September 12 – 15, 2007
At the Community Center, Cherry Grove

Wednesday, September 12

7 :00 PM - Bring your own meat BBQ at the Ice Palace Pool Bar.
Say hello to the staff of the festival at this community event. "Bring your own meat," or fish or vegetables if you prefer, and the staff of the Grove Hotel will grill it for you. The Hotel will also provide the side dishes, condiments, buns, dessert and plastic plates and silverware for a complete picnic dinner.

9:00 PM – Opening Night Film
The Godfather of Disco (Gene Graham, USA, 2007, 90 min)
Based on Mel Cheren’s powerful autobiography, ‘My Life and the Paradise Garage: Keep On Dancin,’ The Godfather of Disco (G.O.D.) offers a “mesmerizing overview of the rise and fall of ‘70s-era dance music,” according to Max Sparber of the Pulse of the Twin Cities (4/18/07). Through a series of interviews with a who’s who of the dance music community, G.O.D. uses the arc of Mel’s life to examine the early 70’s musical and cultural currents that gave birth to disco, West End Records’ contribution to that scene, the rise of Paradise Garage, and the onslaught of HIV/Aids and it's impact on New York City. We look at Mel's activist years as he harnesses the power of music to fight Aids via his charity work for GMHC and 24hrs for Life/LifeBEAT. Through it all, Mel has been there, done that, lived to tell the tale and continues to do it all today. Gene Graham won the Emerging Filmmakers Award at the 2007 Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival. With special guest appearance by Randy Jones, the original cowboy of The Village People, to introduce the film and do a q&a after the film.  

Opening Night Party
Bring your own meat BBQ
at the Ice Palace Pool Bar hosted by Randy Jones and sponsored by V2 Vodka after the screening with V2 Vodka specials and other surprises

11:00 PM – Holding Trevor
Rosser Goodman, USA, 2007, 88 min) New York Premiere
Trevor Holden has just witnessed his boyfriend Darrell overdose on heroin--again. And as his oldest friend, Trevor feels a responsibility to help Darrell in his latest attempt at sobriety, much to the dismay of his own best friends Jake and Andie. But, when Darrell starts using again Trevor is finally ready to call it quits. And just when he does, he meets the ever so charming Ephram. Simply being everything that Darrell is not immediately wins Ephram a number of points. As Trevor’s relationship with Ephram quickly progresses, it starts to put a strain on his friendships with Jake and Andie. Jake, the self-proclaimed sex-addict, is starting to worry a little bit about his past catching up with him, namely in the form of HIV. And Andie, who drunkenly ends her sexual dry spell with a one-night stand, realizes that Jake might have less to worry about than she does. Meanwhile, Ephram accepts a job thousands of miles away in New York City, and he wants Trevor to go with him. Now, what started out as Trevor’s own personal existential journey, turns into a path that will lead everyone to what is most important: themselves. Starring writer Brent Gorski and singer/songwriter Jay Brannan (Shortbus). 

Thursday, September 13

Thirsty Thursdays (12PM – 4 AM) All day and night at the Ice Palace enjoy ½ price Coors Light.

7:30 PM - Heart-landin’ (shorts program) – explores dilemmas of the heart.
Last Exit (Nicola Marsh, USA, 2006,12 min)
An emotional look at a woman who goes back home to visit her x-girlfriend. When things heat up like old times, will she be able to handle the fire?

Heartland (*Mark Christopher, 2007, USA, 13 min)
City boy returns home to his family farm to explore his progeny and develops an attraction to father's farmhand, an old schoolmate.

F. Scott Fitzgerald Slept Here (Jules Rosskam, USA, 2007, 25 min)
Explores the intimacy of friendships between men and the dynamics of unlikely matchups: Paul is a white girl-hungry FTM post-op and Gordon is a black student balancing his gay identity with his conservative professional aspirations.

Private Life
(Abbe Robinson, UK, 2006, 16 min)
Set in 1952, Yorkshire, England. Ruth leads a humdrum life doling out wages in a textile mill. A secret train ride and rendezvous with a man reveals that nothing is quite what it seems and this lass is not as prim as she presents.

Float
(Kareem Mortimer, Bahamas, 2007, 34 min)
A young Caucasian art student finds unexpected love and inspiration in a handsome complex Bahamian.

9:30 PM – Drag Show Video Verite
(Clips curated by *Joe E. Jeffreys, Edited by *Seth S. Hauer)
It’s the ultimate New York City drag show…on videotape.

Drag Show Video Vérité brings together 30 some clips spanning 35 plus years of rare and never before publicly screened video footage capturing the faces and places, past and present, of New York City’s drag scene over the past 35 plus years. A history lesson, aesthetic exploration and celebration of the New York City drag communities’ rich diversity, the screening aims to introduce you to some of today’s notable male and female impersonators as well as acquaint or reunite you with the legends who exist now only in memory and on video tape.

