Friday 6th | 4.00pm | Gate Cinema 3
THE GOLDEN PIN
Dir. Cuong Ngo
Canada | 2009 | 15mins | 35mm | colour & black & white | subtitled
Set in Canada’s multicultural milieu, Long finds himself struggling between the expectations of his Asian family and the demands of his heart. His father wants him to marry soon, but his mother hopes her son will stand up for what he believes.
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JOHN WAYNE HATED HORSES
Dir. Andrew T Betzer
USA | 2009 | 10mins | 35mm
A father and his young son share a house, a yard, and very different ideas about masculinity and appropriate uses of army toys.
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IN HIS SHOES
Dir. Ornette Spenceley
England | 2008 | 13mins | Beta | colour
After his beloved father commits suicide, Clifford and his family descend into chaos. His sister withdraws, his mum takes to her bed and Clifford decides he wants to be a girl. All he needs now is a pair of breasts.
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BOMBSHELL
Dir. Kim Farrant
Australia | 2009 | 15mins | Beta | Colour
A loaded bombshell is thrown into the laps of two Greek-Australian brothers forcing them to question their traditional beliefs and machismo identities as men. George and Yanni are ‘blokey’ in the extreme sense of the word – men’s men – but when their father is hospitalised after a brutal bashing, their family façade and the backbone of their masculinity comes crashing to the ground.
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WE – 1ST PERSON PLURAL
Dir. Vika Kirchenbauer
German | 2009 | 10mins | Beta | colour & black & white | subtitled
Poetically collaging images and sounds that she recorded with her familiy’s Super 8 archive, the filmmaker shares personal thoughts and doubts about repetitions in the context of identity, gender, political action and love.
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DEEP RED
Dir. Eddie Tapero
Israel | 2009 | 19mins | Beta | colour
Gur and Yuval will stop at nothing to make enough money for a fresh start in Berlin. As they approach their goal, the tension is growing between the two, until an unexpected event causes Gur to question both their plan and their relationship.
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MY FIRST KISS
Dir. Dermod Moore
Ireland | 2009 | 5mins | Beta | colour
Do you remember your first kiss? The experience of Tony Fitzpatrick, who was a teenager in the 1950s, is contrasted with the memories of young gay people today.
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LILY’S IMAGE
Dir. Susanne Stritch
Ireland | 2008 | 11mins | colour
Making art, a little girl finds magic in the muddle of her parents’ unusual separation.
