2009 – Projecting Our Image

Airplanes

Director: Jen Heck

Two teenaged girls hook up at a carnival, but when evening falls their tentative friendship threatens to dissolve.

USA 2006

10-minutes

Downstream

Director: Cecilia Barriga & Claudia Lorenz

Two swiss ladies meditate on friendship, love and becoming older as they swim down the river that flows through their town.

SWITZERLAND 2007

5-minutes

S/He

Director: Gina Pei Chi Chen

A twelve-year old girl struggles to follow her expected gender and cultural roles while exploring an emerging masculine nature.

CANADA-TAIWAN 2007

12-minutes

Tale Of Two Bondage Models

Director: Brian Lilla

Tale of Two Bondage Models is an intimate documentation of personal struggle and the cathartic process of exploring pain between Loralei Lee and Princess Donna.

USA 2007

9-minutes

Lesbian Sex & Sexuality: Camp Fantasy

Director: Katherine Linton

What so roller derby, burlesque and jello wrestling have in common? They’re all examples of lesbian camp.

USA 2008

25-minutes

Happenstance

Director: Joyce Draganosky

Beth discovers she has a lot in common with her son’s new girlfriend.

7-minutes

Babysitting Andy

Director: Pat Mills

When Andy’s Uncle and his boyfriend arrive to babysit, Andy is not on her best behaviour.

CAN 2007

11-minutes

Look Again

Director: Jennifer Lin

When Kelly’s work VISA suddenly expires, Kelly and her partner take matters into their own hands with unexpected results.

USA 2008

7-minutes
Canadian Premiere

It’s Still Elementary

Director: Debra Chasnoff

In 1996, It’s Elementary, a documentary about elementary school’s combating sterotypes of gays and lesbians in their classrooms, screened on the festival circuit and on PBS to great acclaim – and great controversy. This follow-up shows how the original film has helped to spread gay-straight alliances and educational outreach programs across schools all over the world.

USA 2007

46-minutes

Happy Birthday

Director: Roberta Marie Munroe

Hannah wants a baby, Abigail wants a dildo. Jack and Madeline like things just the way they are.

14-minutes
Ontario Premiere

The Insomniacs

Director: Kami Chisholm

A butch dyke who can’t sleep goes to a nightly 3 am Insomniacs Anonymous meeting and meets the girl of her dreams.

USA 2007

11-minutes
Ontario Premiere

The Bond

Director: Michael T. Connell

This is a film about the bond between a parent and a male to female transgender child, from the prospective of the parent.

USA 2007

6-minutes

Spinning

Director: Heidi Arnesen

When the power goes off in the ladies locker room after spinning class, three women share a shower and a pleasurably tense experience in the dark.

NOR 2007

7-minutes

How Do I Say This? I’m Gay!

Director: Michael Bodie & Silas Howard

A college student musters the courage to come out to her mother, with the support of her musically inclined friends.

USA 2007

5-minutes
Canadian Premiere

The Love That Won’t Shut Up

Director: Ivan Coyote & Veda Hille

What was it like being queer in Vancouver in the 50s? The 60s? The 70s?

CAN 2007

21-minutes

Pages Of A Girl

Director: Monica Palazzo

The story of a 1955 meeting between Ingrid and Silvia.

BRA 2008

16-minutes

Crafty

Director: Erik Gernand

A crafty activist collecting signatures for a gay marriage petition encounters a craft-loving housewife who refuses to sign on for the cause.

USA 2008

9-minutes
Canadian Premiere

Lesbian Sex & Sexuality: Sex On The Sleeve

Director: Katherine Linton

A look at how the physical codes by which lesbians have defined themselves have become as varied and complex as sexual expression itself.

USA 2008

25-minutes

In Twilight’s Shadow

Director: TM Scorzafava

The adventure of a female immortal called to rise from her suspension between light and dark to rescue the mortal she loves, but left behind.

USA 2007

12-minutes

Worst Case Scenario: Femme Edition

Director: Mary Guzman

Lipstick ladies get a lesson in love in this self-help spoof.

USA 2008

5-minutes
Ontario Premiere

What I Found In Great Aunt Nell’s Closet

Director: Melissa Bouwman

Much to her pleasure, a woman finds a mechanical crank box from the late 1800s.

USA 2008

2-minutes
Canadian Premiere

The Thorny Rose

Director: Carrie Schrader

Love hurts for a therapist looking to get in touch with her feelings in this dark comedy.

USA 2008

8-minutes
Canadian Premiere

A Day At The Beach

Director: Veronique Courtois

An animated look at the complexity of modern love.

USA 2008

3-minutes
Canadian Premiere

In Your Face: International Lesbian Anthem

The Hungry Hearts

Patriotic lesbians stand up.

NOR 2009

4-minutes
Canadian Premiere

The Premiere

Director: Margret Bergheim

An older woman makes an untraditional choice that shows it’s never too late to choose love.

NOR 2007

9-minutes
Canadian Premiere

Trophy

Director: Karla DiBenedetto

A teenager’s routine visit to her father’s vacation home turns steamy when she finds herself unexpectedly attracted to her father’s fiance.

USA 2008

10-minutes
Canadian Premiere

Pitstop

Director: Melanie McGraw

When a young girl is accidently left behind at a desert gas station while on a road trip with her large family, she must finally find the courage to make her voice heard.

USA 2007

15-minutes
Canadian Premiere

Destiny In Alice

Director: Sonja Dare

A funny and satirical documentary which looks at the lives of outback lesbians, through the eyes of three local gay women.

AUSTRALIA 2007

27-minutes

Let’s Roll

Director: Kat-I

A couple readies themselves for a romantic getaway at the beach — if only they could get out of their driveway.

USA 2007

5-minutes

Lesbian Sex & Sexuality: Keeping It Hot

Director: Katherine Linton

Learn new tips and techniques to combat lesbian bed death in any relationship and spice up your love life.

USA 2008

25-minutes

Rope Burn

Director: Melvin Montalban

A love triangle precariously set above the stage of a sexy trapeze circus.

AUSTRALIA 2008

8-minutes
Canadian Premiere

Just Me?

Director: Amy Neil

In this touching documentary, a lesbian from Texas uncovers a stockpile of vintage photographs that reveal the hidden life of her grandmother and her grandmother’s ‘best friend’.

USA 2007

22-minutes

Technicolor Kiss

Director: Alexandra Adams

A chance meeting causes a frumpy girl to fantasize about a beautiful young woman.

USA 2006

3-minutes

Operated By Invisible Hands

Director: Nicole Brending

Two antique dolls confront their secret feelings for each other after a night of unforgettable passion.

USA 2007

7-minutes

Don’t Mess With Texas

Director: Carrie Schrader

A comic morality tale about two cocky young lesbians who bite off more than they can chew in a Texas roadside diner.

USA 2008

6-minutes
Canadian Premiere

A Lez In Wonderland

Director: Anna Albelo

A fresh docu-comedy that follows the filmmaker as she investigates a contemporary lesbian phenomenon… Dinah Shore Weekend.

FRA 2007

28-minutes