Raine, Amanda

1999

In a desperate bid for love, Tom, a gay man, and Mary, a butch lesbian, go on a singles gay caravan holiday. What they find is each other, one caravan and no way of getting home.

Crespi Traveria, Miquel

1999

A young man who rents himself out for his emotions, becomes famous and becomes a victim of the hypocrisy that he used to create.

Winer, Lucy

1999

Profiling the life of 93 year old lesbian activist Christine Burton, founder of a global networking service for mid-life and old lesbians, Golden Threads, exuberantly overturns our most deeply rooted stereotypes and fears of aging.

Profiling the life of 93-year-old lesbian activist Christine Burton, founder of a global networking service for mid-life and older lesbians, Golden Threads exuberantly overturns our most deeply rooted stereotypes and fears of aging. Having lived life to its fullest, Christine is a role model for young and old alike. Horse farmer, actress, business woman, college teacher and nun, she is everything women are told they cannot be. Her bravery, tenacity and fortitude reveal the wonderful things age can bring. By adding a wry and introspective narrative about the director undergoing a mid-life crisis, the film generates an intergenerational dialogue about sexuality, life choices and aging. At a time when the media commonly sentimentalizes, dismisses or altogether ignores the old, Golden Threads offers an urgently needed antidote, showing us the gifts that age can bring.

Cutler, David

1999

Twin sexologists Marsha and Bibi do important research at a sex club.

Rea, Seamus

1999

GINGER BEER is a romantic comedy set in the world of ballroom dancing. The central characher is Paul, a rathe insecure gay teacher at an agricultural college. He gets a hard time from his students - not only because they suspect he is gay but also because they find out he is sectretly taking ballroom dancing lessons. His life then takes a major turn for the better when he discovers a gay dance studio run by Linda, a glamorous lesbian dancing teacher. Linda teahces Paul to dance - while he finds he does much better if she leads and he follows. But will Paul show off his new talent at the college's christmas party and, if so, who will he be dancing with?

Cottis, Jane

1999

Georgie girl becomes lesbian and retro.

Treut, Monika

1999

This film examines gender elimination phenomena at the end of the milleneum in the Bay Area.

Gendernauts, the latest feature from festival favorite Monica Treut (Seduction: The Cruel Woman, Virgin Machine) examines gender elimination phenomena in the Bay Area at the end of the millennium. As a jumping-off point, Treut uses the female spotted hyena, whose blood contains a large amount of testosterone, to challenge our perception of what is male or female. Then, Sandy Stone, self-proclaimed "goddess of cyberspace," guides us on a journey to a broader understanding of gender and gender roles. Stone introduces us to: Max Wolf Valerio, a female-to-male transsexual, who examines what it is to be male in his book, "Max, A Man;” Texas Tomboy, a video artist who finds the shifting earth below San Francisco to be a direct parallel to internal shifts of identity; Jordy Jones and Stafford, visual artists and collaborators in the gender-bending playground Club Confidential; and Hida Viloria, an intersex woman who lives between two genders. Sex goddess Annie Sprinkle and former queen of the night club scene Tornado reflect on their relationships with transgender friends. And Susan Stryker, a tranny historian and male to female transsexual, sums up best what gender has come to in the late 20th century, as she sits with a young boy watching Little Richard, the biggest drag queen in rock n' roll, on "Sesame Street."

1999

This diverse group of shorts examines the crossing of the gender line, from an FTM getting some advice from a non-trans friend in Straight Boy Lessons, to a female receptionist who gets a shock when she finds out the truth about the delivery boy she has a big crush on in If She Only Knew. Transmission examines a queer family in Canada who talk frankly about their gender transgressions and their top surgery, and Matt continues a conversation that began five years ago with a young FTM just beginning his journey. I, Eugenia is the strange, but true, tale of Eugenia Falleni – aka Harry Crawford, aka Jean Ford. Sailor, husband, boarding house madam and convicted murderer, Falleni was born in Italy, raised in New Zealand and came to Australia at the turn of the century. Narrated from the grave, this film describes the curve of Falleni/Crawford/Ford’s life from birth to death in thirty minutes.

Chesla, Nicholas

1999

Though they had no role models when they were young, these gay and lesbian seniors are intent on leaving legacies for a new world. Storme Delarverie is just one of the Stonewall veterans featured in the documentary GAY AND GRAY IN NEW YORK CITY.

Jean, Rodrique

1999

Set during a strike at a sawmill in a small coastal Canadian town, Rodrique Jean's debut feature is the story of four young adults — Steph, Piston, Charles, and Marie-Lou — and their search for happiness. Thrown out of work by the strike, Steph and Piston decide to resurrect their old band, Lost Tribe. But Marie-Lou, Piston's ex-wife and the band's former lead singer, is not easily persuaded. Steph begins to realize that Rose, a confident older woman, is growing weary of their relationship and seeks solace, first with Marie-Lou, and then with Charles, who has just returned after leaving for greener pastures. Now that he's back, Charles hopes to restart his relationship with Steph, but he soon realizes that none of the things that drove him away in the first place have changed.A unique and compelling new voice on the independent film scene, Rodrique Jean has captured something essential about human nature — a universal truth about the pain of isolation and the all-consuming need for love. FULLBLAST is a film of great subtlety and passion, set in a rich, unfamiliar environment.