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Albert Nobbs
Ireland, 2011, 114 min.
In her most demanding big screen role in years, Glenn Close brings real delicacy and feeling to this tragic-comic vignette about a nineteenth century Dublin butler who has passed herself off as a man for decades, but never given up on her dream of domestic bliss. ... more
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August
USA, 2011, 100 min.
Two years after a painful break up, Troy returns to LA and invites his ex lover Jonathan for coffee. Jonathan is in a new relationship now, but he finds Troy hard to resist – and very persistent. A probing, sensual tug of war ensues….... more
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The British Guide to Showing Off
United Kingdom, 2011, 97 min.
A colorful, exuberant salute to Andrew Logan, the founder of the "Alternative Miss World Contest", a flamboyant, gender-bending beauty pageant which has run in Britain since 1972. A joyful celebration of creativity and difference.... more
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Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
USA, 2011, 88 min.
A glittering celebration of the irrepressible Queen of Broadway, a human dynamo who still lives life large even as she approaches 90. An all-star cast share fond memories while copious clips revive Channing’s greatest hits.... more
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Cloudburst
Canada, 2011, 93 min.
Oscar-winning actresses Brenda Fricker and Olympia Dukakis play aging lovers forced to go on the run in order to stay together in this uproarious dramedy which has much to say about the true nature of love and commitment.... more
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Die Standing Up
Mexico, 2011, 90 min.
The inspiring story of Irina, a tireless fighter in the war for personal freedoms, a transsexual who works for progressive causes from her wheelchair despite a severe disability, and her powerful love story with her partner Nelida, whom she married as a man.... more
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Kiss Me
Sweden, 2011, 107 min.
Love blossoms when two professional women meet at their parents’ engagement party in this nuanced and deeply felt drama that does not avoid confronting the barriers—both personal and social—faced by the same-sex couple.... more
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Let My People Go!
France, 2011, 86 min.
In Finland, a few days before Passover, a series of misunderstandings result in the breakup of a Frenchman and his hunky Finnish lover, sending the former reeling back to Paris and his dysfunctional family just in time for the Jewish holiday. An inspired marriage of camp and farce.... more
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Lovely Man
Indonesia, 2011, 76 min.
A nineteen-year-old girl with strong Islamic values gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her long-lost father is a transvestite working the streets of Jakarta. Despite everything, father and daughter seek reconciliation and understanding.... more
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North Sea Texas
Belgium, 2011, 96 min.
A lonely gay adolescent suffers the pangs of unrequited love in this poignantly rendered coming-of-ager that delicately capture the ecstasy of first love and the heartache of frustrated desire. Winner: Alice in the City Award, Rome Film Festival; FIPRESCI Award and Best Feature Debut, Montreal Film... more
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Pariah
USA, 2011, 86 min.
Executive produced by Spike Lee this distinctive and powerful coming of age and coming out story follows a young African-American woman's search for identity as she figures out what kind of woman she wants to be.... more
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The Rif Lover
Morocco, 2011, 90 min.
A bold, visually ravishing tale of women struggling against the bonds of tradition as a beautiful but naïve 20-year-old falls into the clutches of a drug baron.... more
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Sal
USA, 2011, 90 min.
Hollywood heartthrob James Franco directs this microbudget portrait of the last hours of Sal Mineo (the charismatic Val Lauren), the talented gay actor who costarred with James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause but then fell on hard times and was killed by a robber in 1976.... more
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Time to Spare
Netherlands, 2011, 93 min.
True love seems awfully complicated in this droll Dutch tragi-comedy about a gay middle-aged music teacher who finds a boyfriend when the kid sister he’s looked after since childhood finally flies the nest. Neither of their new partners entirely passes muster, then fate takes a hand…... more
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Vito
USA, 2011, 93 min.
A fascinating documentary about the life of pioneering gay activist, film historian and author Vito Russo, author of the seminal The Celluloid Closet (1981) and a leading player in the early Gay Liberation movement.... more
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Wish Me Away
USA, 2011, 96 min.
Coming out is never easy, but when you’re a country music star it could also be career suicide. This inspiring, award-winning doc introduces us to courageous singer-songwriter Chely Wright, a devout Christian who also happens to be a lesbian.... more
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