US PREMIERE
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
WORLD PREMIERE
FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT
THROWBACK FROM
Young Cuts
Emerging Talent Program
Tuesday
May 7, 2013
@
7:00 pm
Boston LGBT Film Festival 2013
This year we are bringing you the best LGBT short films from the YoungCuts Film Festival. The YoungCuts Film Festival is an event showcasing the best independent films by undiscovered talents. The Festival features short films produced by emerging filmmakers and serves as a launch pad for filmmaker careers, providing exposure and recognition for some of the most exciting new talent from around the globe – student film makers and non- student film makers alike.
Wicked Queer is proud to co-present this program with
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This short film program includes the following films:
This PSA is Gay
When a girl wears a rainbow button to school she discovers that people’s words can either annoy, sting or lift you up. A claymation public service announcement.
Sticks and Stones
With a sensitive voice-over, this touching docu-drama illustrates how, in just a few words someone can crush confidence and self-esteem. However just as quickly, in a few words you can also reach out to someone.
Love Our Families PSA
A public service announcement created by teens about diverse families. This PSA was produced by the Righteous Conversations Project, which brings together Holocaust survivors and teens to create media projects that address injustices in our world.
Blow!
A film about David Thompson and his search to understand Singaporean penal code 377a: a law making it illegal for two men to be romantically intimate with each other.
Memory Lapse
The line between dream and reality blurs as Alex wakes up and realizes parts of his life are missing.
Beloved
A poetic interpretation of falling in love. Through the main protagonist Dave, we hear and see what it is like to be in love and have those feelings trapped inside.
Reed
Reed is a male prostitute. Things aren’t going so well for him. And today is his birthday.
The First
A stunningly shot coming of age tale about Drew, a teenager who struggles with his sexual identity and his first time(s)
Deep End
After finding out his older brother is gay, 13-year-old Dane spends the day at the community pool trying to decide between supporting his brother and possibly being ostracized, or siding with his homophobic peers and losing his brother.
Why Does God Hate Me?
A coming-of-age comedy about Matthew, a 14-year-old boy living in a very religious town, whose best friend Ester tries to ‘cure’ him of being gay. But a trip to San Francisco shows Matthew that he might not be the one who needs curing.
