrayal of gay love. Reinier and Yosvani, like many young guys in their neighborhood, hang out and play in a makeshift soccer field in Havana. But their friendship solidifies when Reinier comes to Yosvani’s rescue during an attack by a group of thugs. They may come from different circumstances but they have one thing in common: each one will do anything to better his life. Handsome Reinier prostitutes himself along the fabled Malecón promenade to horny male foreigners looking for company and sex, an easy way to feed his baby boy and his family. In reality, most of the money goes to his increasing addiction to gambling and his penchant for brand name clothing and shoes. Yosvani comes from a rural area and manages to stay in Havana by living with his brute loan-shark employer and promising to marry the man’s daughter. After an evening of partying, an innocent goodnight kiss from Reinier stirs something in Yosvani. He keeps it to himself until an Ecstasy-fueled outing brings the repressed passion and desires to the surface. Their relationship becomes even deeper as the two guys frequently sneak away from their girlfriends to a rooftop love nest. But with poverty an ever-present reality, financial complications, ambitions, and desperation threaten their forbidden love. Spanish director and co-writer Antonio Hens (Clandestinos) inspired his two 18-year-old first-time film actors, Milton García and Reinier Díaz, to deliver touching and authentic performances that will leave the audiences in awe, if not hot and bothered. The Last Match, with its unbridled passion, is one of the most dramatic romances this year. ~ Michael Gamilla

FRIDAY, OCT. 18 • 10:45PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

I’m a Porn Star Directed by: Charlie David Canada / 2013 / Video / 81 min.

East Coast Premiere

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orn: love it, hate it, or addicted to it, there’s no denying it’s big business. How huge? Generating an estimated $13 BILLION a year, it’s bigger than the music industry. Whatever your orientation, with roughly 370 million adult websites online, you can find something to stimulate your sexual appettite. While Gen Y has always known the internet as its go-to source for porn, older gay men have had a much different experience. Whether it was films with homoerotic subtext, the underwear section of a department store catalog, or bodybuilding magazines, the fuel for gay fantasies has gone through many evolutions before arriving at the modern online buffet. Today, the internet is king, and the next star of gay porn could be in your neighborhood, so long as he has ambition, a desirable look, and a webcam. I’m a Porn Star focuses on four gay porn actors: Brent Everett, Colby Jansen, Johnny Rapid, and Rocco Reed, as they discuss why they got involved in porn and the effects it’s had on their lives and relationships. This provocative, sexy film, directed by ImageOut favorite Charlie David (Mulligans and TV’s Dante’s Cove), offers an eyeopening look at the men who become porn stars, shattering stereotypes along the way. You won’t want to miss this film, certain to be one of this year’s hottest tickets. ~ Christopher Roesch Preceding the Documentary: Tom’s Gift Directed by: Tom Verow and Charles Lum USA / 2012 / 7 min. Welcome to Tom’s Gift, a sex shop in rural New England, where many men have enjoyed a happy ending.

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ImageOut Ticket Discounts Next Generation Film Series

Second Friday ( ) Celebration at The Bachelor Forum Of The Film Festival

670 University Ave, Rochester NY 14607

Friday Oct.18th, 2013 Unwind after the work week and a week of fabulous ImageOut movies at The Bachelor Forum. Come anytime or join us after the Friday evening movies to meet and greet the visiting filmmakers. Your ImageOut ticket stub will get you a free drink, and there will be drink specials and tasty pizza to snack on well into the night. Easy parking for The Bachelor Forum is available on University, Atlantic, and Anderson Avenues. Also throughout the festival you can present your ticket stub from any ImageOut film to get a free drink at The Bachelor Forum.

All programs in this series (see page 3 for a listing of the films in this series) are free to anyone under the age of 21. Tickets can be obtained during advance ticket sales at in-person sales only (see page 58 for dates and times) and at the box office before each screening. Please be prepared to show proper ID.

Young Adult Discount ImageOut offers a $2 discount to individuals 24 and under for most film programs in the Festival. See page 5 for more details.

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ImageOut offers a $2 discount to individuals over the age of 65 for most film programs in the Festival. See page 5 for more details.

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SATURDAY, OCT. 19 • 11:30AM • DRYDEN THEATRE

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

The Rugby Player Directed by: Scott Gracheff USA / 2013 / Video / 90 min.

