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  Alessia

  USA , 2009 , 6 min. Inspired by personal stories shared during the workshop, Alessia captures a warm respite from a family gathering, shared between a young woman who is questioning her identity, and her uncle’s partner. Text Voting Code: S636... more
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  Baby Shark

  France , 2005 , 15 min. Pascal-Alex Vincent’s (his feature Give Me Your Hand also plays in this year’s festival) fascinating Baby Shark is a triptych of teenage malaise, angst and sibling rivalry Text Voting Code: S622... more
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  Blink

  USA , 2009 , 11 min. A rumination on the dangers of first crushes, the value of clean guns and the habits of sea cucumbers. Text Voting Code: S606... more
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  Boy

  Philippines , 2008 , 83 min. An exquisitely tender evocation of the delicate nether-world between lust and love, the latest from gifted Filipino director Aureus Solito (The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros) centers on a poetic, well-off teenager and the macho dancer he rents for New Year’s Eve. Text Voting Code: F131... more
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  Boy Meets Boy

  Korea , 2008 , 14 min. On a warm spring day, small Min-Soo meets tall and broad-shouldered Seok-i on a bus. Min-Soo keeps staring at the intimidating boy whose sharp eyes are hidden under his cap. What will happen between them? Text Voting Code: S538... more
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  Circle Your Preference

  USA , 2009 , 7 min. Circle Your Preference tells the story of two individuals set up on a blind date, both of whom are looking for the perfect outfit to express their gender-fabulous selves. Text Voting Code: S638... more
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  Dare

  USA , 2009 , 90 min. Featuring amusing cameos from Sandra Bernhard and Alan Cumming, Dare is a touching, sexy and risk-taking film charting the frustrated dreams, thwarted ambitions and rampaging hormones of gay, bi and straight high school seniors. Text Voting Code: F128... more
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  Dish

  USA , 2009 , 16 min. 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. Text Voting Code: S595... more
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  Don't Erase My History

  USA , 2008 , 32 min. Bay Area youth search for the history that has no name in schools. In a world where queer history has often been erased, what will they discover? Text Voting Code: S505... more
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  El Niño Pez

  Argentina , 2009 , 96 min. Writer-director Lucía Puenzo won awards - including two prizes at Cannes - and critical acclaim all over the world for XXY, and now the Argentine filmmaker returns with a lesbian romance that's also a Chabrol-esque mystery thriller and a scathing examination of class differences in the South American nation.... more
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  The Family Album

  USA , 2009 , 14 min. Centered around weddings past and present, and interspersed with original animations, The Family Album playfully questions queer and straight relationships. Text Voting Code: S637... more
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  Flight To Sinai

  USA , 2008 , 30 min. In Flight to Sinai, Jack is a San Francisco high school student, who attempts to reconcile his sexuality with his Christian upbringing. He courageously asserts — in song no less! — that his challenge is to live genuinely despite pressure from his parents and church to change who he is. Text Voting Code: S586... more
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  Girl Talk

  USA , 2008 , 7 min. Everyone wants to know about Kelly’s date, but she isn’t talking. Text Voting Code: S547... more
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  Hannah Free

  USA , 2009 , 90 min. Starring Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey, Queer As Folk) and adapted from one of Claudia Allen's award-winning plays, Hannah Free tells the story of a decades-long love affair between Hannah — an adventurous, butch lesbian with gruff charm — and Rachel, a pristine, married homemaker with a religious upbringing. Text Voting Code: F126... more
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  Holy Water

  Puerto Rico , 2009 , 12 min. Katerina is 15 and repressed, just like every other girl in her Catholic private school. But unlike the rest, she dares to try to figure out what to do with her hormones. And they take her precisely where she never thought she’d go ... Text Voting Code: S575... more
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  in summer they sit, the elderly

  Germany , 2009 , 23 min. Inspired by the death of her Grandmother Magdalena, talks with Madgalena’s partner Gertrud, and well as an old suitcase, filmmaker Petra writes a poem. To keep her memories alive, she creates this beautiful film with the poem in it. Text Voting Code: S630... more
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  James

  Ireland , 2008 , 18 min. When James realizes that long-buried secrets can lead to poor family relations, he feels it’s time to confide in his only friend with a secret of his own. Text Voting Code: S521... more
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  Kristy

  USA , 2009 , 8 min. An eight-year-old girl who is in love with her favorite T-shirt battles with her mother, who wishes she would start wearing dresses. Text Voting Code: S632... more
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  Krudas

  Cuba , 2006 , 29 min. Krudas explores the lives and work of a Cuban lesbian couple who are hip hop singers and performers. The duo addresses issues such as women’s liberation, lesbian rights, female solidarity and racism. Their work is deeply engaged with feminism and strong ties to their African roots. Text Voting Code: S582... more
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  Licorice

