Cinema Diverse! The Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

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2010 Schedule

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010 7:00 PM Short Film: The Love Permit
Naive Mr. Young is strapped to the hot seat in a very controlled political environment that imposes some outrageous sanctions on people’s lives. During an encounter with an administrator while applying for a love & sex permit, he finds himself increasingly on guard, becoming tangled in red tape and incriminating words.

Feature Film: A MARINE STORY

A decorated 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. A MARINE STORY highlights the absurdity of the military ban on gays through the personal story of one courageous woman.
Q&A with Ned Farr and Paris Pickard

After Party at Hunter’s Video Bar


SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2010
1:00PM

Short Film:BOOKMARKS
It's all between the pages. Abigail (Haley Roe Murphy) and Clare (Lacey Morrison) are studying for finals in the library. Abigail gets bored with the subject matter and turns her attention to something much more interesting: Clare. She begins a campaign to turn Clare's attention away from her books, and onto their relationship. They flirt in silence, eventually deciding to give up studying all together.


Feature Film: SASHA

Sasha, confronted with the everyday prejudice of his homophobic immigrant family, struggles with his urge to come out. When his beloved piano teacher Gebhard Weber plans to leave the city, the young man is heartbroken. The only person in whom he can confide his feelings is his best friend Jiao. After a failed audition, Sasha swears never to play piano again, but a consoling telephone call from Gebhard changes his mind – and causes a turn of events. The next morning all secrets are exposed and only his brother’s intervention prevents Sasha’s father Vlado from shooting Gebhard dead. But the gun still goes off...

Sponsored by Desert Film Society.

4:00PM
Short Film: Cried Suicide
Heartbroken over an ex-girlfriend, Jay (Nicol Paone) is desperate for attention
and fakes a suicide attempt. When she returns home with her best friend Jen
(Sarah Burns), she gets more than she bargained for from sympathetic friends
in the form of tears, food, and even porn.


Feature Film: THE PEOPLE I’VE SLEPT WITH

The People I’ve Slept With is a sexy, romantic story about Angela (Karin Anna Cheung of Better Luck Tomorrow), a young woman with a zealously active sex life, who after every sexual conquest, makes keepsake “baseball cards” of each of her male conquests. One day, Angela finds out she is pregnant and begins a quest to find the identity of the father. Together with her gay best friend and co-worker Gabriel (Wilson Cruz of He’s Just Not That Into You, My So-Called Life), the two go on a comical and raunchy hunt through her past hook-ups and dates to find her “baby daddy.” But as Angela peels back the layers of her frisky past, she begins to realize that the answers she is looking for, reveal themselves in surprising ways.
Q&A with Quentin Lee

7:00 PM
Short Film: Last Call
One year, five months. That’s the time it’s taken Gavin to get to today; that’s how long he’s been sober so that he can get back to Mark, the love of his life. But fate has something else in mind when Gavin is killed on his way to reconciling with Mark. A recovering alcoholic, Gavin ends up in a bar where the mysterious Bartender lets him re-live three memories from his life to show the quality of his character. Gavin takes the offer and shows The Bartender love, heartbreak, and every intention to make things right. He soon finds, as always, fate has something else in mind.

Feature Film: BABY JANE?

Two twisted sisters live in their own self-made hell. “Baby Jane?” takes its cue from the original cult classic starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford… but with hilarious and macabre... unexpected twists and turns.

The film begins with Baby Jane as a famous child star, then transitions to her failed attempt at becoming a big fat movie star like her sister Blanche, until a tragic gate accident makes Blanche’s spine...kinda snap. Baby Jane tragically gives up her career to take care of her disabled sister, waiting on her hand and foot, every gawd damn day!
When a revival of Blanche’s old movies appear on TV (a parody of Mommie Dearest), the nosey neighbor Mrs Bates comes by to bother Baby Jane about how excited she must be that her sister’s career has made a comeback. This is the straw that broke the camel’s back, Baby Jane snaps, she has had enough! We watch her slowly unravel, taking it out on her poor disabled sister Blanche, the housekeeper Elvira (Blanche’s secret “special friend”), Mrs Bates and her ding dong daughter Gloria. All through this, Blanche plays the melodramatic victim when in actuality, is she just a manipulating bitch?


Q&A with Billy Clift

After Party at The Lucy House

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010
12:00 PM
Short Film: GayKeith
GAYKEITH is the outrageous short film written and directed by Leslie Hope based on the 'mostly true' short story by Scott Edgecombe. Meet Scott: a 260 pound red-headed, fun-lovin', bi-polar, hockey-playin' sexual deviant who recently turned forty and who has spent the last 15 years living in Los Angeles, out of work and overweight. No job, no girlfriend, a lot of cereal and too much internet porn. On a particularly lonely Christmas Eve, Scott decides the answer to all his problems may lie in North Hollywood-his name is Keith and he's willing to wear pantyhose if Scott comes over.


