Auntie M's Helping Hands Inc. sponsored Bagel breakfast in the Sky Café
at 10:30 AM and "A Kiss Is Still A Kiss" Art Opening,
an exhibition of Long Island LGBT artists.

11:30 AM – The Young The Gay and The Restless
(Joe Castro, USA, 2006, 76 min) An aging, wealthy diva, Ms. Victoria Gaylord learns that she has a mysterious illness and will soon be dead.  Her family, friends and entourage gather at her fabulous estate to assist her during this time of ill health. Who can she trust and who are just vultures after her wealth? This comedy soap opera spoof with the drama of Dynasty vs. Desperate Housewives delivers all that is good in a daytime serial such as love and lust, backstabbing and infidelity, and even murder and revenge.... and, of course, don’t forget about the hot gay men that make up the majority of the cast. Love in the afternoon has never been better!!! Filmmakers Joe Castro and Steven Escobar and Actor Dennis Richardson will be in attendance. NY Premiere.  

Preceded by Daddy’s Boy (Tristan Hamilton, Australia, 2006, 8 min) Win Stafford is in for a shock when his attempts to hide his sexuality from his father result in a hilarious outcome.  

1:15 PM - Saint of 9/11
(Glenn Holsten, USA, 2006, 91 min) In an enduring photograph of September 11, a team of rescue workers carry a Franciscan priest’s body from the World Trade Center. The world came to know Father Mychal Judge in death as a symbol of courage and sacrifice. Saint of 9/11 presents the turbulent, restless, spiritual and remarkable journey of Father Mychal Judge. Compassionate champion of the needy and forgotten, a beloved Fire Department Chaplain, rousing Irish-American balladeer and iconoclast, Father Judge was a humble parish priest who wrestled with his own private demons while touching others in powerful and miraculous ways. Throughout his career as a friar, he lived a life of witness, action and love. He provided hope, warmth, compassion, and acceptance. Narrated by Sir Ian McKellen. Official Selection of the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival, Jury and Audience Awards for Best Documentary at the 2006 Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival and Special Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film at the 2006 Fire Island Film and Video Festival. Equality Forum, a national nonprofit organization that advances national and international gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights produced this film. Co-producer Brendan Fay will be in attendance.

3:15 PM - Youth Camp - Camp Out
(Larry Grimaldi and Kirk Marcolina, USA, 2006, 78 min) A feature documentary film that follows ten Midwestern teenagers as they attend the first overnight Bible Camp for gay Christian youths. For these six boys and four girls, it’s just as hard to come out as Christian as it is to come out as gay. They’re caught in the battle between religion, politics and sexuality that’s raging in the United States today. These kids are outsiders – their straight classmates ostracize them and their churches reject them. But like all teens, they yearn to feel at home, somewhere. Struggling to find a way to be true to both their spirituality and their sexual identity, these teens come to camp hoping to finally find a place of acceptance. Winner of 2006 Best Documentary Feature Awards at Newfest and Outfest and the Showtime Vanguard Award. Preceded by Queer Spawn (Anna Boluda, USA/Spain, 2006, 30 min) There are over ten million children with gay or lesbian parents in the United States. Are their lives affected by their kind of family? From liberal New York City to conservative Texas, teenagers and their parents candidly share their experiences and insights.

Pizza Party and informal discussion to follow sponsored by
Pastor Hibbs and the Long Island Community Fellowship.

5:30 PM - Spirited Girls and Feisty Women (93 min) - Shorts program
High Heels On Wheels (Leslie Sloan, USA, 2005, 11 min) A story about the lesbian pioneers of the roller derby. Sarang Song (Tamika Miller, USA, 2006, 23:17) When one of two African American lesbians become heavily involved in the student civil rights movement during the 70’s, tough choices need to be made by these college women.  Odile (B. Delgehier, France, 2005, 10 min) When bikers arrive, an ordinary woman in an ordinary bakery recalls a violent past and sets herself free. Tomboys! Feisty Girls & Spirited Women (Julie Akeret & Christian McEwen, USA, 2004, 28 min) Are Tomboys tame once they grow up? This lively and inspiring documentary explores that archaic myth with the stories of spirited and proud tomboys of all ages: African American teenager Jay Gillespie; Massachusetts firefighter Tracy Driscoll, lesbian artist Nancy Brooks Brody and political activist Doris Haddock, aka “Granny”. Interviews with these feisty women are intercut with personal photographs and archival footage to help celebrate all tomboys and explore the ways gender identity is constructed. Every Other Day of the Week (Liz Singer, Canada, 2005, 7 min) Rebel dyke girls speak!

Peace Talk (Jenifer Malmquist, Sweden, 2005, 14 min) Girl discovers girl while playing war - but when her mom finds out this feisty girl holds her ground.  

7:30 PM - Loving Annabelle
(Katherine Brooks, USA, 2006, 77 min) Heart-throb Erin Kelly stars as Annabelle, a precocious Senator’s daughter who falls in love with her teacher Simone (gorgeous Diane Gaidry) at a stodgy Catholic girls boarding school. A poetry teacher, Simone, finds peace and security within the boarding school walls. Surrounded by a tame atmosphere with little to challenge her, Simone has slipped into a comfortable though numbing lifestyle educating young female students. When Annabelle, the new student in school arrives, all of Simone’s ideals are challenged and confronted. Annabelle’s rebellious soul and independent spirit bring the quiet school and the head mistress to a boil. Simone is directed to try to control Annabelle’s behavior, however, Simone quickly learns that the real challenge is not Annabelle’s behavior but her own feelings. As an attraction develops between the two, Simone finds it impossible to contain herself and to control her own emotions and actions. Will love burst from their secret? Inspired by the 1931 German classic, Maedchen In Uniform, director Katharine Brooks gives a modern telling of this “forbidden love” story that continues to be controversial to this day.

Preceded by Ester (Maria Pavon & Rut Soso, Spain, 2004, 15 min) A sexy look at how we sometimes think we know where we are going though we seldom give it much thought - until now.  

9:30 PM - Boy Culture
(Q. Allan Brocka, USA, 2005, 85 min) Q. Allan Brocka’s (Eating Out) 2nd feature film based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Mathew Rettenmund is a meditation on modern gay life. Our hero “X” (Derek Magyar) is a college-educated hustler with an exclusive clientele of 12, which he refers to as his “disciples”. Avoiding non-monetary relationships like the plague, he is nevertheless attracted to his sexy black roommate Andrew (Darryl Stephens of Noah’s Arc), who has not quite come to terms with his sexuality. Meanwhile, his other roommate, an outrageous teen twink named Joey (Jonathon Trent), is madly in love with X, while screwing anything that moves. “X” seems destined to never learn until his latest elderly “disciple”, Gregory (Patrick Bachau), refuses to sleep with him until the desire is mutual. By denying a money-for-sex exchange, Gregory begins to break down the walls X has built around himself and opens up his eyes to the possibility of love. Premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival and won many 2006 Best Feature Awards on the festival circuit.

Preceded by Hustler WP (Craig Cobb, USA, 2006, 19 min) A queer neo-nazi skinhead and his black best friend try to score drugs for a couple of German tourists in hopes of scoring themselves in NYC’s trendy Chelsea district. Filmmaker Craig Cobb will be in attendance.