Garneau, Kathy

1994

No Ogawa (Hiromoto Ida) is a Tokyo burger flipper who dreams of going West and becoming a cowboy. When he loses his job at the burger joint, he decides to take a chance and heads for the wilds of Canada to look up his childhood pen-pal. Instead of finding the cowgirl of his dreams, No is greeted by Kate's meddling mother, who sees him as a prospective husband for her closeted daughter. Kate, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with her redneck roots. She has returned to her small hometown with her lover, Shelly, in an effort to reignite her creative spark, but is unable to readjust to the claustrophobic small-town life because she is unable to come out to her mother. Shelly becomes frustrated with Kate and begins to spend more time with No teaching him about the cultural quirks of the Canadian frontier. Meanwhile No falls for Shelly and casts her as a barmaid in distress in his fantasy Western in which he is her rescuing cowboy hero. Eventually No discovers the true nature of Shelly and Kate's relationship, but Kate's mother convinces him that it is only a phase. In a final attempt to win Shelly's affections, he dons a special costume for the upcoming Halloween party. Who will get the girl in the rousing genderbending finale in which the lines between No's Western fantasy and his Western reality become blurred?

Castro, Rick

1994

Featuring Alexis Arquette and Vaginal Cream Davis as a frustrated couple seeking the advice of a sex therapist.

Simpson, Kelli

1994

This Marching Girl Thing is a short Australian film about a girl's baton twirling club. During an out-of-town competition, one young woman (Muriel from Muriel's Wedding) must decide whether to stick with her lover — between practice and the final round.

Cunningham, Fiona

1994

Fiona Cunningham Reid's (Feed Them to the Cannibals) first dramatic feature film has Steffi, an ambitious photojournalist and amateur ice skater, all set to skate in the Gay Games when her sexual and skating partner skips out on her. This ruins her and journalist pal Greg's plans to break into the mainstream press by writing a cover story on lesbians and love on the ice at the Gay Games in New York. Under pressure from their editor, Steffi begins to search for a possible replacement.  One day on the ice she eyes the naively "hetero" Natalie who is taking lessons from the muscled lesbian Cosima, a former figure skating champion from Russia. Living a sheltered existence in the oppressive home of her older sister and her lecherous brother-in-law, Natalie is only beginning to come out of her shell and is excited by the prospect of finding new friends. Dangling the carrot of free lessons, Steffi maneuvers Natalie into becoming her practice partner, without letting on about her intentions. Not sure of her sexual inclinations, Steffi and Greg invite Natalie to meet them at a lesbian bar. To Steffi's delight Natalie shows up and they all have a grand time. As their friendship develops, so does their skating, and Natalie finally agrees to compete in the Gay Games. All seems well until Natalie discovers her skating partner's plan to put her on the cover of a national magazine. Just days before they're set to compete, Natalie pulls out.

Herbert, Rachel

1994

A quirky profile of a lesbian couple who are truck drivers.

Tomboy, Texas

1994

Tex-Sex is a sexy solo shot from the Texas Tomboy himself.

Taylor, Amanda

1994

Terms Of Conception looks at the many questions facing a lesbian couple and their gay male friend and sperm donor.

Terms of Conception takes a decidedly American perspective on the subject of lesbians and artificial insemination, interviewing a Minneapolis lesbian couple and their gay friend/sperm donor. In wonderfully forthright and often humorous interviews, this revealing examination answers the nitty-gritty questions of how it actually happens. Interviews with their family members put their experience in a broader context.

Sandler, Carl Forest

1994

Singer, Leslie

1994

"Scratch the surface and whaddya get? More surface."—Jennifer North, Taking Back the DollsLeslie Singer dykes-up The Valley of the Dolls in this over-the-top pixel vision melodrama. Phenomenally dry humor and truly hot sex combine as we fly through the high-fashion, druggie lesbo lives of supermodel Ann Wells (Leslie Singer), her depressive Seconal-addict roommate Jennifer North (Cecilia Dougherty) and the gun-toting Neely Shannon Chen (Valerie Soe). With music by the Carpenters, Nirvana, and Suicide and appearances from Kevin Killian and Eileen Myles.

Beck, Robert

1994