FILMS

SHORT SYNOPSES OF FILMS

1) 14H05
(2007) 6 min / Short Film FRANCE / SWITZERLAND
Dir: Nasha Gagnbin
This beautifully shot think-piece follows Julien and Alexandre, a couple anticipating the arrival of their adopted baby and beginning a new life journey. But maybe Julien isn”t as ready as he would let Alex believe.

2) ALBANIA
(2002) 7 min / Short Film ISRAEL / GERMANY
Dir: Lior Shamriz
A snappy short story about three girls – a filmmaker, her ex and her new girlfriend – and how their altered relationships create new dynamics.

3) THE AMAZING TRUTH ABOUT QUEEN RAQUELA
(2008) 80 min / Documentary ICELAND-PHILIPPINES
Dir: Olaf de Fleur Johhannesson
Raquela, a transsexual from the Philippines, dreams of escaping the streets of Cebu City for a fairy tale life in Paris. But what awaits here in reality?

4) AMNESIA: THE JAMES BRIGHTON ENIGMA (Original Title: Amnésie: L”énigme James Brighton)
(2005) 90 min / Feature CANADA
Dir: Denis Langlois
A handsome American man wakes up in a deserted part of Montréal, completely bereft of all memory, except one… that he knows he’s gay. Based on real life incidents, this enigmatic film treads the thin life between real and surreal.

5) ANNUL VICTORY
(2009) 67 min / Documentary USA
Dir: Cheryl Riley
A compelling documentary about the resurgence of gay & lesbian civil rights movement in response to the passage of Proposition 8 that denied marriage for same-sex couples in California annulling thousands of marriages.

6) ASSUME NOTHING
(2009) 81 min / Documentary NEW ZEALAND
Dir: Kirsty MacDonald
Traveling from Wellington’s Red Rocks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this sensitive documentary explores the potent creative world that flourishes between and beyond genders.

7) AT THE END OF THE STREET (Original Title: Na Koncu Ulicy)
(2007) 14 min / Short Film POLAND/ SWEDEN
Dir: Jennifer Malmqvist
Alexandra can”t accept that her girlfriend left her. However confrontation with a policeman makes her understand that loss always will be a part of life.

8) THE BABY FORMULA
(2008) 81 min / Feature CANADA
Dir: Alison Reid
Two adventurous women in love are keen to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sperm from their own stem cells, creating history by having the first baby born to two biological mothers.

9) BACK TO LIFE
(2009) 12 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Desi del Valle
A life lost can alter things irrevocably… or perhaps not. A woman grieves the death of her girlfriend only after experiencing the vulnerability of sleeping with her best friend.

10) BEYOND BOUNDARIES
(2009) 26.23 sec / Documentary USA
Dir: Betsy Jose
An eye-opener of a documentary, that takes a close look at the lives of immigrants in USA with diverse sexualities. It depicts their challenges, triumphs and dreams.

11) BI-DEFINITION
(2008) 7 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Kai Salim
Story of a hedonist jogger as he retells an anecdote of a botched back-to-back date during an early morning jog.

12) BIG DEAL
(2008) 4 min / Short Musical USA
Dir: Hilary Goldberg
Katastrophe”s music video, is a creative retelling of June 3, 1968, when artist Andy Warhol was shot by writer Valerie Solanas.

13) BIRTHDAY
(2009) 11.7 sec / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Suresh Shelar
Abhay bonds with Alex on physical and mental levels, but does Alex reciprocate fully? ”Birthday” portrays a day in the life of Abhay, going through several emotions – love, hope and disillusionment.

14) BOMGAY
(1996) 12 min / Short Experimental INDIA
Dir: Riyad Vinci Wadia
Based on the queer poetry of R. Raj Rao, “BOMGaY” is a collection of six vignettes that depict the underground gay identity of 90s urban India.

15) BOY MEETS BOY (Original Title: So-nyeon, So-nyeonul Man-na-da)
(2008) 13.10 sec / Short Film KOREA
Dir: KIM-JHO Gwang-soo
On a warm spring day, during a bus ride, a timid boy’s eyes meet the eyes of a tall and broad-shouldered boy. But is this their first meeting?

