Glasgay 2011

There's a great selection at this year's Glasgay film festival, with selected films from all around the world.

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Gigola (Country: France; Year: 2010; Director: Laure Charpentier; Writer: Laure Charpentier; Stars: Lou Doillon, Marie Kremer, Eduardo Noriega, Marisa Berenson)
A butch cabaret artiste's carefree life unravels when she meets a beautiful psychiatrist.
Hollywood To Dollywood (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: John Lavin; Writer: Gary Lane, Larry Lane; Stars: Gary Lane, Larry Lane, Dolly Parton, Chad Allen, Dustin Lance Black, Michael Bowen)
Three young men take a road trip in the hope of meeting their idol, Dolly Parton.
Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women (Year: 1979)
The classic feminist documentary exploring the impact of advertising images in shaping women's lives.
Kink Crusaders (Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Michael Skiff; Stars: Lambodara Das)
A visit to the International Mr. Leather contest reveals a surprisingly diverse set of participants.
The New Tenants (Country: Denmark, US; Year: 2009; Director: Joachim Back; Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen, David Rakoff; Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kevin Corrigan, Liane Balaban, Jamie Harrold)
Two men move house amid fraught circumstances, and romance blossoms.
Polyester (Country: US; Year: 1981; Director: John Waters; Writer: John Waters; Stars: Divine, Tab Hunter, Edith Massey, David Samson, Mary Garlington, Ken King, Mink Stole)
A housewife struggles to maintain an air of respectability despite her family's outrageous behaviour.
We Once Were Tide (Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Jason Bradbury; Writer: Matthew Kyne Baskott; Stars: Mandy Aldridge, Tristan Bernays, Alexander Scott)
A young couple are forced to part as one moves away to care for his terminally ill mother.
Weekend (Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Andrew Haigh; Writer: Andrew Haigh; Stars: Tom Cullen, Chris New)
A one-night stand turns into something altogether more unexpected in Andrew Haigh's heartfelt love story.
We Were Here (Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: David Weissman; Stars: Ed Wolf, Daniel Goldstein, Guy Clark, Eileen Glutzer, Bobbi Campbell, Mervyn Silverman, Jerry Falwell, Cleve Jones, Paul Boneberg, Tom Brokaw)
A documentary charting the experiences of people caught up in the first major outbreak of AIDS in San Francisco.
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