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Boston LGBT Film Festival

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n September 11, 2001, America changed forever. Four planes were hijacked; three of them used as missiles to take down the World Trade Center and damage the Pentagon, as well as kill over 2000 innocent people. The fourth plane, United Flight 93, never reached its intended target, thanks to the courageous actions of some of the passengers on board. One of those passengers was Mark Bingham. Raised by a single mom who, as a flight attendant, was frequently absent, Mark was a small boy and often bullied. His friends taught him to stand up for himself and, as Mark “filled out”, he became a force to be reckoned with. He also discovered rugby. Mark excelled at the sport, becoming captain of his team. As one of Mark’s coaches notes, rugby players must be fearless, or at least appear to be so. Players are empowered to make a lot of decisions for the team, based purely on instinct. Clearly, lessons learned on the rugby pitch would come into play years later. The Rugby Player, directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Scott Gracheff, uses interviews with friends, teammates, fraternity brothers, and family to give us a look at the forces that shaped the boy into the man he would become. We also see Mark via an impressive collection of home movies he shot himself. We hear of his awkward coming out and his anger over the ban on same-sex marriage. But the true soul of the film is Mark’s mother, Alice Hoglan, who admirably has turned her grief over the loss of her son into activism. Though The Rugby Player does deal with Mark’s sexuality, his sexuality didn’t define him. The film defies stereotypes, challenging the perceptions some may have about what it means to be gay, or to be tough, or to be a hero. It’s a film that will have viewers laughing one minute and fighting tears another, ultimately acting as a powerful tribute to an inspirational young man. Mark Bingham died a hero, and he was one of us. As one teammate notes, “There’s nothing anyone can say that can tarnish the memory of Mark Bingham.” ~ Christopher Roesch

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SATURDAY, OCT. 19 • 2:00PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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Soongava: Dance of the Orchids Directed by: Subarna Thapa Nepal/France / 2012 / Video / 85 min. In Nepali and English with English subtitles

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Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival

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n a time when the legalization of same-sex marriage is surging – both at home and abroad – it’s important that we remember there are still places in the world where our LGBT brothers and sisters continue to struggle and continue to suffer violence towards them. Nepal is one such place. Homosexuality is more visible than it once was there, but its acceptance is still marginal at best. Graceful Diya (Deeya Maskey), aspiring to become a traditional Nepali dancer, and Kiran (Nisha Adhikari) are two university students who share a tight friendship... and something more. Kiran is more certain of her feelings than Diya is, and it takes an arranged engagement to finally solidify for Diya what it is she really wants from her life. While it can be difficult to watch two young women in the 21st century be judged, discriminated against, and shunned by their own families because they’re different, the strength of the bond they share and their determination to live their lives on their own terms – together – no matter what, is as uplifting as it is empowering.

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Writer/director Subarna Thapa gives us some interesting and rarely seen glimpses of modern-day Nepalese culture, from inside the traditional family home – complete with ancient engagement rituals – to a very modern downtown dance studio. Featuring stellar acting by all parties and some colorfully beautiful choreography, Soongava: Dance of the Orchids, the first Nepali film to depict same-sex relations, will stay in your head and heart long after the credits roll. ~ Georgia Beers

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SATURDAY, OCT. 19 • 4:15PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Honeymoon (Líbánky) Directed by: Jan Hrebejk Czech Republic/Slovakia / 2013 / Video / 97 min. In Czech with English subtitles

OFFICIAL SELECTION Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION Toronto International Film Festival

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oneymoon begins on the morning of Radim and Tereza’s picture-perfect wedding day, with sunshine illuminating the smiles of the wedding party. The only slight inconvenience happens when Radim’s son, Dominik, has a lens fall out of his glasses. Radim hurriedly locates an optician who appears to be strangely fascinated by Radim and his wedding. This mysterious man quickly infiltrates the wedding events, befriending guests and riding along to the reception at the country cottage of the bride’s wealthy father. This man, who goes by the name Jan Benda, comes across as both innocent and creepy, dressed all in black and spending most of his time playing with the children, who otherwise would be bored and thus greatly enjoy his attention. Tereza’s increasing unease with the wedding crasher’s odd statements and actions comes to a head when she discovers the highly unusual gift he’s left for them. Even after Radim forcefully kicks out the interloper, the couple’s anxieties continue to rise. While the rest of the guests remain oblivious, Tereza and Radim become increasingly at odds as they learn more about this strange man who is somehow entangled in Radim’s adolescent past. When young Dominik disappears after running an errand to the optician, panic ensues, and Radim fiercely sets out to avenge his son. A chilling and fascinating look at how the forgotten past can rise to haunt the present, Honeymoon looks beautiful and serene on the surface while stirring up tantalizing tensions below. This is one wedding celebration turned nightmare that fans of suspense will not want to miss! ~ J. O’Neill

SATURDAY, OCT. 19 • 7:30PM • DRYDEN THEATRE

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G.B.F. Directed by: Darren Stein USA / 2013 / Video / 92 min.

