Have you ever fallen in love with your best friend? Jamie (St. Louis native Jax Jackson) is moving from Chicago to New York with the hope of becoming a Broadway actress. Best friend Jessica is bummed because she’s not-so-secretly in love with Jamie. As moving day gets closer, Jessica tries to make Jamie jealous by dating other girls, but her plan backfires in a way she could never imagine. In this touching film, the two young women must figure out how to grow together or how to grow apart. Director Carlton and actor Jackson will attend.

In the wake of their mother’s death, sisters Mary and Marie decide to spend a final, idyllic summer in the home where they grew up. The pair is exceptionally close and content to be alone, swimming, exploring, reminiscing and re-creating the golden moments of their youth – their deeply intimate bond growing even stronger. Their insular world is soon disrupted when they meet Peter, a local handyman hired to fix the house before it is sold. Both sisters find themselves drawn to Peter, and over the course of the summer their love triangle escalates to a heartbreaking, near-fatal climax that forces the sisters to reconsider the intensity of their bond. 

In this sexy and outrageously funny look at what an actor will do to succeed as an actor in Hollywood, young, handsome and ambitious Adam moves to LA from New York to pursue his dreams of making it big. He shares an apartment with zany friend Candy, who between auditions obsesses about shoe shopping and finding a wealthy man. After a rocky start as a talent-agency receptionist, Adam lands a promising new job at a production company but he’s soon led down a slippery path filled with washed-up starlets and meth-addled directors. To make ends meet, he almost loses himself in the seamy underworld of gay porn and prostitution.

Jan Walker was married for 23 years, and while her hubby watched soccer, she discovered “The L Word.” When her husband’s infidelity and a subsequent divorce pave the way for her late adoption of lesbian life, Jan is catapulted her into a new world. Encouraged by her bemused but supportive children, Jan seeks answers from others to help establish her newfound identity. In the film, she meets a host of diverse women – including St. Louis natives Jane Ellen Ibur and Sondra Seiler – and gathers tips and anecdotes from young and old lesbians, couples and singles, and fellow “dykes in training.” Subjects Ibur and Seiler will attend.

Three female aliens are sent to Earth on a mission to rid themselves of romantic emotions, which are considered toxic to their planet’s atmosphere. They are told to have their hearts broken on Earth, where such heartbreak is considered a given. Two of the aliens, Zylar (promiscuous and sassy) and Barr (codependent and clutchy), fall into an unfortunate romance with each other, but Zoinx, the third, meets Jane, an Earthling who lives an uneventful life and works in a stationery store. Unaware that the object of her affection is an alien, Jane falls hard for Zoinx.

Comfortable with his gayness but saddled with self-esteem issues, sweet, bright-eyed and emotionally vulnerable Faybien (RayMartell Moore) finds his love life put into an emotional spin when his ex returns with an interest in reigniting their relationship. His friends already have their own issues: Reggie’s in love with bisexual, noncommittal Greg; high-strung queen bee Amera is certain her boyfriend is cheating on her; and the always-meddling muscle queen Jay is busy confronting his rough-trade boyfriend’s girlfriend. A memorable cast of African-American actors make this film a fast, touching and furious emotional ride.