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The 13th Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (PIGLFF) won't be here for another couple of weeks (it runs July 12-24), but the website is already up and running, featuring the complete schedule for the festival, and online ticket sales begin today, so it's time to get it together if you want to check out your share of gay movies this year! This year's fest features more than 200 films from over 28 countries (including the ever popular screening of Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Troc, movies with great titles like Gay Bed and Breakfast of Horror and Starbooty, and even Philadelphia Film Festival graduates like Suffering Man's Charity), a bunch of crazy parties (including events like the Itty Bitty Titty Festivity, Strikes for Dykes (and Gay Boys Too!), and Queer Kinky Quizzo), and famous guests like RuPaul and Tori Spelling. Obviously you cannot let yourself miss out on all this fabulousness, so log in and buy your tickets today before screenings start selling out.

It'll soon be film festival time again in Philly - the 12th Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (PIGLFF to its friends), to be precise. The website has just been launched and tickets go on sale for Philadelphia Film Society Members today, with sale to the general public starting on Monday 6/26 at 10AM, so it's time to make your schedule! The festival will run from July 13th through July 26th, and here are some of the highlights: the "hilariously raunchy" opening night film, Another Gay Movie, looks to be a parody of American Pie, with a bunch of teens trying desperately to lose their anal virginity before summer's out; comedian and performer Sandra Bernhard is being honored Friday, July 14th with an Artistic Achievement Award; a free screening of John Waters's Cry-Baby, complete with a Drag King/Johnny Depp look-a-like contest, is going down at Penn's Landing on Thursday, July 20th; there'll be outdoor screenings of other "classics," as well, such as Barbarella and The Bad Seed; Creatures from the Pink Lagoon (preceded by short Mars Needs Bibles, no less) is a wacky spoof of '60s zombie flicks featuring a swamp "teeming with flesh-eating queers!" - which sounds like a conservative nightmare if we've ever heard one. And of course that little list only just scratches the surface of the huge number of films (141 from 23 countries) being screened this year - many of them being shown in Philly for the first time, and some even having their national or world premieres - so be sure to check out the site for more information. PIGLFF is here, and it's awesomely queer!

The 11th Annual Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival opens today with a plethora of new films that are funny, poignant, campy, and inspirational. Props to Philly's vibrant film community for ensuring a place for independent film of all kinds in our fair city. The in-depth character studies and universal themes of love, hope and identity in the PIGLFF films are sure to make even the most curmudgeonly dates whisper, "pass the tissues, please." The festival's wide variety of great films mean there's something for everyone - of course, with this many movies, it can be tough to sort out the best ones. Here are a few previews, complete with suggestions on who and what to bring. A few FYIs:


• Featured films (aka "Centerpiece Screenings"), movies with good buzz, and special events tend to sell out quickly, so buy your tickets in advance.
  
• Check the festival website - there are often last-minute venue and time changes.
  
• If you can't get into the film you want, just pick another one! No matter what you choose, you'll be supporting great independent film in Philadelphia.

Barbarella

Bring: Divas, Disco Queens, those guys from the AV club.

In the 1968 science-fiction-erotica cult classic Barbarella, the eponymous queen of the galaxy (the scantily clad Jane Fonda) must find scientist Duran Duran. Adventures - and removal of clothing - ensue! And don't be late: Barbarella's opening credits feature a zero gravity striptease. Best of all, this campy classic is free and outdoors.

Info: Sunday, July 17, The Great Plaza at Penn's Landing. Barbarella costume contest (with prizes from TLA video) begins at 8:45, movie follows shortly thereafter. FREE.