Duration: 84 minutes.
Cinematheque 2, Tel-Aviv
Saturday, November 13, 2021, 18:00 – Tickets
Special thanks to Celeste Lecesne & Hilla Medalia
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Cal, Brianna, Zion, Vivi, Sarah, Ken, Cheyenne, Logan, Will & Juliana from The Future Perfect Project.
In Nature
Director: Marcel Barelli
Script: Marcel Barelli, Fleur Daugey
Producer: Nicolas Burlet
Cast: Lucia Barelli
Switzerland, 2021, 5 min, French with English subtitles
In nature, a couple is a male and a female. Well, not always! A couple is also a female and a female. Or a male and a male. You may not know it, but homosexuality isn’t just a human story.
Are You Still Watching?
Director: Alex Cardy, Tali Polichtuk, Kitty Chrystal
Script: Tali Polichtuk
Producer: Alexandra George, Alex Cardy, Tali Polichtuk
Cast: Zoe Terakes, Frances J Clark
Australia, 2021, 6 min, English with no subtitles
Jamie is a 20yo non-binary person living in Melbourne. They’re whip-smart, creative and have an encyclopedic knowledge of cinema and pop culture. They’re also single, bored and perpetually horny.
Forced into near-isolation during Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown, Jamie keeps themselves entertained bingeing on queer film and TV. What begins as mere escapism turns sensual when they start having sexual delusions involving their favorite queer characters. Fantasy and reality merge as they recount their erotic encounters to their physician and receive an unusual diagnosis.
“Are You Still Watching?” explores the emancipatory power of the queer imagination, combining erotic fan fiction tropes, magical realism and a firm camp sensibility.
Men in Blue: 12 stories
Director & Script: Francisco Bianchi
Producer: Benjamin Bonnet
France, 2021, 3 min, French with English subtitles
Mapping of what it is to be a man today, through portraits of 12 men, of all genders and from all backgrounds. Facing Francisco, each protagonist strips off in front of his camera and speaks about themselves in a documentary format, animated in rotoscopy with more than 500 blue ballpoint pen drawings.
Stephen & James: Best Girlfriends
Director & Script: Dave Quantic
Producer: Dave Quantic
Cast: Stephen & James
USA, 2021, 6 min, English with no subtitles
A mixed media love letter to 90s New York, friendship, and sexual liberation.
All Those Sensations in My Belly
Director & Script: Marko Dješka
Producer: Adriatic Animation
Croatia, Portugal, 2020, 13 min, Croatian with English subtitles
While transitioning from male to female, Matia struggles with finding a genuine intimate relationship with a heterosexual man.
Blackout
Director: Milo Clairmont
Script: Milo Clairmont
USA, 2021, 3 min, English with no subtitles
A young trans man, faced with fatigue and depersonalization, goes on a journey through his subconscious. In the process, he is forced to confront the painful source of his despair.
The Crown with a Shadow
Director & Script: J.B. Ghuman Jr.
Producer: Bradley R. Bernstein, J.B. Ghuman Jr., Teddy Morseir
Cast: Geri Horner, Paul Reubens, Tatum O’Neal, Irawniq
USA, 2021, 11 min, English with no subtitles
Based on the real-world gender morphing Pink Skunk Fish. The story is led by a male fish who transforms and learns from his mother the logic of a shared universe in the face of a bully shark.
Article 6.21
Director & Script: Tanya Stolpovskaya
Producer: Tanya Stolpovskaya
Cast: Katerina Suzdaleva, Mark Klinkov, Oksana Vasyakina
USA,Russian Federation, 2021, 23 min, Russian with English subtitles
“Article 6.21” is a short animated documentary film that examines the state of censorship around queerness in Russia today and its effects on personal lives in the queer community.
In the wake of recent violence and censorship, “Article 6.21″ brings together four subjects from the targeted community that won’t be silenced. The story unfolds through a series of virtual interviews that explore how the so called “Gay Propaganda Law” affects everyday life of queer people in Russia. What is the border between public and private? When visible queerness may be criminalized, is private transgression allowed? What tactics do Russian queers implement to resist censorship and maintain visibility? The subjects of the documentary address these questions as they reflect on their pasts and current struggles.