Film Categories: Politics + Policy

  • XY

    “XY” is a close up on souls behind bodies. How does one live and accept their differences in a world of chaos, where discrimination is still a fact and being LGBT is still a crime? A young man is having sex with a stranger, and other men, and will slowly lose all control of himself, submerged by the pleasure… The men’s hands navigate through the young man’s body in a sensual dance until they both reach a strong climax trans! Later, under the shower, the young men will be haunted by that sexual experience. This film is a quest for…

  • Stubblejumper

    In the fall of 1975, while attending the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, Doug Wilson placed an ad in the student’s newspaper, seeking to start a campus gay group. This seemingly benign action would serve as the catalyst for a dramatic unfolding of events, shaping the future of Wilson’s life. “Stubblejumper” is a 48-minute biographical docudrama on the life and work of gay activist Doug Wilson – a story filled with activism, poetry, performance, politics, and a touching yet tragic love story.

  • Disobey

    A young man decides he can no longer sit by while his people are being brutalized. disobey is an unsettling look at the seeds of hatred and the complex zone between justice and revenge. — Media Wave Film Festival

  • Last Feast, The

    “The Last Feast” tells the story of Irving, a mindless drone, who steals from the graves of the dead to fulfill his greedy masters’ desire. It is a dark tale of destruction and wasted resources in a decadent society. “The Last Feast“ combines stop-motion, classical and computer-generated animation with live-action puppetry.

  • So Called Equals

    In 1969 a few pioneers decided that everyone had rights, regardless of their sexual orientation. Since that time, much has changed, but not enough. Spain is one of the few countries that allow marriage between people of the same sex. The democratic ideal of being ‘equal before the law’ is a reality in this territory. However, another challenge arises: society’s acceptance of this new legal reality.

  • Dyke Pussy

    A miniature cat spins on a turntable to electronic music. Selected Screenings: Gaze Film Festival, 2009 (Dublin, Ireland); Queersicht Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2009 (Bern, Switzerland); London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, 2009

  • Botero’s Apple

    December the 25th. Bunny goes out the city chasing after Santa Claus for her son. The boy, Rocamador, run after his mother through the city. The journey takes an uncommon course. — Saracura Filmes

  • Accidental, The

    This film is about inappropriate attention to sensory experiences other than the visual while driving and in response to an accident. Sound, touch and taste may disrupt safety to others and might threaten public order when not kept in check by the dominion of the visual. Dogs know all about this.

  • New Atlantis

    Landscape and drive-thrus transformed by real estate speculation are reanimated with magical thinking and an embodied language written in breath on a windshield. “A bird’s mind can hold only one sample. How to come here and how to return. This loop has been corrupted by blooming rot. The cat knows the curse to reset it.”

  • All Fall Down

    “All Fall Down” is an experimental documentary that takes as its starting point a nineteenth century farmhouse in Southern Ontario, Canada, and asks the question “what has been here before?” The film weaves together a complex temporal structure that juxtaposes the lives of two figures, one historical (Nahneebahweequa: a nineteenth century aboriginal woman and land rights activist) and the other contemporary (an ex-pat drifter and father of the filmmaker’s step-daughter) across two hundred years. “All Fall Down” explores these characters through a variety of archival materials: diaries, landscape paintings, photographs, heritage films, poems, phone messages, maps, historical reenactments, songs) that…