Film Categories: sexuality

  • Swim

    Haunted by his role in the death of his childhood friend, a filmmaker reflects on regret and loss, Animorphs and bjs. Awards: Entertainment Partners Canada / Canada Film Capitol Award for Emerging Canadian Artist, Inside Out Film Festival, Toronto, 2011; ‘Best Experimental Narrative’ Award, Couch Fest, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2011.

  • Sex On Wheels (short)

    “Sex On Wheels” tells the secret history of San Francisco’s sex workers. Interweaving Super 8 footage of a living history bike tour/theater piece (think Colonial Williamsburg, with whores) with archival film and photographs, the film tells the story of a city’s forgotten residents: an ex-slave who became a wealthy procuress, a cross-dressing 1940s lesbian gigolo, a madam who became mayor, a gang of transgender teen hustlers who rioted for their rights, a radical feminist hooker/assassin, and a posse of anarchist strippers who took over a peep-show. 38-minute version also available, see “Sex on Wheels (demi-feature)”

  • Sex On Wheels (demi-feature)

    “Sex On Wheels” tells the secret history of San Francisco’s sex workers. Interweaving Super 8 footage of a living history bike tour/theater piece (think Colonial Williamsburg, with whores) with archival film and photographs, the film tells the story of a city’s forgotten residents: an ex-slave who became a wealthy procuress, a cross-dressing 1940s lesbian gigolo, a madam who became mayor, a gang of transgender teen hustlers who rioted for their rights, a radical feminist hooker/assassin, and a posse of anarchist strippers who took over a peep-show. 12-minute version also available, see “Sex on Wheels (short)”

  • 33 Teeth

    Eddie is a hormonal 14-year-old boy living alone with his mother in the suburbs. One day after school, he accidentally spies on his attractive older neighbor, Chad, as he steps out of the shower and measures himself with a red comb. Not long afterward, Eddie is the victim of a verbal slur by Chad’s friend Tim. This inspires Eddie to enact some creative retaliation. Winner of the Audience Award at the MiMi LGBT Short Film Festival 2012.

  • Bus Pass, The

    A woman sees the girl of her dreams on the train home from work. Will she dare take the plunge and ask for her number? Winner – Audience Award for Best Lesbian Short at Hamburg International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (2011)

  • Au Plus Proche

    “Au Plus Proche” is a meditation on mourning, in which a gay actor, who has tragically lost his lover, makes a radical life decision while performing Molière on stage.

  • Verona

    Inspired by William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, “Verona” is the story of two young lovers separated by their rival fraternities. Set in a small college town wherein young men are groomed for corporate success in All-American hyper competitive fashion, “Verona” presents the fate of star-crossed lovers in a society that condemns the very nature of their love.

  • Perception

    An experimental animation exploring the disconnect between one’s own perception of self and how one is seen by the rest of the world, specifically facing the journey of transition from female to male.

  • Genderbusters

    In their fight for the Gender Evolution Revolution, the Genderbusters drive around resolving the gender-binary dilemmas of folks all over San Francisco. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Short Film at Translations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival 2011.

  • Yes! I am…single!

    An ambidextrous demonstration of how a Lesbian can forgo the need to be in a relationship and be quite fine with being singular and unique. Italian with English subtitles/close captioning Winner First Prize at “The L Factor,” Five Lesbian Days (Rome, 2010)