Films

3 (Drei)

Tom Tykwer, 119min, Germany, 2011, German with subtitles
From the renowned director of Run Lola Run, Perfume, and The International comes a raw and engaging look at a love triangle. Drei is a film that marks Tykwer’s return to German cinema and his home territory of Berlin and it is clear that it has done him a world of good. … More info
Appears in: Opening Night with Tom Tykwer's "3"

4 Pounds

Josh Levy, 7min, Canada, 2010, English
4 Pounds is the hilarious story of an actor who, over the course of four life changing weeks, focuses his considerable will to the goal of losing some weight. As the people in his life try to dissuade him from his ruinous path, he ignores them in his headlong rush towards self destruction.… More info
Appears in: Northeast Premiere of Casper Andreas's Going Down In La La Land

52

Josh Levy, 4min, Canada, 2010, English
52 probes one man's greatest nightmare: getting old.… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

A Boy on the Side

Natalie Ruiz-Tofano, 11min, USA, 2010,
A young lesbian wavers like a metronome before coming out about A Boy on the Side. … More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

A Family Portrait

Jeffrey Haig and Melissa Leu, 15min, USA, 2011, English
A Family Portrait follows two men as they discover the meaning of love, social expectations and what it is to be a family in 21st century America. A story about a gay couple raising two young children, the documentary shows their will to overcome societal challenges using the power of timeless family values.… More info
Appears in: Gay Parenting

A Few Days of Respite

Amor Hakkar, 80min, Algeria/France, 2010, French with English subtitles
After escaping Iran, where their relationship means a death sentence, Hassan and Mohsen make it all the way to France. While stopped over in a small town to await their train to Paris, Mohsen befriends the lonely, but warm, Yolande, who offers him employment, kindness, and the possibility of a peaceful life. … More info
Appears in: A Few Days of Respite

A Marine Story

Ned Farr, 93min, USA, 2010, English
A Marine Story stands up to Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell honestly with this unflinching look at the policy’s effects on gays and lesbians in uniform. When a decorated Marine officer unexpectedly returns home from the war, she’s quickly recruited to help a troubled teen prepare for boot camp in this brave new film starring Dreya Weber (The Gymnast). … More info
Appears in: A Marine Story

Alone

Russell Sheaffer, 3min, USA, 2010, English
Shot and edited entirely on 16mm black and white reversal film, Alone presents an experimental look at the connections people form with each other within their relationship to the city.… More info
Appears in: Sexy Men's Shorts: Dirty Drawings with Happy Endings

Ang Laro ni Juan (The Game of Juan's Life)

Joselito Altarejos, 73min, Philippines, 2009, Tagalog with English Subtitles.
The Game of Juan’s Life explores two hours in the life of Juan Reyes, a live-sex performer at an underground gay bar, who has decided to leave Manila and go back home to his home province. On the day of his departure, he will take us with him as he makes life decisions- big and small. The most important one of all is leaving the impoverished place he called home for a year , capping it with his emotional goodbyes with his lover, Noel. Then, he will let us in to the underground bar on his last performance which is marred by the raid by the authorities. Thus, changing his resolve. … More info
Appears in: The Game of Juan's Life

Beginners

Mike Mills, 104min, USA, 2010, English
From writer/director Mike Mills comes a comedy/drama about how deeply funny and transformative life can be, even at its most serious moments. “Beginners” imaginatively explores the hilarity, confusion, and surprises of love through the evolving consciousness of Oliver (Golden Globe Award nominee Ewan McGregor). Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna (Mélanie Laurent of “Inglourious Basterds”) only months after his father Hal (Academy Award nominee Christopher Plummer) has passed away.… More info
Appears in: A Very Special Sneak Preview of Mike Mills' Beginners

Being a Trans-Person Living in a Two-Gender Society

Petar Veljacic, 14min, Belgium, 2010,
Each society has certain rules about how boys and girls should be. We expect boys to act like boys and girls to act like girls. However, not everyone fits into this gender trap.… More info
Appears in: Transgender Shorts Program

Billy and Aaron

Rodney Evans, 11min, Netherlands, 2009,
A short narrative drama that explores the personal and professional dilemmas faced by the openly gay jazz composer, Billy Strayhorn, in the early 1940’s.… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

Birthday

Jennifer Malmqvist, 18min, Poland/Sweden, 2010,
Sara’s preparing a surprise for her wife Katrina’s birthday in this Swedish short, but Katrina may have some surprises of her own.… More info
Appears in: European Short Films

Blokes (Blocks)

Marlia Rivas, 15min, Chile, 2010,
Santiago, Chile, in 1986. Luchito is 13 years old and feels deeply attracted to Manuel, a 16-year-old neighbour. Luchito masturbates whilst watching the window of an adjacent building where Manuel is enjoying a sexual encounter with a neighbourhood girl. The window becomes an erotic stage that arouses Luchito’s curiosity – but this has catastrophic consequences for Manuel.… More info
Appears in: Gays Behaving Badly!

Bloomington

Fernanda Cardosa, 83min, USA, 2010, English
Student meets professor. Student crushes on professor. The crush might be mutual. Bloomington is a fresh and twisty take on the coming-of-age drama. Jackie is a former child actress attending college in search of independence. But as she connects with a seductive professor, her “normal” college experience gets turned upside down. … More info
Appears in: Bloomington

Bobby Visits the Library

Eric Krasner, 3min, USA, 2009, English
Take a vintage educational film about the children's room of the local library and add a scene or two from the cult classic, 'Perversion for Profit' and this is what you end up with!… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

Bois will be Bois

Angela Tai, 6min, USA, 2010,
Shaken by a break-up, Ace hits the town in a night where Bois will be Bois. … More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Bon Voyage

15min, France, 2010, French w/ subtitles
Paul and Charles are two teenage friends who will separate because one of them is leaving for another country. Before his departure, Charles visits Paul for saying goodbye and spending some time together, but Paul withdrawn into himself because of this painful situation. For Charles, the remaining time is too short to enjoy fully the last day with his best friend. For Paul, the time is too long and unbearable. Charles evokes their common souvenirs and tries to calm down Paul in order to share with him an important, but hard to tell secret, before leaving.… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

Braids on a Bald Head

Ishaya Bako, 25min, Nigeria/United Kingdom, 2010,
Hauwa Bello is a quiet and petite hairdresser who lives with her jobless and abrasive husband Musa in a semi-rural community in Northern Nigeria. Theirs is a marriage which has grown loveless over the years. During the course of her day she runs into a new neighbour Samira, who is beautiful with an effortless charm. She incites an interest in Hauwa which leads her in a quest for this woman's story; first from her husband who is upset that he's being asked about a woman who lives alone and next from the women who come to the hair salon where she works. … More info
Appears in: International Short Films