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...a comic send-up of high school clique culture, backed by a screenplay full of whip smart one-liners from first-time writer George Northy

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anner Daniels (Michael J. Willett) has never been concerned about popularity; he’s happy to fly under the radar at North Gateway High. He’s got a group of friends who can appreciate a shy comic book geek for who he is, plus it’s his senior year, which means the end of high school hell is finally in sight. Tanner’s flamboyant best friend, Brent (Paul Iacono), on the other hand, is always desperate for attention. Fed up with not having the dating options of his straight classmates, he convinces Tanner to test the waters and set up a profile on gay hookup app, “Guydar.” Unfortunately for him, this occurs just as the school’s tragically gayless G.S.A. goes on a homo witch hunt, using the app as a tracking device to identify any potentially gay students in the school. And just like that, Tanner finds himself outed to the entire student population. Shockingly, instead of being ostracized, he’s a hot commodity amongst the “in” crowd. You see, as the first out-and-proud gay student at school, Tanner is now what’s known as the G.B.F. (gay best friend), which happens to be the trendiest accessory a teenage girl can have. Suddenly the queen bee leaders of the school’s three major cliques are locked in battle with one another, each eager to claim Tanner as their very own G.B.F. and leverage the combined power of their popularity into prom queen victory. Now Tanner’s forced to navigate the unfamiliar world of high school social politics on his own, without the help of his best friend turned enemy (there’s still some hurt feelings over the whole outing thing). In G.B.F., director Darren Stein (the cult classic teen movie, Jawbreaker) has crafted the sharp-tongued spiritual descendant of Mean Girls. A laugh-out-loud funny, candy-colored high school satire, starring a cast of familiar faces including Natasha Lyonne (hot off the summer’s buzziest new TV series, Orange Is the New Black), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films), and comedic treasure, Megan Mullally (Karen Walker in TV’s Will & Grace), G.B.F. shows that even in high school, the identity you’re assigned is never as cut and dry as you believe. ~ Adam Lubitow

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OPENING NIGHT FILM

Frameline San Francisco Int’l LGBT Film Festival

Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival

Philadelphia QFest

OFFICIAL SELECTION

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Tribeca Film Festival

Seattle International Film Festival

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The Closing Night Party Village Gate Atrium, 274 North Goodman St, Rochester, NY 14607 Saturday October 19th, 2013 • 10:00pm to 1:00am Join fellow ImageOut fans and filmmakers as we celebrate another successful year for the Festival. Enjoy delicious complimentary food by one of Rochester’s top caterers. Enjoy an ImageOut signature cocktail or a refreshing beverage of your choice at the cash bar. Our DJ will get you dancing and provide the soundtrack for a great evening of socializing and discussing all the great movies you’ve seen. Please join us by entering through the main entrance on North Goodman Street. There is ample free parking available around the Village Gate property.

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SUNDAY, OCT. 20 • 12:45PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Geography Club Directed by: Gary Entin USA / 2013 / Video / 90 min.

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Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festivall

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Provincetown International Film Festival

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hen high schooler Russel Middlebrook (the adorable Cameron Deane Stewart) agrees to meet his mystery online chat-buddy in person for the first time, he’s understandably nervous. So it’s totally reasonable that when he bumps into Kevin (Justin Deeley), the popular star of the football team (and his longtime crush), at the park where he was supposed to have his meeting, Russel panics and runs away. But after that first contact, he and Kevin strike up a friendship, ultimately leading to a surprising, but perfect, kiss in the rain. After Russel’s friend, Min, accidentally spots the boys smooching, she tells him that she’s decided to start a secret after-school club for gay students. It takes some convincing, since Russel’s not yet ready to come out officially, but eventually he agrees to join. Soon he discovers that he’s not as alone as he had originally thought. The group decides to come up with a name that’s bound to keep other students away, and thus the first meeting of the Geography Club comes to order. But when Kevin pulls some strings to get Russel a spot on the football team so they can hang out together without arousing suspicion, and his best friend, Gunnar, begs him to go on a double date with a girl, Russel suddenly finds himself pulled in a million different directions, unsure of what he really wants for himself. Based on the popular young-adult novel by Brent Hartinger, Geography Club has a keen understanding of the ways peer pressure and insecurity can define one’s high school experience, if you let them. With a cast that includes Scott Bakula, Ana Gasteyer, and Nikki Blonsky (2007’s Hairspray), it’s a sweet and funny film that takes its cue more from the filmography of John Hughes than John Waters. Membership in this Geography Club is for anyone who’s ever struggled to figure out their place in the world. ~ Adam Lubitow

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SUNDAY, OCT. 20 • 3:00PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

American Vagabond Directed by: Susanna Helke Denmark/Finland/USA / 2013 / Video / 90 min.

