GAY ORLANDO FILM SERIES

For tickets or information call 407-896-8431, email
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GAYORLANDO FILM FESTIVAL

Saturday and Sunday
AUGUST 21-22, 2004

In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Orlando Gay & Lesbian Film Series, Enzian teamed up with GayOrlando.com to produce the first Gay Orlando Film Festival in 2003. The Film Series has been a Central Florida tradition since 1994 bringing the community GLBT-positive films for exclusive screenings. This year, the Second Annual GayOrlando Film Festival (Saturday and Sunday, August 21-22, 2004) continued the tradition with films that not only portray positive images, but that appeal to all film enthusiasts. Below is the schedule for the 2004 event.

TOUCH OF PINK August 21 at 11:00 am

Touch of Pink

Official Selection Sundance Film Festival

"A clever and big- hearted gay screwball comedy!"- Lou Lumenick, NY POST

Alim (Jimi Mistry) is so caught up in the romance, style and dreams of old Hollywood that he thinks he’s living with the spirit of Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan). A young, South Asian Canadian based in London, Alim lives with a handsome, charming intelligent English boyfriend, Giles (Kristen Holden-Ried), who is completely unaware of his lover’s fantasy life. Alim and Giles are happy together, despite Cary’s presence, until Alim’s mother Nuru (Suleka Mathew) shows up for a visit. Totally unaware that her son is gay, let alone that he is living with Giles, Nuru has come to London to find Alim a proper Ismaili-Muslim girlfriend...

Canada/UK, 2003, 92 min, Rated R, Directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid
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Sponsored by Gary Lambert Salon

SUDDENLY August 21 at 2:00 pm

Suddenly
(Tan de Repente)

Winner - 2004 Glitter Award, Best Lesbian Feature, NY Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

"A delightfully unpredictable sleeper that proves new Argentine cinema really exists..." -Deborah Young, VARIETY

In Diego Lerman's slyly comic drama SUDDENLY, a pair of knowing punkette malcontents (who call themselves Mao and Lenin) kidnap (sort of) Marcia, a frumpy lovelorn lingerie salesgirl. Mao announces her intention to seduce Marcia as the trio strikes out on a journey that is poignant, funny and unpredictable from beginning to end. As SUDDENLY careens in surprising directions, it recalls the offbeat humor of Jim Jarmusch -- but it retains its own special sensibility, the original voice of a young director who knows how to meld wit, pathos and edgy sexuality.

Argentina, 2003, 94 min, Not Rated, Directed by Diego Lerman, In Spanish with English subtitles
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Sponsored by Law Office of Martha Chapman

SAINTS AND SINNERS Southeast Premiere! August 22 at 11:00 am

Saints and Sinners

Winner - Best Documentary, Q Cinema- Ft. Worth

"Five stars! One of the most effective, intelligent, mature and romantic love stories to come across the screen recently is, of all things, a documentary!"— FILM THREAT

After living together for seven years in a seemingly accepting community in New York City, Edward DeBonis and Vincent Maniscalco decide to get married. But unlike many other gay couples who formalize their relationship in a domestic union, Vincent and Edward, both devout Catholics, will settle for nothing short of the "Holy Sacrament of Marriage." Determined to celebrate their relationship on their terms, the couple presses on with the preparations. Several months of elaborate planning begin. From dance lessons to bachelor parties, floral bouquets to custom-made cake decorations, no detail is overlooked. However, their efforts and search to find a Catholic Church where they can perform the ceremony are to no avail. For Edward, who grew up as an altar boy, and Vincent, who was baptized at Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Little Italy and who attends Sunday Mass regularly, getting married outside the Catholic tradition is not an option.

USA, 2004, 80 min, Not Rated, Directed by Abagail Honor
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Sponsored by John Michael Catering. Plan your wedding or special event with them!

COWBOYS & ANGELS August 22 at 2:00 pm

Cowboys & Angels

Winner - Best Screenplay, 2004 Newport Beach Film Festival

"Thoroughly engaging... suberb!" Chuck Wilson, LA WEEKLY

Set in Limerick, the story follows Shane, an alienated young civil servant who dreams of becoming an artist, and his roommate Vincent, a gay fashion design student. Vincent brings new life to Shane by introducing him to the city’s drugged-out club scene, where he finds escape, and to his best friend Gemma, in whom Shane finds love. With elements of an urban drama, romance, comedy and crime thriller, COWBOYS AND ANGELS is ultimately the story of young men grappling with the pains – and discovering the joys – of adulthood.

Ireland, 2003, 89 min, Not Rated, Directed by David Gleeson
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Sponsored by Full Moon Saloon

TICKET INFORMATION
Individual film tickets $10-$15
Festival passes start at $60

For tickets or information call 407-896-8431, email
chris@gayorlando.com or visit GayOrlando.com.