Film Categories: comedy
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My Father’s Idea of Heaven
Using found and manipulated Super 8 footage from his family archives, RM Vaughan explores his late father’s bizarre HAM radio hobby.
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America the Beautiful
A dark satire of the history of the United States…in under 8 minutes.
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Social Conflict Management
A helpful narrator teaches three queer youth how to deal with difficult social situations they might encounter out in the big wide world they are about to enter. Learning has never been so fun!
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‘Yeah Whatever’ Girl, The
“The ‘Yeah Whatever’ Girl” is a dramatic comedy delving into the romantic misadventures of Debbie – a cranky and bitter lesbian who has lost in love just one too many times. It is the eve of Gay Pride Day in Toronto as the film begins. In a humorously self-acknowledged homage to Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’, Debbie’s recently deceased Grandmother has decided to intervene. Not only must Debbie mend her ways, but she must mend her heart. Over the course of the night, her Grandmother tells her, Debbie will be visited by three ghosts. And so the fun begins. First is…
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Nine Lives (The Eternal Moment of Now)
A house cat dreams of her past lives.
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Restricted
Take a chance. Don’t do it. This is America. Do it.
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Worm
“Worm” is a true story about an inexplicable childhood event.
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Love Is Love
Jake and Sabrina, two heterosexuals, struggle find love in a world where they just don’t fit in. Follow this comedic yet poignant look at how life might be if the world was predominately gay and straight people were the “queer” ones.
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Tranzploitation
“Tranzploitation” is a trans-comedy. A trannedy! Or perhaps just a hot tranny mess. The story follows Kaleb as he fights discrimination (the anti-trans fats police), exploits his new trans-man identity (hello cheaper haircuts!) and makes the personal decision to get the surgery he needs (Botox, of course). Don’t miss the cameo by Amy Ray of Indigo Girls fame!
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Dinx
A dissatisfied bar waiter in a men’s burlesque club is thrown back in time to relive a day from his childhood – in short-shorts. Selected Screenings: Worldwide Short Film Festival, 2008 (Toronto, Canada); Inside Out Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 2008 (Toronto, Canada); Mix Festival Milano, 2009 (Italy)
