Genres: narrative

  • Peking Turkey

    Chris Wong takes his French-Canadian boyfriend “homo” for Christmas, despite his traditional Chinese parents’ disapproval. With the dramatics of three languages (English, French, and Chinese) swirling around the table, Pierre tries to make a bond with Chris’ parents and find the approval he wants. Audience Award for Best Short at the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Festival, 2009

  • Falling For Caroline

    To win the girl of her dreams, a klutzy young woman must overcome a wardrobe malfunction and her own insecurities. Movie buff and hopeless romantic Darcy meets and falls in love with Caroline while fighting over a Sarah Waters DVD at a video rental store. With the help of her best friend Tia, Darcy sets out on her quest to woo and win the girl of her dreams. However, she must first overcome a wardrobe malfunction, her own extreme klutziness whenever she’s around Caroline and, most challenging of all, the very bad lesbian habit of overprocessing a good thing. “Sharply…

  • Oh My God

    Staring out the window, looking out at winter, and thinking of you.

  • Golden Pin, The

    Long, a young Vietnamese-Canadian swimmer, finds himself struggling between the expectations of his family and the demands of his heart. His father wants him to marry soon, but his mother, haunted by a past romance, hopes her son will stand up for what he believes. English & Vietnamese with English subtitles Awards: Colin Campbell Award for Best Canadian Short, Toronto Inside Out Festival 2009; 2nd Place, National Film Board Award for Best Canadian Short, 2009

  • I’m Sorry, Sterling

    Poet RM Vaughan muses on his relationship to 50s film noir tough guy hunk Sterling Hayden, and why he cannot make his life more like a 50s film noir masterpiece. Created by video/internet artist Jared Mitchell, the film inserts Vaughan into the rain-dappled, shadowed and dreamy world of film noir – turning the poet into Hayden’s moll, lover, and dumb broad. A film about living your life “in the right movie,” queer projection onto mainstream cinema, and the collision of fantasy and reality.

  • En el instituto (In the Highschool)

    Outside his high school, Ángel talks to an older stranger on a bench, but the boy’s got more in mind than a simple conversation.

  • How The Grinch Stole My Heart! (and my favourite sweatshirt…)

    HOW THE GRINCH STOLE MY HEART! (AND MY FAVOURITE SWEATSHIRT…) borrows Dr. Seuss’ famous villain, the Grinch, and transforms him from Whoville’s mythical Christmas hating goblin into a modern-day ex-girlfriend who breaks Abigail’s heart. Crushed by her loss, Abigail falls into a world of lovelorn misery, obsession, internet stalking and self-medicating. But finally, Abigail is struck by a sense of renewed self-worth, and triumphs over her love for the Grinch…or does she? Selected Screenings: Queersicht Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2009 (Bern, Switzerland); Reeling Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2009 (Chicago, IL); Seattle Lesbian & Gay FIlm Festival, 2009 (Seattle,…

  • Yellow Tent, The

    The friendship between two boys is jeopardized when they share secrets inside a yellow tent.

  • Durian Experience, The

    Set in the turbulent world of high school, THE DURIAN EXPERIENCE is a bittersweet picture of adolescent friendship. While coping with post-break-up blues, 17-year-old Wendell enjoys hanging out with his best friend, Dom, more than ever. When a sudden discovery surfaces, insecurities start to set in between the two and tests the strength of their friendship.

  • Dike

    A woman recounts the humorous story of a friend’s attempts to hide an excessive perspiration problem, which parallels her sexual re-orientation. Her bodily fluids are coming out before she does. This is the story of one woman’s struggle with compulsory heterosexuality.