US PREMIERE
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
WORLD PREMIERE
FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT
THROWBACK FROM
Men's Shorts Program
Saturday
May 7, 2011
@
5:30 pm
Boston LGBT Film Festival 2011
Another year and another round of the best gay men's shorts out there! You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll be wondering "what the hell?" Rodney Evans explores the dilema's facing famed 1940's jazz composer Billy Strayhorn in Billy and Aaron while forner Kids in the Hall star Scott Thompson confronts his greatest nightmare in 52. In Gayby Jenn and Matt are best friends from college who decide to reconnect by having a baby together - by having sex! Awkwardness ensues given that Matt is very, very gay. Bon Voyage is a sad story of two teenagers moving apart necessitating a confession between them. Jon Bryant Crawford's Tell me a Memory takes a look at the effects of aging on a couple while in The Support Group Parker bring his best friend James to a local support group in order to come out to him. Sometimes it is easier to share a secret in a room full of strangers! In Rubdown a secret shopper goes undercover to investigate a massage service that leaves him with more than he expected. And in Gaysharktank.com 25 strangers look for love, lust, and other things in an online chat room.
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Billy and Aaron
A short narrative drama that explores the personal and professional dilemmas faced by the openly gay jazz composer, Billy Strayhorn, in the early 1940’s.
Bobby Visits the Library
Take a vintage educational film about the children's room of the local library and add a scene or two from the cult classic, 'Perversion for Profit' and this is what you end up with!
52
52 probes one man's greatest nightmare: getting old.
Gayby
Jenn (Jenn Harris) and Matt (Matthew Wilkas) are best friends from college who are now in their 30s. Lately, their relationship has dwindled to the occasional social-networking exchange. In an effort to 'reconnect,' they decide to have a baby together, taking the easiest, cheapest route of just having sex—even though Matt is gay and Jenn is straight. Gayby is written and directed by Jonathan Lisecki, winner of the 2008 Spirit of Slamdance Award. Warning: this film contains an incredibly awkward sex scene.
Tell Me a Memory
Jack fell in love with an older man named Finny. One day what seems to be the standard forgetfulness of age, becomes something more serious. Finny has Alzheimer's. As the disease develops, it threatens the long term loving relationship. Not only does Jack battle the pressure of slowly losing his partner, but he must also reconcile the closeted nature of their relationship. Jack patiently tries to connect with Finny, one last time, and they embark on a surreal journey.
The Support Group
Parker has a secret he has been dying to tell his best friend James. To help ease James, and himself, into the situation Parker brings him to a support group with a cast of colorful characters that bring out his friends true views on the topic. “The Support Group” will show that the least likely of people can surprise us and break formed stereotypes. Sometimes the best way to share a very personal secret with your best friend, is to tell him in a room full of strangers.
Rubdown
Follow along with a “secret shopper” who’s getting an undercover massage that might not be under the covers at all.
Gaysharktank.com
In early 2010 Chatroulette.com, a website that allows people to meet other online strangers via web cam, became an internet sensation. gaysharktank.com is a film about the first gay knock off site told through the interactions of 25 strangers looking for love, lust, and other things you might look for on a random gay video chat.