Bye Bi Love

Giovanna Chesler, 17min, USA, 2010, English
“How do you open an invitation to the wedding of your ex-girlfriend?” asks Bye Bi Love’s protagonist Vera as a fancy, calligraphed envelope lands with a thud in her mailbox. Her present girlfriend, Carla, deadpans: “With your teeth.” … More info
Appears in: Bisexual Revolution and Other Shorts

Cappuccino

Tamer Rugglu, 15min, Switzerland, 2010,
Tells the simple but touching story of Jeremiah, a young teenager who has his first homosexual experience, then must overcome his inability to talk to his mother.… More info
Appears in: European Short Films

Cupcake: A Zombie Lesbian Musical

Rebecca Thomson, 17min, Australia, 2010,
Set in a regular Australian suburb, zombies are on the loose and they're looking for human flesh, but for two long time residents of this zombie infested neighbourhood, Agnes and Mauva, the threat is not the rotting, rampaging undead but the young love struck lesbian couple who live next door. The targets of the old ladies' fears, Billy and Dayna, believe that their love for each other can overcome all hurdles......until the postman calls! … More info
Appears in: Gays Behaving Badly!

Cyclicity

Jason Knade, 10min, USA, 2011, English
Cyclicity is a girl meets girl love story that explores philosophical themes and contemporary romance while showing the life of a relationship, from beginning to end, from the first hopeful spark of attraction to the painful final goodbyes.… More info
Appears in: Bloomington

Daphne

Clare Beavan, 90min, United Kingdom, 2007, English
Another stunning bio-pic to continue our focus on films from the United Kingdom. Set during the years between the "Rebecca" trial and the writing of Du Maurier's short story "The Birds", including her relationship with her husband Frederick 'Boy' Browning, and her largely unrequited infatuation with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and a life changing love affair with the actress Gertrude Lawrence. … More info
Appears in: Daphne

Death of My Daughter

Leon Mostovoy, 9min, USA, 2011, English
Death of My Daughter was born when my mother, upon learning of my transition, announced to my family that I was dead to her.… More info
Appears in: Transgender Shorts Program

Deep Red

Eddie Tapero, 19min, Israel, 2009,
Gur and Yuval will stop at nothing to make enough money for a fresh start in Berlin. But as they approach their goal, their tension grows until an unexpected event causes Gur to question their plan.… More info
Appears in: International Short Films

Dirty Drawings With Happy Endings

Bruno Irizarry, 50min, USA, 2010, English
Join us for a documentary that explores the complications around sexually explicit gay male artwork. This is the journey of a group of gay artists in New York City and how the expression of their suggestive and sexually explicit art brings them together to create an incredible art collection.… More info
Appears in: Sexy Men's Shorts: Dirty Drawings with Happy Endings

Don't Ask, I Won't Tell

April Wilson, 6min, USA, 2010, English
Before Julie reports for active duty, she spends one final morning with her lover, Anne. Julie decided to join the Army Reserves but she never thought she would actually be called to war. Anne feels betrayed by Julie’s decision not tell her about her deployment. Julie is effectively ending their relationship and throwing herself back in the closet due to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell military policy. Julie and Anne try to cope with the situation while remembering the past and continuing their morning rituals. 'Don’t Ask…I Won’t Tell' is a film about a young couple’s emotional and physical goodbye.… More info
Appears in: A Marine Story

eCupid

J.C. Calciano, 100min, USA, 2011, English
Join us for the opening of the Cambridge side of the festival and the World Premiere of J.C. Calciano’s new film eCupid. Mr. Calciano’s first film Is it Just Me? was a huge hit at the 2010 film festival and we are honored to be the world premiere of his wonderful new romantic comedy. … More info
Appears in: eCupid Cambridge Opening Night Film.

El Maragato Barometrica

Lucas Michael, 9min, USA,
Shot on location at a country house in Uruguay, El Maragato Barométrica focuses on an attempt to empty a sceptic tank. This act of emptying is countered by a persistent rain. An unseen family, systems of drainage, fluids, pipes, headless bodies hiding behind corners and a happy, guzzling sceptic truck are the main characters in this video which makes references to Buñuel's The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie and the films from the Nuevo Cine Argentino school in general and Lucrecia Martel's La Cienaga specifically.… More info
Appears in: "I Can Feel It, But I Don't Get It."

Everyone Who Hears This Story Gets Laid

Russell Brown, 14min, USA, 2011, English
Noted New York and Los Angeles performance artist Philip Littell tells the true story of his sexual awakening in the early 1970s at the hands of a dicey triumvirate: his superior officer's wife, a fellow soldier in the barracks, and a mustached sergeant in Munich.… More info
Appears in: Sexy Men's Shorts: Dirty Drawings with Happy Endings

Falling in Love with Chris and Greg: Episode 2 Road Trip! TV Special

Chris Vargas and Greg Youmens, 22min, USA, 2010, English
Falling in Love… is a situation comedy about a gay odd couple, one liberal, one radical; one transgendered, one not. They don't have a whole lot in common, but somehow they manage. In the sophomore episode, Road Trip! TV Special, Chris and Greg explore the epic topics of gay marriage and pregnant men during a road trip through the American Southwest.… More info
Appears in: "I Can Feel It, But I Don't Get It."

Ferment Me My Heart

Louije Kim, 6min, USA, 2010,
Kimchi is a strong accompaniment to cultural identity and self-love in Ferment me my Heart. … More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Finding Judy

Gary Riotto, 8min, USA, 2011, English
What happens when an African American teen from Chicago looks inside himself and discovers he can sing and act just like the legendary Judy Garland? A sweet, engaging look at how one young man's quirky talent helped him disarm high school bullies, flummox telemarketers and propel himself from YouTube obscurity all the way to tinsel town.… More info
Appears in: This is Who We Are: Documenting LGBT Life

Fit

Rikki Beadle-Blair, 108min, United Kingdom, 2009, English
“You’re so gay.” “That’s so gay.” What do these words mean? When a teenager spews them, it’s usually an insult. Writer/director Rikki Beadle-Blair attacks these words head-on in this powerful, moving and hugely entertaining narrative feature. … More info
Appears in: FIT

Four More Years

Tova Magnusson, 90min, Sweden, 2010, Swedish
Our focus on European Cinema ends with the smash comedy hit from Sweden. … More info
Appears in: Four More Years

