FRAMELINE32: THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL
LGBT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILMS IN SHORT FORM
As a world-renowned stage for the most artistically innovative, culturally rich, and socially relevant LGBT cinema, Frameline32 will feature works from 41 Bay Area filmmakers, many of whom are screening their works in short form, covering a range of topics and experimental formats. Among the fifteen short form programs screening during Frameline32, moviegoers can whet their appetites with stories of forbidden love,
exhibitionism, aging in the queer community, parenting, coming out, and even cooking, to name a few of the subjects covered in the 148 short films in the festival.
Bi Request
BI APPLE, THE (USA; Director: Audacia Ray)—A young sex researcher ventures to New York to study a group of bisexuals who hang out in an apartment they call “the fuckhouse.” Cast: Audacia Ray, Simone Valentino
BLOOD AND MONKEY (USA; April Faith Hirschman)—A local filmmaker pays tribute to the life, love and art of Frida Kahlo. Cast: April Faith Hirschman, Emily Briggs, Anna Maria Gonzales
RAMONA’S NEW DRESSER (Ukraine; Director: Bohdana Smyrnova)—When climbing a tree in New York, Polish immigrant Paulina gets a hole in her stockings. Someone’s got to stitch it. Cast: Natalia Klimas, Beth Cartier
SAD BOYS DANCE WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING (Switzerland; Directors: Lisa Blatter, Simon Steuri)— Within one day Silas destroys the relationship to the ones he loves the most, his girlfriend Maria and his best friend Malik. U.S. Premiere
THREE SUMMERS (Denmark; Director: Carlos Oliveira)—As Jorgen and Thomas’ friendship grows through the sharing of secrets in a way they would have never expected. North American Premiere; Cast: Morten Kirkshov, Simon Munk, Carsten Bjornlund, Stine Schroder Jensen Deep Lez Film Craf t
CANDY KISSES (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell)—Big-eyed girls and bubble text tell a stop motion animated tale of woe and lousy relationship negotiations.
CHOW DOWN (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell)—A chubby girl tries to find the perfect outfit for the big concert.
CUPCAKE (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell)—Cupcake proves that eating is sexy as she takes on a quest to find the perfect dessert.
GLITTER (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell)—As two twits dance their fears away at a roadside farmers market, they bring lesbian glamour where it has never been.
IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN (Canada; Directors: Allyson Mitchell, Christina Zeidler)—A meditation of female rage, a girl in various animal states is seen licking her wounds
KILL ROAD (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell)—A live-action animated experimental-native about what happens when you take road kill home.
LINDA BARRY INA UNT INA (Canada; Directors: Allyson Mitchell, Christina Zeidler)—Virtually unknown “Pop-Diva-Superstars” INA UNT INA sing a love song to their hero, American cartoonist, Linda Barry, in their second music video.
MELTY KITTY (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell)—Suicide is painless, it brings on many changes, and I can take or leave it if I please.
MY LIFE IN 5 MINUTES (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell)—Allyson Mitchell explores her life in five minutes.
PINK EYED PET (Canada; Directors: Allyson Mitchell, L. Vaughn)—Love can cause infections even topical treatments won’t cure.
PRECIOUS LITTLE TINY LOVE (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell)—An ode by a socially conscious carnivore to creates that get crunched.
SEA OF LOVE (Canada; Director: Christina Zeidler)—A crushingly awkward love song to the deer.
SSSSSS (Canada; Director: Christina Zeidler)—Buster Keaton meets Jane Wayne in this film-craft homage to the one-man band. Cast: Christina Zeidler
TRACES (Canada; Director: Christina Zeidler)—Stunning and hand-tinted imagery intermingled with a love letter to her departed dog, Mica.
