Friday, April 25
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Breakfast With Scot |
Breakfast with Scot is a charming, funny and sweet tale of love, family, and embracing who you are.
Rugged and handsome Eric McNally is a former star hockey player with the Toronto Maple Leafs. After an injury forced him to retire, the sexy athlete started a second career, as a successful television sportscaster and things seem to be going pretty well.... more |
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7:30 pm Gusman Center for the Performing Arts |
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Opening Night Film Screening Only: Members $22 Non-members $27 Special Price Upper Balcony (100 available): Members $12 Non-members $17 Opening Night Gala Party: Members $100 Non-members $100 |
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Saturday, April 26
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She's A Boy I Knew |
In his late twenties, Steven transitioned to Gwen, from male to female, from straight to lesbian. And then she turned the camera on everyone in her life and asked them to talk about it. It's a riveting and effective technique. Some stories are inspiring, like Gwen's ever-supportive male friend Roari, who basically thinks the whole thing is pretty neat, except for maybe too much talk about body parts.... more |
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2:00 pm Regal Cinemas 18 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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First Kisses (Shorts) |
The ups and downs of adolescence are highlighted in the dazzling selection of international youth shorts curated for the second year in association with the youth of Pridelines- an educational, supportive and safe environment for GLBTQ teens in Miami-Dade. If you haven't plucked up the courage to kiss the one you want, or you are still unsure about who you are, or which path you want to walk for yourself, then join us. ... more |
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2:15 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Eleven Minutes |
It's been three long years since sharp-witted fashion outsider Jay McCarroll was dubbed the next great American designer on the first season of reality TV's Project Runway, and he's anxious to finally show his first line of clothing. While McCarroll is the perfect subject for this introduction to the world of fashion, ... more |
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4:30 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 Eleven Minutes Fashion Show (Limited Qty): Members $10 Non-members $10 |
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Before I Forget (Avant que j'oublie) |
Jacques Nolot, the writer/director and star of Before I Forget, moves from one old man's outrage to the next with the blasé nonchalance of Droopy, that jowly, lethargic Tex Avery cartoon basset hound from the 1950's. Nolot plays sixty-something ex-gigolo Pierre Pruez who lives alone in Paris, relentlessly pops his HIV meds, and moves through sleepless nights and unshaven days monotonously from coffee to cigarette to beer to sandwich.... more |
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5:00 pm Regal Cinemas 18 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Save Me |
Though there is no sound scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed, the ex-gay movement has been at the polarizing center of religious and sexual debates in the U.S. since the 1970s.
In Save Me, an exceptionally layered, intelligent and sensitive drama brought to life by director Robert Cary, starring not one, but two openly gay actors; Mark (Chad Allen) a self-destructive addict hooked to anonymous sex and narcotics finally hits bottom.... more |
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7:00 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Bi The Way |
Six Foot Under, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, have all starred characters who swing both ways, and what about the most famous bi-sexual kiss of all - you guessed it Madonna and Britney at the MTV Video Music Awards. If you think bi-sexuality is just having your cake and eating it, you will be surprised to hear that bisexuality is on the rise, especially among teens and twenty-something's and filmmakers Brittany Blockman and Josephine Decker have made it their mission to find out why.... more |
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8:00 pm Regal Cinemas 18 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Caravaggio |
Caravaggio, a seventeenth century artist who flirted with the underworld and created a complex mix of violence and sex on canvas, is brought to life in Jarman's groundbreaking work of historic homoerotism in which Jarman uses the painterly aesthetic style of his famous subject to reflect the story of art, homosexuality, and identity. In a life of poverty, young, beautiful Caravaggio (played by Dexter Fletcher) paints a self-portrait as Bacchus, and gains attention as a talent. ... more |
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8:30 pm Miami Beach Cinematheque |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Boystown (Chuecatown) |
Welcome to Chuecatown - an up-and-coming gay neighborhood in Madrid where a little murder goes a long way in getting couples the apartments of their dreams. In this dark comedy, sexy and charming Victor (20 Centimeters Pablo Puyol) has created the perfect strategy to become Chuecatown's top real estate agent: He makes old apartments available by murdering the elderly ladies, who live in them;... more |
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9:45 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Otto; or, Up With Dead People |
