Films
Boys' Shorts
Light House 1 / Mon Aug 3 / 2.30pm / €8
Small is beautiful in a programme which includes work from Iceland, Portugal and USA.
Total Duration 103mins
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The Island (Trevor Anderson, 5 mins, Canada)
A hit at both Sundance and Berlin festivals, Trevor Anderson's wit is played to huge advantage in this mixture of live action and animation that challenges the homophobic assertion that all queers should be exiled to an island. Would it be so bad?
Cowboy (Till Kleinert, Germany, 35 mins)
One of the most surprising and excellent films in the entire GAZE '09 programme, Cowboy defies all expectations, turning Deliverance on its head, subverting thriller clichés and ratcheting up homoerotic tension in a provincial world. Will gay love conquer all?
Every Other Weekend (Tim Slade, 14 mins, Australia)
A heartwarming tale of the struggles facing co-parenting gay partners when they separate. Beautifully shot, performed and composed, Every Other Weekend is a mature piece of work taking a sincere look at modern gay life as it evolves into a family unit and beyond.
Heiko (David Bonneville, Portugal, 13 mins)
A 70-year-old aesthete is in a relationship with a young man named Heiko, a fetishist relationship taken to extreme exoticism.
Wrestling (Grímur Hákonarson, Iceland, 20 mins)
A brilliantly sardonic Icelandic treat telling the story of two wrestlers who have to disguise their love from their isolated community. The wrestling scenes are beautifully choreographed, full of erotic tension and romantic yearning amidst an extremely macho environment.
Dish (Brian Krinsky, USA, 16 mins)
Emo kids, Israel and Louie, walk around their east Los Angeles neighborhood dishing about their high school classmates. After listening to Louie boast about his sexual escapades, Israel decides he has some catching up to do.