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Friday

In Your Face: International Lesbian Anthem

The Hungry Hearts

Patriotic lesbians stand up.

(Norway 2009) 4-min

Canadian premiere

Explicit lyrics

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-min

Canadian premiere

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.

(Norway 2007) 7-min

Nudity

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-min

Canadian premiere

The Premiere

Director:  Margret Bergheim

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

(Norway 2007) 9-min

Canadian premiere

Happenstance

Director: Joyce Draganosky

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

(USA 2007) 7-min

Happy Birthday

Director: Roberta Marie Munroe

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

(USA 2008) 14-min

Ontario 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-min

Intermission

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-min

Technicolor Kiss

Director: Alexandra Adams

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

(USA 2006) 3-min

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 fiancé.

(USA 2008) 10-min

Canadian premiere

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-min

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-min

Rope Burn

Director: Melvin Montalban

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

(Australia 2008) 8-min

Canadian premiere

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-min

Violence

Saturday

A Lez In Wonderland

Director: Anna Albelo

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

(France 2007) 28-min

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-min

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-min

Lesbian Sex & Sexuality: Camp Fantasy

Director: Katherine Linton

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

(USA 2008) 25-min

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 Lorelei Lee and Princess Donna.

(USA 2007) 9-min

Explicit sexual content

Intermission

It’s Still Elementary

Director: Debra Chasnoff

In 1996, It’s Elementary, a documentary about elementary schools combating stereotypes 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-min

A Day At The Beach

Director: Veronique Courtois

An animated look at the complexity of modern love.

(USA 2008) 3-min

Canadian premiere

Pages Of A Girl

Director: Monica Palazzo

The story of a 1955 meeting between Ingrid and Silvia.

(Brazil 2008) 16-min

Worst Case Scenario: Femme Edition

Director: Mary Guzman

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

(USA 2008) 5-min

Ontario 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-min

Canadian premiere

Explicit sexual content

Sunday

Babysitting Andy

Director: Pat Mills

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

(CAN 2007) 11-min

Just Me?

Director: Amy Neil

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

(USA 2007) 22-min

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 perspective of the parent.

(USA 2007) 6-min

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-min

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-min

Canadian premiere

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-min

Intermission

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-min

Canadian premiere

The Love That Won’t Shut Up

Directors: Ivan Coyote & Veda Hille

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

(CAN 2007) 21-min

Pitstop

Director: Melanie McGraw

When a young girl is accidentally 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-min

Canadian premiere

The Insomniacs

Director: Kami Chisholm

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

(USA 2007) 11-min

Ontario premiere

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-min

Canadian premiere