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Our 21st Annual QFilm Festival September 12-14 at the Historical Art Theatre, and at The Center This year’s QFilm Festival presents some of the very best films focused on the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities with a diverse mix of local and international films, widely distributed features and smaller films you may not have access to for rent or through television.

Whether it’s a comedy or drama, a feature or short, this year’s line-up truly has something for everyone.

We are honored to have so many filmmakers and actors joining us this year for post-screening Q & A sessions. And don’t miss the parties! Mingle with directors and cast members while enjoying refreshments at the three VIP parties we have planned at The Center as well as two after parties at The Center.

By supporting QFilms, you are supporting The Center: one of the oldest and only LGBTQ-specific direct service organizations in Long Beach. All net proceeds from this event will help us continue to serve the local community. Also, take a moment to notice the businesses and other organizations that have sponsored this event, and thank them with your patronage.

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Special thanks go to the following people for helping to make the 2014 Long Beach QFilm Festival a fabulous success!

The QFilm Festival Committee: Porter Gilberg: Co-Executive Producer Ron Sylvester: Co-Executive Producer Holly Light: Event Producer Chris Carpenter: Senior Executive Film Programmer, Sponsorship Committee, Press & Media Relations, Moderator Christina D. Rios Bennett: Programming Committee, Sponsorship Committee Robert Cano: Executive Film Programmer, Moderator Raul Anorve: Programming Committee Helene Ansel: Programming Committee Lucy Mukerjee: Programming Committee Sylvia Rodemeyer: Programming Committee Richard Moreno: Party Manager, Volunteer Coordinator The Art Theater: Jan Van Dijs and all the Art Theatre staff All our wonderful volunteers... we couldn’t have done it without you!

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12

FILM SCHEDULE

7:00pm

APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR

Art Theatre

8:00pm

Opening Night Party

The Center

9:15pm

MY STRAIGHT SON (AZUL Y NO TAN ROSA)

Art Theatre

11:15pm

After Party

The Center

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 12:30pm

LETTER TO ANITA

Art Theater

1:15pm

QUEER SHORTS

The Center

2:30pm

CUPCAKES

Art Theater

3:45pm

SHUNNED

The Center

5:00pm

OUT IN THE NIGHT

Art Theater

5:45pm

MEN’S SHORTS

The Center

7:00pm

BOY MEETS GIRL

Art Theater

8:00pm

Saturday Night Party

The Center

9:15pm

BLACKBIRD

Art Theater

11:20pm

After Party

The Center

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 11:30am

Brunch

The Center

12:30pm

TRANSVISIBLE: BAMBY SALCEDO’S STORY

Art Theatre

1:30pm

MAMA RAINBOW

The Center

2:45pm

HAPPY END?!

Art Theatre

3:30pm

WOMEN’S SHORTS

The Center

5:00pm

THE CIRCLE

Art Theatre

6:05pm

POWER EROTIC

The Center

7:30pm

TRU LOVE

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7:30pm

Closing Night Party

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After Party

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Saturday Night Party

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After Party

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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 11:30am 7:30pm

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Closing Night Party

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EVENING PARTIES Free admission with a same-day film ticket, block pass, or all access pass. Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, cocktails, and mingle with filmmakers and cast members.

AFTER PARTIES Close out Friday and Saturday in style with cocktails, music, and mingling.

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2014, USA, 86 min. Dir./Writer: Desiree Akhavan

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SYNOPSIS: Shirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter,

politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite. But she’s not quite Persian enough, not quite gay enough, not quite anything enough.

She fails miserably in her attempt at all identities, and being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience. After being dumped by her girlfriend Maxine, Shirin faces an unimaginable task: trading the idyllic lesbian haven of Park Slope for a shared artist’s loft in Bushwick. Unable to let go of the memories of their excruciating highs and lows, the endearingly superficial narcissist finds herself plotting to win back her ex.

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MY STRAIGHT SON (AZUL Y NO TAN ROSA) TRAILER 2012, Venezuela/Spain, 114 min. Dir./Writer: Miguel Ferrari SYNOPSIS: Diego, a young and successful photographer, lives in the

glamorous but shallow and excessive world of fashion. A tragic accident turns his world upside down; his partner Fabrizio is now in a coma.

