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| A Moment like this (by Vitor Leite, 2006, Brazil, 13mn) The film chronicles an afternoon in the life of two regular girls. Manuela (Luísa Carvalho) walks to an old bookstore, while Bebel (Sophia Reis) leaves school. A chance encounter sparks an immediate conversation. Punctuated by glimpses of a possible relationship between the two of them, the film explores the unique connection that composes ordinary conversations. |
| Another Woman (by Jerome Foulon, 2002, France, 106mn) Before, Nicolas had a family, children, he was a young doctor. It was 10 years ago. Today Nicolas has become Lea, “another woman”. Transsexual. Unrecognizable. Lea lives in Geneva where she is a pharmaceutical products representative. Sent on an assignment in Paris, she can’t resist the call of the heart, she wants to see her children again. Lea comes very close to despair but pursues her fight to get her family back, a fight of love that in the end she will win. |
Arie (by Gianluca Vallero, 2004, Germany/Italy, 15mn, 35mm, German with English subtitles). With gorgeous photography and choreography, Arie tells the story of Vittorio, a professional dancer who falls in love with Marco, the choreographer he is working with and in turn has left his girlfriend. Unfortunately, Vittorio's feelings are not reciprocated by Marco who has fallen in love with another man. Vittorio ends up alone but feels much stronger for having discovered a new self-image. |
Cause of Death: Homophobia (by Ran Kotzer, 2003, Israel, 51mn, Video, Hebrew with English subtitles). Available on VHS, DVD or Beta SP. During the last twenty years over 50 gay men were murdered in Israel. These were isolated incidents and in most cases the murderer was caught and convicted. This documentary studies some of these murder cases and investigates the social and psychological circumstances surrounding them. |
Class of 2000 (by Tami Gross & Yuval Cohen, 2003, Israel, 58mn, Video, Hebrew with English subtitles). Available on VHS, DVD or Beta SP. Shot in a poor Sephardic neighborhood, several graduating high school students share their lives, aspirations and anxieties in front of the camera. Filmed with great sensitivity, this documentary gives a voice to young Israelis of today and, show with much insight, their complexity and need to be understood. |
From the Auschwitz Chronicle (by Michal Bukojemski, 2005, Poland, 134mn, Digital Video, Narrated in English). Available on DVD or Beta SP From The Auschwitz Chronicle is a series of five documentary films, which attempt to preserve and highlight the memory of this human tragedy that was the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Auschwitz Poland. It also attempts to acquaint young people with it who are still forming their own view of the world. Fragments of testimonies, episodes from the chronicle form the basis for the narrative layer of the films. |
El Favor (by Pablo Sofovich, 2003, 79mn, Argentina, Super 16mm, Spanish with English subtitles). A lesbian couple, Mora and Roberta, wants to conceive a child. With no scruples and hesitation they work out a plan: Roberta will seduce and have sex with Felipe, Mora's brother. Felipe is a hermit that lives in Patagonia, and he earns a living artificially inseminating turkeys. As things won't go so smoothly, Felipe isn't easy to seduce plus an unexpected visitor turns up with surprising news! |
| Entrevue (by Marie-Pierre Huster, 2000, France, 9mn) Going to a job interview has never been so exciting! A beautiful woman will find more than she bargained for when she ends up face to face with the exciting mysterious woman she kissed in a lesbian bar. This short flirts with lucky encounters, daring glances and a passionate kissing scene that will keep you on the edge of your seat! |
Horst Buchholz, My Papa (by Christopher Buchholz & Sandra Hacker, 2005, Germany, 35mm, 92mn). This personal film portrait takes us inside the life of a family that revolved for many years around the endearing but difficult international screen star Horst Buchholz. Four years ago, son Christopher began to film conversations with his father. Horst Buchholz died suddenly in March 2003. Christopher Buchholz continued to follow the traces of his father, turning to his mother, Myriam Buchholz Bru, and his sister Beatrice to unravel more of the story. The result was a game of cat-and-mouse between a father slowly giving up on life and a son who refuses to accept that. |
Hotel Gondolin (by Fernando Lopez Escriva, 2005, Argentina, Video, 52mn). The Gondolin Hotel is the home of 30 transvestites who work as prostitutes as the unique alternative to survive in a society that excludes them. This film focuses on the importance of freedom of gender identity, the everyday life of the transvestites in the Hotel, street prostitution, and the rising difficulties with the neighbors and the authorities. |
| I’m not so sure the world deserves us (by Raul Fuentes, 2007, Mexico, 4mn) A pulsating take on THE GRADUATE seen through the eyes of young Mexican lesbians. |
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Lili & the Baobab (by Nathalie Richard, 2006, France, 90mn) A freelance photographer Lili (Romane Bohringer) has been hired to document new infrastructures in her town's sister community in Senegal. Once there, she forms an intuitive bond with Aminata, an unmarried and childless woman like her, whose quiet independence mirrors Lili's own. By the time Lili returns to France, something has shifted within her and she looks at her life through new eyes. As she searches for a way to remain connected to her sister village, Lili is led back to her friendship with Aminata. |
Man Seeking Man (by Matti Harju, 2004, 11mn, Finland, Video, Finnish with English subtitles). Meeting the right person at the right time is never easy. Seppo is a 50-year-old man. He places a Men Seeking Men personals ad in a newspaper. Kale is Seppo's 25-year-old son who decides to go and meet his father after 20 years |
Masha Mom (by Michal Bukojemski, 2004, 35mn, Poland, Video, in English & Russian with English subtitles). Available on VHS, DVD or Beta SP. Filmed over a seven-year period in Russia, we follow this Russian-American Jewish lesbian in her quest for motherhood. Masha will face many challenges: her search for a potential sperm donor, the breakup of her relationship and even her own unexpected longing to become a mother herself. |
