Genres: queer
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Galaxy Girls
Selected screenings: Images Festival of Independent Film & Video, Toronto, ON,1997; Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, Toronto, ON, 1997; Cinematheque Ontario “The Independents” Series, Toronto, ON, 1997; Pleasure Dome “It’s Not Easy Being Green Darlene,” Toronto, ON, 1997
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soulsucka
Chrome, fur, shades, shoes – it’s an all-femme action-packed ride. Sexy, trashy and aggressive. Selected screenings: San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, USA, 1998; MIX New York Gay & Lesbian Experimental Film & Video Festival, USA,1997; Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Australia, 1997; 10e Rencontres video art plastique, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, 1996; Images Festival of Independent Film & Video, Toronto, ON,1997; Inside Out Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival, Toronto, ON, 1997; Cinematheque Ontario “The Independents” Series, Toronto, ON, 1997; Pleasure Dome “It’s Not Easy Being Green Darlene,” Toronto, ON, 1997
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Johnny Greyeyes
The eyes of Johnny (Gail Maurice) have seen more of the world than most. A resilient and brave woman, Johnny has spent the last seven years in the maximum-security Prison for Women, where she has fallen in love with fellow inmate Lana (Columpa C. Bobb). With her release date near, Johnny struggles with her devotion to Lana, the demands of her fractured family, and the difficulties that come with “freedom.” “’Johnny Greyeyes’ movingly renders the broken threads of a family torn by abuse and murder.” – Chicago Reader (November 10, 2000) “A rare glimpse into the life of First Nations…
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Family Outing
Using home movies to depict the inner feelings of a closeted adolescent, “Family Outing” attempts to negotiate a queer position within the conventional family structure. Its ravishing, optically printed images form a haunting commentary on childhood, alienation, love and ultimately renewal. “Bradley re-edits his source material with clinical precision to produce a film of enormous strength which, through image alone, acts as a kind of early warning system for the tsunami of coming out.” – 2001 Antimatter Festival of Underground Short Film & Video, Victoria, BC Selected screenings: “Short Film from the Canadian Underground” International Touring Program, 2002; Yorkton Short…
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E.K.G.1.0.1
Immanuel Kant Hospital in Neukölln, Berlin. Midnight. A patient is being admitted. TV journalists are on the spot. The beginning of a story that tells itself – and a self-portrait in broadcast and artistic media. In German with English sub-titles. Selected screenings: Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2003; KurzFilmFestival Hamburg, Germany, 2003; International Short Film Festival Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2003; Cork Film Festival, Ireland, 2003; Split Festival of New Media, Croatia, 2003
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E.K.G. EXPOSITUS (the broadcast and the artistic media)
E.K.G. EXPOSITUS incorporates three of Brynntrup’s short films: Aide Mémoire – Gay Document for Remembering (16:00 min. 1995); Heart.Instant/iation II (Self-generating Manipulations) (7:15 min. 1996); Loverfilm – An Uncontrolled Dispersion of Information (21:30 min. 1996); as well as Kein Film / No Film (1:20 min. 2000) Immanuel Kant Hospital in Neukölln, Berlin. Midnight. A patient is being admitted. TV journalists are on the spot. The beginning of a story that tells itself – and a self-portrait in broadcast and artistic media. In German with English sub-titles.
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Sunflower
A little sunflower seeks the light but is battered by the elements. Will anyone come to the rescue?
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Eat Cake
The mysteries of milles-feuilles and the pleasures of pastry dolloped with whipped cream shall not come between us, nor shall custard tarts tear us apart. No, we will savour them together. Drizzled in chocolate sauce and jam-filled for eternity, we are brothers of a sweeter tooth.
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Drag Queen Heist
An action comedy about lipstick, mascara, and bank robbery! Jared has an infallible plan to rob the 2nd Fidelity Bank. Unfortunately, Jared’s boyfriend and co-conspirator Bobby is anything but infallible – and soon the two are embroiled in much more than they bargained for. Take two drag queens, two old ladies, a detective, a tight-butt bartender, and a convenience store owner, and you have a recipe for disaster. Awards: Best Short Film, Ft. Worth Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, 2004
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Road Trip
Late-night musings about the perfect road trip take form in animated photographs and a story that is all road trips combined.
