Festival Length     10 days
Budget     $600,000
Total Films     60+
Audience Capacity     15,000
Number of Programs     36
Number of Guests     40+
Number of Panels     3
Number of Parties     12

Other Festival Facts:

Out of the Festival's 60-plus films, 30 are world, U.S., North American and East Coast premieres. The rest are Florida and South Florida premieres.

More than half of the Festival's films are international fare from such countries as Argentina, Australia, Britain, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Slovenia, Spain and South Africa.

Seven of the Festival's programs are Spanish-language works, including the Festival opening night film Sagitario (Sagitarius) and I Love You Baby, both from Spain; an episode from the groundbreaking Nicaraguan telenovela Sexto Sentido (Sixth Sense), with the preceding U.S. documentary Nada de Pobrecito; Vagón fumador (Smokers Only) and Historia de Amor en Baño Publico (Love in a Public Restroom), both from Argentina. In addition, two English-language shorts, Misguided Piss and Coffee, Desserts, Light Fare, and the documentary De Colores are by U.S. Hispanic directors, while Food of Love is the first English-language feature from Spanish filmmaker Ventura Pons.

Twenty-three of the Festival's films are works by, for and about women, including Guardian of the Frontier (Varuh Meje), the first female-directed feature from Slovenia; Sugar Sweet and Love/Juice, both from Japan; Germany's Journey to Kafiristan,; and Treading Water by U.S. director Lauren Himmel.

Seven of the Festival's films are documentaries on pioneering heroes and heroines, including Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay; Hand on the Pulse, about lesbian bad girl and Festival guest Joan Nestle; Lifetime Guarantee: Phranc's Adventures in Plastics, featuring the iconic American-punkster-turned-Tupperware lady; The Cockettes, about the legendary gender-bending theater company; and Simon and I, filmed by lesbian folksinger Bev Ditsie on her restless relationship with anti-apartheid activist Simon Nkoli and their fight to include sexual orientation in South Africa's new constitution.

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