Cowell, Laura

1997

Belly, Femur. Femur, Belly. documents a chance meeting between the supercool, worldly-wise Belly and the awkward, heart-broken Femur.

Ciraulo, Dina

1997

Bayou is about the politics of travel and the power of love.

Mitchell, Allyson

1997

Bad Brownies features dykes telling stories about the bad things they did as Brownie Scouts.

Grian, Hazel

1997

In a fantastic world of darkness and light, baby seeks revenge with her special powers and a supply of jelly beans.

Bednarz, Wendy

1997

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A 15 YEAR OLD GIRL.

Wilson, Jay
Ritchie, Rhonda

1997

Deitch, Donna

1997

When San Francisco-born lesbian director Donna Deitch cast actress Gwen (Nashville) Welles in her breakthrough 1986 feature Desert Hearts, neither suspected that the two women would become best friends and next-door neighbors. When Welles was unexpectedly diagnosed with cancer in 1992 at the age of 42, she asked Deitch to film the progress of her eventually fatal illness. The result of that process is Deitch’s first feature film since Desert Hearts. Angel On My Shoulder offers an excruciatingly intimate portrait of Welles as she confronts the ultimate human fate, and of Deitch herself, as she comes to terms with the death of her dear friend. Dying on camera in Angel On My Shoulder, Welles says, is the greatest role she has ever played on screen. By looking tragedy in the eye without flinching, Welles finally triumphs over a life-long pattern of self-destructive behavior. Though not a film for the emotionally timid – pain, suffering, and death are recorded with the all blunt immediacy of a home video – Angel On My Shoulder is a powerful testament to a true paradox: we can only learn to live fully while in the process of dying.

Vu, Trac

1997

Sedelmaier, J. J.

1997

Ace and Gary teach a group of young boys various "safety tips", ranging from bicylce safety to the heimlich maneuver. As usual, no one can get past the idea that the Duo might be gay!

Doundakov, Ilko

1997

The film tells the stories of several gay men in their own words and gives an overview of the trial in 1964 in Sofia, which ended with jail sentences for 32 people / among them actors and singers.

Ten years ago, Dobromir met Tanya in a disco. They got married and had a daughter. Then, while in the army, Dobromir met Alexander. At first they were just friends, but when Alexander told Dobromir he loved him, Dobromir realized his own strong feelings. Tanya wasn't pleased, but Dobromir decided to move to Kazanluk to be with Alexander anyway. Unfor-tunately, not all the stories in this heartfelt look at gay life in Bulgaria end as sweetly as this one. Under communism, homosexuality was seen as a contagion of decadent Western (read: capitalist) morals. Men tell of living in fear and shame, of hoping to be cured, of incarceration and interrogation. But today Dimiter, who owns Bulgaria's first mixed (read: gay) club, and Marus, an actor who came out and recorded the campy music video "Love War," say the situation is slowly changing. An overview of Bulgaria's social and legal stance on homosexuality contextualizes their stories, while two bare-chested dancers offer a poetic pas-de-deux on the joys of male-male love.