Gayby

Jonathan Lisecki, 12min, USA, 2010, English
Jenn (Jenn Harris) and Matt (Matthew Wilkas) are best friends from college who are now in their 30s. Lately, their relationship has dwindled to the occasional social-networking exchange. In an effort to 'reconnect,' they decide to have a baby together, taking the easiest, cheapest route of just having sex—even though Matt is gay and Jenn is straight. Gayby is written and directed by Jonathan Lisecki, winner of the 2008 Spirit of Slamdance Award. Warning: this film contains an incredibly awkward sex scene.… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

Gaysharktank.com

Guy Shalem, 14min, USA, 2010, English
In early 2010 Chatroulette.com, a website that allows people to meet other online strangers via web cam, became an internet sensation. gaysharktank.com is a film about the first gay knock off site told through the interactions of 25 strangers looking for love, lust, and other things you might look for on a random gay video chat.… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

Genderbusters

Sam Berliner, 6min, USA, 2010, English
In their fight for the Gender Evolution Revolution, the Genderbusters drive around resolving the gender-binary dilemmas of folks all over San Francisco. From a genderqueer bathroom predicament, to wedding-appropriate gendered attire, to check boxes on forms, the Genderbusters are here to help! This film will provide a positive voice for the trans, genderqueer, androgynous & gender-fluid folks not yet represented on screen, documenting our history, serving as a call to action to be recognized and respected by society at large, and forcing our culture to evolve.… More info
Appears in: Transgender Shorts Program

Gigola

Laure Charpentier, 102min, France, 2010, French w/ subtitles
Journey back to the 1960s and the dangerously sexy section of Paris known as Pigalle with Gigola. Formerly a precocious schoolgirl, Georges drops out of medical school and reinvents herself as Gigola, a black tuxedo attired seducer of women. It's 1963 and Paris is sizzling with sex. The stylishly butch Gigola spends her days roaming chic Parisian cafés, taking on the male criminal underclass at its own game, enticing pretty femmes away from their pimps, breaking hearts and making a few enemies along the way.… More info
Appears in: Gigola

Go Faggot Go

Shawn Cotter, 6min, USA, 2008, English
Why does the Faggot always have to be the butt of the joke? When the parks become too crowded, the strange ones take to the rooftops. This is a sick, sick, sick world. … More info
Appears in: Open

Go Go Crazy

Fred Caruso, 90min, USA, 2011, English
From the producer, director, and writer of THE BIG GAY MUSICAL comes this crazy mockumentary about a GO GO boy contest in Philadelphia, PA. How far are five hot dancers willing to go to win $1000? Throw in the mix a drag queen, over the top judges, a lot of camp, a little sex, sabotage, and dirty "tricks" and you get a movie that will turn you on, bend you over with laughter, and then give you happy ending.… More info
Appears in: Go Go Crazy

Going Down in La La Land

Casper Andreas, 105min, USA, 2011, English
Please join us for the Northeast debut of Casper Andreas’ new romantic comedy adapted from the hysterical novel by Andy Zeffer (which was itself inspired by his real life experiences!). … More info
Appears in: Northeast Premiere of Casper Andreas's Going Down In La La Land

Grown Up Movie Star

Adriana Maggs, 95min, Canada, 2009,
Bored with life in her tiny Newfoundland town, precocious though extremely naïve 13-year-old Ruby is an unguided missile waiting to explode. There is no one at home to put the brakes on her risky behavior as she finds new ways to get into trouble with boys. Mom’s long gone and her ex-hockey star father Ray is grappling with his own sexuality as the closet he has built around himself begins to splinter under the weight of a new affair. … More info
Appears in: Grown Up Movie Star

GUERRILLER@S (Warriors)

Montse Pujantell., 54min, Spain, 2010, Spanish w/ subtitles
Guerriller@s es una reflexión sobre la identidad de género, una aproximación a la construcción genérica y sus "estrategias de control" a partir de un grupo bastante heterogéneo de militantes por la lucha transexual y transgénero.

“Warriors” is a documentary that puts forth a reflection about the sexual identity, an approach to the gender development and its “control strategies”, based on a heterogeneous group of activists who stand for the transsexual and transgender community.

FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE LÉSBICO, GAI Y TRANSEXUAL DE MADRID (LESGAICINEMAD) (Spain) … More info

Appears in: The Boston LGBT Film Festival Co-Presents Latin@ Pride Movie Night

Gun Hill Road

Rashaad Ernesto Green, 87min, USA, 2011, English
After three years in prison, macho Enrique (Esai Morales) returns home to the Bronx and finds things changed. His wife, Angela (Judy Reyes), is distant, and his teenage son, Michael, has come out as Vanessa, a transgender woman. Unable to accept his child for who she is now, Enrique clings to his masculine ideals while Angela attempts to hold the family together by fiercely protecting Vanessa. Still under the watchful eye of his parole officer, Enrique must become the father he needs to be or, once again, risk losing his family and freedom. … More info
Appears in: Gun Hill Road

He She We

Branden Blinn, 10min, USA, English
When a handsome young man decides to leave his older female lover his escape plan is foiled when her early return coincides with his new lover’s arrival. A classic set up for disaster and heartbreak? Or, perhaps… there is another possibility?… More info
Appears in: Bisexual Revolution and Other Shorts

Hua Wei Mei (Bad Romance)

Francois Chang, 90min, China, 2011, Mandarin with subtitles
Beijing has to be one of the most exciting cities in the world. Follow seven young men and women and their love lives. Heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual affairs happen across the city. A single mom meets a young student; a city boy meets a guy of his dreams; a girl falls into a love game between a male and a female classmate from her French class. Francois Chang’s debut feature is a stunningly beautiful story of love and life in contemporary China. … More info
Appears in: Hua Wei Mei (Bad Romance).

I Am

Sonali Gulati, 74min, India, 2011,
Having lost the opportunity to tell her mother that she is a lesbian, a young Indian filmmaker in search of answers, travels across India to meet with parents of other gay and lesbian South Asians. I Am is a personal and revealing film that journeys to a landscape where being gay was until recently a criminal and punishable offense. With courage, determination, and humor, families share untold stories that have thus far remained in the realm of secrecy and silence. It is a unique and groundbreaking film that defies the very genre of documentary filmmaking.… More info
Appears in: I Am

I Saw U

Lane Stroud and Maile Martinez, 9min, USA, 2010, English
In 2008 Co-Director Maile Martinez wrote an I Saw U ad for 'The Stranger', Seattle's alternative newspaper, about a barista she thought was cute. Two years later she has come back to explore the world of sex, lies, and classifieds. Features music from The Presidents of the United States of America and an interview with Dan Savage, writer of the nationally syndicated sex-advice column Savage Love. … More info
Appears in: eCupid Cambridge Opening Night Film.