East Coast Premiere

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or many, San Francisco is the gay mecca – a city of tolerance and hope for LGBT people growing up in small town (and small-minded) USA. But living in a city is expensive, and without skills or a paying job, many people fall through the cracks of the American Dream. American Vagabond, directed by Danish filmmaker Susanna Helke in collaboration with Mary Morgan, follows the personal narrative of James Temple, a gay, homeless teenager as he confronts the barbs of social acceptance, broken family ties, and the day-today uncertainties of living on the streets. This absorbing documentary begins with James and his lover Tyler arriving destitute in San Francisco. Through intimate conversations, Helke and Morgan document the hardships of a homeless life. James and Tyler are reduced to stealing food, avoiding the police, and even prostitution to survive. Realizing that San Francisco is not the “city at the end of the rainbow” or a promised land, James is forced to move back to his small, religious hometown of Chico, California. Back home, life for James does not improve. His parents are unwilling to give up their values and morals for their “wayward” son. The second half of the film shifts to include interviews with James’ mother and grandmother, Sandy and Barbara Temple, while raising further thorny issues of religious intolerance and straight parents’ acceptance of their gay children. American Vagabond is a testament to the fact that a life of non-disclosure and non-acceptance leads down a destructive path. Thoughtful and at times heart-wrenching, the filmmakers skillfully explore the tragedy of intolerance, the strength of familial ties, and the humanity of the homeless. ~ Brad Craddock

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DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival

Visions du Réel: Int’l Documentary Film Festival (Nyon, Switzerland)

OFFICIAL SELECTION Midnight Sun Film Festival (Finland)

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For Dorian Directed by: Rodrigo Barriuso / Canada / 2012 / 16 min. A father fears the sexual awakening of his disabled son, a teenager living with Down syndrome, and struggles with the notion of letting him grow up.

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SUNDAY, OCT. 20 • 6:00PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

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20 Lies, 4 Parents and Leugens, 4 ouders scharrelei) a Little Egg (20en een Directed by: Hanro Smitsman Netherlands / 2013 / Video / 80 min. In Dutch with English subtitles

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Roze Filmdagen: Amsterdam LGBT Film Festival

Pink Apple Zurich Lesbian & Gay Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION Prague Pride 2013

arenting is difficult enough under so-called normal circumstances. And few parents would be able to claim they never lied to their children – or their partners, for that matter. Sometimes, we tell ourselves, a lie told with the intention of protecting a loved one is better than a hurtful truth. But when the truth does reveal itself? That’s when things get messy. In this atypical parenting fable, we meet Emma and Ilse, who’ve been together some 20 years. They’re preparing to celebrate their son Dylan’s 15th birthday, but Dylan stands them up to hang with friends. A family quarrel ensues when he returns, during which Emma falls and winds up in the hospital. Meanwhile, the fastidious Bert lives happily with his husband, Sjors. When he discovers Emma’s website on his husband’s computer, and innocently asks who she is, Sjors stammers that she’s an old friend. But when Sjors calls Ilse asking about Dylan, it’s clear that he is the sperm donor – and hasn’t told Bert. Ilse asks Sjors for a favor: take Dylan to live with him while Emma recuperates for three months. Sjors seems eager for a chance to get to know Dylan and agrees without telling Bert first. To ease Bert into the news, Sjors asks Dylan to keep his identity a secret at first. They tell Bert that Dylan is the son of a friend. Though Bert is fond of order, he starts to bond with Dylan and enjoy the chaos he introduces to their household. Meanwhile Sjors begins to learn how to be a parent. Then things get complicated. Emma and Ilse are ready to take their son back, but Bert and Sjors aren’t ready to give him up. Turns out there’s more to the story than Sjors simply being the sperm donor. As secret after secret is revealed, Dylan struggles to find his place in this unconventional situation, as the relationship between his moms and new dads is tested. ~ Lisa Granite

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North American Premiere

SUNDAY, OCT. 20 • 8:15PM • LITTLE THEATRE 1

NARRATIVE FEATURE

Birthday Cake Directed by: Chad Darnell USA / 2013 / Video / 85 min.

