2003 Great Lakes Film Festival

The Great Lakes Film Festival will be held September 11-14 at the Avalon Hotel and Roadhouse Theater in downtown Erie.

The first festival showcased over 65 films from all over the world, with 18 World Premiers and 2 North American Premieres. The event will include celebrities, parties, film screenings, award ceremonies, industry professionals, and much more. You can get more details and updates about the Festival at www.greatlakesfilmfest.com

Among the offerings this year is a film called The Experiment: Gay and Straight. It chronicles the lives of ten Chicago-area strangers of varied ages, backgrounds, ethnicities and prejudices during a week-long period in which they live together. Five are gay, and five are straight; they agree to leave behind their jobs and their families, and to cut themselves off entirely from the outside world as they work toward one intended goal: to help bridge the gap and forge a better understanding between America's gay and straight communities.

Greg Ropp, who is serving a second year as judge and volunteer for the festival said, "I believe that the Great Lakes Film Festival is a great opportunity for people within our community to be exposed to movies that would otherwise go unnoticed or unseen. The Fest features everything from feature films to experimental features running only a few minutes in length. While I have not yet been presented with a final list of entries, I do know that there is a least one major film and probably several others that will deal specifically with GLBT and women's issues. A Union in Wait, about two lesbians and their quest for marriage, won Best Documentary Short at last year's show. This is a Festival for everyone, from every walk of life, and I hope members of our community will attend this year's festival. I look forward to seeing all of you there!"

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