Unexpectedly, and right at this inopportune time, Diego's estranged son Armando shows up.

Now, both of them have to adapt to each other; Armando to the unknown, homosexual world of his father, and Diego to the closed attitude of his teenage son. My Straight Son is dramedy that will both touch and amuse.

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LETTER TO ANITA WEBSITE 2014, USA, 55 minutes Dir. Andrea Meyerson Writer: Ronni Sanlo, Lisa Dickey SYNOPSIS: In the heart-wrenching documentary LETTER TO ANITA, award-winning filmmaker Andrea Meyerson explores the painful legacy of singer Anita Bryant’s infamous anti-gay campaign of the late 1970s.

Narrated by Emmy-nominated actress Meredith Baxter, LETTER TO ANITA tells the story of Ronni Sanlo, a married mother of two who came out as a lesbian and divorced her husband, losing custody of her children as a result—an injustice that propelled Ronni into a life of LGBT activism. With jaw-dropping archival footage, interviews with Ronni and her son, and the first on-camera interview with Anita Bryant’s son Robert Green, LETTER TO ANITA paints a riveting portrait of what anti-gay discrimination can do to families—and how its destructive power can ultimately backfire on itself.

Post Screening Filmmaker Q&A

Preceded by - L Riders 2013, USA, 13 min. Dir.: Johnny Wilcox, Kevin Wolf, Eric Ward, Zane Schwartz SYNOPSIS: Short documentary about a group of lesbian women who pool their passion for motorcycles to ride together and face the road ahead in a culture that doesn't look at who you are beyond your collective passion for motorcycles and the love of riding.

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QUEER SHORTS How Do You Know?

2013, USA, 4 min. Dir./Writer: Renae Barnard SYNOPSIS: “What is a woman?” “What is a man?” “How do you know if you are one?” Despite how simple these questions may seem, they are often difficult and complicated to answer. It is the broad range of responses that emphasizes this.

This work invites viewers to consider the social and psychological dynamics that charge the simplest of questions. This project is ultimately fueled, created, and received by the community at large—not just those who attend, but also those who responded to the prompts initially, and those who provide additional responses after viewing the project.

But I’m a Genderqueer

USA, 2011, 11 minutes Writer and Director: Lauren Soldano SYNOPSIS: Autobiographical meets fantastical, But I'm a Genderqueer is a story about one person's day-long journey through what some might call an identity crisis — but ultimately, it's the true story of queer self-love triumphing over all obstacles.

Jackie

2012, Ecuador, 15 min. Dir./Writer: Jose Ignacio Correa SYNOPSIS: A young priest in rural Ecuador tries to break free from his religious life with the help of his alter ego Jackie Kennedy, becoming "Jackie" and re discovering himself, even if this new path leads him to dangerous situations.

The Falceto Jazz Club

2013, Australia, 14 min. Dir./Writer: Daniel Rogers SYNOPSIS: A gay teenager is seduced into a homosexual cult run by Villainous Drag Queens.

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To Sit With Her

2014, USA, 5 min. Dir.: Nicole Miyahara SYNOPSIS: As a Taiwanese-American transman, Leon Wu explores his late mother's home country - on his own terms. A pilgrimage to rural Taiwan to visit his 97-year-old grandmother, offers unspoken acceptance of his gender identity. The discovery of their seemingly effortless relationship lies in contrast to the complex and contentious one he shared with his mother.

Spankin

2014, Canada, 13 min. Dir./Writer: Stephen Chen SYNOPSIS: Two men communicate their desires publicly yet silently when they are interrupted by a third. An anagram of “napkins”, SPANKIN transposes the gay hanky code of the 70s onto contemporary coffee culture. While humorous in content, SPANKIN elucidates the real hierarchical relations within minority groups, consumerist co-optation of identity, and the collective historical forgetting of repression and resistance.

Rad Queers: Payasos L.A.