New York State Premiere

JURY AWARD

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BEST COMEDY FILM Kansas City Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

CNKY Cincinnati LGBT Film Festival

OFFICIAL SELECTION

Philadelphia QFest

North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

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rom director Chad Darnell, comes this antic featurelength sequel to his hilarious 2012 short film Groom’s Cake. This mockumentary-style film follows new parents, writer Daniel Ferguson (Chad Darnell) and TV actor Steven James (Rib Hillis), as they prepare for their baby girl Sam’s first birthday party, and attempt to record the entire affair for posterity with an elaborate production, including a full film crew, producers, and the occasional intruding microphone. Not unlike many new parents, Dan and Steven plan an over-the-top celebration with family and friends that rapidly collides with the mayhem of “real life.” Much to Dan’s surprise (and in spite of his objections) Steven has invited Dan’s Pentecostal mother (played by Helen Shaver, TV’s The L Word and Law and Order:SVU) along with his sister, Ruth (Shanda Lee Munson, Remember the Titans), allowing the completely dysfunctional family dynamic to be on full display. And that’s before Steven’s mom (Rebecca Wackler, TV’s The Perfect Family, ER) and grandmother (Lee Meriwether, TV’s Desperate Housewives) arrive, bringing a few surprises along with them. Darnell manages to weave several poignant scenes into the film, adding depth and emotion, but really, this film is all about the laughs. Murphy’s Law is in full effect as the best laid plans spiral out of control and, yes Mary, there’s even an LAPD chase scene! Birthday Cake never lets up for more than a breath or two, and you’re sure to leave the theater with a smile and a soft spot in your heart for each of the main characters. Darnell and the cast manage to treat us to a raucous 85 minutes infused with just the right balance of stirring moments and dialog that coyly address the complexity of defining our family and friends. ~ Jennifer Morgan Preceding the Feature: Barry’s Bespoke Bakery Directed by: Denis McArdle / Ireland / 2012 / 9 min. Welcome to a lavish wonderland of refined wedding cakes owned by the fastidious pâtissier, Barry, where everything has its place except for his talented employee, Brian.

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Festival Fair Thursday, Sept. 12 6:30 – 9:30pm

Free and Open to the Public Eisenhart Auditorium at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, 657 East Ave., Rochester NY, 14607 The Festival Fair is the first chance for the general public to buy tickets to all the Festival films! We’ll take over the Eisenhart Auditorium complex at the Rochester Museum and Science Center to sell tickets and show how you can volunteer or join ImageOut. You can learn about the programs and services of ImageOutreach, as well as the upcoming ImageArt show and special events. There will be a Palm Court Lounge with a cash bar and complementary light hors d’oeurves where you can plan your Festival experience. This is your exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets before online sales begin! Be sure you get your tickets in-person before the most popular films sell out (Opening Night typically sells out)! Be sure not to miss the Programmer’s Preview of the 2013 Festival at 8:00pm and the FREE sneak preview screening of Valentine Road at 8:20pm.

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ImageOut will offer secure, online ticket purchasing beginning Monday, September 16, 2013 at 5:00pm through Thursday, October 10 at 5:00pm. Online ticket purchases require use of a credit card. All credit card transactions will again be processed through VeriSign, a secure site, with a $3 processing fee for each order. Tickets purchased prior to the start of the festival will be sold at a rate lower than tickets sold at the theatres once the festival begins. Tickets purchased online will be mailed to you within one week. If you purchase tickets online after October 5, all of your tickets will be held for pickup at the box office of your first program.

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Online ticket sales begin Monday, September 16 at 5:00pm and end Thursday, October 10 at 5:00pm.

Additional In-Person Ticket Sales

Tickets may be purchased at the ImageOut office in Village Gate Square, 274 N. Goodman Street, Bldg A, Suite A203: Saturday, Sept. 21................ 12:30 – 4:00pm Sunday, Sept. 29................... 12:30 – 4:00pm Wednesday, Oct. 2................ 6:00 – 8:00pm Saturday, Oct. 5.................... 12:30 – 4:00pm Tuesday, Oct. 8..................... 6:00 – 8:00pm The office is closest to the Goodman Street entrance. There is ample parking in the back lots at Village Gate Square where you can easily access the building through the “B” entrance. Tickets purchased in person may be paid for by cash, check, money order, or credit card. (Credit card orders will be charged a $3 processing fee.) Advance tickets will NOT be sold at the Little or Dryden Theatres.

