Byline: Alison Gillmor

LAST year, Brokeback Mountain and Transamerica gave gay and transgendered themes a new visibility in mainstream movies. Reel Pride, the Winnipeg gay and lesbian film festival, has been working on the edges for 13 years now, bringing together feature films, docs and shorts from around the world.

Running from tonight until Saturday at IMAX and Cinematheque, this fest is heavy on documentaries. Canadian filmmaker Tori Foster interviews queer women from coast to coast in 533 Statements (IMAX, tonight, 7 p.m.), while The Aggressives (IMAX, Wednesday, 9 p.m.) looks at six New York lesbians who are in tune with their masculine energy but...