Tickets are now on sale at Obelisk Bookstore, 1029 University Ave. Screenings will be held at Landmark’s Ken Cinema, 4061 Adams Avenue, Kensington, and Landmark’s Hillcrest Cinemas, 3965 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest.

Whip-smart comedic timing and outrageous special effects make this Valley of the Dolls meets All About Eve a must-see tour-de-farce. This Sundance Film Festival hit stars LA’s own drag divas Evie Harris (Jack Plotnick), Coco Peru (Clinton Leupp) and Varla Jean Merman (Jeffery Roberson). You’re going to need your hangover sunglasses to watch this brighter-than-Technicolor drag queen uber-drama! When does Evie, a Hollywood starlet in the twi-dark of her career, go too far? Maiming? Killing? Starring in her own Specia-mercial? And Coco’s so desperate to have a family, she’d marry the jerk doctor who had his way with her when she was morphined up in the ER. Varla, the up-and-coming actress, can achieve unforgettable feats with opera and Easy Cheese but has a strange, dark secret.

Jack Plotnick, Clinton Leupp, Richard Day, producers Michael Warwick and Richard Ahren will be attending.

$25 gets you entrance to the Girls Will Be Girls screening and the party (be prepared to show your ticket stub); food and refreshments will be served.

The Wine Lover, 3968 Fifth Avenue, Hillcrest

Suffocating in a dull northern England industrial town in 1957, housewife Ellen and her son Victor focus their attentions on his school’s new art teacher Kathy. Ellen’s working-class husband resents her encouragement of their son’s artistic abilities, straining their marriage. The women’s developing relationship, on the other hand, stirs feelings of hope and resolve as Ellen strives to challenge the local social order and take the first step toward claiming her true destiny.

Straight, hunky, naive Kenny arrives in London to discover handsome best friend Byron servicing local gents for beer money. Horrified yet strangely intrigued, Kenny shocks the streetwise Byron by eagerly earning a few quid himself, at least until he shags his first john to death. Our reckless lads find more hijinks (and corpses!) than they bargained for in the freewheeling underworld of gay London. Tempted by the myth of a huge bed full of money, access to which is only granted to those who “measure up,” blessedly endowed Kenny holds the key to the stash and the question: Can two people in love have sex for free?

Val, freshly divorced and dealing with the big 4-0, dons her bikini and reunites her long-lost surfer pals for a reckless Malibu weeKend. Chic power-lawyer Maureen, who can’t keep a secret to save her cocktail, urges Val to jump back into the dating Jacuzzi with horny houseboy Brock, while buff lesbian Sam (comedian Georgia Ragsdale) just can’t think of a reason to say no (to every surfer babe on the beach). When Val’s ex shows up with his supple new trophy wife, does Val have what it takes to survive the girl-fight, or will she succumb to age and regret? Will the ravenous shark that haunts her nightmares prevent her from catching the ideal wave — and happiness — again? Something’s going in and out, and it’s not the tide.

Stephen (Greg Lauren) and Danny (Christopher Gartin) are a Manhattan couple who have it all — a fabulous house, good friends, lots of money — and most important, each other. Then, one day, a surprise visit from Stephen’s Midwestern parents threatens to blow the boys’ big secret. The secret? Not that Stephen and Danny are gay — Stephen’s parents know all about that. What they don’t know is that their son and his boyfriend are hit men for the Mafia! For years, Stephen has been telling his parents that he and Danny run a successful catering business. To make matters worse, Stephen’s meddlesome Mom now asks him to throw a birthday banquet for his FBI-agent Dad. Hilarious complications ensue as the boys enlist their macho gangster cronies to serve as waiters for the fictional catering company. The laughs pile up as the rough-around-the-edges mob henchmen decide that they have to take “gay lessons” to further the wacky scheme.

Funny Girl (fully restored)

Gay icon Barbra Streisand made her film debut in this musical version of comedienne and singer Fannie Brice’s life, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York’s Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies. This classic Hollywood bio-pic, for which Streisand won a Best Actress Oscar, has been beautifully restored and has never looked or sounded better!

Sexy, witty, and smart—what more can any girl ask for? This group of shorts from some of the brightest new lesbian talents fills the screen with joy and pleasure.

D.E.B.S.

Director Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden, Beefcake) returns with a tale of the consequences that befall a gay man and his family when his AIDS cocktail stops working. The desire to die in the face of failing health and helplessness weighed against the illegality of assisted suicide is the central tension of this exceptionally crafted drama. Supported by a stellar ensemble cast including Sarah Polley, Parker Posey, Brent Carver, Don McKellar and a standout performance by Oscar-winner Olympia Dukakis, The Event is a deeply insightful tale about the contradictions within the law and the transcendent power of love. With the AIDS crisis far from over, The Event is a film that is as important as it is vibrant and moving.

Some Real Heat explores the small and relatively new world of female firefighters in San Francisco and their upward climb to gain access to a male-dominated field. Armed with axes, chainsaws, muscle, heart and determination, six daring women demonstrate how they single-handedly turn gender roles upside down by putting their lives on the line everyday in one of the riskiest jobs around.

