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Fun around town, for $10 or less:

Fun around town, for $10 or less:

After a bit of deliberation, the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival changed its name to the pithy Qfest. They've released their lineup of films, and tonight's your chance to grab a drink, meet the programmers and pick their brains about their choices, as well as get insider info on the sure sellouts. See you there.

When all the on-again, off-again controversy between the Philadelphia Film Society and TLA earlier this year ended in an uneasy truce and just one, united film festival (with one big, ugly name), we kind of assumed that was it and things would go back to normal again. But no! In fact, it looks like the two groups are off again, and for good this time. TLA will continue to produce CineFest in the spring and QFest in the summer under the aegis of the Philadelphia Cinema Alliance, while the Film Society will now produce the Philadelphia Film Festival in the fall, starting in October 2010. The Film Society will also offer year-round film events, including an indie showcase called Filmadelphia Independent and a repertory program of cult and essential movies called Filmadelphia Classics. Film Society executive director J. Andrew Greenblatt says "the city easily can support two mega-festivals," but we're not so sure. Going to both isn't necessarily going to work for the average person's schedule and pocket book. This Phillyist, at least, might have to choose which festival to go to each year.

A press release we just received from the Philadelphia Film Society reveals that the organization will no longer produce the Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Instead, TLA alone will put on a summer gay and lesbian film festival under the name Philadelphia Qfest. (We like the new name; short and catchy.) More information on that festival is forthcoming. Meanwhile, the Film Society says it's expanding, re-branding, and reinventing itself, and that a new website is on the way. We'll keep an eye out for that.