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Gay & Lesbian Film Fest celebrates 10 years
Posted on Fri, Apr. 25, 2008
BY RENE RODRIGUEZ
When the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival was born in 1999, there had been no Brokeback Mountain, no Will & Grace and no L Word. Films that featured gay and lesbian characters in prominent roles were scarce and almost invariably hailed from the independent circuit -- i.e. low budget, scrappy pictures with no recognizable actors.
The times -- and Hollywood -- have certainly changed over the past decade. That has been a boon for the festival, which kicks off its 10th edition tonight at the Gusman Center with a screening of the comedy Breakfast with Scot. The film, about a gay couple who must learn to become parents to an 11-year-old boy in a hurry, is the first of 95 feature-length and short films that will be screened over the next 10 days in Miami, as well as at a mini-fest in Fort Lauderdale to be held May 1-4.