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SADNESS
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
SATURDAY, JULY 10	7:15PM	DGA VIDEO	22
SUNDAY, JULY 11	8:45PM	DGA VIDEO	42
SATURDAY, JULY 12	4:45PM	DGA VIDEO	46

Beautifully rendered and deeply moving, these three poetic works masterfully integrate race and sexuality as they journey into the past to excavate family histories.

"I am the good daughter," declare the four women of color who narrate BORDER LINE … FAMILY PICTURES. They embody the story of Linden Jordan, a poor African American woman whose graduation from Stanford University evokes ambivalent reflections on her life, her lovers and her grandfather's work as a railroad porter.

Ernesto Foronda's award-winning A LETTER FOR LISA is a moving tribute to Lisa, his cousin. Her death inspires an elliptical journey through language and family photographs to recapture their days together.

Part documentary, part dramatic recreation, and entirely original, Tony Ayers' SADNESS is a remarkable achievement. William Yang delivers a profoundly penetrating monologue that explores the relationship between AIDS, his ethnicity and his sexual orientation as he seeks to unravel the mystery surrounding the murder of his Chinese Australian uncle in 1920.

BORDER LINE … FAMILY PICTURES
DIR: C.A. Griffith, 1999, USA, video, 29 min.

A LETTER TO LISA
DIR: Ernesto M. Foronda, 1998, USA, video, 9 min.

SADNESS
DIR: Tony, 1993, Australia, 35mm to video, 52 min.

In collaboration with: Aid for AIDS

SEX MONSTER
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
THURSDAY, JULY 15	9:45PM	DGA 1	94

DIR: Mike Binder, 1999, USA, 35mm, 96 min.

The suburbs will never be the same again. Mike Binder's award-winning screwball comedy features Mariel Hemingway as Laura, an unfulfilled suburban housewife, exploring lesbian tendencies she didn't even know she had (hasn’t she seen Personal Best?) SEX MONSTER is a rare gem — fun, fresh and full of unexpected laughs. Laura's husband Marty (Mike Binder) thinks it woud be the hottest thing ever if Laura were to dip her foot into Sapphic waters. Laura claims disinterest until, after considerable pleading from her better half, she consents to a dalliance with her luscious co-worker, Didi. Though the girls let Marty stay on the court and in the game, it immediately become clear that they don't really need him on their team. The affair continues, sans Marty, until Laura hungers for more and puts the moves on on Marty's sexy assistant, Diva. Diva tries to resist Laura, as her propensity for girl-on-girl action supposedly came to a halt when she graduated from college. But Laura, as we know, is irresistable — and insatiable. Not long after Diva lets her guard down, Laura goes on an excursion to Las Vegas with Marty's sister. Will this sex monster stop at nothing to appease her newfound desire for dames?

SEXUAL SITUATIONS

SEXY GIRLS
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
SATURDAY, JULY 10	9:45PM	DGA VIDEO	26
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14	4:30PM	VILLAGE	69
THURSDAY, JULY 15	7:00PM	DGA VIDEO	93

From an erotic arrest by a strapping butch in uniform to the sensual mating ritual of two gorgeous aliens, this collection of sizzling women's shorts will be sure to leave you begging for more. This thorough examination fo the sexuality and sensuality of women will not disappoint.

BED
DIR: Evie Leder, 1999, USA, video, 14 min.

VERBAL SEX
DIR: Alberto Ferreras,1999, USA, video, 8 min.

WET DRESS
DIR: A. Rosser Goodman, 1999, USA, video, 10 min.

ALIEN KISSES
DIR: Dara Gellman,1998, Canada, video, 3 min

COME & GO
DIR: Mishann Lau, 1999, USA, video, 13 min.

KORE CARA MIA
DIR: Pendra, 1999, Canada, video, 18 min.

PEANUT & THE PIG
DIR: Jack Jupiter,1998,Canada, video,15 min.

GRAPHIC IN YOU FACE SEX. NO ONE UNDER 18 ADMITTED.

SISTAH ACTION
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
THURSDAY, JULY 15	9:30PM	DGA 2	92
SATURDAY, JULY 17	4:45PM	DGA VIDEO	119

The Black Lesbian Cinema Revolution continues with this diverse array of new films and videos that tell a wide variety of stories about Black lesbians. From personal, experimental musings, about body image, to a raunchy search for love in the personals, to a Set It Off—inspired underworld crime thriller, SISTAH ACTION keeps the action going!

THE WASH
DIR: Eve Sandler,1999, USA, video, 7 min.

GAY BLACK FEMALE
DIR:Stephanie Wynne,1999,USA,video, 30 min.

TOMBOY
DIR: Donna Carter, 1999, USA, 16mm, 6 min.

