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Calendar Picks and Clicks: July 5-July 15, 2011

The 29th annual Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival features two Israeli entries today. Director Eytan Fox (“Yossi & Jagger”) brings us “Mary Lou,” a musical miniseries that’s been called Israel’s “Glee.” Meir is a young gay man in search of his mother, who abandoned him on his 10th birthday. As he searches for her in Tel Aviv — convinced she became a backup singer for ’70s pop star Svika Pick

Islamic tales of forbidden love, lovers

Early in \”A Jihad for Love,\” a new documentary directed by Parvez Sharma and produced by Sandi Simcha Dubowski, we meet Mazen, a 20-something Egyptian man who has fled Cairo for Paris to avoid the three-year prison sentence authorities want to impose on him because he is gay.

Films at L.A.’s Outfest examines gay life in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

\”The Bubble\” is one of two Israel-centered features scheduled for the 25th Outfest, Los Angeles\’ gay and lesbian film festival, July 12-23. The film is being shown in collaboration with Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion\’s Institute for Judaism and Sexual Orientation, as well as JQ International.

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