Tickets by Phone

If you are unable to purchase your tickets online or in-person we will have volunteers taking phone orders at 585-271-2640 during these hours: Saturday, Sept. 21................ 12:30 – 4:00pm Sunday, Sept. 29................... 12:30 – 4:00pm Wednesday, Oct. 2................ 6:00 – 8:00pm Saturday, Oct. 5.................... 12:30 – 4:00pm Tuesday, Oct. 8..................... 6:00 – 8:00pm Tickets will be mailed to you within one week of your order date. To ensure a smooth transaction, please fill out the order form in this Program before calling and have your credit card available. Phone orders may only be paid for by credit card and there is a $3.00 processing fee for each order. Please do not call the ImageOut office with ticket orders during regular business hours. If you Have Questions? call the office at any other time, you will reach Email the Ticket our voice mail. In this case, please clearly leave Committee only your name, phone number, and best time to We encourage you to return your call. Our ticket committee volunteers contact us at are in the office during the evenings and will tickets@imageout.org. respond to messages at that time. Please do not We try to respond leave your ticket order on our phone messaging within 24 hours. system, as such orders will not be accepted. Page 59

Additional Notes On Tickets • Advance ticket prices are lower than ticket prices once the festival begins. • All screenings are available for advance purchase. Some programs may sell out prior to the show. To avoid disappointment, we encourage you to buy your tickets early. Rush tickets for a sold out show may become available right before the screening. • ALL SALES ARE FINAL. There are no refunds or exchanges after the purchase of tickets. • A discount is available for young adults (age 24 and under), with proper ID, for regular priced programs (ranging in price from $7.00 - $10.00). The discount is $2.00 and is available only when the ticket is purchased in person ahead of time or at the theater (not online). There is a limit of one ticket per program per ID. • A discount is available to Seniors age 65 and over with proper ID for regular price programs (ranging in price from $7.00 - $10.00). The discount is $2.00 and is available only when the ticket is purchased in person ahead of time or at the theater (not online). • Group rates are not available. • Vouchers or coupons will not be accepted unless issued by ImageOut. • Please check venues and start times on your tickets as they vary each night. • Fax or direct mail ticket orders will not be accepted. • We are unable to “hold” ticket orders for later purchase.

THEATER VENUES

Little Theatre

240 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14604 290 seats

Dryden Theatre George Eastman House 900 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14607 500 seats

Ingle Auditorium

Rochester Institue of Technology One Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623 500 seats

The Little Theatre box office opens 30 minutes before each program begins. Once the Little Theatre box office opens, you may purchase tickets for any of the programs featured at the Little that day. Between screenings, a special ImageOut Box office table will be located in the lobby near the concession stand. Here you can purchase tickets for any remaining programs in the Festival. Come early to buy tickets and enjoy the Little Theatre Café! Directions to Little Theatre: From the EAST: Come in to Rochester on Route 490. Take the Goodman Street exit. At the top of the ramp turn right (go North) onto Goodman to East Avenue. Turn left (go west) and go through three lights. The LITTLE will be on your right (on the north side of East Avenue). To park in the East End garage, continue to Scio Street, turn right (go North). The entrance to the garage will be on your left (on the West side of Scio Street). Parking here is free after 5:30 PM weeknights and all day on weekends.

From the WEST: Come in to Rochester on Route 490. Take the Goodman Street exit. At the top of the ramp turn left (go North) onto Goodman to East Avenue. Turn left (go west) and go through three lights. The LITTLE will be on your right (on the north side of East Avenue). To park in the East End garage, continue to Scio Street, turn right (go North). The entrance to the garage will be on your left (on the West side of Scio Street). Parking here is free after 5:30 PM weeknights and all day on weekends. Parking: There is free parking in close proximity to the Little Theatre. Parking signs and a parking lot attendant – who is on duty seven nights a week – will direct you to other free parking. On-street parking near the Little is free after 6:00 p.m. and all day on weekends. If you are able, use the EAST END GARAGE. It’s a short walk from the theatre (see driving instructions above).

The Dryden Theatre box office opens 30 minutes before each program begins. Once the box office opens, you may purchase tickets for any of the programs featured at the Dryden that day. A special ImageOut box office will be located to the right of the theatre entrance. Here you can purchase tickets for any remaining programs in the Festival. Come early to buy tickets and enjoy the Eastman House Café! Directions to The Dryden Theatre: From the EAST: Come in to Rochester on Route 490. Take the Goodman Street exit. At the top of the ramp turn right onto Goodman (go North) to East Avenue. Turn right onto East Avenue (go East). Pass through 3 lights (Portsmouth) and the entrance to the Dryden Theatre at George East-

man House will be the first driveway on your left (on the north side of East Avenue). From the WEST: Come in to Rochester on Route 490. Take the Goodman Street exit. At the top of the ramp turn left onto Goodman (go North) to East Avenue. Turn right onto East Avenue (go East). Pass through 3 lights (Portsmouth) and the entrance to the Dryden Theatre at George Eastman House will be the first driveway on your left (on the north side of East Avenue). Parking: Parking lot entrances are located off East Avenue and University Avenue. Parking is free, adjacent to the theatre in the George Eastman House parking lot. Additional parking is available on University Avenue and in the evening on both sides of East Avenue.

