Genres: narrative

  • Monsoon St., ‘77

    Monsoon St., ’77 tells the story of a day in the life of a young tomboy, Tina, who finds escapism in the rural desert of Arizona in 1977. To compensate for her unhappy surroundings, Tina lives in a rich imaginative world. She finds beauty in the natural landscape and comforts herself by summoning familiar figures from popular culture. These fantasies supply the happiness that is otherwise so lacking in her everyday life.

  • Poet, The

    Paul Keswick is an awkward middle-aged man. Paul Keswick is a data analyst at Interbank head office. Paul Keswick is a shy bachelor who lives alone. Paul Keswick is tired of Paul Keswick. Maybe that is why he decides to shave off his moustache. But regardless of his intentions, the result is quite unexpected. Almost immediately, women of all ages begin to approach Paul and mistake him for the famous literary rock star, David Hawk. Initially embarassed, Paul soon learns to enjoy their misguided attention, even thrive on it, eventually altering his clothes and physical appearance so as to fool…

  • Damaged Roses

    “Damaged Roses” is a short drama which features two street people, the Man and the Woman. In it we have a catalyst (a damaged rose) that seems to bring these two together, unlocking buried dreams and faded beauty. Reality is not what it seems, the fantasy is cut short and all returns to what is real – isolation and loneliness for both. A film about lost dreams and missed moments. Available on VHS only.

  • Red Like Meat

    A husband’s fantasies about his wife are stimulated with a bizarre fashion magazine. Both amusing and disquieting, the photographs in this magazine are those of the highly acclaimed Canadian photographer Janieta Eyre.

  • #01 hygienist

    A woman is seeing her hygienist and finds herself in an unexpected situation.

  • Four Feet

    As Veronica ponders her current relationship, a psychic appears out of nowhere and gives her an answer she never expected.

  • Damned if You Don’t

    “‘Damned if You Don’t’ is a real prize. Beautifully shot in black and white, it blends ‘conventional’ narrative technique with impressionistic camera work, symbols, and voice-overs to create an intimate study of sexual repression… “[It begins with footage from] a stylish old potboiler about an isolated convent, filmed directly from the television screen, in silence, but with plot narration and plenty of dramatic close-ups. Its tale of passions leashed and unleashed provides the leitmotif for a young lesbian who watches it and the lonely nun she pursues and seduces. As the two women’s lives get closer to joining, voice-overs from…

  • VGL-Hung!

    Terry is an average gay guy searching for love, but hardly noticed in a looks- and body- oriented London gay scene. Coming home alone from a night of clubbing – again – Terry logs on to one of the many gay pick up sites available on the Internet. With nothing but timewasters and sleazy and strange men online, Terry almost gives up on meeting the man of his dreams until a magic website promises him otherwise. Suddenly given the powers to change his body to anything he describes himself as online, Terry starts to conjure up an array of gorgeous…

  • Fine and Dandy

    A woman whose thoughts and actions are controlled by 1885 social etiquette is struggling to find happiness through self help books and videos. Through this she hopes to attract the attention of a potential female suitor.

  • 50/fifty

    “50/fifty“ uses old home movies and hand-processed film to pay homage to the memory of the filmmaker’s father, who passed away when she was young.