Newcastle

• $10.00
• Director: Dan Castle
• 2008, Australia, 107min

Surfer bodies, tan and lean.  Youth with no restrictions.  The fun of the beach, the surf and the sun are relished in this lush and beautifully photographed new feature by Dan Castle.  Tanned, chiseled and horny surfers provide an irresistible backdrop to the film’s focus on Jesse and Fergus, a gorgeous aspiring professional surfer and his gay younger brother.  The only obstacles in the way to Jesse’s pro success are the waves and the ghost of his injured brother, once a pro surfing star, but now returned to the family home and drinking his woes away.

While Fergus tags along, drawn by the lure of the older boys (especially one willing new ‘friend,’ sexy Nathan), Jesse and his older brother face off in a surf and turf battle that is neither predictable nor clichéd.  Castle’s film invigorates all the senses; he puts the viewer on the surfboard and in the water, capturing adrenaline-pumping shots of the surfers in action.  Risks are taken, both by the boys and the girls they bring with them on an ill-advised camping trip to a secluded spot where only the brave need try the waves.

Wednesday

• VIP Pre-party Bobby Salazar’s 5:30pm
• Ruby Blue 7:00pm
• Opening Night Gala - Samba Tower Immediately Following "Ruby Blue"

Thursday

• black./womyn.:
  conversations with lesbians of African descent 6:00pm
• Boystown (Chuecatown) 6:15pm
• Men's Night Out Party Immediately Following "Boystown"
• To Each Her Own 8:30pm
• Women's Night Out Party Immediately Following "To Each Her Own"

Friday

• Out Late 4:30pm
• Between Love and Goodbye 6:30pm
• Girls Gone Wild 6:45pm
• Women's Night Out Party Immediately Following "Girls Gone Wild"
• Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild 9:00pm
• Men's Night Out Party Immediately Following "Another Gay Sequel"

Saturday

• Dottie’s Magic Pockets 10:00am
• Youth Shorts & Pizza Party 11:00am
• Youth Shorts Pizza Party Immediately Following "Youth Shorts"
• Clapham Junction 1:00pm
• Director's Club/Filmmaker's Party 7:00 pm
• She’s a Boy I Knew 3:30pm
• Equality U 1:30pm
• Ciao 3:30pm
• Newcastle 5:30pm
• Laughing Matters…The Next Generation 5:30pm
• The World Unseen 8:30pm
• Reel Pride After Party - Déjà vu Immediately Following "The World Unseen"

Sunday

• 10:30 am
• VIP and Up Champagne Brunch at Bobby's 10:30 am
• A Jihad for Love 12pm
• The Art of Being Straight 12:30pm
• Boy's Shorts Program 2pm
• Bi the Way 2:30pm
• Pageant 4:30pm
• Director's Cuts 4:30pm
• Filmmaker’s Forum Discussion Panel Following Director's Cut Shorts
• XXY 7:30pm
• Closing Night Gala & Awards - Samba Tower Immediately Following "XXY"