2013, USA, 8 min. Dir./Writer: Graham Kolbeins SYNOPSIS: Short synopsis: Smashing taboos and redefining philanthropy, Payasos L.A. is an organization of gay Latino men who wear clown make-up, go-go dance, and try to make the world a better place for future generations. Rad Queers: Payasos L.A. takes a look at the Payasos’ optimistic philosophy as well as their sexy fund-raising parties. “Mr. Los Angeles Leather” 2011 title-holder and Payasos founder Leo Iriarte walks us through the wild world of his happy band of clowns, providing a uniquely personal perspective on this extraordinary group.

You’re Dead to Me

2013, USA, 12:45 Dir. Wu Tsang | Writer: Adelina Anthony SYNOPSIS: A grieving Chicana mother confronts an uninvited family member before her Día de los Muertos celebration. By night's end, death offers her a choice that she couldn't make in life.

Aoi Oni Nekyia

2013, USA, 10 min. Dir./Writer: Andre Callot SYNOPSIS: A woman summons a demon in the woods.

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CUPCAKES 2013, Israel, 92 min.

Dir./Writer: Eytan Fox (Yossi and Jagger, The Bubble)

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SYNOPSIS: In contemporary Tel Aviv, six diverse friends gay, straight, successful, not so successful gather to watch the Universong competition. Like most viewers, they are appalled by the winning song, and taking the trials of one of their group whose marriage is splitting up as a subject, they jokingly compose "A Song for Anat" (actually the work of Babydaddy, from Scissor Sisters). They are as surprised as anyone when it is chosen as Israels entry for next year’s competition.

Post Screening Filmmaker Q&A

Preceded by - If We Took A Holiday

2014, USA, 18 min. Dir./Writer: Glenn Gaylord/Glenn Gaylord, Nadya Ginsburg, and Dennis Genley SYNOPSIS: A struggling LA actress impersonates Madonna for the day as a birthday gift for her recently dumped gay BFF, musical numbers and all....but things don't go as planned. A career crisis and a broken heart threaten to derail the fun.

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SHUNNED 2014, USA, 70 min. Dir. and writer: Janice Villarosa

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SYNOPSIS: Determined to not surrender to the homophobia surrounding them, these Philippine (male to female) transsexuals change their appearance to become the "perfect woman." Amidst a beauty contest and sexy choreographies are private confessions, which brings out the rejections, attacks and violence amongst them. Philippine-American director Janice Villarosa discovered a world, which, as she admits herself, changed her forever.

Post Screening Filmmaker Q&A

Preceded by - To Sit With Her

2014, USA, 5 min. Dir.: Nicole Miyahara SYNOPSIS: As a Taiwanese-American transman, Leon Wu explores his late mother's home country - on his own terms. A pilgrimage to rural Taiwan to visit his 97-year-old grandmother, offers unspoken acceptance of his gender identity. The discovery of their seemingly effortless relationship lies in contrast to the complex and contentious one he shared with his mother.

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OUT IN THE NIGHT TRAILER

2013, USA, 75 min. Dir.: Blair Dorosh-Walther

SYNOPSIS: Under the neon lights in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American lesbians are violently and sexually threatened by a man on the street.

They defend themselves against him and are charged and convicted in the courts and in the media as a 'Gang of Killer Lesbians'.

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MEN’S SHORTS Barrio Boy 2014, USA, 8 min. Dir./Writer: Dennis Shinners SYNOPSIS: A Latino barber secretly falls in love with a handsome Irish stranger over the course of a cut during a hot and sweaty summer afternoon in a macho Brooklyn hood.

Spooners 2013, USA, 14 min. Dir./Writer: Bryan Horch SYNOPSIS: After convincing his husband to retire their beloved, lumpy futon, Nelson is forced to come out in a spectacular way while shopping for a new bed.

City of the Damned 2013, USA, 15 min.

Dir./Writer: Mor Albalak, Shaneika Lai, Stephanie Lincoln, Matthew Rogers, Nate Skeen SYNOPSIS: City of the Damned focuses on LGBT rights in the face of the “kill the gays” anti-homosexuality bill which became effective in February 2014.

