All Films

In the Shade of Trees

2011 • 7 min • Vietnam

A mouse learns about bravery.

Fortune Cookie Magic Tricks

2011 • 11 min

A traditional Chinese father struggles to cope with his son's homosexuality, which then takes an absurd and comical turn for the worse.

Fractal

2011 • 6 min

An eperimental short about a young gay man with certain fetishes and obsessions.

Fresh Air Therapy 2

2011 • 15 min

Their relationship is not the only problem. Kerstin and Petra - two women in the prime of their lives - return to couple's therapy. For a role play the therapist wants them to spend a night at a hotel. Soon they find out they are not alone in the hotel room.

Gyre

2011 • 17 min

Dreams, reality, sex and sexuality blur leaving Lex stranded in her own nightmares (or are they realities?) in Gyre.

Identities

2011 • 50 min

"Who are you?" The answer depends on whether the respondent is someone of American, British, Cameroon, Colombian, German, Indian, or Turkish heritage. What if that person traveled thousands of miles, crossed a few continents, grabbed couple of languages, and ended up in the heart of Europe? What if between different genders? What if they feel most comfortable in the middle of nowhere?

I'll Step Aside

2011 • 37 min

Two boys, two places, two stories, an encounter. The same ending, different versions. Everyone looks for the same thing, but not everyone finds it.

The Lesson

2011 • 15 min

When an English-challenged student seeks guidance about affairs of the heart, his romantically jaded instructor must teach him the words she never learned how to say.

Letter from Lorca

2011 • 12 min

It's August 18, 1936, Civil War has broken out in Spain. Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain's greatest poet and dramatist is hiding out in the Granada home of friend and Falange member, Luis Ortiz Rosales. Lorca wanted for his outspoken liberal views, homosexuality, and artistic convictions awaits the arrival of the Nationalist soldiers to arrest him. As the world falls apart, Lorca's final voice is heard through a letter.

Liquid Sun

2011 • 11 min

In the past twenty years, the Irish economy has grown rapidly, but in the current economic crisis it is about to collapse. The consequences are evident in this short film about a man taking his Polish friend, an immigrant, back to the ferry.

Salas S.A.L.

2011 • 9 min

Arranged in mirrored halves, Salas S.A.L is a lesbian Godard-ian tale of a boss and her secretary. Through well-composed, largely static shots, Rojo eeks the human out of her characters’ sexless business-speak and bland office settings.

Simply Rob

2011 • 15 min

Simply Rob is a portrait of New York based poet and activist Rob Vassilarakis. This film follows Rob as he tells his turbulent life story through his poetry.

Sarah's Shout

2011 • 7 min

The Table with the Dogs

2011 • 40 min

The moon is shining upon a luxuriant garden. Percussion beats interrupt the eerie silence of the night. Bare-chested with crossed-legs, six actors are sitting on mats facing their teachers. It is 4am in Kottakkal, South India.

Your Warmth

2011 • 14 min

Jonathan cruises the park for the first time looking for love. But will he find what he truly wants: to be held?

Dayglo (You Know, You Know)

2011 • 3 min

“Made in memory of Poly Styrene singer & songwriter, once of the punk band X Ray Spex. Poly’s music has always inspired us for its spirit of feminism & liberation; we’re particularly fond of ‘Oh Bondage Up Yours!’ The film’s soundtrack features her biggest hit, and uses an abstract array of vivid colours, some of which are made by painting food dyes on to the film emulsion.”

Bodysnatcher

2011 • 29 min

Umberto lives alone, healing his body and going to prostitutes, but this is not enough to ease his discomfort. To make some money, he accepts to go to the home of a ex-convict homosexual to repair plumbing. The proximity to the man and his allusions creep slowly into Umberto's mind...

The Big Girl 3

2011 • 14 min • China

The princess ends up in a chase against the prince and the Devil.

We Refuse To Be Cold

2011 • 7 min

We Refuse To Be Cold" is Alexander Carson's poetic and lyrical portrait of a young couple spending a Montreal winter together.

Armoire (4 Parts)

2011 • 9 min

A four-part study of motion, shape and colour inspired by a robin's flight. Consists of: "Armoire Prologue" (2:40, 2007), "Coda" (2:30, 2009) and two new episodes (2011).

O Homem que Gostava de Zombies

2011 • 23 min • Portugal

The story of Eurico Bernardes Catatau, the precursor of Portuguese zombie films.

Making the 9/11 Memorial

2011 • 43 min

The only structure at Ground Zero that will be completed by the tenth anniversary of the attacks is the National September 11 Memorial, a modern marvel that pays tribute to the thousands who lost their lives on 9/11. Led by architect Michael Arad and contractor Chris Powers, this special tour documents history in the making.

Bewegung

2011 • 40 min • Germany

11 sequences, 11 panoramas 360°. The cityscape is scanned slowly and while it turns there are strange phenomena happening inside.

Encore

2011 • 28 min

The soon-to-graduate son is busy on preparing his graduation play. The mother memorizes the staging old days. The son's gay orientation becomes the mother's concern. Reality and fiction inside and outside the play reflect the emotions that every family faces.