Films: Mix

This program includes a mix of different films of different times.

	Groucho Medardo Amor, Angel Suarez, Spain, 2006, 20 min David, a sixteen years old teenager, approaches his neighbor Enrique in the lift. With the excuse of helping him with the shopping bags, David tries to seduce Enrique once he gains entrance to his apartment.
	ALKALI, IOWA Mark Christopher, USA, 1996, 17 min Whilst weeding a bean field a young, closet gay farmer unearths a strange "family treasure" of hidden erotica. When Jack discovers to which one of his relatives this treasure once belonged he finally finds the courage to declare his true sexuality. And so for him the 4th of July becomes his own personal "declaration of independence".
	The Saddest Boy in the World Jamie Travis, Canada, 2006, 13 min Timothy Higgins, picked last for the team, is the saddest boy in the world. Friendlessness, suburban complacency and prescription drugs have conspired against the youngster to make this his worst year yet. Musical Chairs and birthday cake can't save him now�at his ninth birthday party, Timothy prepares for a show-stopping suicide.
	Heroines of Love Nathalie Percillier, Lily Besilly, Germany, 1997, 10 min One of those wars between France and Germany. Two Lady soldiers, one German, one French, are lost in the woods. An encounter is inevitable...
	41 seconds Tobias Martin, Rodney Sewell, Germany, 2006, 4 min A friendly phone calls becomes a debate over which boy is the better kisser. There's only one way to decide.

SCREENINGS

1st lesbian & gay international film festival ◊ Saint-Petersburg, Russia ◊ October 2008