| Molly's Way (Germany 2005, 84 min, 35mm, 1:1,85, colour, optical sound, Dolby SR, english / polish OV) On a foggy winter morning, the young Irish woman, Molly, arrives at the train station of a small town in Poland. She has come the whole way from Ireland to find Marcin. Marcin, who left her with the memory of an unforgettable night and a postcard from this town. All that she knows is his first name and that he works in the coal industry. She is convinced that she will find him. Her positive, glowing energy and the child in her belly carry her onwards. |
| Mothers and Daughters (by Hannah Davis & David Conolly 2004, United Kingdom, 83mn, 35mm, 1:85) Screwed-up supermodels, closet lesbians, mother-fixated transvestites or simply lonely, everyone needs a friendly ear. Or an expensive psychiatrists couch. Lorraine is the analyst who “brings everything down to the mother”. But to whom does the analyst talk? Lorraine delegates the problem of her mothers Alzheimer’s between her cheque book and her sister, Nina, who has seen her dreams of a singing career and hopes of love slip by. Stagnation turns to slow decline as Nina dedicates her life to caring for a woman she despises. The matriarch has become the infant and the relationship of the adult siblings disintegrates into all out war and misunderstanding. |
Rabbi Ohad (by Michal Bukojemski, 2003, 25mn, Poland, Video, in English). Entirely filmed in Auschwitz, this intensely emotional documentary follows Sephardic Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi in his quest for remembrance, hope and love of humanity. Through songs, prayers and collective bonding, this young Rabbi succeeds in helping Jewish groups grieve and honor those who have perished. |
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Recruiting ( by Bobby Poirier, 2005, 8:50mn, USA, Video). |
The Hold-Up (El Palo) (by Eva Lesmes, 2001, 91mn, Spain, 35mm). This is the story of a hold-up. A hold-up put together by the most improbable band of robbers in the history of bank hold-ups in Spain: a cleaning lady, a bourgeoise down on her luck, a pregnant hairdresser and a juvenile delinquent. The preparations, the rehearsals, the many set-backs (mainly due to their lack of criminal disposition) enable them to get to know each other much better and to build strong relationships between themselves. At the same time, each woman is brought to face her own private hang-ups. But if the preparatory stage has been really a lot of fun, the actual hold-up is a serious matter and will take them for the ride of their lives. |
The Inheritance (by Daniel Filho, 2001, 93mn, Brazil, 35mm, in Portuguese with English subtitles.) Reunited for the funeral of their mother, four sisters begin to share much more than her plush apartment in Copacabana. In this dramatic comedy, the sisters bicker and laugh as they reflect on their hopes, values and the choices they have made. Four top actresses bring funny, touching characters to life: overly disciplined Selma, new age feminist Regina, estranged mother and wife, and the serious, level-headed little sister Laura who has a major surprise for her sisters. The sale of the estate, as stressful as it is, leads them to a new understanding of one another. A perfect chick flick with a lesbian twist! Based on the hit stage play by Miguel Falabella. |
The Phoenix Effect ( by Sharyn C. Blumenthal, 2003, U.S.A, 16mm/ Available DVD, VHS, Beta SP, Mini-DVT) The Phoenix Effect is a one-hour documentary about second generation Holocaust survivors who grew up in Vineland, NJ after WWII. The film concludes with the third-generation examining how the transference of trauma affects the newest generation of survivors. |
The Ringworm Children ( by David Belhassen & Asher Hemias, 2004, Israel, 45mn, Video). In the early years following independence of Israel, approximately 100,000 immigrant children, primarily from North Africa, received X-ray radiation treatment for ringworm. At that time, the medical world perceived ringworm as a degenerative illness and a danger to humanity. It was discovered that these treatments caused high rates of infertility, cancer and mortality. This tragic affair was hidden from the public eye for decades... until now. Through exhaustive research and testimonies of survivors, this emotional documentary unearths a possible conspiracy between American and Israeli health officials. |
| Two Decades of LGBTActivism in Peru ( by Jorge Alberto Chavez 2006, Peru, Video, 16mn, 4:3) Produced by MHOL, the Homosexual Movement of Lima, this video is the first attempt at documenting the LGBT movement in Peru. It covers a 20-year period and emphasizes the personal battles of several key organizers of this organization in one of the most repressive Latin American countries against homosexuality. Peru has come a long way from the end of the dictatorship to the 2006 Pride March in the center of Lima. |
| Various Positions (by Ori Kowarsky, 2002, Canada, 90mn, 35mm ) In this briskly-paced romantic drama, college student Josh is on track for law school and a place at his father’s firm. As his Orthodox Jewish family prepares for their traditional Passover celebrations, Josh hits a brick wall in the form of the alluring and troubled – and not quite Jewish – Cheryth. As things heat up at the dorm and at home, Josh is suddenly questioning his faith, his father and his future. Even worse, Josh is caught in the middle as his father moves to cover up a scandal involving the Jewish cemetery, forcing Josh to take a stand for what he believes is right. |
XX to XY: Fighting to be Jake (by Emily Atef, 2003, 20mn, Germany,Video, In English). XX to XY is a documentary about Jake, who was born female but always felt since his early childhood that there had been a genetic mistake: he was a boy. This intimate portrait uses interviews, music, animation to illustrate an individual's courage to stand up against society, the medical system, mother nature and his own fears. Jake is ready to fight to change his gender however difficult it may be and whatever consequences he may encounter. |
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