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|'Achilles' || || United Kingdom || Short || Derek Jacobi (Narrator), and voices of Simon Green, David Holt and Tim Morgan ||11 min long animation.
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|'American Buffalo' || Michael Corrente || United Kingdom
United States || Drama || Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Franz, Sean Nelson || Screenplay by David Mamet, based on his stage play of the same name
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|'Army Daze' || Keng Sen Ong || Singapore || Comedy|| Edward Yong Ching Tah, Sheikh Haikel, Ahamed Azad, Adrian Lim Meng Kiat, Kevin Mark Marghese, Margaret Chan, Jacintha Charles, Eileen Wee Ling Yin, Daniel Gan Wei Teck, Rajagopal Kesavadas, Elaine Li Hoon Cheah, Julian Jay Huang, Ong Chuen Boone, Deanna Yusoff and Lim Kay Tong ||
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|'Bambola' || Bigas Luna || Spain || Comedy, drama|| Valeria Marini, Stefano Dionisi, Jorge Perugorra, Manuel Bandera, Antonino Iuorio and Anita Ekberg ||
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|'Basquiat' || Julian Schnabel || United States || Biography, drama || Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie || Biopic of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
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|'Beautiful Thing' || || United Kingdom || Romance, comedy, drama || Glen Berry, Scott Neal, Linda Henry, Ben Daniels, Tameka Empson, Jeillo Edwards, Anna Karen, Sophie Stanton, Julie Smith, Terry Duggan, Garry Cooper, Daniel Bowers, Meera Syal, Martin Walsh, Steven Martin, Andrew Fraser, John Savage, Ozdemir Mamodeally, John Benfield, Davyd Harries, Beth Goddard, Marlene Sidaway, Liane Ware, Catherine Sanderson and Dave Lynn || Screenplay by Jonathan Harvey, based on his stage play of the same name
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| || || United States || Comedy, drama || Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, Christine Baranski, Tom McGowan, Grant Heslov and Kirby Mitchell || Remake of 'La Cage aux Folles'
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|'Body Without Soul' || || Czech Republic || Documentary || Various young boys working as prostitutes in Prague || a.k.a. 'Tlo bez due'
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|'Bound' || The Wachowskis || United States || Crime, drama|| Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly, Joe Pantoliano, Mary Mara, Susie Bright, Margaret Smith, Barry Kivel, Christopher Meloni, John Ryan, Peter Spellos, Ivan Kane, Kevin M. Richardson, Richard C. Sarafian and Gene Borkan ||
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|'Boyfriends' || Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter || United Kingdom || Comedy || James Dreyfus, Mark Sands, Michael Urwin, Andrew Ableson, David Coffey, Darren Petrucci, Michael McGrath and Russell Higgs ||
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|'Butch Camp' || || United States || Comedy || Judy Tenuta, Paul Denniston, Jason Teresi, Jordan Roberts, Bill Ingraham, Jon Kimlicko, Eric Aviles, Alan Ball, Kate Barnett, Stephanine Ferrell, Chris Goldin, Richard Henzel, Joel Himelhoch, Adam Joyce and Amber J. Lawson ||
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|'Camping Cosmos' || || Belgium || Comedy || Jean-Henri Compre, Fanny Hanciaux, Lolo Ferrari, Jean-Paul Dermont, Noe Francq (credited as No Francq), Claude Semal, Nol Godin, Jacques Calonne, Arno Hintjens, Herman Brusselmans, Jan Decleir, Patricia Dollez, Sabrina Leurquin, Catherine Claeys and Isabelle Legros ||
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|'Cosmos' || Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dalliare, Arto Paragamian, Andr Turpin, Denis Villeneuve || Canada || Anthology || Igor Ovadis || Collection on six short films, all linked by a titular character played by Ovadis
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|'Crash' || || United Kingdom
Canada || Horror, drama || James Spader, Deborah Kara Unger, Elias Koteas, Holly Hunter, Rosanna Arquette, Peter MacNeill, Judah Katz, Nicky Guadagni, Boyd Banks and David Cronenberg ('voice') ||
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|'Cynara: Poetry in Motion' || || United States || Short, drama, romance || Johanna Nemeth and Melissa Hellman ||