16) BUSTED (Original Title: Pecah Lobang)
(2008) 30 min / Documentary MALAYSIA
Dir: Poh Si Teng
Shot in Kuala Lumpur’s red light district, this documentary explores what it’s like to be a transsexual in Malaysia today and the reasons why many of them turn to sex work.

17) BUTTERY TOP
(2009) 4 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Catherine Crouch
A short-sweet comedy about the First Date between a butch dyke and a fem blonde.

18) THE CASUARINA COVE (Original Title: Tanjong Rhu)
(2008) 19 min / Short Film SINGAPORE
Dir: Boo Junfeng
A former military officer seeks closure by making a documentary film about a man whom he had furtively encountered in Tanjong Rhu many years ago.

19) CHECKING IN
(2008) 12min / Short Experimental AUSTRALIA
Dir: Lisa Hill
A short film told through still photographs and snippets of sound from across the globe, that mesh and merge to form this visually and aurally exciting tale of how our lives can quickly alter their direction and our dreams can change, all thanks to that complicated thing called love.

20) THE CHOICE OF LOVE (Original Title: Kjærlighetens valg)
(2009) 35.27 sec / Documentary NORWAY
Dir: Erik Andreas Sandaker
A Norwegian queer filmmaker whose life looks all sorted out, suddenly comes in touch with reality when he sets upon interviewing a Muslim gay man seeking asylum. From religious intolerance to homophobia, he realizes what it means not to have the freedom to love whoever you want to love.

21) DIANA
(2008) 10.39 sec / Short Film UK
Dir: Aleem Khan
Set on the day after Princess Diana’s death that shocked Britain, the film follows Mohit, an Indian transsexual on an emotional journey that will change his life forever.

22) DIRTY MAGAZINES
(2008) 39 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Jay J. Levy
In the 1980s, a mother-son relationship takes a wild left turn after she finds adult gay magazines under her son’s bed on his birthday.

23) DISH
(2009) 15.30 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Brian Harris Krinsky
Emo guys Israel and Louie walk around their East Los Angeles neighborhood dishing and texting about their high school classmates and their sexual escapades.

24) DISSAPOINTMENT
(2007) 18 min / Short Experimental AUSTRALIA
Dir: Martin Potter & Jason Sweeney
An experimental, nocturnal and disturbingly bent journey through the abandoned streets, rivers and dark parklands of Adelaide, South Australia. Disappointment welcomes you into a city that may never want you to leave.

25) DORIAN: A Picture
(2008) 6 min / Docu Short USA
Dir: Joe E. Jeffreys
In this experimental documentary short, Dorian Wayne, a retired NYC female impersonator who starred as Dominita in the cult film She Man, worked with the Jewel Box Revue and at the 82 Club, shares memories, film clips and a picture from his career that began in the 1950s.

26) DUNNO Y… NA JAANE KYU
(2010) 160 min / Feature INDIA
Dir: Sanjay Sharma
Set in Goa, a film about an Anglo Indian family that goes through many crises – from a father who deserts the family to a son who comes to terms with his sexuality after marriage. A contemporary take on what it means to be gay in India where social taboos and family pressures do not allow a person to fulfill his love.

27) ENGAYGING LIVES
(2010) 26 min / Docu Short INDIA
Dir: Shruti Rao
A student documentary film exploring the lives of four gay men in urban Mumbai.

28) ETERNAL FLAME
(2007) 3.30 sec / Short Musical USA
Dir: Leah Meyerhoff
A circus-themed beach burlesque music video where mermaids dance with octopi, fire breathers rule the night, and the Statue of Liberty sings at the top of her lungs. Girls are buried up to their necks in sand while boys do back flips and dazzle-dancers perform in a puppet show without strings.

29) EVELYN EVERYONE
(2009) 16.30 sec / Short Film AUSTRALIA
Dir: Kylie Plunkett
Evelyn is stuck, single and lonely. On her thirty-third birthday she makes a final bid for love, in the online world of ‘Second Life.’ But as Eve immerses herself in this unreal cyber world, she begins to realize that her fantasy lover is not who she initially imagined. As Eve’s world is turned upside down, and inside out, she realizes that this is her opportunity to grab a second chance at not only love, but life.

30) THE EXISTENCE (Original Title: Astitva)
(2008) 4. 06 sec / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Kiran Pawar
This short film portrays society’s attitude towards a gender non-conformist and his struggle to find a place under the sun.