I Was a Teenage Werebear

Tim Sullivan, 25min, USA, 2011, English
Part Beach Blanket Bingo, part Teen Wolf, Tim Sullivan’s horror musical beach party pulls from lots of genres and tears them apart! As the director says, “imagine a gay Grease crossed with Twilight!” I Was a Teenage Werebear follows a day in the life of Ricky O'Reilly, the closeted new kid who falls for Talon; Malibu High's mysterious bad boy. When aroused, the two transform into bestial leather daddies, the titular "Werebears."… More info
Appears in: Gays Behaving Badly!

I'm Cool, I'm Good

Stanya Kahn, 35min, USA, 2010, English
In It's Cool, I'm Good, a bandaged and injured protagonist (Kahn), seduces, entertains, harasses and charms a slew of nurses who have agreed to hold the camera. The "patient" is at once selfless and narcissistic, verbose and elusive, vulnerable and manipulative. With a 22-track surround sound audio score and over twenty locations featured, It's Cool, I'm Good reflects a stressed personal state amidst a stressed environment.… More info
Appears in: "I Can Feel It, But I Don't Get It."

Il barbiere De Siviglia (The Barber de Seviglia)

Valentina Sutti, 9min, Italy, 2011, Italian w/ subtitles
Sergio is a barber who works in a little suburban shop in Milan. His shop is insignificant, a photo hanging in the corner pictures him with his wife, but he doesn't smile. The shop is quite empty and customers are always the same middle-aged men of the neighbourhood. Frustrated by his life Sergio prefers hiding in dreams, in which he is a successful hair stylist.He is satisfied with his job, highlights, fashionable haircuts, extensions, everyday is a challenge, he tests himself with boldness and determination.… More info
Appears in: European Short Films

Inflatable Swamp

William Feroldi, 13min, United Kingdom, 2009, English
An incredibly hot man in the UK walks the line between carnal sex and human closeness.… More info
Appears in: Sexy Men's Shorts: Dirty Drawings with Happy Endings

James Dean

Lucy Asten Elliott, 7min, United Kingdom, 2010, English
James Dean follows the Faulkner's as they desperately try to leave for their family holiday. Efforts to co-ordinate the trip are thwarted by their inability to get all members into the car at the same time. Frustrated by their dawdling, 14 year old daughter Alex has picked this inopportune moment to tell her elder sister Morvern, Mum and Dad that she thinks she may actually be a boy, or at least, the reincarnation of James Dean. However, with a distracted and currently disinterested family, she realises the only way to tell them is to show them.… More info
Appears in: European Short Films, Transgender Shorts Program

Judas Kiss

J.T. Tepnapa, 102min, USA, 2011, English
Failed filmmaker Zachary Wells is convinced by his friend, hotshot director Topher Shadoe, to replace him as a judge in Keystone University’s annual film festival. His first night, Zach hooks up with a student at a bar. He’s shocked the next morning when the same student walks into an interview calling himself Danny Reyes — the name Zach went by when he attended Keystone. And Danny’s film, “Judas Kiss,” is a finalist in the competition Zach is judging. Zach’s film with the same title won the festival years before.… More info
Appears in: Judas Kiss

Just Friends

Chris Dupuis, 4.30min, Canada, 2010, English
A short experimental video exploring the theme of 'Rejection' in the world of dating. The artist created a series of four performances with friends by setting up a camera, proposing to the friend that they start a romantic relationship and recording the results. … More info
Appears in: Kickoff

Kickoff

Rikki Beadle-Blair, 90min, United Kingdom, 2010, English
Archer is the captain of a gay football team, Platoon F.C. He wants a chance for his team to break the boundaries and win the game. But already things are not going as planned. Not only have his rebellious team brought along a posse of flamboyant supporters but his well-meaning but clueless boyfriend has designed a neon pink team strip... size Xtra small. On the other team, Captain Adam of Reaper’s is trying to convince his team of ex-convict, addict, Beckham-wannabe, and loose canons to play a clean game – or this will be their last game.… More info
Appears in: Kickoff

Kink Crusaders

Michael Skiff, 74min, USA, 2010, English
What’s your idea of kinky sex? Hot wax? Whips? Leaving the lights on? Go behind the scenes at annual International Mr. Leather competition, where thousands of men from around the world have gathered for over 30 years to compete for this title of Kink community leadership. … More info
Appears in: Kink Crusaders

LA ENTREVISTA (The Interview)

Xamuel Banales, 10min, USA, 2010, Spanish w/ subtitles
Inspired by the grand Spanish artist, operatic mezzo-soprano, and politician diva Manuela Trasobares, this satire/dramedy short performance piece, produced at the University of California at Berkeley by representatives of the group Young Queers United for Empowerment, highlights many issues related to identity, social justice, and decolonization Queer Xicano style.… More info
Appears in: The Boston LGBT Film Festival Co-Presents Latin@ Pride Movie Night

la fille du boulanger (The Baker’s Daughter)

Elisabeth Feytit and Claudine Bourbigot, 8min, France, 2008, French w/ subtitles
The Baker's Daughter has things to tell her father: things of love, of accepting oneself, of the radiating feeling of being free which comes in full force, despite the weight of others' looks which could be threatening … More info
Appears in: European Short Films, Women's Short Films

La Petit Salon

Caroline Le, 18min, USA, 2009, English
Quynh, a young Vietnamese American woman, works at her mother’s hair salon where she is displaced within the Vietnamese culture and community. She encounters everyday conversations about men, domestic politics, and community gossip from the interactions her mother has with their predominately Vietnamese women patrons.… More info
Appears in: Women's Short Films

Labels are Forever

Jinky de Rivera, 14min, USA, 2008,
The dynamic swagger of 007 Secret Agent J. Wong clashes with the brazen jiggle of her nemesis in Labels are Forever.… More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Last Address

Ira Sachs, 9min, USA, 2009, English
An elegiac film made up of exterior images of the last residential addresses of a group of New York City artists who died of AIDS. … More info
Appears in: Still Around

Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love, and Death of a Punk Goddess

