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New York, New York�The Independent Film Channel (IFC) will feature four gay and lesbian films starting at 8pm on Monday, February 14 (Valentine's Day).

Beautiful Thing will show on IFC Valentine's Day

A pay cable network that reaches 30 million Americans, IFC will begin its Valentine's Day marathon with `Beautiful Thing, a love story about two teen-age boys in London.

GLAAD's Scott Seomin exulted: "What's great about what IFC is doing is they are tying it to a romantic holiday, which is unusual."

IFC is advertising itself as a getaway channel for those who can no longer stomach conventional Valentine's Day TV fare:

"Fluff, sap, chocolates, bears, lovey-dovey kisses. Crap. Sick of the typical Valentine's Day programming? So are we. On February 14th IFC celebrates the independent spirit of those who have been 'tempted by the fruit of another.' We've got the best films ever made about alternative lifestyle romances that are sure to expand your horizons."

Scheduled on Monday evening (Eastern Time) are:

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8:00 p.m : Beautiful Thing
9:45 p.m : Love and Human Remains
11:15 p.m: Incredible True Adventures of Two Girls in Love
1:00 a.m.: Go Fish

Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing had been ably directed by Hettie MacDonald. Although it is a lighthearted drama�whose central theme is young gay love, the film also deals with child abuse, racial relations and the awkwardness of adolescence. It is set in a poor working-class neighborhood and one reviewer predicts that it will make audiences nostalgic "for the strength and courage to have succeeded as on a personal level" during their own youthful years.

David, a former child star, deals with life and love as a gay man in Love and Human Remains

In Love and Human Remains David is gay and lives with Candy (Ruth Marshall), his ex-girlfriend. He works as a waiter, but was a former child TV star. Kane (Matthew Ferguson), his busboy, is still a teen, but madly in love with David. Candy is tiring of her failed relationships with men. Jerri (Joanne Vannicola), whom she meets at the gym, is madly in love with her. Meanwhile, a killer is on the loose.

The Incredible Adventures of Two Girls in Love is a romantic comedy by Maria Maggenti. A gay coming-of-age story framed by Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, Randy (Laurel Hillman) is a lesbian teen who is failing math and dating a married woman. Fellow student Evie (Nicole Parker) drives up to Randy's gas station in a Range Rover and flips her world upside down.

Go Fish is also about a relationship between two young women.