31) FLESH AND PAPER
(1990) 26min / Docu Short UK
Dir: Pratibha Parmar
A poetic exploration of the sense and sensibilities of Indian lesbian poet and writer, Suniti Namjoshi. This moving and powerful portrait of a unique and brave woman weaves Namjoshi’s life and writings into a sensual tapestry.

32) FLYING INSIDE MY BODY
(2008) 36 min / Documentary INDIA
Dir: Sushmit Ghosh, Rintu Thomas, Sumit Sharma & Ajeeta Chowhan
A film that explores how the form of the body can become a powerful physical language to express dissent over societal norms and conventions. It profiles Sunil Gupta, a world renowned photographer, who has fearlessly announced that he is gay and HIV positive.

33) FREQUENT TRAVELLER
(2007) 8 min / Short Film PORTUGAL
Dir: Patricia Bateira
A humorous take on desire – at the security system of an airport, a man seeks to be touched. Today he crosses different frontiers.

34) FRUIT FLY
(2008) 93 min / Feature USA
Dir: H. P. Mendoza
A musical comedy about a Filipino artist who moves to San Francisco in search of her identity, community and biological mother only to discover that she might be a fag-hag.

35) GET HAPPY
(2008) 25 min / Documentary USA
Dir: Mark Payne
A coming of age musical extravaganza about a child raised by his mother and grand mother who allowed him to express himself in a most unconventional way. A true homage to the greatness inside us all — if only we can achieve our dreams.

36) GINGER GORA AND THE GENTLES
(2006) 13 min / Short Film UK
Dir: Georgette Okey
Someone in your own family could be gay and you never know it ever! A simple London tale, revealing a slice of east end Indian family life, served with a humorous twist.

37) THE GIRL BUNNIES- HOCKEY
(2009) 5.15 sec / Short Animation CANADA
Dir: Francoise Doherty
Welcome to musically animated world of girl bunnies, where a cute girl bunny Coco loves hockey but she really likes hockey girl more!

38) GHOSTED
(2009) 89 min / Feature GERMANY/ TAIWAN
Dir: Monika Treut
An unusual love story that bridges two worlds. Artist Sophie Schmitt travels from Hamburg to Taipei to come to terms with the sudden death of her Taiwanese lover Ai-ling.

39) HEIKO
(2007) 13 min / Short Film PORTUGAL
Dir: David Bonneville
An old aesthete is in a relationship with a young man named Heiko. It is a fetishist relationship, but exposes the human fallibility for beauty and passion.

40) HINEINI: Coming Out in a Jewish School
(2005) 60 min / Documentary USA
Dir: Irena Fayngold
Hineini (Hebrew for “Here I am”) is the inspiring story of one student”s courageous fight to establish a gay-straight alliance at a Jewish high school and the transformative impact on her community.

41) HOLDING HANDS
(2009) 65 min / Documentary AUSTRALIA
Dir: Katherine Wilkinson
A sensitive and shocking film based on a real incident. After suffering a brutal hate crime, Craig and Shane are forced to tread difficult journeys to recovery; but they soon discover that even in the worst circumstances, they can inspire positive change.

42) HOLD ON
(2008) 11 min / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Shrenik Jain
Two men decide to go out on a “Condom-Hunt”, but it seems to be too late for ‘it’ to be available. But what keeps them together all night?

43) I AM GAY (Original Title: JAG ÄR BÖG)
(2008) 14.35 sec / Short SWEDEN
Dir: Nicolos Kolovos
A humorous glimpse into a young man’s dilemma about how to reveal his secret to his Greek-Swedish family which is quite orthodox. He finally designs his own unique way!

44) I CAN’T THINK STRAIGHT
(2008) 80 min / Feature UK
Dir: Shamim Sarif
An exuberant, touching romantic comedy about clashing of the two worlds and cultures. Tala, a London-based Palestinian, prepares for her elaborate wedding in Jordan when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who turns her world upside down.

45) IT’S MY LIFE- A South Asian Queer Story in USA
(2008) 45 min / Documentary USA
Dir: Sarav Chithambaram
A documentary exploring issues faced by gay lesbian bi trans South Asian community in Bay Area, USA and an interesting dialogue with the straight South Asian community.