Dyke Delights
CRAFTY (USA; Director: Erik Gernand)—A crafty activist collecting signatures for a gay marriage petition encounters a craft-loving housewife who refuses to sign on for the cause. World Premiere; Cast: Jenny Hagel, Amy Phillips
KING COUNTY (USA; Director: David Quantic)—Join Camile Schwartzbaum as she searches for a bad 80’s film to turn into the next Broadway Smash! U.S. Premiere; Cast: Simetra Jones, Drew Droege, Natasha Rose Capener
LEZBRO: DON’T CHA KNOW (USA; Directors: Melinda Bagatelos, Dara Sklar)—Set in San Francisco, the unique friendship between guys and dykes is revealed in a sassy mix of faux anthropology, reality and techno-pop music video. World Premiere; Cast: Dara Sklar, Brynn Gelbard
LOVE SUCKS (USA; Directors: Ingrid Jungermann, Sara Winters)—For a vampire couple, forever can really bite. World Premiere; Cast: Margherita Montechiaro, Leah Martin
MENOPAUSAL GALS GONE WILD (USA; Directors: Donna Marie Nudd, Diane Wilkins)—Hot women of a certain age are moved to bare all.
OPERATED BY INVISIBLE HANDS (USA; Director: Nicole Brending)—Two antique dolls confront their secret feelings for each other after a night of unforgettable passion. World Premiere
SHEEP AND THE RANCH HAND: A SEXYQUEER LOVE STORY, THE (USA; Director: Loretta Hintz)—A woman experiences a freedom that is both unexpected and profoundly empowering… as a sheep. World Premiere; Cast: Dyan McBride, Jean Dusablon
SOCIAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT (Canada; Director: Dagny Thompson)—A helpful narrator teaches three queer youth how to deal with difficult social situations they might encounter out in the big wide world they are about to enter.
TOI ET MOI (USA; Director: Ali Cotterill)—The newest music video from Scream Club is a hot pink fantasy world with dance offs and drag queens featuring some of Portland's hottest queer glitterati. Cast: Sarah Adorable, Cindy Wonderful
VICIOUS & THE DELICIOUS, THE (Australia; Director: Tonnette Stanford)—Nail-scratching catfights, illicit affairs, double identities and double dealings combine with fabulous fashion statements for bizarre story twists. World Premiere; Cast: Helen Sutesmeister, Rose Grayson, Simon Aylott
WORK IN PROGRESS, A (USA; Director: Keshia Coe)—Two writers with a past are stuck together on a project for their agent. Cast: Daniela Verona, Melissa Firlit
WORST CASE SCENARIO: FEMME EDITION (USA; Director: Mary Guzman)—A Super 8 femme “how to” primer. World Premiere; Cast: Fontana Butterfield, Megan Guzman, Adela Guzman, Tina D’Elia
From Singapore to Seoul and L.A. - Gay Asian Shorts
ALLEN GINSBERG GIVES GREAT HEAD (Singapore; Director: X’Ho)—A poetic homage to the great American poet and writer of Howl.
FOUR DISHES (Singapore; Director: Leon Cheo)—What do they say about a family that eats together? World Premiere; Cast: Lee Jinli, Laurence Pang, Janice Koh, Keith Lee
LAUNDROMAT (USA; Director: Edward Gunawan)—A young couple learns that the little things are what count after meeting an older man in a neighborhood laundromat.
SEOUL TO SOUL (USA; Directors: Paul Detwiler, Michael Chen)—We follow a young Asian man’s turbulent journey from a Mormon upbringing in Utah through his adulthood in San Diego.
Fun in Boys’ Shorts
BABYSITTING ANDY (Canada; Director: Pat Mills)—When Andy’s Uncle and his boyfriend arrive to babysit, Andy is not on her best behavior. U.S. Premiere; Cast: Tatum Knight, Thomas Michael, Ryan Kelly, Linda Kash
BONGO BONG (Ireland; Director: Ken Wardrop)—A little gossip from the valley of the squinting windows. U.S. Premiere; Cast: Howard Liwanne
DOLLS (USA; Director: Randy Caspersen)—When a garage sale turns violent, a mother is forced to come to terms with her teenage son’s sexuality. Cast: Joshua Brail, Abby Rowold
HIRSUTE (Canada; Director: A.J. Bond)—A young time traveler is confronted by an arrogant and hairless future version of himself.