Although the death penalty was withdrawn from the bill due in large part to international pressure, public opinion remains the biggest threat to the Ugandan LGBT community. Youth on Rock Foundation (YRF), a Ugandan non-governmental organization, is fighting against stigma by promoting economic empowerment among its members. Najib, YRF’s treasurer, sells clothes in Uganda’s largest market. He aims to prove that his sexuality does not define him; his respect for life, his determination for equality, and his aspirations to become a lawyer do.

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Foreign Relations 2014, USA, 25 min. Dir./Writer: Reid Waterer SYNOPSIS: On a Mediterranean group tour, shy Tom meets a sexy Greek local and also a friendly tour guide who both provoke the age-old question: Gay or European?

Sex Date USA, 2014, 16 minutes Dir./Writer: John Sobrack SYNOPSIS: Randall, a young man being pursued by the law finds more than refuge from the streets, when he is mistaken for Kenton’s on-line hook-up.

Families Are Forever 2013, USA, 21 min. Dir.: Vivian Keiman SYNOPSIS: Families Are Forever chronicles one family’s journey from struggle to support of their young gay son, from sending him for reparative therapy to openly accepting him in their conservative faith and social world.

Word of the Day 2013, Australia, 8 min. Dir./Writer: Scott Membry SYNOPSIS: A bad day turns into a good day. And only one word is needed to sum it all up.

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BOY MEETS GIRL 2014, USA, 95 min. Dir./Writer: Eric Schaeffer

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SYNOPSIS: Eric Schaeffer’s new film, BOY MEETS GIRL is a poignant, sexy, romantic coming of age comedy about three twenty year-olds living in Kentucky: Robby, (Michael Welch, Twilight) and his best friend since childhood, Ricky, a gorgeous transgender girl, have never dated. Lamenting the lack of eligible bachelors, Ricky considers dating a girl.

In walks Francesca, a beautiful young debutante waiting for her Marine fiance to return from the war. Ricky and Francesca strike up a friendship, and maybe a little more, which forces Robby to face his true feelings for Ricky. This is a sex/human positive modern fable and identification with it's story crosses all gender and sexual orientation lines. Post Screening Filmmaker Q&A

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BLACKBIRD TRAILER

2014, USA, 99 min. Dir./Writer: Patrik-Ian Polk

SYNOPSIS: BLACKBIRD is the powerful coming-of-age story of 17-year old Randy Rousseau, a Black high school senior struggling to come to terms with his sexuality in the small religiously conservative Mississippi town he calls home.

Randy juggles his role as star of the church choir with facing everyday trials of life as a high school misfit. Complicating matters, his little sister has been abducted and his parents have subsequently split up, leaving him to care for his emotionally disturbed, heartbroken mother, Claire.

When Claire discovers the shocking secret about her son’s sexuality, she blames him for the disappearance of his sister and insists he turn to the Lord to deliver his soul. Randy’s father, Lance, has been keeping a watchful eye on his broken family and steps in to give his son a hand as he struggles to become a man.

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TRANSVISIBLE: BAMBY SALCEDO’S STORY 2013, USA, 63 min. Dir.: Dante Alencastre SYNOPSIS: TransVisible: Bamby Salcedo's Story, a documentary on the life of renowned Los Angeles-based Trans Latina Activist and leader, Bamby Salcedo.

Turning her daunting personal challenges and barriers into the very basis of her activism, the film follows her unlikely and transcendent rise into becoming the effective social advocate and role model that she is today. Her work is shown giving voice and visibilty to not only the Transgender community, but also to the multiple, overlapping communities her life has touched (Latina, immigrant, HIV+, youth, and LGBT communities). Post Screening Filmmaker Q&A This film is free for people under 21 -- see the box office for tickets!

Preceded by - Jackie

2012, Ecuador, 15 min. Dir./Writer: Jose Ignacio Correa SYNOPSIS: A young priest in rural Ecuador tries to break free from his religious life with the help of his alter ego Jackie Kennedy, becoming "Jackie" and re-discovering himself, even if this new path leads him to dangerous situations.