46) JODIE: AN ICON
(1996) 24 min / Docu Short UK
Dir: Pratibha Parmar
A fast paced, breezy look at the transatlantic phenomenon that has made Hollywood actress Jodie Foster an icon for lesbians who identify with, adore and celebrate the screen personas of her remarkable career.

47) KADEN LATER
(2009) 9 mins / Docu Short USA
Dir: Harriet Storm
A trans guy post his reconstructive surgery tries to figure out how he fits into society, not as female or male but in a space in between.

48) KASHISH
(2003) 31.20 min / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Meenakshi Vinay Rai
Kashish is about two women exploring their own feelings and desires.

49) THE LAST FULL SHOW
(2004) 18 min / Short Film PHILIPPINES
Dir: Mark V. Reyes
Two men of diverse age learn the meaning of love upon meeting at an underground Manila movie theatre.

50) LOST & FOUND
(2008) 6 min / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Shrenik Jain
Two strangers meet on a bumpy ride in a crowded local bus. What follows is a comedy of errors which leads to a funny climax.

51) LOT”S WIFE
(2008) 10 min / Short Film TURKEY
Dir: Harjant Gill
A modern day tale of Sodom and Gomorrah set in Istanbul where conservative orthodoxy is still the predominant ethos. Can two men find love in such a space?

52) LOVING LORETTA
(2008) 22 min / Short CANADA
Dir: Andrea Gutsche
Sometimes we don’t really know the people we desire.

53) LUNCH WITH INDER
(2009) 20 min / Docu Short USA
Dir: Rahul
A frank and snappy documentary about a unique family of two gay men and their two children. It is all about love and family bondings.

54) MAKE A MATE
(2009) 3.30 min / Short Animation USA
Dir: Jennifer Jordan Day
What matters most to you when picking a partner? Does it matter what gender your partner is as long as they are a great human being? This cute animation film makes us think about such issues.

55) MAKE UPS
(2005) 9 min / Docu Experimental INDIA
Dir: Jehangir Jani
The film is a glimpse of a day in the lives of the three protagonists living in Mumbai. The characters are an ageing actress, a prostitute and a gay typist who negotiate their existence from the mundane to their transformation, and the search for their utopias.

56) MAKING THE FACE
(2007) 30 min / Documentary INDIA
Dir: Suvendu Chatterjee & Joshy Joseph
Based in Manipur, the film deals with identity in general and the personal story of Tom Sharma, a transgender make-up artist. Tom feels he possesses a woman’s soul in a man’s body. The story is centered around Tom Sharma’s life in the backdrop of the turmoil in the Manipuri society owing to the long drawn problems of insurgency.

57) MANO-A-MANO
(2008) 4.16 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Two guys go head to head to win a job as a phone sex operator and the outcome is super funny.

58) THE MANUAL
(2007) 15min / Short Film AUSTRALIA
Dir: Sarah Spillane
Sonny, an eight year old boy, is sent away from home as his father believes he has characteristics that could lead to homosexuality. After twenty four years of treatment and psychiatric institutions, Sonny returns home for a funeral, and attempts to save his seven year old niece from experiencing a similar fate.

59) ME AS HE
(2008) 18.32 sec / Docu Short USA
Dir: Christina DerHagopian
A foray into the lives of male impersonators as they compete in drag king competition and how the art of impersonation has transformed them both mentally and physically.

60) MEET THE PARENTS
(2009) 18 min / Docu Short USA
Dir: Rahul
Conversation with a gay man in SF and his parents about his coming out and their reactions.

61) MIRROR MIRROR
(1997) 10 min / Short Film AUSTRALIA
Dir: John Winter
After so many years together, Joe faces life without Jana. Saying goodbyes are never easy… especially to yourself.

62) THE MISSING COLOURS (Original Title: Nashta Varnangal)
(2008) 25 min / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Prasanth Kanathur
Story of a transgender painter, who lived for colors.

63) MR. & MRS. SINGH
(2008) 11:21 sec / Short Film USA
Dir: Punam S.
In a parody of the Hollywood movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith, an Indian American couple enters into a marriage of convenience to appease their parents. But both have a secret they”re not telling!