SHEILA & ROSIE GET PAID!
DIR: Rahdi Taylor,1998, USA, video, 6 min.

SLEIGHT OF HAND
DIR: Annette Ramsey, 1999, USA, video, 32 min.

VIOLENT SITUATIONS

In collaboration with: LAPIS, A Substance Abuse Prevention Program of the Alcoholism Center for Women.

SHOW ME LOVE
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
THURSDAY, JULY 8	8:00PM	PANTAGES THEATRE	1

DIR: Lukas Moodysson, 1998, Sweden/Denmark, 35mm, 89 min.

As Outfest welcomes filmmakers and film programmers from around the world to Los Angeles, it is a pleasure to open the festival in celebration of international queerdom and good film with the winner of the Berlin International Film Festival’s 1999 Teddy Award, SHOW ME LOVE. Full of passion and intelligence, this dead-on portrait of adolescent love is a moving piece of cinema as well as a jubilation of sexuality, courage and independence.

Super cool Elin is an explosive teenage bombshell who is bored crazy with her life in the sleepy Swedish town of Amål. Agnes is a social outcast who moved to Amål over a year ago but still has not been able to make any friends. She has, however, managed to privately nurse a colossal crush on Elin and waxes on about it in her computer journal. Against Agnes' wishes, her parents insist on throwing a 16th birthday party for her. Of course, nobody shows up … that is, except for Elin and her sister, Jessica who come looking for free liquor. When Elin accidentally sees what Agnes has been writing on her computer, she takes on a dare for 20 bucks that she will kiss her, making Agnes the butt of cruel jokes at school. But Elin becomes racked with guilt, and moreover, she must admit that the kiss did not quite leave her cold.

Director Lukas Moodysson has created a bold and inspiring film that boasts lush cinematography, atmospheric sound design, and an honest script brimming with humor. With amazingly penetrating lead performances by Alexandra Dahlström and Rebecca Liljeberg, SHOW ME LOVE is a remarkable achievement with universal appeal.

— Shari Frilot, Co-Director of Festival Programming

IN SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

SITCOM
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14	7:15PM	DGA 1	76

DIR: Francois Ozon, 1998, France, 35mm, 80 min.

From the opening offscreen massacre to a serene but twisted cemetery scene, SITCOM proves to be a Buñuelian black comedy with a heart of gold. OUTFEST audience members may recall Francois Ozon's charming A SUMMER DRESS, which won the audience award for Best Short Film in 1997. SITCOM adds an icy chill to all that sunniness, offering viewers the full spectrum of Ozon's talent. The story focuses on an uptight French family that is improbably but irrevocably changed when the father brings home a pet rat. One by one, father and mother, sister and brother become obsessed with the rat, which mysteriously unleashes secret personalities that each one has repressed. This film has something to please and/or offend almost everyone: interracial sex, whips and chains, murder, attempted suicide, incest, and a multigenerational homosexual orgy in the boy's bedroom of a proper bourgeois home. All in all, this cinematic celebration of perversity confirms Ozon as a fast-rising star in the queer film universe.

In collaboration with: The UCLA Film and Television Archive.

SKIN FLICK
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
FRIDAY, JULY 9	9:30PM	DGA 1	5
SATURDAY, JULY 17	MIDNIGHT	LAEMMLE	129

DIR: Bruce La Bruce, 1999, Germany, video

Our favorite bad boy of queer cinema has accomplished yet another controversial, creative, provocative and entirely playful piece of – porn? Yes indeedy, Bruce La Bruce finally goes all the way with SKIN FLICK, a film which is designed to offend, enrage and push erotic buttons you would like to deny you have. Reinhold, member of a neo-skinhead gang in London, screws his girlfriend, Cameltoe wild in their kitchen. Meanwhile his gangmates, Dirk & Deiter steal, bash and fuck throughout the city on their way to Reinhold’s house. Cameltoe isn't thrilled when the guys arrive. Like pigs, they grab what little is in the kitchen, sparking a big fight between Reinhold and Cameltoe. Finally Reinhold kicks her out of the house to the amusement of his mates. Realizing that they don't have any money, they decide to visit a faggot. La Bruce has created a heady new breed of pornography that employs a variety of devices alternative to explicit boning to maintain sexual energy between "money shots". Juxtapositions of abject and reactionary stories over hot sex create a culpability in the viewer which ripens them for arousal. A kick-ass soundtrack underscore Bruce's unique brand of twisted humor, including crude Monica Lewinsky jokes, goofy skinheads who trips over their shoelaces, and a seduction scene that begins with plumbers butt. SKIN FLICK is strong sauce for the open-minded viewer.