At first glance, Otto seems like a cute pasty looking Goth-rock kid in need of a good bath and some sun. It's only upon further observation that we notice there is something very different with this German twink, as the glazed over look of his eyes lets you know that young Otto isn't of this world.... more |
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11:30 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Sunday, April 27
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The New World (Le nouveau monde) |
In this fresh and sly take on lesbian parenthood, things go awry right from the beginning. Lucie accidentally announces her need to have kids with her girlfriend Marion... via microphone to a karaoke club. When Marion agrees, they go through one train-wreck of a sperm donor after another. And when they tell their families, the real fun begins.... more |
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1:00 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Be Like Others |
In September of 2007, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke before the faculty and students of New York's Columbia University, and claimed that "In Iran, we don't have homosexuals, like in your country." The comment elicited laughter and jeers from the audience, but in filmmaker Tanaz Eshaghian's fascinating documentary, Be like Others we learn that in many ways Ahmadinejad was telling the truth.... more |
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1:15 pm Regal Cinemas 18 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 Middle East Duo Package: Members $16 Non-members $22 |
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PlanetOut Short Movie Awards 2008 |
We are delighted to unveil the crème de la crème of over 90 short submissions for the 9th Annual PlanetOut Short Movie Award 2008 generously sponsored by Scion. Join us in congratulating the following filmmakers: Directors David Maurice Gil (just), Sarah Howard (I Heart Veronica Martin), Michaline Babich (Solace), Keith Claxton (In the Place of the Dead) Claudia Morgado Escanilla (No Bikini). The majority of filmmakers will be in attendance to introduce their films and accept their awards... more |
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3:15 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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The World Unseen |
South Africa has come a long way since the early nineties when Nelson Mandela was released from prison, and subsequently elected President. Four decades earlier in Cape Town in 1952 the introduction of apartheid is just beginning its treacherous grip on the country. This powerful setting is the backdrop for debuting director Shamim Sarif's, critically acclaimed and award winning novel, now film The World Unseen. ... more |
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5:00 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Dineout ticket: Members $55 Non-members $65 Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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When I Knew |
Do you recall the moment you knew you were a little different than all the other boys and girls you knew? In this sweet and funny documentary, men and women from various walks of life discuss the moment they discovered that they were gay.... more |
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7:15 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Sex Positive |
It might be hard to believe that the person who invented the idea of safe sex was a dominant leather S/M hustler. Meet Richard Berkowitz, the unvarnished, no-nonsense, compassionate and charismatic hero of this not-to-be-missed new documentary. Sex and activism had always run parallel in Rich's life, but when the AIDS epidemic hit in the early 80s, the two became one.... more |
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8:00 pm Regal Cinemas 18 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Relax... It's Just Sex! |
For MGLFF's 10th Anniversary we are delighted to present a retrospective screening of writer/director P.J. Castellaneta's Relax... It's Just Sex, also celebrating 10 years since its initial release. Whether you caught this film first time around or not, you are in for a wild theatrical ride courtesy of Sneak Preview & Forefront Films. ... more |
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9:30 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Monday, April 28
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Shelter Me (Riparo) |
Every moment of this film is an emotional masterpiece. On their return home from a North African vacation, Anna discovers a stowaway in the back of the car, but decides not to tell her girlfriend Mara, who's sitting right there in the front seat. It's an impulsive and unilateral decision, followed quickly by another: Anna invites the stowaway, a handsome Moroccan teenage boy named Anis, to live with them.... more |
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7:00 pm Regal Cinemas 18 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Jerusalem is Proud to Present |
Two years in the planning, Jerusalem is set to host, for the first time in its history, the World Pride events in the summer of 2006, scheduled to culminate in a traditional gay pride parade (promising to avoid nudity) through the streets of this sacred city. On one side are the activists of the Open House, Jerusalem's LGBT community center, who have been planning and organizing the event and view their right to march 550 metres' a civil rights issue. ... more |
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7:30 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Derek |