64) NEW DELHI”S PRIDE 2009
(2009) 5.30 sec / Docu Short INDIA
Dir: Ranjit Monga
A short video capturing the mood of the second annual LGBT pride parade in New Delhi, just before the historic High Court judgment decriminalizing homosexuality. Its shows individual opinions and activism in New Delhi.

65) NINA”S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS
(2006) 94 min / Feature UK
Dir: Pratibha Parmar
Nina Shah is a feisty young woman who left home under a cloud after a row with her father. She now returns home for her father”s funeral and begins a romantic relationship with Lisa, an old childhood friend who now owns half the late father”s Indian restaurant, The New Taj.

66) NO END (Original Title: Senza Fine)
(2008) 75 min / Feature ITALY
Dir: Roberto Cuzzillo
Giulia and Chiara, a young lesbian couple, eventually decide to have a child. But their path to motherhood is not as clear as they might hope. It is as much a film about love as it is about lies and fears.

67) NO HONOUR NO CHOICE
(2009) 15 min / Short Film UK
Dir: Garry Moore
Rajinder announces to her parents she is gay only to find they have arranged her marriage to Sandeep.

68) NON- LOVE- SONG
(2009) 8.05 sec / Short Film USA
Dir: Erik Gernand
Two lifelong friends. One secret longing. When words fail, there might be a song that says it all.

69) OH HAPPY DAY
(2007) 100 min / Feature UK
Dir: Ian Poitier
In advertising, being true to yourself is a hard pill to swallow… a comedic romp through London”s white collar boardrooms + bedrooms. The film with its humorous approach touches upon many issues like racial compatibility and homophobia at work place.

70) ONE IN TEN
(2007) 25 min / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Aarthi Parthasarthy
A TV pilot for a proposed queer series. Set in Bangalore, it is the story of a closeted gay man and a closeted lesbian, whose families, by a freak coincidence, set them up on a arranged marriage date.

71) THE OTHER SIDE
(2008) 105 min / Feature INDIA
Dir: Honeey-Romeey
Young adults form a large chunk of society today, this gen-next likes to voice their opinion, be heard and be an effective part of the change they want to see in the future society. This is the story of a young man, who made a choice… right or wrong who are we to decide?

72) THE OTHER WAR (Original Title: Hamilchama Haashnia)
(2008) 43.5 min / Short Film ISRAEL
Dir: Tamar Glezecman
In a middle of a war, three women fight for a normal life, but can never seem to agree on the actual meaning of normal. “The other war” tells the tale of Tel-Aviv during the second Lebanon war. It”s a film about Israel, militarism and denial, but mainly about love.

73) OUR FAMILY
(2007) 56 min / Documentary INDIA
Dir: Dr. Anjali Monteiro and Dr. K.P. Jayasankar
Set in Tamilnadu, ‘Our Family’ juxtaposes excerpts from Nirvanam, a one person performance, and a family of three generations of trans-gendered female subjects, who belong to the Aravani community and are bound together by ties of adoption.

74) OUT AT LUNCH
(2009) 42 min / Documentary UK
Dir: Alisa Arnah and Emma Brogen
During their last few days at Cambridge University, a tight-knit group of friends prepare for life in the ”real world” as adults, and as lesbians.

75) PABLO
(2009) 14.10 sec / Short Experimental INDIA
Dir: Anirban Ghosh
A young boy defeats his nightmares and discovers love in an unusual way.

76) PARTING WORDS (Original Title: Derniers Mots)
(2006) 8 min / Short Film CANADA
Dir: Joe Balass
In this short bittersweet drama, a young man is accompanied by his friends in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.

77) PATRIK 1,5
(2008) 1 hr 38 min / Feature SWEDEN
Dir: Ella Lemhagen
Goran and Sven have been cleared for adoption and they have a possibility to adopt a Swedish orphan, Patrik 1,5. But when Patrik arrives he turns out to be someone else, not the little boy they were expecting. A comma had been misplaced, and in comes a 15-year-old homophobic with a criminal past.

78) THE POSTCARD
(2007) 15 min / Short Film SOUTH KOREA
Dir: Josh Kim
At the post office, a handsome customer has everyone”s attention. When he starts to mail mysterious postcards, the two girls behind the counter battle over what they mean and who they are meant for.

