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| Shorts |
The Queer Umbrella | |
 | UK, 2010, 3 min Genre/Subjects: Queer, LGBT Language: in English with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Rosa Middleton |
| The Queer Umbrella is a short animated film investigating what the word 'Queer' means today. It works like a moving 'Zine', combining the different ideas of several people along with a variety of animation styles and media. | |
Bearded Man (Mann mit Bart) | |
 | Germany, 2011, 11 min Genre/Subjects: Coming Out, Transgender, Family, Language: in German with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Maria Pavlidou |
| Now Meral is a grown up woman trying to explain to her very traditional family that beards are more important to her in ways they could have never imagined. | |
Cappuccino | |
 | Switzerland, 2010, 16 min Genre/Subjects: Coming Out, Gay, Youth Language: in French with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Tamer Ruggli |
| Despite his marginal and extrovert looks, Jeremie is a shy teenager who keeps a heavy secret: his homosexuality. While trying to find his way between his classmate and sexual fantasy Damien and his very generous but protective mother Gina, his life is about to change... | |
Thinking Straight | |
 | UK, 2010, 9 min Genre/Subjects: Coming Out, Transgender, Female-to-Male, Youth Language: in English with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Ric Forester |
| A coming of age drama about struggling with your sexuality, first time relationships and finding out who you really are. | |
Masala Mama | |
 | Singapore, 2010, 8 min Genre/Subjects: Tolerance Language: in Tamil & Hokkien with Russian and English subtitles DIRECTOR: Michael Kam |
| The young son of a poor "rag-and-bone" man aspires to draw superheroes but goes about it the wrong way by stealing a comic book from the gentle owner of a small Indian grocery ("mama") shop. When fate brings them together again, they each discover something much more important... | |
James Dean | |
 | UK, 2010, 8 min Genre/Subjects: Coming Out, Transgender, Female-to-Male, Youth, Family / Parenting Language: in English with Russian subtitles DIRECTOR: Lucy Asten Elliot |
| 'James Dean' follows the Faulkners as they desperately try to leave for their family holiday. Efforts to co-ordinate the trip are thwarted by their inability to get all members into the car at the same time. Frustrated by their dawdling, 14 year old daughter Alex has picked this inopportune moment to tell her elder sister Morvern, Mum and Dad her secret. However, with a distracted and currently disinterested family, she realises the only way to tell them is to show them. | |
