Lucy and Juliet were inseperable best friends whose lives took very different paths after high school. Now, ten years later, on the night of their high school reunion, Juliet turns up unannounced on Lucy’s front door and the two women barely recognize each other. Together they struggle to resurrect their friendship by confronting the heartbreaking event that tore them apart.
Filter Films
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An Orthodox Jewish woman finds herself strangely attracted to the Aryan Supermom bent on converting her to Christianity. Both women want something from the other, but what is each willing to sacrifice to achieve her goals?
Berated Woman
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Fire! Blood! Puppet death! Follow the fate of foolish Coyote as he falls for vampy Pandora, a cursed temptress with a taste for dodgy circus performers. Coyote gets drawn deeper into Pandora’s lair of love as each of her lovers dies mid-act. This dark comedic short by Cirque Du Soleil clown Mooky Cornish and performance artist Xstine P. Cook was shot in the beautiful foothills of southern Alberta, combining live-action & puppet sequences to tell Coyote’s sordid tale. A creepy puppet band from hell accompanies a gory feast of accidental deaths performed by stop-motion, shadow, marionette, and hand and rod puppets. Original music by Mooky Cornish. Puppets by Xstine Cook.
Dead Boyfriends
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What is your sex toy story? Women about town Kat-I and Nano elicit an eyebrow raising assortment of true tales about sex with objects.
Kat-I’s Sex Toy Stories
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What do you do if you’re nine and nobody will tell you what ‘fellatio’ means? If Andy, the most curious nine year-old, has a question, she will do anything to get the answer. When Andy’s uncle and his boyfriend arrive to babysit, Andy is not on her best behaviour, armed with a supersoaker and a devious mind, Andy corners the men, who can do nothing but comply.
Babysitting Andy
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A dissatisfied bar waiter in a men’s burlesque club is thrown back in time to relive a day from his childhood – in short-shorts. Selected Screenings: Worldwide Short Film Festival, 2008 (Toronto, Canada); Inside Out Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2008 (Toronto, Canada); Mix Festival Milano, 2009 (Italy)
Dinx
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“Hello, My Name Is Herman” poignantly and humorously describes the relationship between a 91-year-old Jewish man, his lesbian granddaughter and her girlfriend. This ten-minute documentary explores intergenerational and interracial relationships, coming out, aging, and the process of accepting difference and love. Awards: Audience Award for Best Short Film (Tie), Fairy Tales Festival, Calgary, AB, 2009; Mikey/Schmkey Award for Best Short Film or Video at the 2007 Toronto Inside Out Film Festival. Honourable Mention for Best Up-and-Coming Toronto Film or Video Maker Award at the 2007 Inside Out Film Festival. Special Mention at the Iris Prize Festival 2007 in Wales.
Hello, My Name Is Herman
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“Lunch with Fela” is the filmmaker’s response to the passing of his last parent, Fela Ravett. Utilizing a combination of DV footage shot during her stay at a nearby nursing facility, excerpts from previously made 16mm films, animation sequences, plus remaining family memorabilia, the film renders the presence and absence of a much loved parent. “Lunch with Fela” is the eighth film in a series that addresses the complexities of family history and Jewish cultural identity.
Lunch with Fela
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“Tranzploitation” is a trans-comedy. A trannedy! Or perhaps just a hot tranny mess. The story follows Kaleb as he fights discrimination (the anti-trans fats police), exploits his new trans-man identity (hello cheaper haircuts!) and makes the personal decision to get the surgery he needs (Botox, of course). Don’t miss the cameo by Amy Ray of Indigo Girls fame!
Tranzploitation
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As for the two films made with Hidalgo, Ariganello assumes a role more traditionally defined as “cinematographer,” and his aptitude for composition, lighting and camera movement is skillfully in display throughout. Both works with Hidalgo are to “the real” what the films with Gehman are to “the fantastical,” and are keenly aware of the cinematic traditions from which they emerge. Each draws extensively, in style and structure, from neo-realism and observational documentary, while the function of Hidalgo’s narrator in Gesture operates to construct a story of a not-so-distant future-present, not unlike in Chris Marker’s La Jetée (1962). — James Missen
Gesture
