Genres: queer

  • Divas: Love Me Forever (Broadcast Version)

    “Divas: Love Me Forever” is a 48-minute comic-serious documentary about female impersonation, desire, fantasy, self-acceptance and the search for love. Edimburgo Cabrera, the Cuban-Canadian director and videographer (Latin Queens), follows six black female impersonators through Toronto’s vibrant gay club scene as they search for home, family, and love. The life stories of these six divas become a prism illuminating gay life in the Caribbean and North America from the 1970s to the present. A diva is a female impersonator who stands out amongst her peers because of her superior performance talents, devoted public following and public advocacy on behalf of…

  • Sperm Whale

    We are surrounded by impermanence. A series of images: an erect penis being manipulated, a man walking along a desolate beach, another man in repose on his apartment rooftop, and another man at poolside – all subjects seem to be in pursuit of understanding of their environment, and long-term satisfaction is an impossible state to achieve.

  • Parade

    A hand-made film that explores a 21st-century ritual celebration – Toronto’s Gay Pride Parade (2000). The contrast between the images’ archival quality with the 90’s dance music makes us wonder whether we are watching an event of some forgotten culture, or something urban and modern.

  • Pink/Blue

    A split-screen of a white wedding and the Superbowl exhibits gender stereotypes in popular culture.

  • Casting Couch

    A nervous first-time director got confused during auditions and turned the camera off instead of on.

  • Class Queers

    “Class Queers” is an intimate and compelling documentary about teenagers and homophobia. It is an account of three gay and lesbian kids from Toronto who weave their way in and out of the education system as a result of the harassment they encounter. “Class Queers” begins mid-way through the school year, as the viewer is introduced to the Triangle Program, an alternative high school classroom for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans youth. Located in the basement of a church in downtown Toronto, it serves as a life raft for the kids who are lucky enough to find their way there.…

  • PoeTix

    PoeTix is radical and mundane Three word poems Edited into perversion and delirium Verbal refrigerator poetry Following Aristotle’s dramatic structure Creating a heap for really cheap

  • Queer Web

    While cruising on the Internet, two young lovers, Robbie and Kyle, meet their perfect third – Hung Daddy. Fortunately, he is hung. Unfortunately, he is also a Daddy. Robbie rushes home to find his Mom running interference, and she finally helps straighten him out.  

  • Varieties of Religious Experience, The

    “The Varieties of Religious Experience” is made in response to Pope John Paul ll’s visit to Canada in 2002. This experimental short looks at the Catholic church’s official position on homosexuality. A Catholic boy leaving church cruises a passerby. Full of sacred and profane imagery: church spires, roses, Christ on the cross, candles, lace underwear.

  • fagtactics

    “fagtactics” is an homage to Barbara Hammer’s splendid and sexy “Dyketactics” and begs the question: so what ARE those faggots doing on the train tracks? “‘fagtactics’—-the world awaits this funny, zealous, totally irresponsible boys in and out of briefs—come and delight in this irreverent salutation to my 1974 lesbian commercial, ‘Dyketactics!’” – Barbara Hammer