IN THE HIGH SCHOOL (Spain; Director: Xavi Sala)—Angel studies, learns, grows up and has fun in the high school. Cast: Luis Bermejo, Borja Molilello
OVERSTUFF (USA; Director: Keith Wilson)— Chris and Jake’s routine visit to the thrift store is interrupted by the discovery of something a little too close to home. World Premiere; Cast: Avram Dodson and Andrew Lankes
PAT’S FIRST KISS (Canada; Director: Pat Mills)—The true story of the filmmaker’s first kiss with a stranger he met overseas.
SCREENING PARTY (USA; Director: Chil Kong)—A group of friends gather to watch, analyze and skewer the 1990 film PRETTY WOMAN. Cast: Erin Quill, Tony Tripoli, Ossie Beck, Dennis Hensely, Felix Pire, Nora Burns
SILVER ROAD (Canada; Bill Taylor)—Two childhood friends say goodbye in this ode to growing up and letting go. Cast: Jonathan Keltz, Andrew Hachey
WINDOW, THE (USA; Directors: Philippe Gosselin, Ronald Regina)—Three men discover the pleasure of showing the world what they're made of. World Premiere; Cast: Philippe Gosselin, Major Mugrage, Roger D. Klein
Fun In Girls’ Shorts
BENNI HAS TWO MOTHERS (South Africa; Director: Vivid Tjipura)—Benni contends with his schoolmates’ reaction to the news that his mothers are going to marry. U.S. Premiere
DONKEY GIRL (USA; Director: Ties Schenu)—Farouzi, a Dutch-Arabic girl who has a donkey and works in a fishery is inspired to search for luck after a chance encounter with a self-willed girl. Cast: Roslin Prager, Diula Rieveld Franken
DUCK SOUP (Australia; Director: Kathryn Goldie)—A sweet compliment over a simple meal, what could go wrong? Cast: Kristy Barnes-Cullen
HAPPENSTANCE (USA; Director: Joyce Draganosky)—Beth discovers she has a lot in common with her son’s new girlfriend. Cast: Margaret Colin, Jay O’Sanders
HOW DO I SAY THIS? I’M GAY! (USA; Directors: Michael Bodie, Silas Howard)—A college student musters the courage to come out to her mother, with the support of her musically inclined friends. Cast: Mary Cseh, Mary Gordon Murray, Alex Davis, Niketa Calame
NO BIKINI (Canada; Claudia Morgado Escanilla)—At seven years old, Robin decides to go without her bikini top at a summer camp and there are surprising results.
PAGES OF A GIRL (Brazil; Monica Palazzo)—In 1955, Ingrid and Silvia met in a chance encounter influenced by literature and books. U.S. Premiere; Cast: Vera Zimmermann, Tieza Tissi
PITSTOP (USA; Director: Melanie McGraw)—When a young girl is accidentally left behind at a desert gas station while on a road trip with her large family, she must finally find the courage to make her voice heard. Cast: Shawnna Youngquist, Andrea Helene
PREMIERE, THE (Norway; Director: Margret Bergheim)—An older woman makes an untraditional choice that shows it’s never too late to choose love. North American Premiere
TOUCH, THE (USA; Director: Jane Clark)—Based on the true story of a romance between Renee Vivien and Kerime, a married Islamic woman, set in 1904. Cast: Traci Dinwidie, Nectar Zadegan
A Gay Old Time
CONGRATULATIONS DAISY GRAHAM (Canada; Director: Cassandra Nicolaou)—Seventy-year-old Daisy Graham is having a hard day, and instead of planning for tomorrow’s ceremony at the high school in her honor, she’s dug out her old rifle. Now all she needs is a box of bullets.