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MAMA RAINBOW TRAILER 2012, China, 80 min. Dir.: Fan Popo SYNOPSIS: Fan Popo’s touching documentary Mama Rainbow opens with a series of street interviews with passersby about their feelings on homosexuality. The filmmaker follows this with a more pointed question, one which leads us into the heart of Mama Rainbow: “What if your son or daughter told you they were gay?” In the film, we meet six different Chinese mothers, all the parents of gay and lesbian children, who share their experiences with the camera.

Though the specifics of their stories are all quite different, each of the mothers experiences their own version of a “coming out” tale—recognizing, acknowledging, and accepting their children’s sexualities. Mama Rainbow paints a hopeful portrait of the slowly changing mindset of a culture where the fear of persecution and rejection still makes coming out and living openly a great challenge.

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HAPPY END?!

TRAILER 2014, Germany, 86 min. Dir.: Petra Clever SYNOPSIS: This high-energy romantic road movie co-stars the beautiful Sinha Gierke (It’s Not Over) as aspiring law student Lucca, and the stunning Verena Wustkamp as her new friend Valerie.

Irresistible chemistry blossoms between them as the two women embark on a wild adventure to deliver the ashes of recently deceased friend Herma to her final resting place — against the wishes of Herma’s family.

Invigorated by Valerie’s free spirit, Lucca rebels from her father’s conservative plans as her dreams for the future evolve. Their lives will never be the same again.

Happy End is the debut feature from writer-director Petra Clever, known for her popular lesbian short The Mermaids which was a hit on the LGBT film festival circuit.

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WOMEN’S SHORTS Nancy From Eastside Clover

USA, 2014, 9 minutes Dir./Writer: Gregorio Davila SYNOPSIS: Growing up poor, Chicano, a woman and a lesbian in mid 20th century East L.A., Nancy Valverde’s life was a constant uphill battle, complicated by the fact that she preferred the comfort of men’s clothes; a “misdemeanor crime” which she was routinely arrested for. Now at age 83 Nancy’s lifelong defiance and resilience to maintain her self identity as a butch lesbian, has garnered her legendary status in the Los Angeles LGBTQ community. Nancy From East Side Clover is part of an upcoming feature length documentary about the Gay history of the Los Angeles area entitled L.A. A Queer History.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/103204339

Lesbian Language Camp

USA, 2014, 13 minutes Director: Leslie Sloan SYNOPSIS: L.A. transplant Gina travels to Cuernavaca, Mexico for a total immersion Spanish language program for lesbians. What she learns from her hostess and cute classmate goes way beyond the classroom. Emily Peck, star of Outfest and Sundance favorite "The Four Faced Liar", and internationally acclaimed Natascha Berg, star in "Lesbian Language Camp." Directed by Leslie Sloan, whose documentary "High Heels on Wheels" continues to play at festivals throughout the world.

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Eyes That Do Not See/Ojos Que No Ven

USA, 2014, 14 minutes Dir./Writer: Patricia C. Ovando SYNOPSIS: Josephine is a 15 year-old first generation Salvadorean American. Her mother Margarita and her friend Rosmery prepare for Josephine's quinceanera.

Margarita works hard so Josephine can have the party that she didn't have.

Josephine has other plans and a whole other way of life that her mother refuses to see. This story explores a mother and daughter relationship and their differing views of gender, sexuality and expression. It alludes to what can happen when parents do not support their young people as they grow up. Josephine struggles to scape the mold that her mother wants to fit her into.

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Shameless

2013, USA, 4 min. Dir./Writer.: Geeta Malik SYNOPSIS: A woman on trial for prostitution turns the tables on her accusers.

Trailer: http://www.shetanifilms.com/shameless/

Sandrine

2014, Switzerland, 11 min. Dir./Writer: Nicolas Greinacher SYNOPSIS: When Sandrine’s friend tells her about a strange dream she recently had and then gives her a kiss, Sandrine reacts offended and walks away. But despite trying to distract herself from her friends dream and the kiss, it doesn’t work. Images and words won’t leave her head. Sandrine has no other choice than to deal with them, deal with her own feelings and with her personal identity.

Trailer: http://vimeo.com/90057986

Through The Window

2011, Israel, 12 min. Dir.: Chen Shumowitz SYNOPSIS: Yoni and Shira are seen kissing through the window of the family home

by Yoni's mother and suddenly find themselves the object of her attention. Yoni, who is deep in the closet, is torn between her great love and her family, when only a window separates the two.