79) PRODIGAL SONS
(2008) 86 min / Documentary USA
Dir: Kimberly Reed
Prodigal Sons follows three siblings — a transgender woman, a gay man, and their adopted brother— back to their Montana hometown, where a powerful story of an entire family’s transformation unfolds.

80) QUEERER THAN THOU
(2008) 8 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Ramses Rodstein
A comedic short that tackles the age-old question of ”Who is the queerest of them all?”. With a cast representing many diverse aspects of the LGBT/Queer community, Queerer Than Thou explores the boundaries of identity, and the tensions that frequently exist along these borderlands.

81) THE QUILT (Original Title: Lihaaf)
(2009) 20 min / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Rohan Sonawane
A young student filmmaker makes his debut with a classic short story – Lihaaf or ‘The Quilt’ by famous urdu writer Ismat Chughtai.

82) RENITA-RENITA
(2007) 15 min / Docu Short INDONESIA
Dir: Tonny Trimarsanto
Discriminated by her family, ostracized by her Indonesian society and trapped in a male body, Renita rebelled in the hope of finding freedom but soon she founds that it came at a cost!

83) REX V/S SINGH
(2008) 30 min / Docu Experimental CANADA
Dir: Richard Fung & John Greyson & Ali Kazimi
In 1915, two Sikh mill-workers, Dalip Singh and Naina Singh, were entrapped by undercover police in Vancouver and accused of sodomy. This extraordinary film takes four different viewpoints on the same case to discover what actually went on…

84) RONNIE
(2009) 21 min / Short Film INDIA
Dir: Kenneth Lawrence
It is a story about life and filling the missing blanks. Ronnie, whose father makes life hard for him, craves for a father figure until one day, he meets a fisherman who deeply craves for his long lost son. An unusual story of friendship and bonding.

85) SAY MY NAME
(2009) 12 min / Short Film UK
Dir: Adaora Nwandu
A contemporary Black British gay love story set amidst a gritty grimy urban backdrop of ‘street’ reality.

86) SELF SERVICE (Original Title: Sherut Atzmi)
(2008) 7.01 sec / Short Film ISRAEL
Dir: Doron Alon
A young man has a surprising and interesting encounter at a public laundromat.

87) SHATTERCANE
(2008) 21 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Michael Tringe
A teenager in a remote farm in Nebraska comes out to his youth minister. But the story doesn’t end there as he has to face up to his family with the truth. What are the consequences?

88) SPEAK UP! IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT
(2010) 26.35 sec / Docu Short INDIA
Dir: Deepika Lal
A student documentary film dealing with the trauma of child sexual abuse through stories of two survivors who have chosen to Speak Up! about it. The documentary voices the concerns for safeguarding children from such incidents.

89) STAG
(2001) 9 min / Short Film UK
Dir: Ian Iqbal Rashid
On the morning of his wedding Sami, a British Asian, awakens to discover that he and his best man, a British guy, ventured into uncharted waters during a drunken stag party night.

90) STEAM
(2009) 15.30 sec / Short Film USA
Dir: Eldar Rapaport
Two guys who are stuck in a steam room with no exits try to figure out the situation and each other.

91) STRAIGHTLACED – How Genders Got Us All Tied Up
(2009) 67 min / Documentary USA
Dir: Debra Chasnoff
Being a man means demonstrating that you aren’t weak—which means showing that you are not female, which means that you can’t be seen as gay. A powerful and intimate look at how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are shaping the lives of American youth today.

92) STRAY
(2008) 13.40 min / Short Film AUSTRALIA
Dir: Craig Boreham & Dean Francis
A young boy in love with his friend doesn’t know how to say it. So he goes and finds a mental distraction, that is… Sydney.

93) SUCCUBUS
(2006) 14 min / Short Film CANADA
Dir: Alison Reid
Leaping tall buildings in a single bound is all part of the risk she takes up in a secret mission to create a genetic combination born of Athena and Lilith.

94) SUDDENLY, LAST WINTER (Original Title: Improvvisamente, l´inverno scorso)
(2008) 80 min / Documentary ITALY
Dir: Gustav Hofer & Luca Ragazzi
Partners for more then eight years, the life of Gustav and Luca changes when the Italian government presents a draft law that grant rights to unmarried and gay couples, prompting a wave of homophobia in Italy.