Lilly Scourtis Ayers, 86min, USA, 2011, English
An intense look at the life of a punk rock star who died before her time. If you were part of any punk scene in the early nineties, be in in SF, Boston, or Providence, you knew someone like Marian Anderson: driven, talented, sexy, and troubled. Please join us for this astounding documentary that shines a light on a musician who burned bright but all too briefly. … More info
Appears in: Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love, and Death of a Punk Goddess

Le Bisexualite: Tout un art? (Bisexual Revolution)

Laure Michel and Eric Wastiaux, 60min, France, 2010, French w/ subtitles
Co-directed and written by Laure Michel and Eric Wastiaux, La bisexualité : tout un art? unleashed a firestorm of debate in France. A mélange of archival footage, cinematic excerpts and star-studded interviews with international academics and artists, among them renowned bisexual psychologist Regina Reinhardt, Laval University luminary Michel Dorais, German couturier Wolfgang Joop and pop sensation Yelle, it deconstructs the hetero-homo polarization of sexuality. Always entertaining and frequently illuminating, it examines the differences in attitudes towards bisexual men and women.… More info
Appears in: Bisexual Revolution and Other Shorts

Living Adoption: Gay Parents Speak

Deborah C. Hoard, 23min, USA, 2010, English
The film explores the issue of LGBT parenting with a compelling cast of adoptive parents who tackle issues ranging from the process of adoption, to being a conspicuous family, parenting teens and helping children develop their identity.… More info
Appears in: Gay Parenting

Look Again

Jennifer Lin, 7min, USA, 2008,
A complicated tango of queerness and immigration invites you to Look Again.… More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Loop Planes

Robin Wilby, 11min, USA, 2010, English
13-year-old Nick lives with his dad at an amusement park. But today, with the arrival of his mother and a pink-haired girl named Katie, Nick is in for the ride of his life.… More info
Appears in: Transgender Shorts Program

Lulu Sessions

S. Casper Wong, 88min, USA, 2011, English
LuLu is unlike anyone you’ll ever meet. Meet her for a Bud Lite, and you’ll end up snorting beer through your nose, swaying to the jukebox, feeling the inner rebel in you bubbling up. Her cussing puts sailors to shame. She inhales Marlboros like a six-year-old devours M&Ms. She downs Double White Russians and Dewar’s straight up. … More info
Appears in: Lulu Sessions

Mama Mama, Papa Papa

Remo Hegglin and Cesare Macri, 56min, Switzerland, 2011,
A documentary about gay and lesbian parents in Switzerland and their children, their rights, duties and everyday worries – with critical statements by radical advocates of traditional family models.… More info
Appears in: Gay Parenting

Mary Lou

Eytan Fox, 150min, Israel, 2010, Hebrew
In Mary Lou, Eytan Fox (The Bubble, Walk on Water, Yossi & Jagger) brings to life a modern fable with a catchy musical message and a story based on the songs of Israeli pop legend Svika Pick. Miriam (Maya Dagan) is an adoring fan of Svika Pick (who appears as himself). She dreams of being a famous singer, leading her to mysteriously abandon her son Meir (Ido Rosenberg) on his tenth birthday. As a high school student, Meir and his best friend Shuli compete for the same gorgeous guy.… More info
Appears in: Mary Lou

Mice Heaven

Carla Cavina, 20min, Puerto Rico, 2009,
Unique animation mixes with live action in Mice Heaven when a mother, a child and a lover are pulled together and pushed apart.… More info
Appears in: Women's Short Films

Michael Bronski Lecture

Michael Bronski, 60min, USA, 2011, English
Intellectually dynamic and endlessly provocative, "A Queer History of the United States" is more than a “who’s who” of queer history: it is a book that radically challenges how we understand American history. Drawing upon primary documents, literature, and cultural histories, noted scholar and activist Michael Bronski charts the breadth of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from 1492 to the 1990s, and has written a testament to how the LGBT experience has profoundly shaped our country, culture, and history. … More info
Appears in: A Queer History of the United States: Michael Bronski Lecture

Mom & Dad: I Have Something to Tell You

Assi Azar, 48min, Israel, 2010, Hebrew with English subtitles
Assi Azar, 31, was born in Holon. He is famous in Israel for hosting the local version of Big Brother on TV, but most importantly he is known for his activism in the gay community.

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Appears in: Assi Azar at the Brattle Theatre!

My Life in 5 Minutes

Allison Mitchell, 6min, Canada, 2000, English
The autobiopic My Life in 5 Minutes tells a life story with a bittersweet song, animation and family snaps. Some photos hold painful or awkward memories for the artist; through computer animation, she enlarges her own eyes to blink the pain away.… More info
Appears in: "I Can Feel It, But I Don't Get It."

NARANJAS (Oranges)

Eli Navarro, 23min, Spain, 2010, Spanish w/ subtitles
Lourdes empieza una relación con Cris, compañera de trabajo de Edu que es novio de Lucía, ex de Mar. Eli es compañera de piso de Lourdes y amiga de Mar. Llega el cumpleaños de Lourdes y se organiza una fiesta a la que acuden más invitados de la cuenta…

Lourdes begins a relationship with Cris, Edu’s colleague. Edu is Lucia’s boyfriend and Lucia is the former lover of Mar. Eli is Lourdes’s flatmate and friend of Mar. Lourdes’s birthday comes and she organizes a party where attended more guests than expected. … More info

Appears in: The Boston LGBT Film Festival Co-Presents Latin@ Pride Movie Night

Noche sin Luna (Moonless Night)

Bethynia Cardenas Iñiguez, 13min, Mexico, 2010, Spanish w/ subtitles
Set in the 1970s, Noche sin luna (Moonless Night) is the story of Oscar Rodríguez, an introverted handsome gay professional wrongfully accused of killing his friend Julio. Guilty until proven innocent, Oscar is taken to the police precinct and is pressured by Inspector Sánchez to confess to Julio’s murder or else. In the story Oscar is painfully caught between preconceptions and the Inspector's agenda of getting a murder case under his belt.… More info
Appears in: International Short Films, Silent Stories

Off Beat

Jan Gassmann, 95min, Switzerland, 2011,
When it’s cold – breathe. It’s November and 26-year-old Lukas is not so much living as floating. His dream of making it as a musician is on the wane and his great passion – rap – has also past its heyday. Lukas lives with his producer, 46-year-old Mischa, in an old loft where they cultivate cannabis. They have been having a turbulent affair for years – but this is a closely guarded secret. Lukas has grown cold inside and only really feels himself in moments of excess. Drunk and coked up to the eyeballs he toils his way through a gig in a small club.… More info
Appears in: Off Beat

