| All shorts in this collection won the Teddy Award for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival from 1987 to 2007. |
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Celebration
Daniel Stedman, USA, 2001, 4 min
Celebration is about a six year old boy announcing his homosexuality to a large group of family and friends, who burst out of their seats into applause, shouts of approval and even tears, and we are left to wonder what he is feeling. |
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Liu Awaiting Spring
Andrew Soo, Australia, 1998, 10 min
Touching short film which threads the ancient art of Chinese Opera through a modern coming of age tale set in suburban Sydney. |
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The Intervention
Jay Duplass, USA, 2004, 15 min
All Steve's friends know about his big problem and provide him with emotional support when it comes to learning the truth about Bill Parcels, the New York Giant's coach. They hope that this will help him to come out with the truth about another pressing issue. |
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P(l)ain Truth
Ilppo Pohjola, Finland, 1992, 15 min
A film about a man in a woman's body. P(l)ain Truth tells the story of a transsexual and her/his transformation from a biological woman into a biological man. Using extreme visual means--infrared photography, experimental graphic design and filmmaking--this film describes her/his emotions during the different stages of the painful transformation process. |
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Stale Bread
Nathalie Percillier, German, 1999, 7 min
The breadfactory's up and running. The girls are going strong. Production's right on target. But here comes Ute... |
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Ere Mela Mela
Daniel Wiroth, France, 2000, 7 min
Two men dance a pas de deux in the living room of a flat; the music is Mahmoud Ahmed's song 'Erè mèla mèla.' The men are nearly twins, one blond, one dark-haired, and much of what each does mirrors the other. Through the wonders of stop action, they glide in tandem; socks, trousers, and sweatshirts move from one to the other and back. It is at once a dance of athletes, of lovers, of a team, and of two abstractions. At the end, they roll up inside a rug with large red circles; when the rug unrolls, they have become flattened cutouts that blow away. White clouds pass outside, seen from the window of the flat, against a blue, blue sky. |
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Relax
Chris Newby, UK, 1991, 22 min
Using superb monochrome imagery Relax explore the emotions of a Londoner as he awaits the results of an HIV test. |
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Trevor
Peggy Pajski, USA, 1994, 18 min
It's 1981. Trevor, about 14, lives with his inattentive folks in suburbia. He keeps a diary, recording his descent from happiness. With "Endless Love" on his stereo and wondering if people will cry at his funeral, he reaches for a bottle of pills. |