Featuring footage of: Paul Ambrose, Kevin Aviance, Jackie Beat, Lady Bunny, Jim Bailey, Charles Busch, Cashetta, Candis Cayne, Charity, Christina, International Chrysis, Lavinia Co-op, Jayne County, Jackie Curtis, Candy Darling, Sister Dimension, Derrick in a Dress, Ethyl Eichelberger, Mistress Formika, Zondra Foxx, Gassy, Rudy Giuliani, Murray Hill, Kitt Holiday, Jimmy James, Marsha P. Johnson, Jacqueline Jonée, Christopher Jones, Chitah Daniels Kennedy, Kiki and Herb, Michael Lynch, Lypsinka, Macha, Agosto Machado, Shelly Mars, Jim Michaels, Milan, Mia Monique, Mario Montez, Billie Nelson, Noche, Raven O, Hapi Phace, Charles Pierce, Rollerena, Rose Royalle, RuPaul, Flawless Sabrina, Shaboomboom, Linda Simpson, Jaimee Sommers, Sweetie, Switch N’ Play, Tabboo!, Aurora Van Davenport, Lahoma Van Zandt, Vikie Victoria, Sherry Vine, Jesse Volt, Gusty Winds, and Holly Woodlawn plus many more .

And featuring a special slide show of Derrick Little’s photos of the NYC downtown drag scene over the last dozen years with live piano accompaniment by concert pianist/drag diva Jacqueline Jonée.

Midnight Munchies (shorts program)
at the Ice Palace after Porsche (11 PM).
Late night program of music videos and erotica sponsored by V2 Vodka.

Howie (Charles Lum, USA/Holland, 2006, 3 min) US Premiere
True story of divine grace that is Howie’s oral history.

Wet Shave (Tuncay Kulaoglo & Martina Priessner, Germany, 2006, 7 min)
Short before closing time, a last client comes into a barbershop.

Day Stripper (David Jahn, USA, 2007, 4 min) A big surprise for a co-worker on her birthday goes horribly wrong.

Der Hammer (Peter Oehl & Markus Ludwig, Germany, 2004, 3 min)
Lesbian fun and erotic music video.

Somethin for the Fellas (*Scott Martin, USA, 2007, 5 min) Jonny ‘Gay Pimp’ McGovern’s hot and sexy music video.

Commitment Ceremony (Erin Greenwell & Julie Goldman, USA, 2007, 5 min)
A music video on the same-sex marriage debate.

Boot Scootin Beauty (*Diane Wilkins, USA, 2007, 4 min) New York Premiere A country-western music video tells the story of a love struck cowboy who meets the girl of his dreams, or so he thinks.

Team Queen (Leah Meyerhoff, USA, 4 min) You are cordially invited to a gender-bending, fire-breathing, tassel-twirling, post-punk rock 'n roll prom!

AE4HG (Steve Hutton, Canada, 2007, 2 min) Space aliens abduct a human and change his life in ways he could never have imagined.

Friday, September 14

4-6:00 PM - Movie Trivia and Hot Dogs - at the Ice Palace Pool Bar - Sal Piro "The Master of the Quiz" hosts a live movie trivia quiz with free hot dogs and screenings of festival short films between rounds.

Incredible Dyke (Kurt Koehler & James Edward Quinn, USA, 2007, 10 min) Identical twin brothers come to Hollywood looking for stardom and end up playing Mary-Kate and Ashley in front of Mann's Chinese Theater.

Color Me Olsen (Darren Stein, USA, 2007, 18 min)
City boy returns home to his family farm to explore his progeny and develops an attraction to father's farmhand, an old schoolmate.

Night of the Living Gay
(Lola RocknRolla, USA,2007, 12 min)
Gay zombies take over NYC – one lone straight woman tries to fight them and her impulses before she becomes…Gay!

7:30 PM – Finn’s Girl
(Dominique Cardona & Laurie Colbert, Canada, 2007, 88 min)
A smart and sexy look into the lives of Dr. Finn Jeffries and her 11-year old daughter, Zelly. Finn is a woman still holding on to a lost love, Zelly's biological mother, Nancy who passed away. Since then, Finn has taken the torch - raising Zelly on her own and devoting her time in the abortion clinic that Nancy founded. Though the clinic is threatened daily as is Finn's life, Finn refuses to quit. Likewise, Zelly does not make Finn's life easy, by basically being a teenager and defiant at every turn. These two do find common ground in their developing attachment to Diana, a police officer who has been assigned to protect Finn and Zelly. Diana ultimately becomes their security and a confidant for each. Can these two cope with the past while mending their relationship for the future and will Finn's secret change everything?

9:00 PM – Horror Fest Double Feature Gay Zombie
(Michael Simon, USA, 2007, 20 min)
Trapped in the closet during his waking life, a zombie is given a second chance to "come out".

Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror (Jaymes Thompson USA, 2007, 110 min) New York Premiere
On the eve of the biggest circuit party of the year, only the Sahara Salvation Bed and Breakfast Inn can offer refuge to any last-minute partygoers. Lovely mother/daughter innkeepers cater to an exclusive gay clientele, but for all the wrong reasons…five ‘couples’ find themselves having to make accommodations at “this small slice of paradise here in the desert”. There’s Dom and Alex, the ‘performers’ and Deborah and Gabby, the sophisticated, entrepreneurial ‘lipsticks’. There’s also Mike and Eric, the upscale ‘guppie’ power couple and their annoying ‘fag-hag’ friend, Lizette. Also checking in are Starr and Brenda, the struggling folk singer and tough-talking tomboy and lastly Rodney and Todd, the sugar daddy and ‘personal trainer’. What should have been the biggest gay party weekend of the year quickly turns into every gay and lesbian’s worst nightmare! Will anyone be safe from the unspeakable evil secrets that lurk within The Gay Bed and Breakfast of Terror??

In the Place of the Dead (Keith Claxton, UK/Morocco, 2006, 13 min)
US Premiere A brief encounter in Marrakech conjures up an ancient Arabian Demon.

Dead Boyz Don’t Scream (Marc Saltarelli, USA, 2006, 78 min) New York Premiere
The country's top male models are turning up naked and dead during a cowboy mountain photo shoot. Who would want to off such flawless, muscular pretty boys? They're a little self-involved and clueless, but that's no reason to take an ax to them. Fearless agent Tess Oster and her forest ranger girlfriend Belle Van Dyke must stop the slaughter before there are no models left to shoot. From the producer of Leather Jacket Love Story (Jerry Goldberg) and crammed with top models and centerfolds from the pages of Playgirl and Men's Workout, Dead Boyz Don't Scream is a funny, sexy thrill ride through the dark side of male modeling
filled with gratuitous nudity, politically incorrect violence and lesbians with guns!

Saturday, September 15

2-4:00 PM - Industry Pool Mixer
at the Ice Palace Pool - The community is invited to meet and greet the filmmakers attending the festival at our poolside cocktail party.

8:00 PM – Prelude to the Closing Night Film – These short romantic comedies will set the mood for our closing night feature

Hunter4Love (Robert L. Camina, USA, 2006, 13 min) New York Premiere
After reading encouraging news in his horoscope, Hunter is convinced that today will be the day he will find the 'one'!

Miggy n Lil (bug Davidson, USA, 2006, 17 min) New York Premiere
Two feminine thieves meet up with a butch butcher who thinks she has found love.

Groom With A View (*Paul Hardister, USA, 2007, 19 min) New York Premiere
Coming out isn't as tough as going back in. Wes Culwell (Bravo’s Boy Meets Boy and VH1’s Love Lounge) stars as Lincoln, an unemployed sign language teacher who is unlucky in love. He’s forever had a crush on his best friend Jeff played by Vincent De Paul (who has appeared in Arrested Development and Six Feet Under.) Unfortunately, Jeff has eyes for Dickie Johnson (Alden Wynn, American Idol Season 2.) Frustrated, lonely, and broke, Lincoln decides life will be easy back in the closet. More dating options! Less discrimination! Legal recognition of marriage in all 50 states! It’s now up to his best friend Jeff to stop Lincoln from making the biggest mistake of his life…getting married to a woman. With special appearance by actor Vincent De Paul.

9:30 PM – Closing Night Film –
A Four Letter Word
(Casper Andreas, USA, 2007, 87 min)
Casper Andreas and Jesse Archer (“Luke”) collaborated to bring us this sequel to 2004 Fire Island Film Festival Audience Award Winner for Best Feature Slutty Summer. Their script singled out “for its creativity, honesty, human and insightful depiction of the complexities of gay realationships”was given the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding Screenplay at Outfest 2007. When Luke enters the gay bar, he doesn’t know that he is about to meet his match - in hot macho man Stephen. Awakening in a twisted heap of naked strangers, Luke heads out to work at a Chelsea sex store where he is forced to face his lifestyle by his co-worker Zeke, a confrontational gay crusader. Smitten with Stephen, Luke considers giving monogamy a chance and attends a sexual compulsive meeting to help, however, it turns out Stephen has his own secrets. Among party boys, monogamists, addicts, and activists, Luke’s quest may unearth answers his heart is not ready to handle. Up the street, Peter is moving in with his long time boyfriend Derek and is having second thoughts himself. Peter’s restaurant boss Marilynn is maniacally planning her wedding, but when her AA sponsor, Trisha, declares her attraction, Marilynn's sobriety and marriage are in jeopardy. The protagonists finally realize that being true to yourself may be the best way to deal with the many complications of A Four Letter Word called love. Winner of the Best Gay Feature Award at QCinema, Fort Worth’s Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival. With special guest appearance by actor/writer Jesse Archer.

11:00 PM – Closing Night Reception
Location TBA sponsored by V2 Vodka and Everglow

* denotes that filmmaker will be in attendance.

***The Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Inc. is a non-profit 501c(3) organization bringing Long Island unique cultural events every year that showcases gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experiences in cinema.

Our events are made possible with public funds from New York State Council of the Arts, a state agency.***