Film Categories: sexuality

  • Cut

    “Cut” is a short animated film about a woman who gets a haircut on lunch and gets more than she bargained for.

  • In Every Dream Home a Heartache

    Kids on TV and Johannes Zits have together created a music video art piece based on Johannes’ visual work and the song “In Every Dream Home a Heartache” performed by Kids on TV. The video takes the song’s plotline of a rich man falling in love with a rubber doll and uses it to critique queer consumerism and the advertising industry’s targeting of the gay-demographic — turning peoples desires into a fetishization of newly built condos and lavish funishings. The rubber doll is portrayed by KOTV member John Caffery is covered with green-screen paint and super-imposed with gay male pornography…

  • Four Genderfilms

    These four award-winning films by Catherine Crouch explore gender issues from a feminist perspective with humour and sensitivity. Vanilla Lament (6 min. 16mm 1997) Utilizing a mix of live-action, scratch and stop-motion animation techniques, “Vanilla Lament” is a humorous fantasy rendering of a sudden romantic break-up and its aftermath. This hand-crafted film, inspired by the experimental filmmakers of 1960s, won numerous awards, including a silver plaque at the 1998 Chicago International Film Festival. One Small Step (30 min. 16mm 1999) Set in South Carolina on the eve of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon walk, “One Small Step” is a dramatic…

  • I’ve Never Had Sex

    Inspired by the party game “I’ve Never Had Sex”, Kennedy captures true confessions on a cell phone.

  • Prick

    Stop-motion animation is used to manipulate a penis whose desire becomes its own demise.

  • Bare

    Through pixilation, a male centre-fold attempts to embellish his features – only to take on more than he can handle.

  • Ache

    Two male blow-up dolls become puppets in this short. Not only is one of the men out of air, but both of them are tragically out of synch with one another.

  • Dish

    “Dish” is a unique documentary series created by David Quantic. Fast-paced editing and eye-popping graphics fuse together interviews with fans of popular culture to create a “chorus” of enthusiastic opinions. In this debut episode, 6 gay men talk about their obsession with Oprah.

  • Broken Tulips

    Edward Porris attends an appointment at a spa that caters to his specific tastes.

  • Films of Su Friedrich, The: Volumes 1-5

    Digitally re-mastered from the original 16mm negatives, this collection of 13 films is essential for every library or media centre, as well as women’s and cinema studies programs. Since the 1970s, Friedrich’s skillful mix of experimental narrative and documentary forms, filled with provocative feminist and lesbian themes, has made her a groundbreaking member of the avant-garde film community and a pivotal force in the establishment of Queer Cinema. This collection of DVDs includes the filmmaker’s classic works such as SINK OR SWIM, HIDE AND SEEK, THE TIES THAT BIND, DAMNED IF YOU DON’T, and THE ODDS OF RECOVERY, as well…