Open

Jake Yuzna, 90min, USA, 2010, English
Charting new territory in gender, sexuality and identity, this feature debut takes us on two parallel road trips in which the travellers try to find love in twin cities. … More info
Appears in: Open

Orange/Milk

Florina Titz, 20min, Romania, 2011,
Damian and Alex are perfect people, with jobs, cars and a healthy diet. They are perfectly adjusted to the demands of the modern society. However their friendship is built around obsession: one for people-watching, and one for each other. After a long time spent apart, they meet at the beach house where they grew up. They spend their days reconnecting through intense voyeuristic habits. When one of the boys turns the camera towards the other, the pleasure of viewing becomes even more problematic.… More info
Appears in: European Short Films

Out at Annapolis

Steve Clark Hall, 73min, USA, 2010, English
Out of Annapolis is a riveting look at the lives of some of the U.S. Naval Academy’s lesbian and gay alumni. The documentary tells the stories of eleven former sailors and Marines who attended Annapolis in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Through candid interviews, these former midshipmen discuss the reasons why they entered the Naval Academy (most wanted to serve their country and get an Ivy League-quality education) and the struggles they faced both while students and once they entered the fleet. … More info
Appears in: Out at Annapolis

Out for the Long Run

Scott Bloom, 87min, USA, 2011, English
Out For The Long Run looks at the lives of openly gay high school and college age athletes. Inspired by a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, the film's focus is on a handful of openly gay high school and college athletes as they navigate the turbulent waters of their uncertain world. Utilizing footage shot by our cameras and video diaries kept throughout the year, we will show the world a new generation of courage in what could be the most homophobic place on a high school campus: the locker room.… More info
Appears in: Out for the Long Run

OUTspoken

Kelly Gitter, 19min, USA, 2011, English
OUTspoken follows the stories of 4 gay people in Fairbanks, AK. Of the 4 people, there is a gay man in his 20's and one in his late 50's, as well as a young lesbian in her 20's and an older lesbian in her late 40's. each share their specific stories on what it was like to come out to their families in a small town. They discuss discrimination they have faced growing up as well as present day tribulations. This short film provides an insight of the struggles to find a potential date when everyone knows each other.… More info
Appears in: This is Who We Are: Documenting LGBT Life

Poker Face

Becky Lane, 14min, USA, 2011, English
A 'girls night out' game of poker takes a surprising turn as secrets are revealed, and friendships are called into question.… More info
Appears in: Women's Short Films

Potilas (The Patient)

Misko Iho, 17min, Finland, 2011,
Graveyard shift of a guard gets an unexpected turn when he's driven into a conversation with an unusual patient.… More info
Appears in: Gays Behaving Badly!

Proud Shanghai

Larry Tung, 13min, USA/China, 2010, Mandarin with subtitles
Shanghai Pride is arguably the first public event to celebrate the LGBT communities in China. Inaugurated in 2009, this event takes place over a series of festivities that include dance parties, sports competitions, art exhibitions, panel discussions and film screenings. Organized primarily by the expatriates in Shanghai, Shanghai Pride challenges the Chinese government and society to face the realities that the LGBT communities do exist in China and have a vibrant scene.… More info
Appears in: This is Who We Are: Documenting LGBT Life

Pulsiones

Jose Manuel Carrasco, 11min, Spain, 2010, Spanish w/ subtitles
Carlos has a problem. He has drives... “gay” drives. … More info
Appears in: Sexy Men's Shorts: Dirty Drawings with Happy Endings

Rally For Transgender Rights

Nancy Nangeroni and Gordene MacKenzie, 4.55min, USA, 2010, English
On May 22nd, 2010, Harvey Milk Day, activists in Massachusetts rally for Transgender Rights in front of the State House. This fast paced, emotionally compelling short features two transgender activists, a State Representative, a young Socialist, and a slam poet who call for human and civil rights for transgender persons. Each speaker rallies the crowd with their powerful visions of change. … More info
Appears in: Transgender Shorts Program

Recessive

Logan Kibens, 31min, USA, 2010, English
Shay is conflicted about whether to have a child with her wife, Norah. She struggles with her desire to be genetically connected to her own child--and with the knowledge that she may carry the marker for a serious genetic disorder. As Shay and Norah head off to the family home for the funeral of Shay's aunt, they must grapple with the nature of family, legacy, and parenthood. Recessive weaves experimental and personal documentary elements artfully into subtle acting to create a very modern, deeply emotional, narrative film.… More info
Appears in: Women's Short Films

Refuge

Arthur Musah, 6min, USA, 2010, English
TK, a West African soccer player, decides to make the most of a rare opportunity to start a new life illegally in the United States. He sneaks away during a game in Los Angeles and meets up with Kojo, an old friend from back home who has agreed to shelter him. All is well until TK learns that his old friend is attracted to him and may have an ulterior motive for agreeing to help him. TK must deal with his discomfort at Kojo's attraction to him as things take a dire turn and force TK to decide what price he will pay to preserve his shelter.… More info
Appears in: Silent Stories

Remember Me in Red

Hector Ceballos, 16min, USA, 2010, English
Emotions run high as Fidelia is arranging her best friend Alma’s funeral only to have Alma’s parents arrive from Mexico and insist that their son be buried as male. Alma’s friends pull together to honor both the parents’ wishes and those of Alma herself.… More info
Appears in: Transgender Shorts Program

Romeos

Sabine Bernardi, 94min, Germany, 2011, German w/ subtitles
Lukas has just turned twenty. He’s going through hormone replacement therapy induced male puberty, because he was born a girl. Ready for action, he launches into his new life in the big city, but things don’t exactly get off to a good start: on his arrival he finds he has been assigned to live not in a hostel for young men doing community service but in a nurses’ hostel where he is the only boy. While everyone else is merely somewhat disconcerted, Lukas’ daily life is nothing but stress. For him, being transgender means constantly being put into false categories.… More info
Appears in: Romeos

Rubdown

Dennis Hensley, 12min, USA, 2010, English
Follow along with a “secret shopper” who’s getting an undercover massage that might not be under the covers at all.… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

Running on Empty

Michelle Morales, 14min, USA, 2010,
A queer Filipina left Running on Empty by an ex finds new rituals for self-love. … More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Santiago del otro lado (Santiago From the Other Side)

Mauro Mueller, 11min, Mexico/Switzerland,
Sometimes life has a surprise, sometimes even two! Lucia is pregnant and wants to find the right moment to tell her longtime boyfriend Santiago. The party they attend seems the ideal moment and indeed the night is festive and fun until... her life plans change forever. You can't get always what you want, but sometimes you do, just at the wrong moment… More info
Appears in: Bisexual Revolution and Other Shorts

