Provincetown International Film Festival 2008

FAITH HUBLEY MEMORIAL AWARD: JANE LYNCH. With Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban.

In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest and fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our athletes take performance-enhancing drugs? BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER* explores America's win-at-all-cost philosophy by examining how the director's two brothers became members of the steroid subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.

Journeying through the changing sexual landscape of America, BI THE WAY investigates the latest scientific reports and social opinions on bisexuality, while following five members of the emerging "whatever generation"- teens and twenty-somethings who seem to be ushering in whole new sexual revolution.

Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell's beautifully crafted collaboration presents a fascinating series of mini-portraits of 20 influential African Americans including Toni Morrison, Colin Powell and Chris Rock. This inspirational group of prominent artists, CEOs, politicians, and activists share their experiences and viewpoints in regard to societal, familial, and personal identity.

Four films follow the last two polar bears, Harry and Bob, in search of love, a home and food. Starring Harry Shearer and Rip Torn.

Join a distinguished group of documentarians and film professionals in discussing their acclaimed work and the peculiar challenges of non-fiction storytelling. Panelists scheduled include Marina Zenovich (ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED), Randy Barbato (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE and PIFF 2008 selection WHEN I KNEW) and Christopher Bell (BIGGER STRONGER FASTER*)

Sam (Tom Cavanaugh, "Ed") and Ed (Ben Shenkman, "Angels in America") aren't your stereotypical gay couple. A former pro-hockey player, Sam now works as a broadcaster for a major sports network, and he is determined to keep his personal and professional lives separate. Things change irrevocably when Ed agreed to look after his nephew, Scot (Noah Bernett) following the death of the boy's mother. An expert knitter addicted to boas, makeup and show tunes, Scot has no idea who Wayne Gretzky is--and couldn't care less. Terrified that Scot will be persecuted ruthlessly at school, Sam decides to straighten him out. Thoroughly charming and guaranteed to melt the heart of the coldest audience member, Laurie Lynd's BREAKFAST WITH SCOT boasts a raft of fine performances, most notably from Bernett, whose wide-eyed incomprehension of the ways of the world is both hilarious and deeply affecting. Perhaps the most essential and trenchant aspect of the film, though, is its treatment of Sam's divided psyche. His anxiety is partially generated by the sports milieu, which traditionally operates on a false and dated notion of masculinity. The fact that this realm is claimed and zealously guarded by reactionary elements (both the film and the NHL, which has supported it, have been attacked by fundamentalist Christian groups) only makes the film more significant. BREAKFAST WITH SCOT is loaded with charm, but it also reminds us that our world isn't yet as liberal or safe as we might like to believe. - Steve Gravestock, Toronto Film Festival

This animated comedy dispels the common misconception that one individual's actions are too small to have an effect on the environment. With the vocal talents of acclaimed British actor Simon Callow.

This wickedly colorful dark comedy tells a story of mothers and sons, sexual compulsion, and the sordid underbelly of colonial theme parks. In this adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's acclaimed novel, Sam Rockwell plays a sex-addicted medical school dropout. Angelica Huston plays his mother slipping into a state of derangement in a mental hospital. Told with humor and insight, CHOKE is about a last-minute search for truth in a life where every chance for lucidity has been suppressed.