Feature Film: CHILDREN OF GOD

Set against the backdrop of a nation grappling with violent homophobic crime and offering a scathing examination of the underlying hatred for gays rampant in Caribbean societies, Bahamian Kareem Mortimer’s debut narrative feature tells the stories of three very different individuals: Lena, the conservative, deeply religious wife of a secretly gay firebrand pastor; Romeo, a handsome young black man hiding his sexuality from his close-knit and loving family; and Jonny, the conflicted and creatively-blocked white artist in search of himself. All three head for the spectacularly beautiful and tranquil island of Eleuthera, each with a different reason for escaping current circumstances. Soon, their disparate worlds collide in unexpected and affecting ways. This uncommon portrayal of love, loneliness, tolerance, secrets and self-acceptance takes viewers on a poignant multifaceted journey that is enlightening, courageous, and disquieting all at the same time, and which shocks to the very core with its startling conclusion.

2:30PM
Short Film: PIRATE SCUM
 A disgustingly unhygienic pirate named Cap'n Crusty has a crew bent on pillaging, staying up past midnight, and doing what they please. Their dirty deeds spread terror among the moral townspeople. When nothing can stop their sinful agenda, unthinkable consequences happen. "Pirate Scum" is 5 minutes of lovingly hand-crafted 2D animation made in Patrick Lake's kitchen and at various San Francisco cafes between late 2009 and May 2010. It features the voice of Mo Mellady, AKA "Erin Esurance" from the animated ad campaign, plus cartoon boobs, guns and explosions. Yarrrg!

Feature Film: ROLE/PLAY

When hunky soap opera star Graham Windsor (Steve Callahan; East Side Story, Make the Yuletide Gay, Nine Lives) is outed as the result of a gay sex tape scandal, he seeks refuge at an exclusive Palm Springs resort. But quiet anonymity eludes him when handsome marriage-equality activist Trey Reed (Matthew Montgomery; Redwoods, Back Soon, Pornography: A Thriller) checks in to escape the fallout from his own bitter divorce. As an undeniable passion begins to sizzle between Graham and Trey, they force each other to confront their professional downfalls - and the firestorm each has created in the gay press.
The film also stars David Pevsner, Brian Nolan, Matthew Stephen Herrick and and Jim J. Bullock.
HRC After Party at Wang’s

Welcome to Cinema Diverse: The Gay & Lesbian Film Festival • Palm Springs

Come help us celebrate the 2010 Edition of CINEMA DIVERSE! We’re planning an amazing Festival, showcasing the best in LGBT filmmaking. This year’s festival takes place from Friday, September 24 through Sunday, September 26, 2010.

All film screenings will take place at the Camelot Theatres, 2300 E. Baristo Road in Palm Springs. For more information about Camelot Theaters, visit:

Camelot Theatres


Tickets and passes will be available in mid-August, and may be purchased at the Camelot box office or by calling 760-325-6565.

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Michael Carroll Green

Cinema Diverse Announces 2010 Film Line-up All Access Passes Now On Sale;Buy Before Sept. 3rd for S…


Cinema Diverse Announces 2010 Film Line-up
All Access Passes Now On Sale;
Buy Before Sept. 3rd for Special Savings!




 CINEMA DIVERSE: The Palm Springs Gay & Lesbian Film Festival today announced its 2010 film line-up. The Festival, which is celebrating its third year, opens September 24th and continues through S

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Posted by Michael Carroll Green on August 16, 2010 at 6:30pm

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Palm Springs Cultural Center Forms Partnership with Human Rights Campaign Foundation; 2010 Edition of Cinema Diverse to Benefit Both Organizations.

The Palm Springs Cultural Center announced today that it will produce the 2010 edition of its annual Palm Springs Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Cinema Diverse, in partnership with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. “We are delighted to have been able to form this alliance,” said Ric Supple, President of the Palm Springs Cultural Center’s Board of Directors. “It’s a great partnership, with both national and local significance, and one that will… Continue

Posted by Michael Carroll Green on July 22, 2010 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

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CINEMA DIVERSE Returns For Third Year; Hires New Artistic Director/Head Programmer.

CINEMA DIVERSE: The Palm Springs Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is set to return for it’s third year, following two highly successful runs in 2008 and 2009. The Festival will again be presented by the Palm Springs Cultural Center, a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the cultural arts in the Coachella Valley.



“We are excited to be bringing Cinema Diverse back for a third year,” said Ric Supple, President of… Continue

Posted by Michael Carroll Green on July 6, 2010 at 7:00pm

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City Honors Cultural Center Founder at Cinema Diverse Opening.



September 24th, 2009, was officially declared Rozene Supple Day by City Council Member Rick Hutcheson at the Opening Night for Cinema Diverse 2009. "We are pleased and proud to honor one of our leading citizens," Council Member Hutcheson said.

Posted by Michael Carroll Green on September 28, 2009 at 2:49pm

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It's a Wrap!

It's a wrap for Cinema Diverse 2009, and from all reports, a good time was had by all. Better yet, event organizers reported that the Second Edition of Palm Springs' LGBT Film Festival was an overall success.

"With a shorter festival we knew we wouldn't match last year's numbers," said Thomas Ethan Harris, Festival Artistic Director and Head Programmer. "But for the most part our numbers were up when you compared the screening times year to year. We're pleased that the community c… Continue

Posted by Michael Carroll Green on September 28, 2009 at 2:13pm

 
 
 

Cinema Diverse is a program of the Palm Springs Cultural Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to advancing education, to nurturing community-wide participation in the cultural arts, and to sponsoring scholarship awards for deserving individuals. For more information, please visit www.psculturalcenter.org.

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