Saturday, November 13
1:30 pm The Adventure of Iron Pussy (see Friday, Nov 12)
Directed by Tom Murray (2004) U.S., video, 74 minutes.
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Documentary director Tom Murray hits the backroads of the U.S. to uncover the lives of gay men in rural America. In his journey he interviews men raising children outside of LaCrosse, dairy farmers in Wisconsin, radical faeries, hermits and others to whom the big city lights of the gay ghetto hold no appeal. Their stories are poignant, funny, frightening and inspiring. | |
5:30 pm Girls Shorts
Sponsored by The L Word and Blue Moon Café
Directed by Colette Burson (2003) U.S., color, video, 16 minutes.
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An awkward high school girl goes to prom alone dressed as a boy and finds love. | |
Directed by Jennifer McGlone (2002) U.S., color, video, 10 minutes.
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Jill can’t believe that her once hot relationship with Charlie is really over. What went wrong? When did they become “just friends.” | |
The Nearly Unadventurous Life of Zoe Cadwaulder
Directed by Buboo Kakati (2003) U.S., color, video, 12 minutes.
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A magnet for bad luck, Zoe must overcome her phobias in order to discover love. |
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Directed by Susan Justin (2004) Canada, BW, video, 3 minutes.
In this animated short a daughter’s coming out to her mother falls on
deaf ears.
Directed by Maureen Bradley (2003) Canada, color, video, 6 minutes.
Two women bet on how many lesbians fake orgasms in this hilarious short.
Directed by Paula Durette (2001) Canada, color, video, 3 minutes.
Affectionate bunnies romp through the seasons, displaying the cycles of
lesbian desire.
Directed by Paula Durette (2003) Canada, color, video, 4 minutes.
This animation deduces how lesbians and gay men can exist in harmony
on the dance floor.
Directed by Elise Hurwitz (2003) U.S., color, video, 20 minutes.
Just because they’re single moms doesn’t mean that they don’t have
sexual desire.
Directed by Guinevere Turner (2003) U.S., video, 9 minutes.
Her new girlfriend is hot, except for that one annoying habit.
Directed by Susan Youssef (2002) U.S., color, video, 4 minutes.
A Hispanic girl escapes her private hell and finds comfort in the company
of her girlfriend at a convenience store.
Directed by Sébastien Lifshitz (2004) France, 35mm, in French with
English subtitles, 93 minutes
Director Sébastien Lifshitz follows up his sexy feature Come Undone
with a sumptuous film that went on to win the 2004 Teddy Award for
best gay film at the Berlin Film Festival. The film follows a trio of
disparate outsiders; Stephanie, a pre-op transgendered Parisian prostitute;
Mikhai, a Russian Army deserter; and Jamel, a French Arab hustler.
A trip to the country to take care of Stephanie’s dying mother draws
them closer and cements their ménage à trois. The distance from their
everyday lives allows them to become more vulnerable and to take risks
both sexual and emotional.
Sponsored by Alliance Francaise
Directed by Michael Burke (2002) U.S., 35mm, 90 minutes
 Having expanded his award-winning shocking gay short Fishbelly White at the Sundance Lab, director Michael Burke’s feature-length The Mudge Boy loses none of its transgressive power in translation. There is something odd about shy Duncan Mudge. The source of ridicule for most of the teenagers in his rural town, he finds solace in his pet chicken and Perry, a hunky boy from a neighboring farm. After the death of his mother, Duncan’s desperation for love and attention leads to a lapses in judgment that become increasingly disturbing. "Odd and intense, very well acted, and impossible to dismiss."--Roger Ebert |
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