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|'The Delta' || || United States || Drama || Shayne Gray, Thang Chan, Rachel Zan Huss, Colonious David, Charles J. Ingram, Mai Ballard, Gene Crain, J.R. Crumpton, Richard Daggett, Melissa A. Dunn, Polly Edelstein, Ron Gephart, Patricia A. Gill, Erin Grills and Robert Hathaway ||
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|'Different for Girls' || || United Kingdom
France || Comedy || Rupert Graves, Steven Mackintosh, Miriam Margolyes, Saskia Reeves, Charlotte Coleman, Nisha Nayar, Neil Dudgeon and Adrian Rawlins ||
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|'East Palace, West Palace' || || China || Drama || Si Han, Hu Jun, Jing Ye and Wei Zhao || a.k.a. 'Behind the Forbidden City' and 'Behind the Palace Gates'
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|'The Escort' || || Canada || Comedy || Paul-Antoine Taillefer, Eric Cabana, Robin Aubert, Marie-Claude Lefebvre, Patrice Coquereau, Jasmin Roy, Louise Laprade, Bernadette Li, David Savard, Flix Aubert-Surprenant, Benot Ethier, Franois Tardif, Mario Thibeault, Denis Langlois and Karim Toupin-Chaieb ||a.k.a. 'L'escorte'
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|'Fire' || || India
Canada || Drama || Nandita Das, Shabana Azmi, Karishma Jhalani, Ramanjit Kaur, Dilip Mehta, Javed Jaffrey, Vinay Pathak, Kushal Rekhi, Ranjit Chowdhry, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Alice Poon, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Ravinder Happy, Devyani Saltzman, Sunil Chabra, Avijit Dutt, Shasea Bahadur, Meher Chand, Bahadur Chand, Kabir Chowdhury and Laurence Cte ||
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|'Flirting with Disaster' || || United States || Black Comedy || Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Ta Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore||
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|'Foxfire' || Annette Haywood-Carter || United States || Drama || Angelina Jolie, Hedy Burress, Jenny Lewis, Jenny Shimizu, Peter Facinelli||
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|'Freeway' || || United States || Dark Comedy, Crime || Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer, Brooke Shields, Wolfgang Bodison ||
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|'Flow' || || United States
Canada || Drama || Francis Acquas, Mark Bringelson, Ray Chang, BP Cheng, Lela Lee, Jeremy Maxwell (credited as Jeremy Maxwell Kramer), Tedd Szeto and Paulino Tamayo ||
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|'Get on the Bus' || || United States || Drama || Charles S. Dutton, Ossie Davis, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, De'Aundre Bonds, Isaiah Washington, Harry Lennix, Andre Braugher, Roger Guenveur Smith, Hill Harper, Gabriel Casseus, Bernie Mac, Steve White and Albert Hall ||
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|'Green Plaid Shirt' || || United States || Drama, romance || Gregory Phelan, Kevin Spirtas, Richard Israel, Russell Scott Lewis, Crystal Jackson, Jonathan Klein, Tony Campisi, Sierra Pecheur, William Wesley, Justin Ross, Richard Miro (credited as Richard Ortega Miro), Ric Coy, Michael Latimer, Jeffrey Rockwell and Heather Finnegan || It was the closing night film at the Palm Springs Film Festival
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|'Hollow Reed' || Angela Pope || United Kingdom
Germany
Spain || Drama || Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson, Sam Bould, Ian Hart, Jason Flemyng, Roger Lloyd-Pack, David Calder and Edward Hardwicke ||
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|'Hustler White' || , Bruce LaBruce || Germany
Canada || Romance, drama || Tony Ward, Bruce La Bruce, Alex Austin, Kevin Kramer, Ron Athey, Glen Meadmore, Ivar Johnson, Kevin P. Scott, Graham David Smith, Miles H. Wildecock II, Bud Cockerham, Michael Glass, Vaginal Davis, Joaqun Martnez, Darryl Carlton, Tony Powers, Paul 'Superhustler' Bateman, Barry Morse (credited as Dimitri Xolt), Paul Bellini, Matt Johnstone, Max Millan, Sean McAndrew, Ryan McAndrew, Stephen Mounce, Brent Hoover, Merie Morris, Billy Mauro, Rocco Haze, Antonio Lee Klatt, Chris Berry and Rick Castro ||
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|'Indian Summer' || || United Kingdom || Comedy, drama || Jason Flemyng, Antony Sher, Bill Nighy, Diane Parish, Dorothy Tutin, Anthony Higgins, Philip Voss, Aiden Waters, Natalie Roles, Freddy Douglas, Kenneth Tharp, Michael Keegan-Dolan, Ruth Lass, Linda Bassett and Hilary Reynolds ||