Ingle Auditorium is located in the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) Student Alumni Union, at the center of the RIT campus. The ImageOut box office at Ingle Auditorium will open 30 minutes before each ImageOut program begins. Once the box office opens, you may purchase tickets for any of the programs featured at Ingle Auditorium that day or for any programs remaining in the Festival. Directions to Ingle Auditorium: The Rochester Institute of Technology is on Lomb Memorial Drive, off Jefferson Road in Henrietta, west of South Town Plaza. There is a large sign marking the main entrance to campus.

Parking: Once you are on Lomb Memorial Drive, loop around the flagpoles at the roundabout and head east on Andrews Drive. Parking Lot D is an almost immediate right turn. Walk around either side of the Ritter Arena/Clark Gym complex to enter the Student Alumni Union near the foot of the Sentinel sculpture. Ingle is left of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream stand. Detailed campus maps can be found on the RIT website: www.RIT.edu

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THE ROCHESTER LGBT www.imageout.org FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL

FRI. 11th

Festival at a Glance SAT. 12th

SUN. 13th

MON. 14th

TUES. 15th

Wed. 16th

Thur. 17th

Fri. 18th

Sat. 19th

Sun. 20th

11:00am 11:30pm 12:00pm

Shoulders To Stand On

12:30pm

The Rugby Player

1:00pm 1:30pm

Before You Know It

2:00pm

2:30pm

Mr. Angel

3:00pm

The Happy Sad

Geography Club

Soongava: Dance Of The Orchids

Monster Pies

3:30pm 4:00pm

4:30pm

The New Black

I Am Divine

5:00pm 5:30pm

American Vagabond

Pit Stop

The Falls 2

Honeymoon

6:00pm 6:30pm

7:00pm 7:30pm 8:00pm 8:30pm

08 01

Reaching For The Moon

Quick Licks

Alice Walker

In The Name Of

Out In The Dark

Bwakaw

Route Of Acceptance

Five Dances

Ian Harvie Superhero

Portrait of Jason

18 10

10:00pm

Who’s Afraid Of Vagina Test Wolf?

10:30pm 11:00pm

The Last Match

Two Mothers Getting Go

Meth Head

Stranger By Valentine Road The Lake

Sex, Lies & VHS

Free Fall

20 Lies, 4 Parents And A Little Egg

Breaking The Girls

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?

9:00pm 9:30pm

G. B. F.

Birthday Cake

Closing Night Party at Village Gate Square

Home(grown) Boys

11:30pm

I’m A Porn Star

$298 ) Full Festival Pass $199 ( VALUE

Save 30% over advance ticket sale prices!

FULL AL FESTIV PA S S

• The Full Festival Pass gains you entry to all Festival programs including the Opening and Closing Night parties. • Enjoy priority seating with a Full Festival Pass. • Passes are limited, purchase early (passes sold out last year). Page 61

SAVE UP TO 20% WHEN YOU PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE t

DATE

Ticket Order Form DATE LAST NAME FIRST NAME STREET ADDRESS

CITY / STATE / ZIP PHONE EMAIL ADDRESS

No fax or direct mail ticket orders will be accepted because ticket availability cannot be guaranteed. There will be no refunds or exchanges.

ACCESSIBILITY Please call the relay service number at 1-800-662-1220 (the Festival Office number is 585-271-2640) to request interpreting services. Those requesting or inquiring about wheelchair accessible seating should call the Festival Office directly at 585-271-2640. Requests must be made prior to 5:00pm on October 4, 2013.

