[FAC] Reel Pride Film Festival Opens Tonight (Wed, Sep 19)

[Katrina Neufeld]

FRESNO REEL PRIDE GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL
BEGINS ITS 18th YEAR

WHAT:
Opening night of Fresno Reel Pride Gay & Lesbian Film
Festival at the Tower Theatre, 815 E. Olive Avenue
Fresno

WHEN:
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Tower Theatre for the Performing Arts
815 E. Olive Avenue Fresno (Tower district)

DETAILS:
Fresno Reel Pride celebrates its18th year with a
five-day festival of gay and lesbian films at the
historic Tower Theatre and at its second
venue the Starline Lounge.

Reel Pride is the Central Valley's largest film
festival and the sixth oldest gay and lesbian festival
in the United States. Each year, the five-day event
attracts thousands of LGBT and straight attendees to
view some of the best alternative and independent
short films,documentaries and feature films from
around the world.

The 2007 festival program includes 54 international
award winning films representing five of the seven
continents. The film finalists were selected from a
record number of film submissions and include
entries from Argentina, Australia, Canada, France,
Germany, Hong Kong,Iceland, Israel, Norway, Poland,
Spain, United Kingdom and the United States.

Individual screening tickets range from $5 - $20 and
include post-screening parties and events.Festival
passes are available for $60, $80 and $125 and include
priority seating and access to special events.

Fresno Reel Pride Gay & Lesbian Film Festival is
501c(3) non-profit organization and underwritten by
grants and sponsorship from over 80 national
corporations and local businesses. Fresno Reel Pride,
through the universal appeal of movies, works to
produce a major cultural event for the entire Central
Valley community designed to enhance
community acceptance and understanding while adding to
the diversity of a culturally rich city.

Fresno Reel Pride Film Festival
September 19-23, 2007
at the Tower Theatre (815 E. Olive Avenue) and
Starline Lounge (833 E. Fern Avenue) in Fresno.
www.reelpride. com – for information and film schedule