To the Marriage of True Minds
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To the Marriage of True Minds |
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UK, 2010, 11 min Language: Arabic & English with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Andrew Steggall |
Hayder and Falah, two young Iraqi men, seek asylum in London from Baghdad. Their entry into England is heralded by the growling of security dogs at the walls of their container, and the two lovers become separated. We follow Hayder through the scrutiny of immigration to his frantic search for Falah in the Arabic communities of West London. |
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Beastlines |
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Australia, 2011, 4 mins DIRECTOR: Deborah Kelly |
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Beastliness witnesses horizonless, post-species-specific possibilities, as we tango into the far fetched future, propelled by unchecked hungers. Human physicality is entirely transformed by the technologies of everyday life. Miraculous conceptions are ordinary, death is deferred, biology is no longer destiny. Gender imperatives mate, proliferate and mutate. Awards:2012 Albury Art Prize, New Zealand |
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Why Does God Hate Me? |
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USA, 2011,15 min Language: English with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Joel McCarthy |
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A coming-of-age comedy about Matthew, a 14-year-old boy living in a very religious town, whose best friend Ester tries to ‘cure’ him of being gay. But a trip to San Francisco shows Matthew that he might not be the one who needs curing. |
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Charlotte |
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Australia, 2011, 4 min Language: English with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Daniel Monks |
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A beautiful young woman goes on her first blind date, but unfortunately her date and her don't see eye to eye. |
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The Leader Over the World |
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Italy, 2012, 11 min Language: Italian with English & Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Peter Marcias |
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The film is set in Cagliari in a fantasy world where the political leader has absolute power. And in this fantasy world it can happen that a group of gays, lesbians and transgenders kidnaps the despotic leader and demands a ransom for his release. But can those who have lived in total hypocrisy, who have made lying the key to their success, ever really be sincere? |
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Deep End |
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Canada, 2011, 8 min Language: English with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Bretten Hannam |
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When 13-year-old Dane’s older brother comes out as gay, he spends the day at the community pool trying to figure out what it means for both of them. As he witnesses the actions of his homophobic peers he must come to a decision--stand up for his brother and become a social outcast, or side with his peers and lose his brother forever. |
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Sara’s Shout |
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Spain, 2011, 7 min Language: Spanish with English & Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Juanan Martinez |
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Sara is about to reveal a secret… |
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Mathi(eu) |
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France, 2011, 19 min Language: French with English & Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Coralie Prosper |
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Mathilde always knew she was a boy. Accepted as such by his parents, they renamed him "Mathieu". As a young kid, Mathieu wants to be accepted and like all the other kids of his age while hoping that one day, he'll be operated. |
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Protect Me From What I Want |
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UK, 2009, 12 min Language: English with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Dominic Leclerc |
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A gay scally on the look out for some man-on-man action, only to find himself attracted to Saleem; a young Muslim hardly out to himself, let alone open to the thought of gay sex. Only as a council bed-sit sees Daz instruct Saleem in the art of man sex, could it be that Saleem has a lesson to teach Daz? |
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Ursula’s Victory |
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Spain, 2011, 17 min Language: Spanish with English & Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Julio Marti, Nacho Ruipérez |
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In Ursula’s Victory it’s a stormy night, Ursula stops at the gate of an old cemetery and breaks the chains that keep her from entering. In her right hand she is holding a shovel, and in her left, a heavy suitcase…what does Ursula unearth? |