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Oscar nominee Ellen Page is slated to star in the upcoming film Freeheld, a highly anticipated feature based on the 2007 short documentary of the same name.

Reeling 29: The Chicago International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival offered plenty of great screenings of features and shorts. Here are a couple of reviews from the festival.  "Our Gender Identities" had six shorts: Fancois Tessier's The Crossing, Chase Ryan Joynt's Everyday to Stay, Hector Ceballos' Remember Me in Red, I’m Just Anneke, Daniel Trevino’s Amateur and Ewan Duarte’s Spiral Transition. Tonette Stanford and Katherine Wilkinson’s documentary "Holding Hands" is shocking, graphic, uncomfortable, and uplifting, one of the best movies I saw at Reeling. "Across Lesbian Borders" had four shorts: Carlos Prado Pamin's Vellas, Rodrigo Diaz Daiaz's After Lunch, Na'ama Landua's Hyacinthus Lullaby and Petra Clever's Lady Pochoir. 

A Marine Story, a searing “don’t ask, don’t tell” drama starring The Gymnast's Dreya Weber and Paris Pickard took top honors at the 28th annual Outfest Awards.  A Marine Story received three awards: Weber, who also produced, won the female acting award, and her film received both the Audience Award for Outstanding Dramatic Feature, and the Grand Jury Award for Outstanding U.S. Dramatic Feature. The Topp Twins, the crowd-pleasing documentary about popular lesbian country-singing comedian twin sisters from New Zealand, received the Special Programming Award for Freedom.

Megan Rapinoe reveals that she's more than just a legendary shot.

Congratulations are in order to several female directors who landed awards at Los Angeles’ LGBT film festival Outfest, which closed on Sunday.

BendFilm has opened its submissions process for its 8th Annual festival, set to take place October 6-9, 2011. Submissions are open now, with early bird discounts until March 15. The high-altitude festival was created to give Pacific Northwest, national and international filmmakers recognition and critical exposure for their work. 

The 29th annual Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Outfest, wrapped up with an awards gala to honor the most thought-provoking, honest, creative work from our talented community. Catherine Opie, Lisa Udelson, Madeline Olnek, Marie Losier, and Mitsuyo Miyazaki were among the filmmakers recognized for their compelling achievements at this year’s Outfest.

Ellen Page has attached herself to an adaptation of the 2007 Oscar-winning documentary Freeheld, in which a dying woman struggles to secure pension benefits for her surviving partner.

The fest will showcase the best in lesbian-themed cinema, with proceeds going to supporting the filmmakers.

The 12th Annual Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (April 23  - May 2) will feature more than 80 films and shorts from 17 countries. The event kicked off with the award winning dark comedy "I Killed My Mother," created by a then 19-year-old filmmaker Xavier Dolan. The event will wrap with "La Mission," staring Benjamin Bratt ("Law & Order") and directed by his brother Peter Bratt.