A quick GAZE

GAZE, the Dublin International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (31st July– 4th August), has announced a number of highlights for this year's programme, as reported in The Irish World.

They include the Oscar-winning short documentary Freeheld, directed by Cynthia Wade, chronicling Detective Lieutenant Laurel Hester's struggle to transfer her earned pension to her domestic partner, Stacie Andree, as she faces a terminal illness.

It screens alongside Suddenly Last Winter by Italian filmmakers Gustav Hofer & Luca Ragazzi, who will attend the screening of this hilarious and sobering reflection on Italian society, as the country grapples with a debate on same-sex partnership legislation.

World premiere of Northern Irish documentary Out In Africa, directed by Tom Maguire, tells the story of Victor Corrigan from Northern Ireland and Kyle Stuart from South Africa as they get married in a staunch Afrikaaner village.