Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2009

What is gender? An identity? An experience? An expression? A journey? A destination? These eight provocative short films will show you a fabulous time exploring these questions. LIPSTIQUE In this music video for Silencefiction’s catchy “Lipstique,” Fauxnique leads a merry crew of fabulons in a drag performance that doubles as a nifty makeup lesson. (USA, 2009, 5 mins, dir: Kia Simon) MISS GAY LATINO This documentary profiles the contestants as they compete for the title of “Miss Gay Latino” in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (USA, 2009, 10 mins, dir: Kate Nash & David Alire Garcia) LAS LLORONAS “Las Lloronas” – who offer tears-for-hire at funeral services throughout Albuquerque – discover deeper meaning in their work when hired for the funerals of their own beloveds. (USA, 2009, 19 mins, dir:Sofia Lee Moran) MAKE A MATE In this delightful animated film, a lonely woman marvels at the possibilities when she enters a store that invites her to create her perfect partner. (USA, 2009, 4 mins, dir: Jennifer Jordan Day) QUEERER THAN THOU A diverse group of friends bicker over “who is the queerest of them all” – a contest that can only be resolved by a rooftop dance-off. (USA, 2008, 8 mins, dir:Ramses Rodstein) A DRAG KING EXTRAVAGANZA An exuberant, informative history of the annual International Drag KingCommunity Extravaganza. (Canda, 2008, 22 mins, dir: Claire Smyth & Meaghan Derynck) DORIAN: A PICTURE Female impersonator Dorian Wayne shares memories of a four-decade career. (USA, 2009, 6 mins, dir:Dorian Wayne) GET HAPPY This “coming of age musical extravaganza” assembles home movies, interviews and ephemera to craft an unforgettable portrait of make-up artist, singer and teenage-drag-superstar Mark Payne. (USA, 2008, 25mins, dir: Mark Payne) TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 99 min