Sappho’s Fire

Alexia Kosmider, 73min, USA, 2011, English
Join us for the world premiere of this locally made documentary on older lesbians. … More info
Appears in: Sappho's Fire

Secrets

Faith Soloway & Ian Brownell, 5min, USA, 2011, English
Secrets is a hot new webseries featuring Boston talent and Boston backdrops. The gay soap opera is told in bite sized trailer vignettes. Secrets is produced by the team of Faith Soloway and Ian Brownell, whose other works include "Jesus Has Two Mommies," and "Miss Folk America." You can catch up with Secrets on faithsoloway.com.… More info
Appears in: Women's Short Films

Senorita

Vincent Sandoval, 14min, Philippines, 2010, Tagalog with English Subtitles.
Laura, a transgender woman, is a reformed sex worker living a quiet life in the country. But she can't seem to shake off the lure of the big city. A consummate actress, she manages leads a double life but as her lies begin to unravel, will she be able to keep her two worlds separate?… More info
Appears in: Transgender Shorts Program

Serve thy Master

Trina Espinoza, 12min, USA, 2005,
A traditional Latina housewife has a smoldering epiphany in Serve thy Master. … More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Silent Stories

Hanne Phlypo and Catherine Vuylsteke, 52min, Belgium, 2010, French & Arabic
In Silent Stories Hanne Phlypo and Catherine Vuylsteke follow two men and two women from Algeria, Senegal, Iraq and Guinea whose sexual orientation forced them to leave their country – whether they were bisexual, homosexual, lesbian or transsexual. Three of them are rebuilding their lives in Belgium, for the fourth, the Iraqi transsexual Sarah, long years of waiting have finally resulted in political asylum and the prospect of a gender operation. … More info
Appears in: Silent Stories

Slashed

Rebecca Thomson, 11min, Australia, 2010, English
As Renata, medical receptionist and Star Police tv show enthusiast, writes an alternative ending to a dramatic showdown between tired space cop, Draker and his nemesis Thrax, a real life showdown is happening between herself and Frieda, a dubious patient in the doctor’s surgery. But do Renata and Frieda have more in common than they realise? And have Draker and Thrax’s many years as adversaries brought them only closer together?… More info
Appears in: Gays Behaving Badly!

So Hard to Forget

Malu de Martino, 98min, Brazil, 2010, Portuguese
Julia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling totally abandoned after she and her enigmatic girlfriend broke up, Julia is thrown into a desperate, painful process. Her life and her values have been tinged with unbearable melancholy and her life's measure seems reduced to out-of-focus fragments of her memories. Her inner turmoil and conflicts hamper a process now made necessary - that of readapting to her new life.… More info
Appears in: So Hard to Forget

Spare

Tomer Almagor, 9min, USA,
When Frank's flimsy plan to whack Leo is tampered by a flat tire and Leo flees the scene, the two gangsters embark on a chase deep into the woods where they experience unforeseen intimacy...… More info
Appears in: Gays Behaving Badly!

Stadt Land Fluss (Harvest)

Benjamin Cantu, 85min, Germany, 2011, German w/ subtitles
Marko is an apprentice working on a large agricultural complex in the Nuthe Urstrom valley district sixty kilometres south of Berlin. If he passes his final examinations he will be a fully-fledged farmer. That is, if he really wants to. But he’s not sure. He doesn’t have many friends outside the workplace and the eleven other apprentices see him as a rather uncommunicative guy and something of a loner. But when a new apprentice named Jacob joins them Marko slowly begins to come out of his shell.… More info
Appears in: Stadt Land Fluss (Harvest)

Still Around

Jörg Fockele and Marc Smolowitz, 82min, USA, 2011, English
'The HIV Story Project', a San Francisco based film collective has commissioned and produced 15 short films that portray people living with HIV/AIDS from the San Francisco Bay Area - a region that has been deeply affected by the disease. The end result is Still Around a feature length compilation that weaves a diverse slate of stories into one powerful video AIDS quilt of our times.… More info
Appears in: Still Around

Tell Me a Memory

Jon Bryant Crawford, 11min, USA, 2010, English
Jack fell in love with an older man named Finny. One day what seems to be the standard forgetfulness of age, becomes something more serious. Finny has Alzheimer's. As the disease develops, it threatens the long term loving relationship. Not only does Jack battle the pressure of slowly losing his partner, but he must also reconcile the closeted nature of their relationship. Jack patiently tries to connect with Finny, one last time, and they embark on a surreal journey.… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

The Collector

Ryan Kipp, 6min, USA, 2009, English
Meet Beauregard Houston Montgomery, an aging Warhol-era bohemian, world-class authority on everything dollhouses, and overall New York City phenom.… More info
Appears in: This is Who We Are: Documenting LGBT Life

The Colonel's Outing

Christopher Banks, 17min, New Zealand, 2011, English
Eighty-something Tristan Arthur Jones used to write about fictional war heroes, and fell in love with every single one. He always hoped he'd meet one for real, and with the arrival of Colonel Robert Leadley at his rest home, it seems like his dreams have come true. The Colonel moves into Tristan's room and they grow very close, much to the concern of the patronising Matron, who seems determined to interfere at every turn. There's no option but to escape.… More info
Appears in: International Short Films

The Green

Steven Williford, 90min, USA, 2011, English
Having left behind a life in New York City for the village charm of shoreline Connecticut, Michael (Jason Butler Harner), a high school drama teacher, thinks he can live a simple, harmonious domestic existence with his partner Daniel (Cheyenne Jackson). But Michaelʼs world is turned upside-down when he is accused of engaging in “inappropriate behavior” with a male student, who runs away from home and leaves behind his financially-strapped mother and her mercenary boyfriend to capitalize on the schoolʼs culpability in the alleged affair.… More info
Appears in: The Green: Celebrating Contemporary Cinema at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Lesson

Paul Metz, 15min, Japan, 2011,
Angela Worthington, 45, has taught English in Tokyo for longer than she cares to remember. But at this point, it is the only life she knows. She mainly teaches Japanese businessmen who must use English for their work. Although she dislikes her job, it is how she met the one man that turned her world around, the one man she thought might make a difference in her life. But her hesitation is why he ultimately left her--and why she ultimately has stayed on, searching in vain for someone to take his place. On this day, though, one of her students, Mr.… More info
Appears in: International Short Films