DOWNSTREAM (Switzerland; Directors: Cecilia Barriga, Claudia Lorenz)—Two Swiss ladies meditate on friendship, love and becoming older as they swim down the river that flows through their town. U.S. Premiere
FOREVER’S GONNA START TONIGHT (USA; Director: Michelle Lawler)—A documentary about Vicki Marlane, the oldest living, continuously performing transgender drag performer. World Premiere
HELLO, MY NAME IS HERMAN (Canada; Director: Karine Silverwoman)—A documentary exploring the relationship between a 91 year old Jewish man, his lesbian granddaughter and her girlfriend.
JUST ME? (USA; Director: Amy Neil)—When the only lesbian in a large extended family from the Bay Area discovers her great grandmother’s photo albums she begins to suspect that she is not alone. World Premiere
LAST VISIT, THE (Canada; Director: Bee Sack)—A woman visits her bubbie (Grandma) with trepidation and hope. Cast: Emma Beltran, Margarita Isakov
MIRROR MIRROR (Australia; Director: John Winter)—After so many years together Joe faces life without Jana. Saying goodbye is never easy. U.S. Premiere; Cast: Roy Billing
SYSTOLIC/DIASTOLIC (Spain; Director: Pelayo Muniz)—The beating of the heart tells the story of Angel and Tono, a couple who have to face a terrible situation. Cast: Paco Racionero, Paco Vidal, Ana Petite
Generations: Youth and Elders Making Movies Together
& ALL THAT JAZZ (USA; Generations Filmmaker Workshop)—Two urban lesbians, one young and one old, find themselves in competition for scarce housing.
20 STRAWS: GROWING UP GAY (USA; Directors: Liv Gjestvang, Youth Video OUTreach)—A touching and heartfelt film about 9 LGBT youth coming out and staying out in high school.
CAN SHE THROW LIKE A GIRL (USA, Director: Leslie Townsend)—Lesbians all across the US play softball, and sometimes hardball, for the love of sport and to find community.
CELEBRITY TRASH: THE ART OF JASON MERCIER (USA; Director: Sari Staver)—A San Francisco artist combines traditional portraiture, trailer park crafts, and American pop culture to create unique, 3-D celebrity portraits.
CHANGELING (USA; Directors: Idea VSW Red)—In a “walking meditation,” an old lesbian feminist reviews the 21-year phases of a life journey, the transitions, and recurrent inner conflicts.
HOMELESS YOUTH IN SF (USA; Director: Ruvano Maxia)—This is a film by a homeless youth in San Francisco, about homeless youth in San Francisco.
IMAGINING YOUR [RIGHT] (USA; Director: Allyson Laquian)—A man struggles to balance the two hemispheres of his brain as he rediscovers his imagination thinking outside of factual books.
JOINING THE CLUB (USA; Director: Marie Benedetto)—This story is about a woman struggling with the concept of chronological age versus psychological age.
The Look of Love
IN TWILIGHT’S SHADOW (USA; Director: TM Scorzafava)—The adventure of a female immortal called to rescue the mortal she loves, but left behind. Cast: Natasha Alam, Erica Luttrell, John Charles Meyer, Nadia Gillespie
LATE (USA; Director: Guinevere Turner)—We see all of the details inside a woman’s apartment as we hear the messages that are being left for her. World Premiere
LOVING LORETTA (Canada; Director: Andrea Gtusche)—Sometimes we don’t really know the people we desire. World Premiere; Cast: Shauna MacDonald, Julie Stewart
OVERNIGHT BOOK (USA; Director: Erin Greenwell)—A passionate teenage misfit and washed up adult writer meet in a dingy diner and find inspiration.
