Ottenhouse, David

1997

Roy, Duncan

1997

When you will do anything to maintain hard-won celebrity, god forbid if sexual preference gets in the way.

Murder and mayhem follow hard on the heels of a man who will do anything to maintain his hard-won celebrity, and God forbid if sexual preference gets in the way. Clancy Self is a very successful television cook. He has everything: good looks, fame, a beautiful girlfriend, and Jamie, his long-term live-in secret boyfriend. As Clancy’s fame grows he becomes more and more paranoid and with increasing pressure from his girlfriend he finally agrees to dump Jamie and marry her. But it isn’t meant to be: When Clancy inadvertently kills his neighbor Nick’s dog, Nick breaks into Clancy’s apartment and Jamie kills him in self-defense. When Clancy finds a dead man in his kitchen, he does what he can to save his career: he cuts up the body and dumps it all over London.

Ayres, Tony

1997

China Dolls is a stylish and moving portrayl of gay Asian-Australians and their often difficult journeys to self-acceptance. Aussie boys candidly discuss their status as a “minority within a minority.”

1997

Williams, Sandra R.

1997

Seven black and Hispanic kids discuss their feelings about their gay/lesbian parents.

Magnaye, Michael

1997

A short documentary on the first summer camp for children of lesbian, gay and bisexual parents.

“It hurts when people make fun of you; but here at camp, no one will make fun of you because we're all the same." The camp is Camp Lavender Hill, the first summer camp for children of gay, lesbian and bisexual parents. Camp Lavender Hill provided these children with an escape from the pressures of their schools and their peers. The film allows us to get to know several of the children as they talk about how they feel they're similar and different from children raised in more traditional families. Camp Lavender Hill was the recipient of a Frameline Completion Fund grant in 1996.

Lee, Ricky

1997

An action adventure documentary porno, about butch girls. Butch Girls, Reservoir Dykes, And Faggot Whores is a joyride through San Francisco's butch scene that takes gleeful aim at Quentin Tarantino's overblown hypermasculine sensibilities. Samuel L. Jackson, eat your heart out – these gals are the ballsiest bad-asses on celluloid!

Rodriguez, Eugene

1997

Buried & Unseen explores two Latino gay men attempting to build a long term relationship.

Mignatti, Victor

1997

Three NYU grads cross that precarious threshold into adulthood in this celebration of cock-eyed optimism, wonder and possibility.

Broadway Damage is Victor Mignatti’s antidote to cynicism, a valentine to New York City and the dreamers who still believe in the magic of the grand romantic gesture. Marc and Robert are best friends who share a love of Broadway musicals. Robert dreams of writing the next West Side Story and settling down with actor Marc who, aside from being a hopeless romantic, only goes out with guys who are a perfect “10.” Unfortunately, Robert isn’t. As Marc struggles to land his first acting job, his roommate Cynthia (Mara Hobel, who played the young Christina in Mommie Dearest) blithely spends her days shopping on Daddy’s credit cards and plotting to get a fantasy job with magazine editor Tina Brown. Agendas collide when Marc falls for David (Hugh Panaro), a handsome pop star wannabe. Everyone’s dreams threaten to unravel when they discover that David has more than a few skeletons in his closet and that Cynthia is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and may be wanted by the FBI. Broadway Damage is a funny, often bittersweet celebration of cock-eyed optimism, wonder and possibility.

1997