  USA , 2008 , 7 min. Licorice is a sweet, relevant coming of age story about a teenage girl looking to find connection in life by meeting people online. While attempting to arrange a meeting with a new older friend, she runs into a major obstacle: DAD. Text Voting Code: S524... more
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  Lipstick

  USA , 2008 , 3 min. A bathroom lock and Judy Garland join forces in this poignant tale of a boy exploring his style and sexuality. Text Voting Code: S511... more
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  Little Mutinies

  USA , 2007 , 20 min. Ruth, the fast-talking daughter of a former child prodigy, steals the only money her family has to make a better life for herself and her girlfriend. But when her little sister is forced to go on medication, Ruth must choose between saving her sister and saving her dreams. Text Voting Code: S541... more
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  Losing Ground

  USA , 2007 , 8 min. Every night, countless people under the age of 18 sleep at shelters, friends’ homes, or on the street, having been kicked out of their homes because they are gay. This piece highlights three young people facing this crisis, shedding light on their everyday challenges and their sources of strength and inspiration. Text Voting Code: S532... more
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  Night Fliers

  USA , 2009 , 78 min. The only salvation for a tween butch may be in the close friendship she forms with her new neighbor in this sensitive and sincere tale of the rough life of adolescence. Text Voting Code: F116... more
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  Patrik, Age 1.5

  Sweden , 100 min. Goran and Sven are the new gays on the heteronormative block -- looking forward to their pending adoption of a 1.5-year-old boy. But a typographical error brings a homophobic 15-year-old juvenile delinquent to their home instead, and a subtle tug-of-war between flawed humans plays out. Text Voting Code: F129... more
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  Queer Teen Romance

  USA , 2008 , 24 min. Queer Teen Romance is a charmingly perverse homage to the after-school special that tackles bullying in a hormone-fueled flurry of forbidden sexual fantasy. When Bryce, the school bully, picks on outcast Kevin, a group of tough (and brightly accessorized) girls decide to teach Bryce a lesson. But maybe Kevin doesn’t want the pain to stop? Text Voting Code: S568... more
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  Rainbow Generations Making Films

  USA , 2009 , 8 min. Shot surreptitiously on a digital camera, Rainbow Generations documents the 2009 Generations Workshop--from the learning process to the hard work of putting together a film in just a few short weeks. Text Voting Code: S639... more
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  Raw Love

  Argentina , 2008 , 16 min. Two friends spend the last days of high school together, but this will inevitably come to an end. Raw Love is a beautiful and sincere story of mixed emotions and secrets that one dare not speak aloud. Text Voting Code: S544... more
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  Recess

  Canada , 2008 , 14 min. Jessica, the new girl at St. Mary’s Academy, is used to the life of an outsider. When she meets Victoria, the most popular girl in school, an opportunity for true friendship presents itself until Victoria’s overbearing best friend Rose, a forceful and surly girl, gets in the way. Text Voting Code: S543... more
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  Respect For All

  USA , 2009 , 7 min. This retrospective video is a look at the other films that make up the Respect for All Project (RFAP) series, of which Straightlaced is the latest.... more
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  The Royal Treatment

  USA , 2008 , 5 min. A young man doesn’t like the Halloween costume his date has picked for him. Text Voting Code: S510... more
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  Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up

  USA , 2009 , 66 min. The latest peer-to-peer, consciousness-raising doc from local pioneer Debra Chasnoff (It’s Elementary, That’s a Family) and The Respect For All Project charmingly and disarmingly tackles teen attitudes toward gender roles with humor, color, compassion and pop. Text Voting Code: D313... more
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  To Faro

  Germany , 2008 , 87 min. To Faro alternates from an endearing love story to a drama about the social pressures of convention, as Mel falls for hetero Jenny, and poses as Portuguese Miguel to woo her. Text Voting Code: F135... more
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  Twoyoungmen, UT.

  USA , 2008 , 17 min. High school senior Will Oberlain sneaks into Salt Lake City’s only gay bar with a bad fake ID. When the cute bartender invites Will to a clandestine party, a strange, haunting and emotionally surprising road trip begins. Text Voting Code: S528... more
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  Vandals

  Switzerland , 2008 , 17 min. Two young graffiti writers searching for their true identity--drawn between the love for graffiti and the love for each other. Text Voting Code: S608... more
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  Watercolors

  USA , 2008 , 106 min. Sensitive and effeminate Danny and hunky swim jock Carter are star-crossed high school lovers in this award-winning film that features a rather impressive turn by a mustache-laden Greg Louganis. Text Voting Code: F142... more
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  We Are the Mods

  USA , 2008 , 85 min. Two teenagers come of age amidst the subculture of the British Mod scene of the 1960s, but in modern day Los Angeles in this compelling narrative of the usual teen thrills: sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll. Text Voting Code: F102... more
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  Weak Species

  USA , 2009 , 35 min. Two alienated high school classmates begin a dangerous gravitation toward sex and violence in order to feel. Text Voting Code: S564... more