The Night Watch

Richard Laxton, 90min, United Kingdom, 2011, English
We close out the 27th annual festival with a very special New England premiere screening of the BBC adaptation of Sarah Water’s acclaimed novel Night Watch, a tale of lost young Londoners whose lives are inextricably linked via their wartime experiences. … More info
Appears in: Closing Night Film: A Special Screening of The Night Watch

The Other Parade

Dan Messina, 30min, USA, 2011, English
Boston isn’t alone when it comes to complications around the St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Every year on March 17th, the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade is held on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It is the oldest and largest celebration of Irish heritage and culture in the United States. It is also the most controversial. Despite almost two decades of protest and resistance, lesbian and gay groups are not permitted to march openly in the parade. Brendan Fay, an Irish immigrant and gay rights activist, spent years fighting his exclusion from the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade.… More info
Appears in: This is Who We Are: Documenting LGBT Life

The Purple Sea

Donatella Maiorca, 105min, Italy, 2009, Italian w/ subtitles
Donatella Maiorca’s sensuous melodrama Purple Sea explores the old-world European tradition of women passing as men. Based on a true story, this taut epic is as intricate as Italian lace. In 19th century Sicily, rebellious Angela is considered to be possessed by evil and must endure brutal beatings by her father, the authoritarian quarry master. When her best friend Sara is forcefully transferred to the mainland, Angela is left in the dreary village. Years pass and Sara returns. Their childhood friendship deepens and eventually they give in to their shared passion for one another. … More info
Appears in: The Purple Sea

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

James Kent, 90min, United Kingdom, 2010, English
What might have happened if Elizabeth Bennet had ignored Mr. Darcy and pursued the local ladies? That scenario only begins to describe The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, the incredible, based-on-fact tale of an early 19th century English gentlewoman who “preferred the fairer sex” and recorded her conquests in a coded diary. But get ready — this is no decorous, Jane Austen costume drama. Anne and her beloved Mariana are sneaking off into the woods for a clandestine dalliance in the first five minutes and even manage a romantic bathtub scene.… More info
Appears in: The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

The Support Group

Kevin Slack, 15min, USA, 2010, English
Parker has a secret he has been dying to tell his best friend James. To help ease James, and himself, into the situation Parker brings him to a support group with a cast of colorful characters that bring out his friends true views on the topic. “The Support Group” will show that the least likely of people can surprise us and break formed stereotypes. Sometimes the best way to share a very personal secret with your best friend, is to tell him in a room full of strangers.… More info
Appears in: Men's Shorts Program

Tiden imellom (The Time In Between)

Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, 24min, Norway, 2010,
The Time In Between (Tiden imellom) is inspired by a true story; the secret relationship between the famous Norwegian poet Gunvor Hofmo and a talented young Jew, Ruth Maier, who died in Auschwitz on the 1st of December 1942. The story takes place over a few days in October/November 1942, when 768 Norwegian Jews got arrested and were deported to the concentration camps in Poland and Germany.… More info
Appears in: European Short Films

To the Marriage of Two Minds

Andrew Steggall, 12min, United Kingdom, 2010,
Hayder and Falah, two young Iraqi men, seek asylum in London from Baghdad. The two men buy illegal passage onto a cargo vessel, enduring a storm-tossed journey in the dim confines of a shipping container. Uncertain how long their voyage will last, or if they will be turned away upon arrival, they count the days by the light through a star-like hole in the ceiling. Falah, a writer, comforts Hayder with lines from Shakespearean love sonnets, whispered in Arabic, as they await an unknown reception.… More info
Appears in: Silent Stories

Traditional Indigenous Values

Ruth Villasenor, 8min, USA, 2009,
Traditional Indigenous Values counter the dissonant frequencies of colonization and Prop 8. … More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Transitional Love Object

Michelle Ito, 9min, USA, 2010,
The tempo of a Transitional Love Object throbs with love.… More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Two Embrace

Carrie House, 5min, USA, 2009, English
In Two Embrace, encounters with European Christians change the measure of Two-Spirit ambassadors. … More info
Appears in: Our Traditional Values: Shorts From the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project

Unhappy Birthday

Mark Harriott & Mike Matthews, 89min, United Kingdom, 2010, English
A special birthday trip becomes a living nightmare for a city-dwelling couple and their friend.

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Appears in: Special Halloween Screening! Area Premiere of Unhappy Birthday

We Were Here

David Weissman, 90min, USA, English
Filmmakers David Weissman and Bill Weber co-directed the 2001 documentary, The Cockettes, chronicling San Francisco’s legendary theater troupe of hippies and drag queens, 1969–1972. We Were Here revisits San Francisco a decade later, as its flourishing gay community is hit with an unimaginable disaster. … More info
Appears in: We Were Here

What's in a Name

Caitlin Lundin and Ben Kullerd, 10min, USA, 2009, English
Four transgender Austin, Texas residents share intimate stories about their gender transitions. Shane Whalley, a professor and employee of the University of Texas, discusses their genderqueer identity, transition into a new, unexplored gender identity and choice of a gender non-specific name, Shane. Phoenix, a data consultant, discusses his journey from womanhood to manhood, the struggles he has faced as both transgender and African-American, and the relevance of the mythical origins of his chosen name.… More info
Appears in: Transgender Shorts Program

Wir sind die Nacht (We Are the Night)

Denis Gansel, 96min, Germany, 2010, German w/ subtitles
Who doesn’t like lesbian vampires? Lets celebrate Friday, the 13th with one of the best vampire films you’ll ever see! 18 year old Lena is trouble. Her home life is terrible. She is caught by the police trying to rip off a Russian mobster and she doesn’t know what to do with herself. One night she sets off to an underground disco at an abandoned amusement park in Berlin. She catches the eye of a beautiful woman, but not just any woman. Louise is the leader of a vampire pack. And she wants Lena. This begins one of the most exciting vampire films in ages. Forget Twilight!… More info
Appears in: We Are the Night

Wishmakers of West Hollywood

Dave Grotell, 88min, USA, 2011, English
Join us for the world premiere of local filmmaker Dave Grotell’s debut feature film. Three young gay men arrive in Los Angeles to fulfill their dreams and aspirations, during a summer which will change their lives. In a world of You Tube celebrities, unemployment, downward mobility, and socializing through Facebook, they make a wish in a fountain to find love, fame, and transcendence. Will any of them do it? … More info
Appears in: Wishmakers of West Hollywood

You Move Me

Gina Hirsch, 13min, USA, 2010, English
You Move Me is a buddy story about Tru and Dex and the dangers of moving Tru out of her ex-girlfriend’s apartment.… More info
Appears in: Women's Short Films