REMEMBER THE EYES (USA; Director: Nathalie Camidebach)—To be free is having the courage to be different in this story about love, acceptance and hope. World Premiere; Cast: Marie Roux, Julia Decker, Rene Heger, Davis Chong
SHAPE OF A HEART, THE (USA; Director: Leslie Satterfield)—How our beliefs impact our personal interactions and similar themes are explored in this inquisitive film about coming together. Music by local band Boyskout. World Premiere; Cast: China Lajczok, Carolyn Ryder-Cooley;
SNAP (Australia; Directors: Ken Dolen, Georgia Verslluys)—Petra’s life is turned upside down when a chance meeting leads her to consider denying her true feelings. U.S. Premiere; Cast: Georgia Verslluys, Eleni Meros
TECHNICOLOR KISS (USA; Director: Alexandra Adams)—A chance meeting causes a girl to fantasize about a beautiful young woman. Cast: Julia Rose, Annalee Harkins
Magical Promise: Queer Women of Color Shorts
COCK: LESBIAN OWNED & OPERATED, THE (USA; Director: Luna Han)—The colorful journey of a first-time business owner from Jalisco, Mexico operating a successful restaurant Oakland, CA.
CUT & PASTE (USA; Director: Alexis McCrimmon)—A personal documentary that explores the historical contexts of race, gender identity and sexual agency.
JUST ANOTHER DAY… (USA; Director: Thu Trinh)—Women with the courage to challenge themselves use non-traditional sports as a means to overcome their fears, enrich their lives and have some fun.
LABELS ARE FOREVER (USA; Director: Jinky deRivera)—Secret Asian 007, J. Wong and her nemesis El Capitan battle over the community’s labels, a collection of identities that govern the queer universe. Cast: CJ Jiang, Aimee Espirtu, Han Pham
LOOK AGAIN (USA; Director: Jennifer Lin)—When Kelly’s work visa suddenly expires, Kelly and her partner takes matters into their own hands with unexpected results. Cast: Sandra Young, Jennifer Justice, Kevin Avery
MAGIC & THE MOON (USA; Director: Pia Infante)—Magic braves the fields of Isidria in search of the mysterious daytime moon, encountering doubt, fear, hope and finally love.
MASHED, BOILED & FRIED (USA; Director: Margo Rivera-Weiss)—A cooking reality show in which all of the chefs and critics are people of color, and the dishes represent cuisine from the Dominican Republic to St. Vincent.
ONE IN A MILLION (USA; Director: Monifa Porter)—A fast-paced, comical story of a lesbian couple’s pursuit of that secret sauce that makes a family. Cast: Maya Hart, Luna Han
QUEERING MY MOTHER (USA; Director: Lourdes Rivas)—The story of how a rebellious queer daughter and her intolerant mother work toward mutual understanding. Cast: Alicia Arellano, Lizbeth Rivas, Cynthia Blanco
Out in Africa
BETWIXT + BETWEEN (South Africa; Director: Bridgette Oliphant)—Granny Lee is forced to live a lie because of South Africa’s Group Area Act during apartheid that separated and devastated families, friends and relationships.
ENRAGED BY A PICTURE (South Africa; Director: Zanele Muholi)—An exhibition that causes a stir and provokes an outcry on a subject that is particularly taboo: being Black and being a lesbian.
HALF A LIFETIME (South Africa; Director: Howard Smith)—Two young conscripts in the 1960’s apartheid Army meet and find ways to express their mutual attraction. U.S. Premiere
IT’S ME, IT’S ME (South Africa; Director: Martha Qumba)—A fascinating portrait of the brave, quietly persistent Funeka Soldaat who is an out lesbian and anti-abuse activist.
NIGHT STAR (South Africa; Director: Kekeletso Khena)—Two Zulu women are together in the girls’ hut during Ukuya Enyangeni, the time of isolation and contemplation that occurs during menstruation, and face their desires for each other. U.S. Premiere
OUTLAW CULTURE (South Africa; Director: Phybia Dlamini)—This documentary accuses South Africa’s media of repeatedly and consciously delivering gay issues and stories in a negative fashion and explores instances in which media has shaped events involving LGBT issues.