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|'I Shot Andy Warhol' || || United States
United Kingdom || Biography, drama || Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Stephen Dorff, Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau, Anna Levine, Peter Friedman, Tahnee Welch, Jamie Harrold, Donovan Leitch, Jim Lyons, Michael Imperioli, Reg Rogers, Bill Sage, Justin Theroux, Jill Hennessy, Coco McPherson, Lorraine Farris, Craig Chester, Victor Browne, Billy Erb, Anh Duong and Myriam Cyr || Based on the life of Valerie Solanas and her relationship with Andy Warhol
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|'Istanbul Beneath My Wings' || || Turkey || Drama, romance, adventure || Ege Aydan, Okan Baylgen, Beatriz Rico, Burak Sergen, Sava Ay, Zuhal Olcay, Haluk Bilginer, Tuncel Kurtiz, Giovanni Scognamillo, Berke Hrcan, Akasya Asltrkmen and Cneyt alkur ||
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|'It's My Party' || || United States || Drama || Eric Roberts, Margaret Cho, Lee Grant, Bruce Davison, Olivia Newton-John, Devon Gummersall, George Segal, Marlee Matlin, Gregory Harrison, Bronson Pinchot, Roddy McDowall, Steve Antin, Sally Kellerman, Lou Liberatore, Nina Foch, Christopher Atkins, Dennis Christopher, Ron Glass and Paul Regina || Based on the death of architect/designer Harry Stein, who was Kleiser's ex-lover
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|'Jim Loves Jack' || || Canada || Documentary || Jim Egan and John Norris "Jack" Nesbit || Same-sex couple who were at the centre of the landmark Supreme Court of Canada case."Canada's pioneer gay activist subject of new TV documentary". 'Victoria Times-Colonist', January 6, 1996.
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|'johns' || || United States || Drama || David Arquette, Lukas Haas, Wilson Cruz, Keith David, Christopher Gartin, Elliott Gould, Terrence Dashon Howard, Nicky Katt, Richard Kind, John C. McGinley, Richard Timothy Jones, Alanna Ubach, Arliss Howard, Nina Siemaszko and Craig Bierko ||
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|'Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy' || Kelly Makin || Canada
United States || Comedy || Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald ||
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|'Killer Condom' || Martin Walz || Germany
Switzerland || Romance, comedy, horror || Udo Samel, Peter Lohmeyer, Iris Berben, Leonard Lansink as Babette (Bob Miller) Marc Richter, Evelyn Knneke (credited as Evelyn Knnecke), Hella von Sinnen, Heribert Sasse, Meret Becker, Gerd Wameling, Henning Schlter, Ron Williams, Otto Sander, Monika Hansen and Gode Benedix ||a.k.a. 'Kondom des Grauens' (Translates as 'Condom of Horror')
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|'Les Puceaux'|| || France || Short, erotic || Valrie Druguet, Franois Delaive, Camille Japy, Philippe Dajoux, Evelyne Ker, Loc Even, Lucia Sanchez, Franois Genty, Pascale Arbillot, Rgine Mondion, Margot Abascal, Bruno Slagmulder, Sbastien Charles and Jrmie Elkam || a.k.a. 'Scnes de lit. Les Puceaux'
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|'Life and Death on the A-list' || || United States || Documentary || || Follows actor Tom McBride in the final months of his life.
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|'Lilies' || || Canada || Romance, drama || Brent Carver, Marcel Sabourin, Aubert Pallascio, Jason Cadieux, Matthew Ferguson, Danny Gilmore, Alexander Chapman, Ian D. Clark, Gary Farmer, Robert Lalonde, Rmy Girard, John Dunn-Hill, Paul-Patrice Charbonneau and Michel Marc Bouchard || Co-written by Michel Marc Bouchard, based on his stage play of the same name
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|'Love and Other Catastrophes' || || Australia || Romance, comedy, drama || Matt Day, Matthew Dyktynski, Alice Garner, Frances O'Connor, Radha Mitchell, Suzi Dougherty, Kim Gyngell, Suzanne Dowling, Torquil Neilson, Christine Stephen-Daly, Dominic McDonald, Alvin Chong, Myles Collins, Antony Neate and Brigid Kelly ||
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| 'Mum's the Word (Maman et ve)' || || Canada || Documentary || Rachel, Suzanne, Jeannine and Paulette, four Franco-Ontarian women in their mid-40s in Sudbury, Ontario, who, after marrying and raising children, are in the process of coming out as lesbian || Won the Genie Award for Best Short Documentary Film at the 17th Genie Awards."1996 Genie Award winners". 'Toronto Star', December 1, 1996.
