Film Categories: sexuality

  • Oh, You Pretty Things

    Told in a collage of sound and vision, “Oh you pretty things” chronicles the enchantment and disintegration of a relationship built on very different and questionable drives. Recounted through the experiences of two nameless characters in metropolitan New York, the minimal dialogue, ambient moods, engaging narration and sweeping music that make up “Oh, you pretty things” allow the observer to interpret the unique synergy of couples and the varying perception each person has to a shared situation. The ensuing emotional complexity ultimately asks the question: What is love?

  • Portrait of a Couple

    A few days before moving to Spain, Ryan learns that he might be HIV positive. This situation will force him to deal with his boyfriend and his worse fear: loneliness. “Portrait of a couple” talks about the lack of trust between two lovers in a difficult moment. The dilemma is approached through the fear we all share of being sick and dying alone. The movie addresses the topic of a gay couple learning about their HIV status, from a particularly different perspective, not in a condescending or victimizing way, but allowing human nature to surface with all its flaws and…

  • Congratulations Daisy Graham

    Seventy-year-old Daisy Graham is having a hard day. No one in her small town wants to let her forget about the big ceremony tomorrow, a ceremony at the local high school in her honour. But Daisy has more important things to think about than some ceremony – she’s dug out her old rifle, now all she needs is a box of bullets. Jury Prize, Best Female Short, Philadelphia Int’l Gay & Lesbian Film Festival World Premiere at 2007 Toronto International Film Festival Special Jury Mention at Image+Nation, Montreal “A subtle and touching portrait” – Barrett Hooper, NOW Magazine

  • Tranzploitation

    “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!

  • Hello, My Name Is Herman

    “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.

  • Dinx

    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)

  • Babysitting Andy

    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.

  • Kat-I’s Sex Toy Stories

    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.

  • Dead Boyfriends

    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…

  • Berated Woman

    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?