Saturday, November 13 at 11:30 AM - 1 PM

SAGE LI Presents a free reception

for Long Island LGBT Artists participating in our art exhibition with free Bagels and coffee. Artists will be in attendance. Enjoy the gallery with best representation of Long island LGBT art. . The festival will present the first Vic Skolnick Community Service Award posthumously to Dr. Rev. Pastor Hibbs of Long Island Community Fellowship. The reception will be held in the Cinema’s Sky Room.

Saturday, November 14 at 1:00 PM

Gen Silent
(Joseph Applebuam, USA, 2010 61 min) GLBT seniors who fought the first battles for equality now face so much fear about discrimination that they are hiding their lives again. Thousands are dying earlier than their straight counterparts because they are afraid to ask for help. But a growing number of LGBT people are fighting to keep their elders from being silenced. Followed by a panel discussion moderated by Paul Paquette with SAGELI

Saturday, November 13 at 3:00 PM

8:The Mormon Proposition:The Mormon Proposition
(Reed Cowan, USA, 2010, 80 min) A powerful, eye-opening documentary that focuses on the immense wealth and of the Mormon Church, and how the church uses the National Organization of Marriage to work for the denial of rights for GLBT Americans. It follows the money trail that ultimately ended up as a vicious campaign to pass the proposition in California. This not-to-be-missed film also touches on the effect of Mormon doctrine on GLBT Mormon youth which often ends up in abandonment, homelessness and suicide. With the world premiere of Left Out In America: Legislating Life, Love and LGBT produced by Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP. Guest Speaker: Attorney Joe Milizio and a representative from the Human Rights Campaign

Saturday, November 13 at 5:00 PM

The Purple Sea (Viola Di Mare)
(Donatella Maiorca, Italy, 2010, 105 min.) From the novel Minchia di Re by Giacomo Pilati comes a scandal hidden in 19th century Sicily between two young women, Angela and Sara. Angela isn’t like other girls her age, she fears nothing and nobody. She can’t hide her feelings for Sara. To maintain the forbidden relationship, she changes her outward appearance to disguise herself as a man. The chains that had imprisoned her existence suddenly disappear and she becomes powerful, but in her heart she never denies her identity as a woman. As intense and compelling as only young love can be, the two women challenge the rules of society in order to be together. (in Italian with English subtitles)

Saturday, November 13 at 6:30 PM

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Cocktail Party
presented by Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Long Island and sponsored by Cynthia Grauer of Ameriprise Financial in the Sky Room. Come early to the screening of A Marine Story and enjoy some delicious cocktail food and beverages provide by our sponsors.

Saturday, November 13 at 7:15 PM

A Marine Story
(Ned Farr, USA, 2010 ) From the film makers of SHELTER and THE GYMNAST, comes a story set against the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Policy of the US Military. A decorated woman Marine officer unexpectedly returns home from the war and is quickly recruited to help a troubled teen prepare for boot camp, but when the true reasons for her return become known it threatens the future for both of them

with Never Too Late, (Wendy Weinberg, Director, 2009, USA, 8 minutes). Two hotel maids, Stella and Rosie, who after living together in San Francisco for 25 years, decide to tie the knot when California courts grant same-sex couples the right to marry. But before they can hire a florist, Prop 8 is passed. Must they head east in search of equality

Saturday, November 13 at 9:30 PM

Marine Story after party
at Tula's Kitchen in Bayshore presented by the Human Rights Campaign. Tula is located at 41 E Main St, Bay Shore, NY 11706. Includes .complimentary hors d'oeuvres and drink specials

Saturday, November 13 at 9:30 PM

Bear City
(Douglas Langway, USA, 2010, 105 min.) Take the girls from "Sex and the City," inject them with large amounts of testosterone, tape fur coats to their bodies – and you have something almost as great as Bear City. In this award-winning romantic comedy viewers are given an insider pass to a burly, tight-knit group of New York City friends who are trying to make it through life’s twisted paths and love’s absurdities without getting lost. Rediscover the importance of true friendship! ,

with GABY (,Jonathan Lisecki ,2010, USA, 12 min) Jenn (Jenn Harris) and Matt (Matthew Wilkas) are best friends from college who are now in their 30s. Lately, their relationship has dwindled to the occasional social-networking exchange. In an effort to "reconnect," they decide to have a baby together, taking the easiest, cheapest route of just having sex even though Matt is gay and Jenn is straight Warning: this film contains an incredibly awkward sex scene.

Saturday, November 13 at 11:30 PM

The Bear City After Party
at Macs Steakhouse, in Huntington village presented by Pride For Youth, Wall St, Huntington, includes hors d'oeuvres.