WANTED (South Africa; Director: Lisa Holland)—This gentle film examines a personal perspective of Matthew who experiences adoption and being a single parent.
Play with Me
BDSM: IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK! KINKSTERS CONFRONT STIGMA & STEREOTYPE (USA; Director: Erin Palmquist)—This frank documentary explores kink and fetish play through leading voices within the BDSM community. World Premiere
PLAY WITH ME (USA; Director: Leslie Mullins)—A visually stimulating glimpse of an all female BDSM play party. World Premiere; Cast: Mahasin
SERVING MADAME GINA (USA; Director: Gabriele Hoff)—Healthy, interesting same-sex master/slave relationship. World Premiere; Cast: Gina Grant
TALE OF TWO BONDAGE MODELS, A (USA; Director: Brian Lilla)—Inside the world of BDSM Pornography, two bondage models reveal personal motivations behind a journey of pleasure and pain.
Transtastic
BEND IT (UK; Director: Jules Nurrish)—An homage piece that plays with conventional notions of gender, with a significant nod toward the living sculpture art of Gilbert and George. Cast: Heather Cassils, Anat Ben David
BOND, THE (USA; Director: Michael T. Connell)—This is a local film about the bond between a parent and a male to female transgender child, from the perspective of the parent. World Premiere
DONNY & GINGER (Canada; Director: Jon Bush)—A young street walker meets a lonely cop on a street corner one night.
FELICIA (USA; Director: Tim O'Hara)—Like many single seniors in the Bay Area, Felicia Elizondo faces the reality of aging alone.
MAGGOTS AND MEN (USA; Director: Oakie Treadwell)—The story of the 1921 uprising of the Kronstadt sailors in post-revolutionary Russia is told with a subtext of gender anarchy.
ROLE I WAS BORN TO PLAY, THE (Canada; Director: Lukas Blakk)—This piece touches on the assumptions, strategies for survival and the commitment to a discussion that alternate gender expressions evoke.
THORN IN YOUR SIDE (USA; Director: Dean Hamer)—A gender-bending view of the world from the San Francisco Trans March. World Premiere
TRANSforming HEALTHCARE (USA; Director: Ethan Suniewick, Ann McNair, Derek Brockett)—This short documentary describes the discrimination many transgender people face in healthcare settings and offers advice for providers towards improving their transgender cultural competency.
UNCA TRANS (Canada; Director: Allyson Mitchell, Christina Zielder)—Set in an agrarian future, the title character pontificates about gender theory and activism back in the 2000’s.
Worldly Affairs
BONNE MÉRE (Canada; Director: Maxime Desmons)—Alfred has left northern France to look for his mother in Marseille. She works as a prostitute, and he changes his name to be near her.
BRAMADERO (Mexico; Director: Julián Hernández)—Two beautiful, young paramours find a space on the outskirts of Mexico City where sex becomes desire, desire becomes love, and only death will separate them.
COUNTRY LIFE (Switzerland; Director: Lukas Egger)—Julian, a farmer’s son from the countryside meets Adi, a party guy from Zurich. Two worlds collide...
HERZHAFT (Germany; Director: Martin Busker)—Two lovers, a football coach and one of his players face the harsh realities of their forbidden affair. North American Premiere; Cast: Tommaso Cacciapuoti, Ferdinand Hanisch, Johanna Niederm, Bettina Ernst
LOT’S WIFE (Turkey; Director: Harjant Gill, Koray Durak)—Modern day tale of Sodom and Gomorrah set in a small shantytown located on the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey. World Premiere
POSTCARD, THE (South Korea; Director: Josh Kim)—Someone tries to get a postal worker’s attention through writing open love letters on postcards, but catches someone else’s eye, instead.