This timely documentary tells the stories of our gay brothers and sisters in uniform who battle crime on city streets nationwide. Interviews with several officers were taken during the national conference for gay and lesbian officials in 2001. Ironically, the convention was held Sept 11-15 in Los Angeles.

Finally, an immigrant family comedy — with a totally gay twist! Already heralded as the gay Italian My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Emile Gaudreault’s delightful coming-out farce is set in Montreal’s Little Italy. Adorable closet case Angelo (Luke Kirby), an aspiring TV writer, makes the culturally unheard of decision to move out of his parents’ house and into his own quirky apartment. A chance encounter with Nino (Peter Miller), his childhood best friend turned ultra-hunky cop, leads to romance — the ultimate secret from their tradition-bound families. When Angelo finally can’t endure the pretense that he and Nino are just roommates, he comes out to his folks and the sauce really boils over.

After a rock-climbing accident, young urban professional Mark Reeves (Matthew Montgomery) awaKens in a small mountain town with amnesia. He is immediately drawn to Drew Parker (Aaron Orr), the forest ranger who rescued him. Their friendship blossoms into romance and they begin a life together as Mark starts remembering bits and pieces of what led up to the accident and the life he was trying to escape. Forced to leave Drew behind and return to the city and his former life, Mark discovers who he was, who he is now, and who he really loves.

See four very driven (and very hilarious) ladies — Kate Clinton, Marga Gomez, Suzanne Westenhoefer and Karen Williams — in performance and behind the scenes, revealing childhood stories and how they came out and rose to fame. Inspired by social conscience and the desire to escape the traditionally sexist, homophobic comedy circuit, they have succeeded in validating their own careers and providing insight into queer life.

Shown with short film Teaching Teo. Sometimes it takes more than a village to raise a child — it takes the Village People!

Loads of fun! From gay superheroes to aliens from space, these shorts will tingle your spine and tickle your funny-bone!

When Randy’s best friend (Jim J. Bullock) breaks up with his boyfriend and proceeds to sell all his worldly possessions at a yard sale, he finds a mysterious gun that reveals the sexual orientation of whomever it is pointed at.

A UFO abduction leads to a fantastical birthing in this wonderfully wacky sci-fi short.

Hapless heroine braves a male strip joint!

This claymation delight skewers two cinema “classics” of the Eighties.

The real drama erupts after the curtain has fallen.

The heroic Mister Nice Guy rescues Little Lorenzo from certain death.

Jacques the mannequin wants to be dressed by Ryan, the famous window dresser.

Superfag and his super-duper friends rid the world of homophobia.

Watch what you ask for — bigger isn’t always better!

Dee Mosbacher’s sweeping documentary forms an indispensable history of the phenomenon known as “Women’s Music.” With appearances by such luminaries as Holly Near, Cris Williamson and Bernice Johnson Reagon, Mosbacher conveys in rich detail the struggle to create safe spaces and to welcome diverse contributions. Brimming with heartwarming anecdotes, insightful observations and rousing musical performances, Shown with short film Billie, Bessie and Ruth. The extraordinarily talented Sweet Baby Jai brings legendary blues singers Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Ruth Brown to life.

A cast of hip Dubliners search for love in this rollicking and refreshing comedy of revolving-door romance. Angie, a successful journalist, falls hard for Clara, a young student environmentalist. Meanwhile, Clara is dallying with her English professor, Tom, who is playing the field with another of his students, Isolde. Red, Angie’s gay best friend, becomes romantic with David, a cute straight waiter living with girlfriend Rosie. But this is only the beginning, as each messy relationship becomes playfully intertwined as they dig themselves deeper and deeper into hilarious shenanigans.

For lesbian rights activists Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, the ‘50s marked the beginning of both political struggle and their lifelong commitment to each other. At the time, lesbians were labeled illegal, immoral and sick. With boundless determination and five decades of love, they transformed public awareness through their pioneering work with the Daughters of Bilitis and the National Organization for Women, among many others. This poignant love story gives testament to the impact that individuals can have on the course of history.

Shown with short film The 10 Rules (A Lesbian Survival Guide). Jennifer knows the 10 rules of dating all too well, but she must live through them before landing the girl of her dreams.

This collection of accomplished shorts reflects the diversity of the gay male community and their various stories.

The Experiment: Gay and Straight 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 inside a Chicago home. 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.

After years as a successful painter, David takes a job as a waiter hoping to re-ignite his creative flame. He finds a struggling restaurant owned by hard-working married couple Matt and Violet and helps turn the place around. Chemistry ignites between Matt and David, inspiring a series of erotic paintings featuring a very nude Matt. David reluctantly reveals his stimulating masterworks to Matt, and the two begin a torrid affair.

When Julie Johnson (Lili Taylor, lately of “Six Feet Under”), a lower middle class New Jersey housewife, discovers she has a propensity for physics and a growing attraction to her best friend Claire (Courtney Love), her life takes an irrevocable turn. This delightful story of two women breaking out of their everyday routines and reaching for their dreams is both poignant and inspirational. Spaulding Gray co-stars as the professor who encourages Julie to pursue her passion.