Queer Celebration

Saturday, May 5

Short Works

7 pm

Drag Rock Movie
Director: Jen Markowitz
2005 - 2 minutes
Distributor: CMFDC

Swagger. Strut. Sweat. In this hybrid docu-drama/music video, a hunky singer rocks out in a smoky club trying to get the mood right. Yummy.

Hopscotch
Jennifer Hebscher
2004 - 3:50 minutes
Distributor: CMFDC

With minimal narrative and beautiful cinematography, this film creates a positive environment for its subtle narrative: a four-year-old girl sees two women kissing while on her way home.

Before Nine
Director: Hana Abdul
26 minutes
Distributor: CMFDC

Three stories intertwine. Two teenaged girls encounter racialized homophobia, a mother must suffer through the self-indulgent, self-righteousness of a hiring committee at a gay and lesbian anti-hunger organization and a grandmother is forced to relocate her home and business due to gentrification of her neighbourhood.

Anonymous 1855
Director: Madi Piller
2005 - 1:32 minutes
Distributor: CFMDC

The contrast between otherwise innocent “olde tyme” photos and kinky-ass hijinx enlivens this sprightly “Monty Python with a lesbo-twist” Canadian-made short film.

Unravelled
Director: Lisa G.
2002 - 2:05 minutes
Distributor: Video Out

Plastic dolls give new meaning to those ultra-cool toilet paper roll covers that your Aunt Fanny crochets.

Love Me Tender
Director: Bea Tomnuk
2006 - 2:09 minutes
Distributor: Bea Tomnuck

A butch and a femme engage in the age-old battle of the sexes. Who better than Dr. Phil to show up and try to get them together? Disclaimer: contains scenes of smokin’ hot actresses working it out.

Rated F
Director: Donna Lee, Terra Poirier
2005 - 8:13 minutes
Distributor: Video Out

If you cringe when your beloved coos “Pull my finger”, this film is for you. Careful not to be prudish, it also makes space for all the fluffers, tooters and blasters among us. Couples explore the negotiations, policies and procedures that farting forces them to work through. Let ‘er rip!!

Tough Enough
Director: Lukas Blakk
2006 - 3:41 minutes
Distributor: CMFDC

What is the significance of touch? Do we all accept touch in the same way? This amazing rich film looks at how being outside mainstream gender identity can limit one’s experience of touch. Filmmaker Lukas Blakk painfully recounts a queer childhood where touching others was an extremely loaded issue.

Paper Bag Princess (Revisited)
Director: Jesika Joy
2006 - 1 minute
Distributor: Jesika Joy

Filmmaker Jesika Joy re-imagines Robert Munsch’s seminal story.

Ina Unt Ina
Director: Christina Zeilder
2006 - 2 minutes
Distributor: CMFDC

Ina’s To Do List:
- dye hair pink
- put on blue lipstick
- zip a ski jacket over my bikini
- frolic to Euro-techno-disco soundtrack with best girlfriend, also Ina

Succubus
Director: Allison Reid
2006 - 14:25 minutes
Distributor: CMFDC

The L-Word and Alias meet Degrassi in this satirical short. A chic lesbian couple struggles with trying to have a child of their own. One of them “steals” sperm from her lover’s brother ...

Coming Soon! May 31, herland and Fairy Tales Co-Present "The Gymnast". For more information about this screening please refer to Other Events.