TÁ (Brazil; Director: Felipe Sholl)—Two boys in a toilet who snort cocaine, talk about sex and then get down to business.
YOU, ME AND HIM (Brazil; Director: Daniel Ribeiro)—When plans for the future change, new bonds are created between Danilo, Lucas and Marcos. Cast: Daniel Taravares, Diego Torraca, Eduardo Melo
The Young and Evil
ALONSO’S DEADLINE (USA; Director: Mario Galarreta)—A recently widowed professor finds new hope in an unlikely connection with a young school janitor. Cast: Glen Capillo, Bradly Mena
BAGGAGE (Canada; Director: Maxime Desmons)—Martin is pursued by a mysterious suitcase whose contents he must eventually confront. World Premiere; Cast: James William Rousseau, Maxime Desmons
COUSIN, THE (USA; Director: Nick Oceano)—A sheltered, sensitive teenager visits his tough, older cousin in Laredo, Texas and learns a hard lesson about what it means to be a man.
LLOYD NECK (USA; Director: Benedict Campbell)—Alex has a crush on her brother’s friend Jesse, but Jesse likes Alex’s brother. Cast: Aaron Michael Davies, Carina Goldbach, Brian Dave
MARS (USA; Director: Jim Martin)—A film about the passion, disappointment, and discrimination involved in love. Cast: Jim Martin, Dustin Barns
SOULJAH (UK; Director: Rikki Beadle-Blair)—An effeminate African schoolboy is bullied by neighborhood thugs who don’t know he has a dark secret. U.S. Premiere; Cast: Ludvig Bonin
YOUNG AND EVIL, THE (USA; Director: Julian Breece)—A highly intelligent, but troubled Black gay teen sets out to seduce an HIV-positive man into giving him the virus. World Premiere; Cast: Vaughn Lowery and Mark Berry
Shorts that Play with Features
7 YEARS (Netherlands; Director: Bram Vergeer)—Homosexuals in Kenya manage to live within a hostile environment where practicing homosexuality is punishable by 7 years’ imprisonment. Plays with IN THE FIRE.
24 FRAMES PER DAY (USA; Director: Sonali Gulati)—A personal and political journey that raises important questions around immigration, cultural stereotypes, diasporic and queer identities by combining 24 photographs captured each day over a period of 9 months. Plays with IN THE FIRE.
BLOOD OF YINGZHOU DISTRICT, THE (USA/China; Director: Ruby Yang)—A year in the life of children in the remote villages of Anhui Province, China, who have lost their parents to AIDS, and winner of the 2007 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject. Plays with TONGZHI IN LOVE (f.k.a. A DOUBLE LIFE).
CLOUDED (USA; Director: Ajae Clearway)—A classic coming-of-age story takes a powerful turn when Sean’s struggle to understand who he really is exposes a lie that goes to the core of his being. World Premiere; Plays with TWO LOOKS.
COMPLICATED QUEERNESS: LIVING FEMME IN A DYKE COMMUNITY, A (USA; Directors: Johanna Buchignani, Emily Hillman)—Issues of gender, power and sexism are explored through the documentation of femme identities and lives within the San Francisco dyke community. World Premiere; Plays with WORKING ON IT.
DIVE (USA; Director: Larin Sullivan)—A cute young thing with a date to impress likes rapping about “Rimbaud and Shit,” but it may all be a front. Cast: Yolonda Ross, Julie Goldman, Deak Evgenikos, Lisa Branch; Plays with DON’T GO
ENVISIONING JUSTICE: THE JOURNEY OF A TRANSGENDERED WOMAN (Taiwan/USA; Director: Larry Tung)—A documentary about Pauline Park, a transgendered woman who is an advocate for transgender rights. Plays with SIMPLY LOVE.
