Adler, Oran

1999

A glimpse into a gay teenager's experience of loneliness and isolation.

Grant, Cat

1999

A humourous look at the International Foundation for Gender Education's annual convention held for the first time in Canada.

Ozon, Francois

1999

Patton, Parris

1999

Four years in the life of a transvestite hooker, Stacey Hollywood.

"Stacey ""Hollywood"" Dean is a superstar to some, but to most he is a ""creature."" Stacey left home at fifteen for the bright lights of Hollywood, and ended up walking the streets for money – dressed as a woman. It was there that Parris Patton met Stacey and began to chronicle his story. CREATURE documents four years of Stacey’s life, from the beginning of his hormone treatments to transform him into the female he believes he is, through the film’s climax as Stacey drives back to North Carolina to confront her devoutly Christian parents as a woman.

Deitch, Donna

1999

Multigenerational drama about gay life in small town America.

Lifshitz, Sebastien

1999

Lifshitz, Sebastien

1999

Brown, Tom E.

1999

A love story/ splatter film in the style of an educational slide show

Ganatra, Nisha

1999

Provocative new comedy that offers a charming exploration of American life, Indian culture, and the true meaning of family.

Chutney Popcorn is a timely comedy that explores American life, Indian culture and the true meaning of family. Reena is a young woman in New York City balancing the pressures of her disapproving yet close-knit family, while trying to convince her commitment-phobe girlfriend to move in with her. When Sarita (Reena’s perfect and very married sister) discovers that she cannot have children, Reena volunteers to be artificially inseminated by Sarita’s husband, Mitch. Though initially excited by the chance to finally have a family, Sarita calls off the arrangement, just as Reena discovers that she is already pregnant. The story takes Reena, her girlfriend and their loved ones on a roller coaster ride through pregnancy, birth and everything in between. Chutney Popcorn humorously explores the nature of family and the political and personal realities of parenting in the nineties. Chutney Popcorn is also the first feature-length film to represent the Indian American lesbian experience. It was co-written, scored, acted and directed by second generation Indian Americans, and utilizes a hard-hitting original fusion of alternative rock music and traditional Indian music sampled, performed and created to depict the intensity of two cultures joining together.

North, Jacqui

1999

A compassionate and poignant insight into the world of Christy May Napier, a young lesbian, ex-runaway and street kid, who faced the prospect of her death after contracting AIDS.

Breaking records as one of the most watched documentaries on Australian television, where it first aired on World AIDS Day 1999, CHRISSY is an honest and daring film about an HIV-positive lesbian. Told by her best friend and filmmaker, Jacqui North, it's the first documentary of its kind. CHRISSY is a compassionate and poignant look into the world of Christy May Napier, a young lesbian, ex-runaway, and street kid, who faced the prospect of her death after contracting AIDS at age 18. Full of charm and fighting spirit, this young, enthusiastic AIDS activist shares with us her personal journey through her disease and coming out to her family about being gay, and later, about being HIV positive, which she had hidden from them for eight years. We also see how this knowledge affects her family, most notably her younger sister, a swimsuit model who once believed that AIDS was a "your-own-fault disease" and who has a change of heart because of Chrissy's experiences. Respectful and intelligent, CHRISSY is not only a necessary and moving documentary but also a true testament to Chrissy and her strength.