Chaperones

USA, 2014, 23 minutes Dir./Writer: Daisy Rogozinsky SYNOPSIS: Alex Bell and Ramona Hernandez, the two newest teachers at Lakeview High School, are forced to chaperone the notoriously disastrous prom together.

They use prom as an opportunity to get to know one another, though fellow chaperone Coach Jenkins, the meddling Principal Jensen, and mischievous students get in the way. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/89276876

You’re Dead to Me

2013, USA, 12:45 Director: Wu Tsang Writer: Adelina Anthony SYNOPSIS: A grieving Chicana mother confronts an uninvited family member before her Día de los Muertos celebration. By night's end, death offers her a choice that she couldn't make in life. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/97744744

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THE CIRCLE 2014,Switzerland, 102 m in. Dir.: Kate Johnson, Shauna MacDonald

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SYNOPSIS: Founded in the early 1940s, the network around the magazine ‘Der Kreis’ (’The Circle’) was the only gay organisation to survive the Nazi regime. It blossomed during the post-war years into an internationally renowned underground club. Legendary masked balls at the Theater am Neumarkt in Zurich provided 800 visitors from all over Europe with a secret and safe space to act out their ‘otherness’ in a self-determined way. It is there that timid teacher Ernst Ostertag falls in love with drag star Röbi Rapp.

Ernst searches for a way to fight for his gayness to be accepted as normal outside the boundaries of ‘The Circle’ network without losing his employment as a teacher. Röbi champions the joint fruition of their love. Following a murder in the gay community, violent repression against gay people also endangers ‘The Circle’ network. Stefan Haupt’s new film uncovers the fascinating universe of one of the first gay liberation communities. Enriched by impressive conversational records with Ernst Ostertag and Röbi Rapp, the film depicts a decades-long love story – made taboo by society – and reveals the couple’s inspiring self-knowledge and courage.

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POWER EROTIC 2013, USA, 86 min. Dir.: Lawrence Ferrera

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SYNOPSIS: Strength, power, dominance and masculinity. Buzz words seen in the majority of gay male personal ads. This documentary explores how dominance and power influence human sexuality in general and gay male sexuality in particular. Thought provoking and controversial, candid and sometimes disturbing yet brutally honest in its approach, this film dares to shatter illusions and raise complex issues regarding gay male sexuality.

The director encounters 15 gay men whose sexuality revolves around power, dominance and control. They allow the camera to capture portions of their sexual interactions. In addition to this R-rated footage, insightful conversations, some of which are captured after actual sexual encounters provide unusual access to the deeper, psychological aspects of sexuality. Interview after interview we hear their revelations, fantasies and obsessions about sex, masculinity, power and dominance. It is out of these illuminating conversations that form the basis of this documentary. From influential academics to sex symbols and everyone in between, we gain a range of perspectives into the maze of conflicting attitudes regarding masculinity, power and sexual behavior.

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TRU LOVE TRAILER 2013, USA, 87 min. Dir.: Kate Johnson, Shauna MacDonald SYNOPSIS: Tru, 37, is a serial bed-hopping lesbian who cannot commit to a relationship or a job for long. Restless by nature and wounded by the past, she seems to live from pillar to post, from mattress to mattress, bobbing along through life with no anchor to ground her. She gets by on her wits, her considerable good looks and charm — but at her age, it is all starting to wear a little thin. Then she meets Alice, 60, a beautiful widow, who has come to town at the last minute to visit her daughter Suzanne, a too-busy corporate lawyer.

Suzanne, 35, is Tru’s friend. When Tru meets Alice, sparks fly and Alice and Tru begin forging an unlikely friendship…and more. Suzanne, who has a deeply conflicted relationship with her mother and a complicated and a secret past with Tru, becomes increasingly alarmed at the growing bond between Tru and Alice.

After Suzanne witnesses an intimate moment between the two, feeling jealous and threatened, she tries to sabotage the budding romance. But it backfires, as Tru Love is hard to contain... Post Screening Filmmaker Q&A

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