TIME

PROGRAM NUMBER / TITLE

BOX OFFICE ADVANCE TICKET TICKET THEATER PRICE PRICE QTY

Fri. Oct. 11 6:30pm 1 Reaching For The Moon (Ticket includes parties) Little 1 $15 Fri. Oct. 11 9:30pm 2 Free Fall (Ticket includes parties) Little 1 $15 Sat. Oct. 12 11:00am 3 Shoulders To Stand On Dryden $8 Sat. Oct. 12 1:30pm 4 Mr. Angel Little 1 $8 Sat. Oct. 12 1:45pm 5 Monster Pies Dryden $8 Sat. Oct. 12 3:45pm 6 I Am Divine Little 1 $10 Sat. Oct. 12 4:00pm 7 The Falls 2 Dryden $10 Sat. Oct. 12 6:45pm 8 Quick Licks (Shorts program) Little 1 $10 Sat. Oct. 12 6:45pm 9 Out In The Dark (Spotlight) Dryden $12 Sat. Oct. 12 9:15pm 10 Who’s Afraid Of Vagina Wolf? (Spotlight) Little 1 $12 Sat. Oct. 12 9:30pm 11 Test Dryden $10 Sun. Oct. 13 12:30pm 12 Before You Know It Little 1 $8 Sun. Oct. 13 12:30pm 13 The Happy Sad Dryden $8 Sun. Oct. 13 3:15pm 14 The New Black Little 1 $10 Sun. Oct. 13 3:15pm 15 Pit Stop Dryden $10 Sun. Oct. 13 6:00pm 16 Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth Little 1 $10 Sun. Oct. 13 6:15pm 17 In The Name Of Dryden $10 Sun. Oct. 13 8:15pm 18 Two Mothers Little 1 $10 Sun. Oct. 13 8:45pm 19 Getting Go, The Go Doc Project Dryden $10 Mon. Oct. 14 6:30pm 20 Bwakaw Little 1 $10 Mon. Oct. 14 9:15pm 21 Meth Head Little 1 $10 Tues. Oct. 15 6:15pm 22 Route Of Acceptance Little 1 $10 Tues. Oct. 15 7:00pm 23 Portrait Of Jason (Archive) Dryden $10 Tues. Oct. 15 9:30pm 24 Sex, Lies, & VHS (Shorts Program) Little 1 $10 Wed. Oct. 16 6:30pm 25 Five Dances (Narrative Centerpiece) Little 1 $12 Wed. Oct. 16 6:30pm 26 Ian Harvie Superhero Ingle $10 Wed. Oct. 16 9:00pm 27 Stranger By The Lake Little 1 $10 Wed. Oct. 16 9:00pm 28 Valentine Road Ingle $10 Thur. Oct. 17 6:30pm 29 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Little 1 $10 Thur. Oct. 17 9:15pm 30 Home(grown) Boys (Shorts Program) Little 1 $10 Fri. Oct. 18 6:00pm 31 Breaking The Girls Little 1 $10 Fri. Oct. 18 8:15pm 32 The Last Match Little 1 $10 Fri. Oct. 18 10:45pm 33 I’m A Porn Star Little 1 $10 Sat. Oct. 19 11:30am 34 The Rugby Player Dryden $8 Sat. Oct. 19 2:00pm 35 Soongava: Dance Of The Orchids Dryden $10 Sat. Oct. 19 4:15pm 36 Honeymoon Dryden $10 Sat. Oct. 19 7:30pm 37 G.B.F. (Film & Party) Dryden $30 Sat. Oct. 19 7:30pm 37F G.B.F. (Film Only) Dryden $15 Sat. Oct. 19 10:00pm Closing Night Party (Party-Only Ticket) $20 Sun. Oct. 20 12:45pm 38 Geography Club Little 1 $8 Sun. Oct. 20 3:00pm 39 American Vagabond (Documentary Centerpiece) Little 1 $10 Sun. Oct. 20 6:00pm 40 20 Lies, 4 Parents And A Little Egg Little 1 $10 Sun. Oct. 20 8:15pm 41 Birthday Cake Little 1 $10

$12 $12 $7 $7 $7 $9 $9 $9 $11 $11 $9 $7 $7 $9 $9 $9 $9 $90 $9 $90 $90 $9 $90 $90 $11 $90 $9 $90 $90 $9 $90 $90 $90 $7 $9 $9 $25 $12 $15 $70 $90 $9 $9

Full Festival Pass $199 (a $298 value) Your Full Festival Pass entitles you to early admission for seating selection. You will receive a special Full Festival Pass that will allow you entrance to all shows, the Opening Parties at 140 Alex and Tilt Night Club, and the Closing Night Party at Village Gate Square.

$ 199

(Over 30% Savings)

ImageOutreach Donation (Suggested donation – $5.00)

Please consider making a donation to ImageOutreach. Your support will help our youth, hard-of-hearing and less fortunate members of our community access the Festival.

PAYMENT METHOD: o Cash o Check o Visa o MasterCard o Discover o AmEx

SUBTOTAL CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE ($3 per order) TOTAL AMOUNT DUE

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TOTAL

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