MIXTAPE
URSULA’S VICTORY
ALASKA IS A DRAG
(LA VICTORIA DE URSULA)
Dir: Shaz Bennett, USA, 2012, DCP, 13 min
Dir: Nacho Ruiperez and Julio Marti, Spain, 2011, digital, 15 min Spanish with English subtitles
Leo’s dreams of becoming an international superstar are hard fought working in a fish cannery in Alaska.
Young teen Ursula gets caught robbing graves at the local cemetery, but when she explains her ‘father’s’ story, an old man helps to set Victor’s life after death right.
UNANIMATED
TABOO
Dir: Emilio Marti Lopez, Spain, 2011, video, 8 min Spanish with English subtitles
Dir: Chiara, Austria, 2011, digital, 7 min German with English subtitles
An animated character goes to therapy because he feels rejected in a ‘real’ world that dislikes those who are different.
Chantal lives with her young son Marlon in a housing estate in Munich. At a parent’s evening at Marlon’s school Keven has his first public appearance as a man.
WHERE ARE THE DOLLS
THE HAMSTER IS GAY
Dir: Cassandra Nicolaou, Canada, 2012, video, 7 min
(HAMSTEREN ER HOMO) Dir: Mattias Hoyem, Norway, 2012, digital, 6 min Norwegian with English subtitles
A woman embarks on a late-night journey through an unfamiliar urban landscape, searching for something she cannot name.
A boy stands up for a loved one in the face of danger.
THE POOL DATE
IT GETS BITTER
Dir: Patrick Sisam, Canada, 2012, video, 6 min
Dir: Laura Terruso, USA, 2012, digital, 1 min
On a sunny South American beach, a silent territorial battle of wills ensues between a vacationing Canadian and a local stranger, loaded with unspoken inferences of sexual curiosity and cultural differences.
A darkly hilarious take on Dan Savage’s online homophobia video campaign.
BOOKING
DATE
TIME
2185 Sun 24 March 6.00pm
VENUE
ACMI 83