TRT: 84 min.
What do you get when Festival co-director Abraham Ferrer and veteran video artist Erica Cho get together to assemble an LGBT shorts program? We get proto-queer lipstick traces in a Koreatown mall, a paranoid straight girl pulling a Jenny Schechter on her fiancé’s ex, bad twincestuous break-up sex, a kidnapped dominatrix, and of course coming-of-age, coming out stories featuring cute, queer, teens-of-color. Climb out of the covers, part-time lovers, and enjoy this awesome mix of shorts!
— Erica Cho, Abraham Ferrer
ANDY
(United States, 2010) Dir.: Andrew Ahn
After church, Charles and Joyce take their six-year-old son Andy to a shopping mall for a relaxing afternoon. Bored and hungry, Andy can't sit still and roams about the mall. When he spots his son interacting with a stranger, Charles realizes just how vulnerable his family really is.
Video, 6 min., color, narrative
THE BUS PASS
(United States, 2010) Dir,: Narissa Lee
A woman sees the girl of her dreams on the train home from work. Will she dare take the plunge and ask for her number?
Video, 3 min., color, narrative
I’M IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
(Canada, 2010) Dir.: Jason Karman
When John spots Carl and his new boyfriend Trent in a restaurant, he can’t help but break out into song.
Video, 7 min., color, narrative
MASALA MAMA
(Singapore, 2010) Dir.: Michael Kam
Ah Sheng loves to draw superheroes, but cannot afford the comics that depict them. When he resorts to stealing a comic book from a small Indian provision ('mama') shop, the gentle owner takes pity on him. When fate brings them together again, they each discover the importance of not simply judging people by their appearances.
35mm, 9 min., color, narrative, in Mandarin w/E.S.
BROKEN VASE
(Indonesia, 2010) Dir.: Edward Gunawan
Catherine is having a garage sale before she moves to Hawaii with her fiancé Paul. Initially assumed to be just another customer, Susan turns out to be Paul’s ex, who has come to the house to pick up her belongings. Director Edward Gunawan presents to us the tough question: What will you do... What will you say... when you meet the Ex?
Video, 13 min., color, narrative
TWINCEST DIES AT 4 OF..."COMPLICATIONS"
(United States, 2010) Dir.: Shawn Tamarabuchi
twincest, a multimedia collaboration between two lovers, Jiz Lee and Syd Blakovich, observed 4 years of the artists documenting their interpersonal dynamics and intimacies through sound, movement, video, photography, body fluids, pain, aggression, meat, sex, and love. Eventually, twincest served to document the demise of their relationship over the backdrop of their rising porn careers. This video short is a compilation of footage shot on their last performance journey in the Palm Springs desert attempting to capture images and sound for the construction of their 'funeral piece' celebrating the death of their collaboration.
Video, 4 min., color, experimental
REVOLUTION
(United States, 2010) Dir.: Abdi Nazemian
REVOLUTION is the coming-of-age story of Jack, a 16-year-old Iranian boy growing up in Los Angeles, 1989. The story is set in motion when Jack’s parents fire his beloved nanny Letti, for teaching him to pray. As his mother explains, “if it wasn’t for religion, we would never be here.” With the 1979 Iranian Revolution a distant memory, the AIDS movement as a backdrop, and a haunting score by Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, Jack stages his own much smaller revolution within the confines of his traditional family.
Video, 15 min., color, narrative
COVERS
(Canada, 2010) Dir.: Jenny Lin
A reclusive dominatrix named Covers runs a fetish lakehouse for clients who like to be wrapped up in blankets. Covers' true identity is a mystery since her clients and employees only know of her working persona. Following a period of being under surveillance, Covers is kidnapped.
Video, 10 min., color, animation
ORGANISM
(United States, 2009) Dir.: Nina Reyes Rosenberg
When teens Jen and Carmen lock eyes, they hesitate, not quite sure of their own evolving bodies and minds. Only if they navigate the crass minefield of high school can they move their attraction from their individual bedrooms to the outside world, one still not quite ready for their relationship.
Video, 14 min., color, narrative
PART-TIME LOVER
(United States, 2010) Dir.: Yvette Choy
A pornaoke video to Stevie Wonder's Part-Time Lover, written and directed by Yvette Choy. This video was commissioned by New Sound Karaoke, NYC.
Video, 5 min., color, music video