It seems entirely fitting that Isaac Julien, one of Britain's foremost artists and filmmakers, should be at the helm of this moving tribute to his friend, the multi-talented English stage designer, painter, gardener, writer, activist and celebrated independent filmmaker Derek Jarman.... more |
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9:30 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Tuesday, April 29
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In Sickness and in Health |
As the battle for the White House continues to intensify, one of the issues that continues to circulate into politicians' debates and stump speeches is gay marriage. In this intimate and touching film by Pilar Prassas, we follow several lesbian and gay couples on their mission to legalize same-sex marriage in the state of New Jersey.... more |
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7:15 pm Regal Cinemas 18 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Chris and Don: A Love Story |
This is one of the most deeply-felt love stories ever filmed. Visionary gay writer Christopher Isherwood is perhaps best known for The Berlin Stories, which were the inspiration for Cabaret. But it's what happened after he wrote those stories that gave his life its fullest purpose. After he was forced to leave Germany with the rise of Nazism, and after he moved to Southern California to try his hand at screenwriting... more |
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7:30 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Saturn In Opposition (Saturno contro) |
Somewhere between The Boys In the Band and The Big Chill, this witty and eccentric drama invites us into a group of old friends, gay and straight, who are tangled together and pulled apart by death, adultery, and a need to quit smoking. At the center of it all is a couple so much in love it hurts: Davide (played with grace by Pierfrancesco Favino), a kind-hearted older writer, and his intoxicatingly beautiful younger boyfriend,... more |
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9:30 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Wednesday, April 30
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The Secrets |
In this poignant and beautiful film, director Avi Nesher (Turn Left at the End of the World) brilliantly and respectfully looks at the place of feminism and sexuality in the world of Orthodox Judaism.... more |
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7:30 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $15 Non-members $18 Centerpiece Gala Party: Members $10 Non-members $20 |
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What Boys Want (Shorts) |
Nothing is what it truly seems in this collection of the best of boys shorts that contain a number of surprises. Join us afterwards at our fabulous Centerpiece Party poolside at the Catalina Hotel.
Director Justin Ross (Waiting for Yvette) will attend the screening to introduce his film.... more |
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8:00 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Thursday, May 1
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The Edge Of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite) |
At last year's Cannes Film Festival, The Edge of Heaven was a smash-hit with critics and audiences alike winning the award for Best Screenplay. Its easy to see why. At the heart of this drama, told in 3 distinct chapters, is a multi-layered continent-crossing electric love affair between two women, at once very different and very much alike. Ayten (ravishing Turkish film star Nurgül Yesilçay) is an angry and impoverished Turkish activist in Germany searching for her mother.... more |
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7:30 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Stealth (Comme des voleurs) |
Stealth is an emotional and joyous journey of self-discovery that takes off as Lionel, a gay, Swiss radio host with a loving boyfriend and supportive parents, and Lionel's sister Lucie, a pregnant malcontent, learn that their great -grandfather may have been Polish. This seemingly unremarkable revelation creates some identity confusion for Lionel, who in a quest to know his origins begins speaking Polish, cheering for Polish soccer teams, and trying out heterosexuality with an illegal Polish immigrant named Ewa. ... more |
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9:45 pm Regal Cinemas 17 |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Friday, May 2
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Tru Loved |
Finally a plucky high school heroine who's neither pregnant nor a cheerleader! In this delightful second feature from Stewart Wade (Coffee Date), Tru is the new girl in a conservative suburban California high school. If she seems a little aloof and way too grown-up, ask her more about her name and you'll find out why. Tru as in Gertrude as in Gertrude Stein, so named by her two overprotective Moms.... more |
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8:15 pm The Flamingo South Beach |
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Film ticket: Members $15 Non-members $25 |
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Voodoo Woman |
Independent filmmaker Carlos Valencia has a date with destiny. While searching for new film ideas, Carlos turns to the Island of Cuba, to document the underground worlds of hip-hop music and gay life. Shooting in Cuba he encounters the Afro-Caribbean religion known as Santeria. Shrouded in secrecy and unaltered centuries-old traditions, Carlos and his camera enter filmmaker heaven as they gain unprecedented access into the occult faith's world of animal sacrifices (graphically depicted) and speaking in tongues.... more |
