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Family Reunion (Gódir gestir)
Director Isold Uggadottir, 2006, Iceland, 19min
"Family Reunion" is a modern-day coming out story about a young Icelandic woman living two separate lives. Katrín, a sculptor in NYC is headed from grungy Chinatown back to pristine Iceland for her grandfather's 70th birthday. Filmed in Reykjavik and New York City, Family Reunion was nominated for the Icelandic Academy Awards.
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Attack
Director Timothy Smith, 2005, Great Britain, 7min
A neo-Nazi skinhead is apprehended because he has attacked two black teenage boys. As we flash back through the story we realize that things may not be as "black and white" as they initially appear.
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Damage
Director Allie Sultan, 2005, USA, 9min
An awkward freshman takes matters into her own hands to get the girl she wants.
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signage
Director Rick Hammerly, 2006, USA
In English and American Sign Language, 12min
An encounter with a young deaf man forces 41-year-old Lex to face the reality of growing older in today's youth obsessed and gay bar driven culture.
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Eddie
Director Quentin Kruger, 2007, USA, 8min
Ten-year-old Eddie likes being just one of the guys but is reminded of her femininity when her period arrives during a neighborhood ball game.
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Tango Finlandia
Directors Hannu Lajunen & Tomi Rijonheimo, 2006, Finland, 6min
The setting is a dance evening in the local bar somewhere in the Finnish peripheria. Lonely people come there to find joy. There are not that many customers but the hot and passionate tango rhythms take all of them to the dance floor.
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Trunks (Maleteros)
Director Xavi Sala, 2003, Spain
Ukrainian with English Subtitles, 8min
Two girls are stuck on the roadside. They're young, pretty, and cool. A strange man stops to help. What happens next will surprise you.
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The Call
Director Jason Karman, 2006, Canada, 11min
On his way to the airport, Sebastian gets a call from his lesbian friend Cathy, who has just had a baby. Sebastian is only the sperm donor, but now Cathy wants him to take a more active role in his baby's life.
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Airplanes
Director Jen Heck, 2006, USA, 10min
Two teenage girls secretly hook up at a traveling carnival fair. Though their attraction takes flight, the tryst is slight, bound by time constraints on earth.
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Police Box
Director Josh Kim, 2006, Korea
Korean with English Subtitles, 4min
In Hong Kong, a girl writes love letters to a policeman and puts them in a police box on his beat. One day a jealous boy sees her tampering with the box and decides to play a trick on the two of them.
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Four Feet
Director Andrea Blundell, 2007, Canada, 3min
As Veronica ponders her current relationship, a psychic appears out of nowhere and gives her an answer she never expected.
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Groucho
Director Angel Almazan & Medardo Amor, 2006, Spain
Spanish with English Subtitles, 20min
David, a 16-year-old teenager, approaches his neighbor Enrique in the elevator. With the excuse of helping him with the shopping bags, he gets into his house and tries to seduce him.
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The Red Front
Director Adam Goudchaux, 2006, USA, 20min
Nazi Germany, 1933. The introverted Werner Stein, the son of an underground Communist leader, has no aspirations to follow in his father's footsteps. But when Werner and his father are arrested by the Nazis, an SS Officer forces Werner to make an unspeakable choice. Shattered, Werner is recruited by his father's organization, the Red Front, to exact revenge. But revenge is never simple, and again Werner is forced to make a final, deadly choice.
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Serene Hunter
Director Jason Bushman, 2006, USA/France
French and English with English Subtitles, 12min
Handsome commitment-phobic Luc is constantly on the hunt for men. Life gets complicated when he falls for young and horny Sebastian just when Jon, his gorgeous but unavailable "summer lover" flies into town from LA.
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Shelter
Director Jonah Markowitz, 2007, USA, 90min
A year out of high school, Zach is stuck in San Pedro, California working as a fry cook, skateboarding and stenciling guerrilla artwork on abandoned buildings. His bedroom is his oasis--he draws on the walls, in his notebook, in sketches piled up on the floor. But he's squashed his dream of attending Cal Arts in order to help his sister, Jeannie, raise her five-year-old son.
Enter Shaun, the gay older brother of Zach's best friend and a writer taking a break from Hollywood to recover from a bad relationship. Zach and Shaun start hanging out, surfing and drinking too much beer, much to Jeannie's concern. "You're not a fag," she tells Zach. Wishful thinking! It isn't long before Zach and Shaun are falling asleep in each other's arms.
