Genres: narrative

  • Domestic Shorthair Underground

    A seemingly normal subway ride across Manhattan transforms into a comic anthropological study of the local and exotic species of New York City’s gay “wildlife.” On this romp through the underground, filmed in mock National Geographic style, viewers will get to know such fabulous species as the Tiny Exotic, the Chelsea Thoroughbred, and the Upper Westsidus Reform Judaicus, among many others. A witty observation of the fascinating and diverse breeds that co-exist within one great city, “Domestic Shorthair Underground” brings a new definition to ‘underground’ guerrilla filmmaking.

  • Cavalos Selvagens (Wild Horses)

    Two young lovers, live in a tiny apartment, struggling everyday to find reasons to stay together. As they are incapable of living apart, they choose to live silently.

  • Torten im Sand (Cakes and Sand)

    Tim and Julian are deeply in love, but they can’t find happiness between the sheets. When you can’t sexually satisfy the person you love, do you call it quits…? Nomination: Iris Prize, UK Official Selections: Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (Germany), Mix Brasil Festival (Brazil), Frameline San Francisco (USA), Verzaubert Festival (Germany), Festival de la Luna Valencia (Spain), GLBT La Paz Film Festival (Bolivia).

  • Hens and Chicks

    Raised by her two moms, Hanna has always known that there are all types of families. But she’s never really thought about the logistics of it all until her friend Marco explains the process of creating chicks from eggs. Soon after, an educational trip through cyberspace has Hanna asking, “Who’s MY rooster?” “Hens and Chicks” is a short independent film that explores the meaning of family and the finding of self. Sweet and funny, this coming-of-age story plays with the universal questions we ask ourselves as parents, children, and human beings.

  • Les Nanas

    Shot on one reel of Super 8mm and edited in camera, “Les Nanas” is a visual interpretation of a piece of music by avant-garde musicians, the Artie Smudges Trio, which follows a day in the lives of three doll-like women.

  • Hokees

    “Hokees” is about Anahida, a contemporary Armenian woman, pregnant with the child of her Turkish lover who is haunted by the past. An artistic blending of the real and unreal, the past and present are tightly woven into emotionally visual experience. In Armenian, Hokees literally means “soul” or “spirit.” Writer: Aaron Martin | Producer: Brent Barclay | Editor: Mark Baxter Cinematographer: Kim Derko | Cast: Arsinée Khanjian, John Mighton and Linda Gizirian Awards: Gold Prize for Experimental Drama, Houston Film Festival, 2000; Best Short Film, AFFMA Film Festival, 2001

  • Canicule (Summer Day)

    A hot day in a working-class neighbourhood. There’s trouble in the air as young and old take to the streets. “Give me your tired, your poor Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door” – Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, 1883 Selected Screenings: Les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois, 2011; L’Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, 2011

  • La Revue

    Art forms have been killing each other off for centuries. In an artistic autopsy, Aiken and Majzels examine the death of vaudeville. Through dance, performance and music, this film uses the trappings of vaudeville to tell the story of its demise. With a cabaret of sad double acts, aging burlesque dancers and tired magicians, the film takes a humorous and macabre look into the forgotten arts.

  • Fabric

    “Fabric” is an experimental narrative about a woman’s attempts to reconnect with her family. The film uses magical realism to visualize a physical process of grief, exploring both real and imagined spaces.

  • Slow Burn

    In this hyper-stylized western set against a winterscape, a mysterious girl with a criminal past wants to make a fresh start and decides to symbolize this decision by getting her very first tattoo. She meets two tattoo artists who are immediately smitten with her, and in the time-honoured tradition of the western, the artists battle each other in a duel for the right to design the tattoo.