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|'Must Be the Music' || Nickolas Perry || Spain || Drama, short || Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Saucedo ||
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|'My Night with Reg' || || United Kingdom || Drama || David Bamber, Anthony Calf, Joe Duttine, Roger Frost, Kenneth MacDonald and John Sessions || Screenplay by Kevin Elyot, based on his stage play of the same name
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|'Not Love, Just Frenzy' || , Miguel Bardem, David Menkes || Spain || Comedy, drama, thriller || Nancho Novo, Cayetana Guilln Cuervo, Ingrid Rubio, Beatriz Santiago, Gustavo Salmern, Javier Manrique, Javier Albal, Liberto Rabal, Bibiana Fernndez (credited as Bib Andersen), Juan Diego Botto, Daniel Mirabal, Juanfra Becerra, Paloma Tabasco, Nuria Gallardo, Carlos Bardem and Penlope Cruz || a.k.a. 'Ms que amor, frenes'
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| 'Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End' || Monte Bramer || United States || Documentary || Judith Light, Robert Desiderio, Winston Wilde, Larry Kramer and Star Black || Sundance Film Festival winner Best Documentary
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|'Pdale douce' || || France || Comedy || Patrick Timsit, Fanny Ardant, Richard Berry, Michle Laroque, Jacques Gamblin, Dominique Besnehard, Christian Bujeau and Boris Terral ||
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|'The People vs. Larry Flynt' || Milo Forman || United States || Biography, drama || Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton || Depicts the life of Flynt from 1952 to 1987
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|'Red Ribbon Blues' || || United States || Comedy, drama || Paul Mercurio, Debi Mazar, RuPaul, John Epperson, Lisa Waltz, David Spielberg, Leland Orser, Alan Boyce, Gabriella Lamiel, Robert Sherman, Steve Park, Margo Winkler, Lee Mathis, Paul Bartel and Charles Winkler ||
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|'Regular Guys' || || Germany || Romance, comedy || Christoph M. Ohrt, Carin C. Tietze, Tim Bergmann, Oliver Stokowski, Rudolf Kowalski, Dieter Brandecker, Daniela Ziegler, Ina Weisse, Andreas Pietschmann, Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp, Edgar M. Bhlke (credited as Edgar M. Boehlke), Antonio Putignano, Martin Ankermann, Karina Marmann and Philipp Seiser || a.k.a. 'Echte Kerle'
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|'Sacred Silence' || || Italy || Drama || Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Emanuele Gargiulo, Rosaria De Cicco, Teresa Saponangelo and Tonino Taiuti || a.k.a. 'Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a Maggio (Pianese Nunzio, 14 in May)'
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|'Set It Off' || || United States || Action, crime, drama || Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, John C. McGinley, Blair Underwood, Ella Joyce, Charlie Robinson as Nate Andrews Dr. Dre, WC, Charles Walker, Mark Thompson, F. Gary Gray, Geoff Callan, Natalie Desselle, Chaz Lamar Shepard, Thomas Jefferson Byrd and Samuel Monroe Jr. ||
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|'Sling Blade' || || United States || Drama || Billy Bob Thornton, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, Robert Duvall, Jim Jarmusch, Vic Chesnutt, Brent Briscoe and Mickey Jones ||
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|'Skin & Bone' || || United States || Comedy || B. Wyatt, Alan Boyce, Nicole Dillenberg, Garret Scullin, Chad Kula, Susannah Melvoin, Clark Heathcliff Brolly (credited as Clark Heathcliffe Brolly), Gregory Sporleder, Richard Mitrani, Chris Wetzel, Michael Nehring, Michael Haynes, Greg Jackson, Chris Reahm and Andrea Beane ||
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| || || France || Short || Frdric Mangenot, Sbastien Charles and Lucia Sanchez ||
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|'Tender Fictions' || || United States || Documentary || Barbara Hammer || It was screened at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize. It also played at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the Charlotte Film and Video Festival and the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.
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|'The Toilers and the Wayfarers' || Keith Froelich || United States || Drama || Matt Klemp, Ralf Schirg, Andrew Woodhouse, Jerome Samuels, Michael Glen, Ralph Jacobus, Douglas Blacks, Anthony C. Paul, Johanna Stucki, Alex Cole and Michael A. Sward ||
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| || || United States || Documentary, drama || Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson, Cheryl Clarke, Irene Dunye, Brian Freeman, Camille Paglia, Sarah Schulman, V.S. Brodie and Robert Reid-Pharr || First feature film to be directed by a black lesbian
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