The Milwaukee Short Film Festival is behind us and the debut Milwaukee Film Festival is under our belt, too. But don't think for a minute that the film scene has quieted down here.

No, now it's time for the 22nd annual LBGT Film / Video Festival, which takes places Oct. 15-25 at the UWM Union Theatre, the Oriental Theatre and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Here are some highlights, according to Carl Bogner of the UWM Film Dept. and director of the festival:

"The festival this year has an impressive musical inflection," says Bogner. "I mean, the soundtrack to 'We Are the Mods' is pretty cool and we have a real musical -- a really good musical -- in 'Fruit Fly,' the new film from this really smart, witty, versatile composer H. P. Mendoza. The songs are great, catchy in the best way.

"But of significant note we have two works by the Canadian John Greyson. Music is always really important to him -- he made the AIDS musical 'Zero Patience' -- and his new feature 'Fig Trees' is an opera and a documentary, or a documentary and an opera. About AIDS activism. Greyson is really smart, associative, activist and learned, and music provides both a model as a form but also serves to make the films more accessible, more emotional. 'Fig Trees' is packed with stuff -- the history of global AIDS activism, a discourse on opera -- but it is really moving, quite beautiful I think."

Although Bogner admits he was never really into sports, he says he's impressed by the sports films on this year's slate.

"They emphasize that sports can be a platform for actualization, for self-declaration, for community. There is this great documentary about teen sexuality, for instance, called 'Lady Trojans,' which is about this high school girls' basketball team and how it served as this safe space for young women to explore their sexuality. We also have 'Training Rules,' about homophobia in women's college sports, focusing specifically on the Penn State program where their lionized coach had three 'training rules': No alcohol, no drugs (and) no lesbians. And then one of the best documentaries we have is "Off and Running," about a teenage track star who was adopted by two great women, and how she gets unmoored a bit from the world when she reaches out to her birth mother. The film has remarkable access to her, and it's a great story."

In addition, says Bogner, there will also be some older works in the festival, including six programs of videos by Andy Warhol and his Factory cohorts. The films pair nicely with Milwaukee Art Museum's new Warhol exhibition, currently on view.

"That show is featuring his late paintings, so we -- curator Thomas Schur and myself -- thought we'd present his late media work, namely the experiments and portraits and documents and TV shows that were his video work," says Bogner. "All the work is, to me, pretty fascinating and some are I think truly great pieces of video art. And it will be a great opportunity, a singular opportunity in fact, to see these videos."

Here is a complete schedule for the LGBT Film / Video Festival. All screenings are in the UWM Union Theatre, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., except as noted.

Thursday, Oct. 15
7:30 p.m. -- Patrik, Age 1.5 (at the Oriental Theatre)

Friday, Oct. 16
5 p.m. -- An Englishman In New York
7 p.m. -- Prodigal Sons
9 p.m. -- We Are The Mods

Saturday, Oct. 17
5 p.m. -- Straightlaced
7 p.m. -- Hannah Free
9 p.m. -- Rivers Wash Over Me

Sunday, Oct. 18
2 p.m. -- Andy Warhol Video & TV: The Factory Goes To Hollywood
5 p.m. -- Still Black: A Portrait Of Black Transmen
7 p.m. -- Fig Trees

Monday, Oct. 19
7 p.m. -- Lady Trojans & Training Rules

Tuesday, Oct. 20
7 p.m. -- Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry:

Wednesday, Oct. 21
7 p.m. -- To Die Like A Man (Morrer Como Um Homem)

Thursday, Oct. 22
6:15 p.m. -- Andy Warhol Video & TV (Program II): Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes 1985-1987 (at Milwaukee Art Museum)
9 p.m. -- Fruit Fly

Friday, Oct. 23
7 p.m. -- A Sampling Of Cheeses And Wine: An Evening Of Men's Shorts
9 p.m. -- And Then Came Lola

Saturday, Oct. 24
1 p.m. -- Diagnosing Difference & Kaden Later
3 p.m. -- Travel Queeries & Welcome To My Queer Bookstore
5 p.m. -- Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement
7 p.m. -- An Evening Of Women's Shorts
9 p.m. -- Hollywood, Je T'aime

Sunday, Oct. 25
2 p.m. -- Andy Warhol Video & TV: Factory Diaries Featuring Brigid Polk (Program III)
4 p.m. -- Off And Running: An American Coming Of Age Story
6 p.m. -- Word Is Out