PLUS SHORT: THE WHITE TO BE ANGRY
DIR: Vaginal Davis, 1999, USA, video, 15 min.

GRAPHIC IN YOU FACE SEX, AND SOME VIOLENCE. NO ONE UNDER 18 ADMITTED.

SPEEDWAY JUNKY
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
SUNDAY, JULY 11	1:00PM	DGA 1	28

DIR. Nickolas Perry, 1998, USA/Israel, 35mm, 104 min.

Every dream has a price. And Johnny's dreams of making it big as a race car driver cost him more than his innocence when a series of misadventures leaves him trapped and strapped for cash in Las Vegas. Amidst the lonely back streets and neon-lit boulevards of Sin City, Johnny befriends Eric, a gay prostitute, who shows him the ropes and introduces Johnny to his makeshift family of urchins and hustlers. With few options and desperate to escape before the city destroys him, Johnny works the streets. Dreams die hard and Johnny soon finds that leaving is never easy. Written and directed by Nickolas Perry (Must Be the Music) and Executive Produced by Gus Van Sant, Speedway Junky is a heartbreaking ode to innocence lost and found and the desperate, uneasy friendship of two boys who discover that they only have each other. The film features powerful and effecting performances by Jesse Bradford, Jordan Brower and Daryl Hannah as Eric's surrogate mother, and stand-out cameo appearances by Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Tiffani-Amber Thiesen, and Patsy Kensit.

SPEEDY BOYS
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
SATURDAY, JULY 17	2:00PM	DGA 1	113

DIR: James Herbert, 1999, USA, 35mm, 118 min.

James Herbert delivers a luscious treat for experimental film lovers with this masterpiece of romantic impressionist and homoerotic filmmaking. Using meditative pacing, jarring juxtaposition and piercingly intimate scenarios, Herbert creates a portrait of an intensely sensual relationship, not only with the characters of the film, but with the formal elements of the film as well. Carter and Andy are two young and beautiful American boys summering in Italy. The two spend their time biking between their apartment in the city and a painting studio in the country, all the while romancing a range of lovely Italian girls. Herbert uses unconventional characterization to make Carter and Andy into exotic muses whose sensuality quietly saturates every scene they inhabit. Dialogue is sparse and is less a narrative device than an element used to create moments of verbal intimacy to accent their omnipresent nakedness. Gorgeous cinematography, extreme changes in focal lengths, superb editing and fantastic sound design combine to create a profoundly sensual journey, entirely visceral in effect. SPEEDY BOYS seduces the viewer through the senses while feeding the intellect a very heady wine.

NUDITY AND SEXUAL SITUATIONS

THE STORY OF A BAD BOY
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
FRIDAY, JULY 16	5:00PM	DGA 1	96

DIR: Tom Donaghy, 1999, USA, 35mm, 93 min.

Pauly's life is a mess. Though his girlfriend and his parents make a valiant, if futile, effort to understand him, Pauly — struggling to fit in, struggling to define himself — confounds them at every turn. Hilariously out of place at a new public high school, he tries — and fails — to find a place amidst the playground of the school's extra-curricular activities. But when a sexy and sensitive college student arrives to direct a musical version of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Pauly embarks on a thrilling adventure that takes him from the quiet desperation of the suburbs to the bright lights of the big city.

Beautifully capturing the joys and pains of coming of age and coming out, THE STORY OF A BAD BOY is a film of unusual wit and sly sexy charm. Acclaimed playwright Tom Donaghy's first foray into feature films offers outstanding performances by newcomers Jeremy Hollingworth, Christian Camargo and Lauren Ward and deft comic turns by the always extraordinary Julie Kavner and Stephen Lang as Pauly's patient, yet hopeless confused parents.

STRAIGHT GIRLS AND THEIR CULRS
DATE	TIME	LOCATION	PROGRAM #
FRIDAY, JULY 9	9:45PM	DGA 2	6

Why do those devastatingly mysterious straight girls keep the rest of us hanging. . .getting our hopes up, and then leaving us crying? These films show the broken hearts and mangled emotions left in their wake as they toy with our minds, experiment with our bodies and struggle to figure out who they really are. When they get it wrong, the world can seem cruel and unfair — but when they get it right, life couldn’t get any better . . . for the moment.

1000 ANTS
DIR: Kerstin Ahlrichs,1998, Germany, 16mm, 10 min.

FIRST COMES LOVE
DIR: Kelly O'Brien, 1997, Canada, video, 13 min.

I'VE NEVER
DIR: Jennifer McGlone, 1998, USA, 16mm, 8 min.

SELF PORTRAIT: WOMEN LOVING WOMEN
DIR: Heilman-C, 1998, USA, video, 29 min.