Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

A smash hit at festivals everywhere, E.E.Cassidy's award winning film "We Are the Mods" starts the festival off with a bang.
Cassidy perfectly captures the mood and feel of neo-Mod Los Angeles complete with motor scooters and vintage ska. Come and see the movie Filmmaker magazine called "an affectionate and good-hearted homage to not only seminal films of the 1960s but also to the heady rush of young artistic discovery familiar to any sensitive ex-high schooler." We Are The Mods is a teen drama using the familiar territory of 'good girl corrupted by the bad' while simultaneously serving as a tribute to 60s cult classics like Blow-Up and the early work of Jean-Luc Godard. More info

Many of us assume that there are only two genders and that being female or male follows from the sex of our biological bodies. Focusing on the art, photography and performances of four "alternative" gender artists Assume Nothing poses the questions: "What if "male" and "female" are not the only options? How do other genders express themselves through art?" Assume Nothing takes its title from the work of renowned NZ photographer Rebecca Swan's book "Assume Nothing" (2004), which reveals an extraordinary diversity of gender identity from the Pacific region and beyond. Assume Nothing creates "living" portraits of four artists featured in Swan's work, woven together by a portrait of Swan herself as an artist, blurring the conventions of documentary, animation, drama and gender in the process.

Co-presented by Boston Dyke March
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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HUNTINGTON AVENUE ENTRANCE WILL BE CLOSED: YOU MUST ENTER THROUGH THE FENWAY SIDE OF THE MUSEUM.

Please join us for a very special evening. We will be awarding famed LGBT film distributor Wolfe with our Community Award. Wolfe President Maria Lynn will be presented with the award for all of their work over the past 25 years in getting LGBT films out into the world. The award ceremony will be followed by a special screening of the Sundance Audience Award winning drama Contracorriente (The Undertow).
Jarrett Barios, President of GLAAD will be presenting the award to Maria Lynn and will introduce the film.

The screening will also be proceeded by a performance by renowned tango dancer Fernanda in a celebration of our Focus on Latin Cinema. A native of Argentina, Fernanda has performed at the Tango Conference at Harvard University, the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston), the Somerville Theater, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Regattabar and Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge.

Join us after the screening at Machine Nightclub, 1254 Boylston Street for the very special Wolfe After Party Sponsored by Dyke Night.

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HUNTINGTON AVENUE ENTRANCE WILL BE CLOSED: YOU MUST ENTER THROUGH THE FENWAY SIDE OF THE MUSEUM.

Starring Sharon Gless (Queer as Folk, Cagney & Lacey) in a tremendous performance, Hannah Free is a moving film about the lifelong love affair between an independent spirit and the woman she calls home. More info

This hot and hilarious lesbian soap opera takes you on a wild ride through the mixed up love lives of a group of sexy Madrid lesbians including the unbelievably gorgeous Spanish TV star Celia Freijeiro who plays Nines, the bartender at the local dyke bar (for L Word fans, think Euro-Shane).

Co-presented by City Year Boston and by Somos Latinos More info

Our Latin film series continues with the Argentinian romantic comedy Plan B, a beautifully shot, funny debut film from Marco Berger. Marco's film is an astounding examination on friendship and male relationships. How far would you go to get back at an ex-girlfriend? More info

Our Latin film series continues with Lucía Puenzo's fantastical El Niño Pez. Following on the success of her previous film XXY (2008 Boston LGBT Film Festival) Ms. Puenzo builds upon her reputation as an uncompromising filmmaker with a film that is firmly grounded in the tradition of Gabriel García Márquez' magical realism.
Co-presented by The Boston Women's Group More info

Following the story of a small American town confronting a firestorm of controversy ignited by a same-sex wedding announcement in the local newspaper, this gripping documentary will challenge you to rethink your values and help close the gaps that divide our communities. More info

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE HUNTINGTON AVENUE ENTRANCE WILL BE CLOSED: YOU MUST ENTER THROUGH THE FENWAY SIDE OF THE MUSEUM.

We celebrate noted filmmaker Cheryl Dunye with the Boston LGBT Film Festival's inaugural Director's award. Ms. Dunye astounded the world with her breakthrough film Watermelon Woman in 1996 and we are honoured to present her latest film The Owls. Please join us in celebrating a filmmaker who has made an amazing contribution to LGBT cinema.

About the making of the The Owls:
Director Cheryl Dunye and producer Alexandra Juhasz, Candi Gutteres and Ernesto Foronda invited a group of lesbian and gay artists with creative links to work on this project. This marked the beginning of the ‘Parliament Collective’, a large multiethnic artists’ collective that developed the story for The Owls.

Co-presented by Truth Serum / CineMental and by The Bayard Rustin Breakfast More info

Join us on closing day for another film focusing on youth and the LGBT experience. Director Sara St. Martin Lynne brings her feature length version of the short Rock in a Hard Place to the Boston LGBT Film Festival. This is a story about the transformative power of the friendship between four young kids living in a rural town. More info