Ryan Janek Wolowski hosts the Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Opening Night Gala at Cinema Arts Centre in the Sky Room Café presented by LIGALY Friday November 12th 2010 from 8:00 - 11:00 pm
Walk the Pink Carpet at the lavish opening night gala in the cinema's Sky Room, included in admission to Fishnet or Violet Tendencies. Entertainment by piano keyboard vocalist Lydia Sabosto with hors d'œuvres provided by the Thatched Cottage, This is Long Island's premier social event.
****OPENING NIGHT FILMS****
Fishnet
(Brian Pelletier, USA, 2010, 85 min)
When two girlfriends and burlesque dancers accidentally get involved in a mob hit, they hit the road only to turn a small town upside down. In an effort to earn some money to return home the girls start a burlesque show at a local truck stop. The show becomes the hottest thing to hit Texas since Charlene Tilton on Dallas. This not only causes a big controversy in a little town but also sends the mob, the police, and the media after them . As the clothes come off the bullets fly. Director Brian Pelletier's will be in attendance with 25 Random Things I Did During My Big Fat Lesbian Depression, (Christine J. Russo, USA, 2009, 11 min) My Big Fat Lesbian Depression takes a comedic look at one lesbian's journey of recovery from an unreal break up. From eating excessive amounts of frozen yogurt, leaning on friends, to yoga in the desert to entering a twelve step program. 25 Random Things uses the framework of social media to poke fun at some of the crazy, yet personal things we do in life to get through our darkest moments in order to move on from the past and emerge into a lighter state of being.
Violet Tendencies
(Casper Andreas, USA, 2010, 100 min )
with filmmaker Casper Andreas in attendance. She’s Manhattan’s most fabulous fruit fly! At 40, Violet (TV’s Facts of Life star Mindy Cohn) is the racy, fun-loving belle of the ball. She spends her nights as royalty, but when the party ends, she always heads home alone. While her co-worker Riley struggles with his boyfriend Markus going baby-crazy, and her roommate Luke tackles monogo-mania, Violet’s romantic life is one big bellyflop. Realizing she’s at a certain age and still single, Violet is at a crossroads. In the fast pace of high fashion PR where she works, Riley tells her to seek out a straight male version of herself -- the mythical fag stag. But glamorous guru Salome gives her other advice; To nab a man, she insists, Violet must abandon her gay boys. When Violet arrives home from yet another disastrous date to find Luke has organized a gay sex party in her bedroom, she decides Salome may be right. In order to get a prized man of her own, Violet strikes out on a hilarious quest to change the woman she is. Chasing love and lust at all costs, she may find them in the most unlikely of places.
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The LI Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is a non-profit organization bringing Long Island a unique cultural events every year which showcase gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender experiences in cinema.
The Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival runs from Friday November 12th 2010 through Thursday November 18th 2010
For a listing of all of the films that will be shown as well as parties / celebrations planned at this years festival visit
http://www.liglff.org/
For a full gallery of photos from the festival visit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanisland/sets/72157623501526869/
***************FOR MORE INFO******************
Cinema Arts Centre
423 Park Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743
(631) 423-7611
http://www.cinemaartscentre.org/
The Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
P.O. Box 360
East Northport, NY 11731
http://www.liglff.org/
LIGALY
Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth
34 Park Avenue
Bay Shore, NY 11706
631-665-2300
http://www.ligaly.org/
The Historical Thatched Cottage
445 East Main Street
Centerport, NY 11721
(631) 261-1900
http://www.thatchedcottage.com/
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