Film Categories: Race + Ethnicity

  • P

    “P” explores a single theme: excrements. Babies, worms and flies guide us through a compilation of facts and theories, approaching a theme often regarded as disgusting in a meaningful and humorous way.

  • U

    Facts on farts. An intimate introduction to the fine art of the fart. Starts and departs with a fart, with great music from rears to ears.

  • Third Tongue, The

    “The Third Tongue” explores the loss of historical identity in a post-colonial society. A haunting look at the legacy of war.

  • Don’t You Worry, It Will Probably Pass

    “Are you there? A girl who is attracted to both boys and girls?” “Don’t You Worry, It Will Probably Pass” is an unencumbered look at three girls who responded to this ad in an internet chat room. This was the same classified ad the filmmaker, Cecilia Neant-Falk, had placed in a magazine some 15 years earlier when she too was a lonely and confused teenager. Using the internet this time, she begins her exploration of the coming out experience for a new generation of queer girls. From the overwhelming response to her ad, she found three young women, My, Natalie…

  • Las Amigas Bonitas

    A girl escapes from her own private hell to the grocery store. Selected screenings & awards: Bettye Nowlin Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, Cinematexas International Film Festival, 2002; Mix Festival NYC; Frameline; San Francisco Gay & Lesbian Film Festival; Outfest; Slamdance; Berlin Lesbian Film Festival; London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • I Cannot Understand You (Ich Kann Sie Nicht Verstehen)

    Do you ever feel stressed visiting a foreign country? Do language barriers and culture shock make you want to stay home? Do you fear not being understood? Then relax, and let a philosophical Tape Recorder guide you around his favourite city. Along the way you’ll meet some nice people, gaze at beautiful art, and discover the mystery of life. Filmed in Vienna, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; and Raleigh, North Carolina.

  • Styx

    Mark works on a ferryboat. One night his boyfriend Adrien drives aboard, only to tell him that he is leaving the lake forever. The trip across the dark lake turns into a desperate fight for their love and their incompatible dreams. German with English sub-titles.

  • Coolie Gyal

    In this coming-out story, an honest and sincere letter is read from a daughter to her parents. A familial montage is incorporated with a heartfelt narrative filled with the expectations and anxieties of a young woman.

  • Perfect

    The delicate world of an upper-middle-class woman is suddenly turned upside down when her husband recounts a nightmare in which he brutally murders her.

  • Komrades

    A remarkable exploration of the lives of Russian soldiers and sailors on national service. Horrified at the suggestion of homosexuality, these brothers in arms are both physically affectionate and devoted to each other. They reveal a tantalizing variety of male bonding which is rare beyond the ranks of the armed services.