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8:30 pm Miami Beach Cinematheque |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 Second Screening 10:15pm: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Lokas |
Young and handsome Charlie is a single parent living with his precocious nine-year old son Pedro in Mexico. When Charly gets mixed up in some foul business, he is forced to return to his native Chile to seek out his estranged father, Mario, who he hasn't seen in over thirty years, and to ask for his help. The road ahead is hilariously rough, as Charly, a macho homophobe, discovers that his dad is gay and living with his lover Flavio in the seaside town of Vina del Mar. ... more |
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9:30 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Saturday, May 3
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A Jihad for Love |
A year after Parvez Sharma introduced Miami audiences to excerpts from his forthcoming film, he returns with his completed cinematic opus, A Jihad For Love a brave and startling film. In Arabic, jihad means 'struggle' and in this groundbreaking documentary, we witness first hand gay and lesbian Muslims attempting to live their lives as devoted Islamic believers in a world in which they are unwelcome. ... more |
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2:30 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 Middle East Duo Package: Members $16 Non-members $22 |
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What Girls Like (Shorts) |
Some twists on familiar movie themes are sprinkled in this collection of shorts that will inspire you to dig deeper into your own family tree, be wary of barista's, don a pair of overalls, pull out your old guitar, do some cutting of your own and steal a kiss before dawn.... more |
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5:00 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Affinity |
Fans of Tipping The Velvet (MGLFF Audience Award 2003) and Fingersmith (2005) won't want to miss this new glorious book-to-screen adaptation of writer Sarah Waters' remarkable novel Affinity, where the occult meets the Sapphic in turn of the century London. ... more |
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7:30 pm Colony Theater |
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Women's Spotlight Party(Includes complimentary ticket for the film): Members $25 Non-members $35 |
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Savage Grace |
Based on the award winning book by Natalie Robins and Steven M.L. Aronson, Savage Grace, Tom Kalin's long-awaited new feature (Swoon, 1992) is the dramatic true-crime story of ravishingly beautiful Barbara Daly (the exceptionally talented Julianne Moore), a former actress and social climber, who hits the jackpot when she marries Brooks Baekeland (Stephen Dillane), the dashing heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune, only to see her life come to a violent matricidal end nearly 30 years later.... more |
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10:15 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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WORK-IN-PROGRESS - YOU TELL US |
Mischievous writer/director Todd Stephens returns to Miami with his follow up sequel to Another Gay Movie (MGLFF 2006). Meeting up during steamy Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale - yes that's right - cast and shot in our own backyard; Andy, Nico, Jarod and Griff are back and ready for action.... more |
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11:59 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $15 |
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Sunday, May 4
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Through Thick and Thin |
It is a fact, as reported in the media, that thousands of gay, lesbian, transgendered and bi-national couples are actually fleeing the United States to try and take up residence in Europe and across the border in Canada. While 100 lawmakers have sponsored the Uniting American Families Act, a bill that would give same-gender couples the same immigration rights as heterosexual couples, this bill has never become into law. In this compelling and timely documentary, we are introduced to seven bi-national couples struggling to be with the one they love.... more |
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12:30 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Dirty Poole: In conversation with Wakefield Poole |
Wakefield Poole's groundbreaking erotic films are considered to be the most creative ever made, and their influence is seen in a wide range of artists and works. When Poole's first film, the steamy, visually impressive Boys in the Sand (starring legend Casey Donovan) opened in New York in 1971, it created a sensation... more |
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3:00 pm Colony Theater |
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Film ticket: Members $10 Non-members $13 |
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Were The World Mine |
As the gay outcast at an all-boys prep school, Timothy (oh-so-cute Tanner Cohen) is of course prone to daydreaming about the handsome jock. But his are no ordinary flights of fancy; they're musical theater extravaganzas, complete with show-stopping songs, dazzling sets, and pirouetting rugby player chorus boys.... more |
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6:30 pm Gusman Center for the Performing Arts |
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Film ticket: Members $22 Non-members $27 Balcony Film ticket (300 Available): Members $12 Non-members $17 Closing Night Gala Party: Members $30 Non-members $40 |
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