Tru Loved

• Stewart Wade
• 2008, English, 102 minutes

From the director of Coffee Date comes this endearing tale of a witty teenager tackling homophobia in her new high school and her friendship with the closeted star football player.

Cute, headstrong Tru (Najarra Townsend, Me and You and Everyone We Know) has been uprooted from the comfortable, gay-friendly environment of San Francisco and dropped in a conservative little town by her two moms. Forced to start fresh in a new school, the sassy 16-year-old is now the odd girl out. When the charming African-American star quarterback Lodell takes an interest in the new student, everyone has an opinion about the budding relationship. Tru finds herself in the middle of the popular kids, but something is a bit off with her new boyfriend, and she suspects that Lo is on the down low! When confronted, the two make a pact to continue the amorous charade, but she refuses to be silent in the face of homophobia. Tru starts up a Gay-Straight Alliance, and her new hipster friend Trevor (Jake Abel) causes tension with Lo. The young romantic is forced to choose between protecting her closeted faux boyfriend and following her heart toward the new one. To help her along the way is a brilliant supporting cast of out actors and supporting allies including Jane Lynch (“The L Word,” The 40-Year-Old Virgin, PIGLFF 2008 Artistic Achievement Award recipient), Bruce Vilanch, Jasmine Guy (“A Different World,”) Nichelle Nichols (“Star Trek”) and Alec Mapa ("Ugly Betty," PIGLFF 2008 Entertainer of the Year Award). Director Stewart Wade’s sophomore effort is a delightful and uplifting film about young love and the way unconventional families navigate through conventional waters in a homophobia-filled high school. -- Kelly Burkhardt

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"