FOR A RELATIONSHIP (Canada; Director: Jim Verburg)—An intimate reflection of an artist’s relationships with his lovers and his closeted father. Plays with CIAO
HAPPY BIRTHDAY (USA; Director: Roberta Marie Munroe)—Hannah wants a baby. Abigail wants a dildo. Jack and Madeline like things just the way they are. West Coast Premiere; Plays with DON’T GO.
OVER DA RAINBOW (USA; Director: Jay Lap)—A homophobic gangster rapper wants to sample a 1980's hair metal ballad for his next anti-gay anthem. Plays with ANOTHER GAY SEQUEL: GAYS GONE WILD
PERFECT MAN, THE (Sweden/UK; Director: Maria Åkesson)—Liam is a 21 year-old transgender man who embarks on months of hormone treatment and we see how his family and friends are coping with the changes. U.S. Premiere; Plays with MOM, I DIDN’T KILL YOUR DAUGHTER.
SANCTUS (USA; Director: Barbara Hammer)—A hybrid of vintage 1950’s medical footage and aesthetic forms telescoped through the body as process, machine, dance, and ultimately as temple. Plays with A HORSE IS NOT A METAPHOR.
SOLACE (USA; Director: Michaline Babich)—Hugo hooks up with a man who is seemingly everything he wants. Will this quick hook up result in a passionate connection of the souls or something that they will both regret? Plays with THE LOST COAST.
TIBIRIA IS GAY (Brazil; Director: Emilio Gallo)—In the heart of the rain forest, four Indians assume their homosexuality and tell their stories. World Premiere; Plays with IN THE FIRE.
TWO SPIRITS (USA; Director: Ruth Fertig)—Joey Criddle leads parallel lives - one as a two-spirit (LGBTQ Native American) activist fighting for recognition from the LGBTQ and Native communities, and the other as the father of Pentecostal Christians in the Deep South. World Premiere; Plays with BYRON CHIEF MOON:GREY HORSE RIDER.
TWO SPIRITS, ONE JOURNEY (USA; Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman)—Two Spirits, One Journey is about the forbidden love of two men on an Indian Reservation. Plays with BYRON CHIEF MOON: GREY HORSE RIDER.
UNTITLED FILM STILLS (Australia, Director: Sam Icklow)—A fleeting, celluloid romance, a lasting moment; a fresh, queer cinematic perspective. North American Premiere; Cast: Kevin Bava and James St John Cox; Plays with THE ART OF BEING STRAIGHT.
VITAL SIGNS (USA; Director: Barbara Hammer)—Images and text intertwine Western constructions of death with Hammer’s personal interactions with a skeleton. Plays with A HORSE IS NOT A METAPHOR.
WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM (USA; Director: Rudy Lemcke)—Juxtaposing a Native American myth about disappearance of the Buffalo with AIDS activist footage from the early 1990’s, the film explores the idea of cultural erasure. World Premiere; Plays with SEX POSITIVE.
WOMAN IN BURKA (USA; Director: Jonathan Lisecki)—A darkly comic look at the life of an actress and the types of Middle Eastern roles available to her in a post 9/11 culture. Cast: Sarita Choudhury, Sam Rockwell and Annie Parisse; Plays with DON’T GO.
About Frameline32: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival Frameline32: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival screens June 19-29, 2008 at the Castro
Theatre, (429 Castro Street), Roxie Film Center, (3117 16th Street), and the Victoria Theatre, (2961 16th Street) in San Francisco, and in Berkeley at Rialto Cinemas Elmwood, (2966 College Avenue). The Frameline Box Office, located inside Superstar Satellite, (474 Castro Street between Market and 18th) opens Friday, May 23 for Frameline member ticket sales, and Friday, May 30 for the general public.
Box Office hours are 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm daily. Tickets are also available online (www.frameline.org) and via fax (415-522-5543). Unless otherwise noted, tickets for matinee screenings, (Monday-Friday, 5:00 pm or earlier), are $8.00 for the general public and $7.00 for Frameline members, while evening and weekend shows are $10.00 for the
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