US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

International Shorts

Tuesday

Apr 4, 2017

@

10:30 pm

Wicked Queer 33

With in person.
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Year
Run Time
min
Country
Language
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CONTENT WARNING:
This film is presented in with English subtitles.
Featuring films by a selection of new talents, this year’s lineup of shorts includes lyrical works from Turkey and Iran, a pair of brilliant shorts in French from Switzerland and Canada, and a bittersweet goodbye story from Italy.
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This short film program includes the following films:

Ruptures

CONTENT WARNING:
“Ruptures (or André and Gabriel)” is the last episode of this short film trilogy of love encounters. This film follows Gabriel, while introducing André, his ex-boyfriend, with whom he’s meeting by chance in Paris after 10 years. This encounter happens exactly in the moment when Gabriel is filming a documentary about break-ups. Gabriel then ends up inviting André to take part of it. Dir. Francisco Bianchi. 18 min. France. 2016.
18
 min
Francisco Bianchi
French
France

Secession

CONTENT WARNING:
Two ex lovers meet to exchange a catalog of Cezanne's drawings. Dir. Yifan Sun. 14 min. Poland. 2016.
14
 min
Yifan Sun
Polish
Poland

Twin Stars

CONTENT WARNING:
Can and Cihan are identical twins. They live in Büyükada-Prince Island with their family. After their parents getting divorced, Can has been given to their father, and Cihan to their mother. When they finally meet, the brothers haven’t been able to come together for many years.  Dir. Mehmet Tigli. 18 min. Turkey. 2016.
18
 min
Mehmet Tığlı
Turkish
Turkey

Origami

CONTENT WARNING:
The film challenges the banned issue of transsexuals in Iran's society. Dir. Farshid Ayoobinejad. 9 min. Iran. 2016.
9
 min
Farshid Ayoobinejad
Persian
Iran

Love Is: A Message From Uganda's Gay & Transgender Community

CONTENT WARNING:
In Uganda, being gay is illegal. In Uganda, members of the gay and transgender community face discrimination, violence, arbitrary arrests and forced evictions simply because of who they love. But in Uganda, there is hope. These are the voices of gay and transgender Ugandans. This is what love means to them. Dir. Katie Nelson. 3 min. Uganda, USA. 2016.
3
 min
Joshua Carlon
English
Uganda

Estate

CONTENT WARNING:
A love story told on the notes of Estate by Bruno Martino. Dir. Roberto Laureri. 4 min. Italy. 2016.
4
 min
Roberto Laureri
Italian
Italy

Seeing through the Eyes of Crocodiles

CONTENT WARNING:
An animated short documentary of Taiwanese butch lesbians. Dir. Lien Fan Shen. 10 min. USA. 20106.
10
 min
Lien Fan Shen
Taiwan

Guillaume Masturbates

CONTENT WARNING:
Guillaume masturbates too often. Dir. Patrick Aubert. 3 min. Canada. 2016.
3
 min
Patrick Aubert
French
Canada

Climax

CONTENT WARNING:
A young man convinced by his hetersexuality goes back home with a girl. But at the moment they reveal to each other their intimacy, he then discover that the girl has not exactly what he expects between her legs. This traumatic discover will lead the young man into a quick trip trough his sexual indentity and gender perception. Dir. Fulvio Balmer Rebullida. 15 min. Switzerland. 2016.
15
 min
Fulvio Balmer Rebullida
French
Switzerland

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