Zach's slow awakening to desire is at the heart of this gritty, romantic debut from talented writer/director Jonah Markowitz. A sensitive performance by handsome newcomer Trevor Wright anchors the classic story of a young man forced by responsibility to grow up fast--with strong support from Tina Holmes (Six Feet Under) and Brad Rowe (Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss). With a pitch-perfect emo soundtrack and plenty of guys in wetsuits riding waves under gorgeous sunsets, "Shelter" is a sensory treat.
The first film from a new independent production initiative at here! Networks, Shelter proves that the premium cable network is definitely hitting its stride and fulfilling its commitment to bringing authentic stories to the LGBT community.
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Casting Pearls
Director Andrea James, 2006, USA, 7min
Calpernia Adams stars as a transsexual actress who endures a series of Hollywood auditions, each humorously spotlighting adifferent prejudice or misconception that transwomen encounter.
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Another Woman (Un Autre Femme)
Director Jerome Foulon, 2002, France
French with English Subtitles, 106min
French actress Nathalie Mann is captivating as a woman with the ovarios and heart to reconnect with the family she abandoned a decade ago when she was a miserable man. Can this MTF doctor heal old emotional scars without causing new ones? And what does she do with her own relentless paternal love?
Desperately unhappy, Nicolas left his wife and kids to discover his true nature and never returned. Living under the radar in Geneva, he painstakingly transformed into Léa. Three years after her final surgery, this new woman has the chance to return home to Paris on a work assignment. Reluctant and terrified to face her past, she is nonetheless drawn into the lives of her children.
After concocting a ruse to befriend her daughter Emmy, a budding classical pianist, Léa is suddenly back in her old home meeting her son Lucas, her "widow" Anne and the new man of the house, Pierre.
Overwhelmed trying to juggle the truth, Léa eventually comes out to a shocked Anne and declares her intention to claim her paternal rights. Tenuous new connections break as the confused and scared family closes ranks against the intruder.
Legal hassles force Léa to start a more authentic life in Paris, but young Lucas stays curious about her, hoping to find the father he never knew. This inspiring film is a must see for anyone seeking a whole and integrated life.
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It Was A Saturday
Director Michelle Sperber, 2007, USA, 14min
The story wraps around the lives of Ryane and Jadyn, fellow dance students and roommates. Are Ryane's hopes for love destined to become her reality, or will Jaydn become an unfulfilled memory? The film includes music composed by BettyAnn Conner and featured music by Rachel Cantu, Tracy Bonham, Lisa Hall and Cascada.
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Members Only
Director Carolina Roca-Smith, 2007, USA, 10min
Amy is the new kid in town and can't seem to get a date or even a woman to look in her direction--until she meets power lesbian Joan Fox.
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Entrevue
Director Marie-Pierre Huster, 2006, France
French with English Subtitles, 9min
Alix, a young woman of 25, has an appointment for a job interview with the general director of a very prestigious wine company. Though she should be concentrating on impressing Mr. Guillaume d'Anrémont, the imposing director, she is constantly distracted by more sensuous and seductive thoughts.
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Nina's Heavenly Delights
Director Pratibha Parmar, 2006, United Kingdom, 96min
Calling all foodies! Iron Chef meets lesbian love in this romantic comedy from documentary filmmaker and 1993 Frameline Award recipient Pratibha Parmar (director of past Festival favorites Khush and Jodie: An Icon) in her first narrative feature film. Closeted Nina returns home to Glasgow for her father's funeral only to discover that her family's Indian restaurant is in jeopardy. Despite a resentful brother, grieving mother and a younger sister more interested in Scottish dancing than cooking, Nina is determined to save the family business. What better way than by winning the curry cook-off sponsored by the local Indian television station?
Luckily for Nina, she's convinced her old schoolmate Lisa to help her in her scheme. The two eye each other at the local club, but it's in the kitchen, grinding spices and chopping chilies, that things really heat up. As the contest approaches, Nina's entire Scottish-Indian clan rallies behind her, along with her best friend Mohan, who's preparing for a Bollywood dance competition of his own. But will Nina tell her family that Lisa's been helping with more than just the cooking? Or will her reluctance to follow her heart sabotage Nina's quest for curry perfection?
With musical numbers, benign ghosts and two leading ladies who are easy on the eyes, Nina's Heavenly Delights is sure to delight anyone who likes their romance with a side of family reconciliation.
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Being Lisa
Director Amara Stefani, Becca Louisell, Steven Bourasa, Gene Hoisington 2007, USA, 10min
Filmed in Sacramento with a local cast and crew. A business dinner turns romantic, as sparks ignite between Lisa and Jason. Lisa reveals she is transgender...
Jason decides to take a chance.
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