Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 2008

Cute boys, hot sex, and a killer original soundtrack are all highlights of this modern gay drama about falling in love, breaking up, and all the difficult spaces in between. BETWEEN LOVE AND GOODBYE tells the story of a young gay couple torn between love for each other and commitment to family. Marcel and Kyle are blissfully in love when Marcel’s student visa expires, threatening to send him back home to France. Marcel marries his lesbian friend Sarah so he can stay in the States with Kyle. Things are going fine until Kyle’s estranged sister April shows up and wants to stay with them while she gets her life back together. She takes a quick dislike to Marcel, and Kyle and Marcel’s relationship hits a rough patch, jeopardizing their domestic bliss and throwing them into a tangled mess of emotions. The drama runs high, and BETWEEN LOVE AND GOODBYE vividly details it every step of the way.

Two years after designer Jay McCarroll’s big win on the first season of Project Runway, filmmakers Michael Selditch and Rob Tate go backstage to chronicle the year-long journey of “the next great American designer” preparing for his first independent show at New York’s Fashion Week. Why, everyone wants to know, is it taking him so long to show his first collection? Documenting the design and production of a line of clothing from sketch to sales, this entertaining exposé weaves together the drama, humor, stress, and contradictions implicit in turning out high-fashion on a low budget (not to mention getting friends to sew dresses, make shoes, style hair, design jewelry, deliver invitations, and provide publicity—all for free). A bitchy but resilient McCarroll pours sweat and tears into his life’s passion as numerous disasters threaten his moment in the spotlight—a show lasting eleven minutes. The high stakes of proving himself contrast with the absurdity of the fashion world, challenging our notions of art and industry, innovation and conformity, fame and talent, salesmanship and success.