QUEERIES Curated by Chantelle Kennedy, Michael Quach, Catherine Reidy and Micah Scott, these collections of international shorts explores gender and sexuality issues relevant to younger audiences.
Queeries 1 TROPHY Dir: Karla Di Benedetto, USA, 2008, video, 10 min A teenager’s routine visit to her father’s vacation home turns steamy when she finds herself unexpectedly attracted to her father’s fiancée. kristy
NEON SKIN Dir: Grant Scicluna, Australia, 2009, video, 5 min A young man finds a connection with his blind friend that is unexpectedly sensual.
KRISTY Dir: Marcia Ong, USA, 2008, video, 7 min
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An eight-year-old girl who is in love with her favourite T-shirt battles with her mother, who wishes she would start wearing dresses.
BREATH ZUCHT Dir: Margien Rogaar, The Netherlands, 2007, 35mm, 11 min Dutch with English subtitles 12-year-old Erik goes swimming with Sofie and her father. Sofie is in love with Erik, but Erik is more interested in her father.
THE BEST IS YET TO COME the best is yet to come
Dir: Eunice Wu, USA/Taiwan, 2009, video, 15 mins Set during the much debated and highly public 2008 US presidential election and controversial California State Proposition 8 vote for same sex marriage, a young couple, Sam and Alice, confront their family, fears and dreams.
TOMBOY Dir: Joanna Griebel, USA, 2008, video, 8 min tomboy
When a young girl is sent away for being different, she must hold on to what’s most important or risk losing herself.
DIRTY MAGAZINES Dir: Jay J Levy, USA, 2008, video, 39 min In this 80s tribute comedy, a boy is in danger of losing his mother's love when she finds gay magazines under his bed the morning of his 16th birthday. Based on a true story. session date
17
Sat 20 March
ACMI cinemas
84
dirty magazines
time
2pm
Patrons 15 years and over may attend this session.