95) SUGAR HILL
(2000) 23 min / Short Film KOREA
Dir: LEE SONG Hee-il
Based on a true story, a gay couple in Korea try an unusual arrangement to be with each other. But they don’t realize that it will separate them forever.

96) SURVIVING SABU
(1998) 16 min/ Short Film UK
Dir: Ian Iqbal Rashid
Cross cutting between an interview for a film project about 1940”s jungle-boy hunk Sabu, and dialogues between a father and his gay son, the film explores middle class Indian social values in UK .

97) TEAM QUEEN
(2007) 3 min / Short Musical USA
Dir: Leah Meyerhoff
A gender-bending, fire-breathing, tassel-twirling, post-punk rock ‘n roll prom.

98) THIS IS NOT A DRAG QUEEN (Original Title: Ceci N’est Pas Un Drag Queen)
(2009) 11 min / Short Film CANADA
Dir: Olivier Lessand
An actor is having a hard time finding his place in the acting world. In the meantime, he finds fame as a drag queen. Is this the road to the Oscars?

99) TOTO FOREVER
(2009) 14 min / Short Film USA, SPAIN
Dir: Roberto Fernandez Canuto
An impossible love story between a young postman Toto, who dreams of a new life, and a gangster, who is in deep trouble with a mafia group. Toto will never lose ‘hope’, despite of the traumatic end of the affair.

100) TRANSATLANTIC
(2009) 12 min / Short Experimental USA
Dir: David Quantic
Two couples in two different countries share universal similarities.

101) U-HAUL RAP
(2009) 5.20 sec / Short Musical USA
Dir: Bob Kohen
A funny musical video about an old lesbian joke “what does a lesbian bring on a second date?
A U-haul.”

102) UNDER SHEETS (Original Title: Sous les Draps)
(2009) 3.05 sec / Short Film SWITZERLAND
Dir: Luc Walpoth
When she wakes up next to a stranger, she hesitates… Should she stay or leave? Fragile introspection of a young woman’s new found love.

103) UNRAVELING MICHELLE
(2009) 78.12 sec / Documentary USA
Dir: Michelle Ann Farrell & Dan Shaffer
A journey through the male-to-female transition of Michelle, formerly known as Joe O”Ferrell, a prominent East Coast independent filmmaker, delving head-first into the gender-bending highs and lows of Michelle”s male to female metamorphosis

104) THE WAITING ROOM
(2008) 10min / Docu Short AUSTRALIA
Dir: Mona Ruijs
The statistics on insanity are that 1 in 4 people are suffering from one form of mental illness or other. Think of 3 of your best friends, if they are okay, then it’s you!

105) WAVELENGTHS
(1997) 15 min / Short Film UK
Dir: Pratibha Parmar
A short dramatic film about the time honored quest for love and human intimacy in the new-age world of computers and the Internet.

106) WERE THE WORLD MINE
(2008) 95 min / Feature USA
Dir: Tom Gustafson
If you had a love potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal reality through dazzling musical daydreams, is able to answer that question, with fantastic results wits his new found powers. But the results are beyond his expectations or even his wildest dreams!

107) WESTLER – EAST OF THE WALL
(1985) 94 min / Feature GERMANY
Dir: Wieland Speck
Lured into visiting East Berlin by an American in 1985, West Berliner Felix falls in love on the street with the East Berliner Thomas: can love be stronger than brutal state barriers?

108) THE WORLD UNSEEN
(2008) 94 min / Feature UK & SOUTH AFRICA
Dir: Shamim Sarif
When Miriam meets Amina, their unexpected attraction throws them both off balance. Set against the backdrop of South Africa”s apartheid era, the film explores a system that divides white from black and women from men. But then the same system might just allow an unexpected love to survive.

109) XXWHY
(2008) 48 min / Documentary INDIA
Dir: Dr. Bharathy Manjula
Suffering and redemption, destruction and self-destruction, love and hatred, pain and joy all go entwined and entangled in Sree Nandu, a F2M transgender living in Kerela determined to survive in a society where transgenders are still invisible and inaudible.

110) YOU CAN’T CURRY LOVE
(2009) 23 min / Short Film USA
Dir: Reid Waterer
A handsome East Indian from London visits India, falls for a local guy and discovers a country he only thought he knew.