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  • Alessia

    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
  • Baby Shark

    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
  • Blink

    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
  • Boy

    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
  • Boy Meets Boy

    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
  • Circle Your Preference

    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
  • Dare

    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
  • Dish

    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
  • Don't Erase My History

    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
  • El Niño Pez

    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
  • The Family Album

    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
  • Flight To Sinai

    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
  • Girl Talk

    Girl Talk

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

    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
  • Holy Water

    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
  • in summer they sit, the elderly

    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
  • James

    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
  • Kristy

    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
  • Krudas

    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
  • Licorice

    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
  • Lipstick

    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
  • Little Mutinies

    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
  • Losing Ground

    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
  • Night Fliers

    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
  • Patrik, Age 1.5

    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
  • Queer Teen Romance

    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
  • Rainbow Generations Making Films

    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
  • Raw Love

    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
  • Recess

    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
  • Respect For All

    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
  • The Royal Treatment

    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
  • Straightlaced: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up

    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
  • To Faro

    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
  • Twoyoungmen, UT.

    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
  • Vandals

    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
  • Watercolors

    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
  • We Are the Mods

    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
  • Weak Species

    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

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