SHORT LIST 2008

40 SQUARE METRES

Angie lives with Angelika in Kreuzberg, Berlin. Angelika has her cleaning job, while Angie has no reason to get up in the morning. But even in a 40 square-metre flat there is space for hopes and dreams, and every day offers an opportunity to follow them. MORE

BEND IT

Two unnamed, androgynous figures on plinths in an art gallery dance to a tune which Gilbert and George used in their piece from the late 1960s, in which they created the "bend-it" dance. MORE

CONGRATULATIONS DAISY GRAHAM

Seventy year old Daisy Graham is having a hard day. No one in her small town wants to let her forget about the big ceremony at her local high school in her honour. But Daisy has more important things to think about than some ceremony – she’s dug out her old rifle, now all she needs is a box of bullets. MORE

CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE

Haunted by a broken relationship, Oscar embarks on a late night search for intimacy. Unsuccessful, he joins a 'Cuddle Group', where he meets Aida- a woman determined to solve his problems. MORE

COUNTERTRANSFERENCE

"Countertransference" is a comedy about an awkward woman with assertiveness problems who seeks the help of a therapist. MORE

COWBOY

City dweller Christian, working for a real estate agent, comes to a deserted village where he meets country lad Cowboy. They spend the day and night together. When harvest starts at dawn the village shows its real face and the two men are forced to pay a terrible price in order to leave. MORE

DINX

A dissatisfied bar waiter in a men's burlesque club is thrown back in time to relive a day from his childhood - in short-shorts. MORE

DADDY

Wayne is a young, single, carefree New Yorker with no commitments and little responsibility. But after a random one-night stand, that's all about to change when he discovers he may be pregnant. MORE

EVERY OTHER WEEKEND

Roger lives in emotional stasis, since leaving his partner, Bart, and their eight year old daughter, Jessica, who he now sees every other weekend. MORE

FOR A RELATIONSHIP

Director Jim Verburg sorts through 2 years of photographs to make sense of the relationships in his life in this intimate reflection on his practice, his lovers and his family. MORE

GEVALD

A gay pride parade is cancelled due to violent protests by religious movements. Against the decadent background of drag performances, a tiny and almost impossible love story is rekindled. MORE

HAPPENSTANCE

Beth discovers she has a lot in common with her son's new girlfriend. MORE

I'M JIN YOUNG

Jin-Young, a young Korean girl, meets the love of her life when she meets her mother's 'friend'. MORE

JAMES

When James discovers that long buried secrets can lead to poor family relations, he feels it's time to confide a secret of his own with his only friend. MORE

LOST NIGHT

A Bangladeshi taxi driver picks up a transvestite and discovers a lifesaving connection between them. MORE

MAN

Maggie is young but not too young to know her teenage sister is pursuing a risky tryst through an internet chat. Maggie trails her into the woods where an attempt to protect her older sister leads to an unusual and poignant bond between them. MORE

MEMBERS ONLY

Amy, the new kid in town, can't seem to get a date…or even a woman to look in her direction until she meets power lesbian Joan Fox. Joan isn't interested in love, but does have a corner on the market. Luckily for Amy, it's for sale. MORE

MORNING SUITS

Charlie wakes up the morning after the night before with a sore head and an unexpected houseguest. Nothing new there, but this is no usual morning, nor is Gaz just any houseguest. MORE

MY LAST TEN HOURS WITH YOU

The final night of Mark and Jeremy’s relationship. They wait it out …drinking, fucking and fighting their way around each other, and trying to find a way to say goodbye. MORE

ROCK POCKETS

Rock 'n' roll, sexual identity, and the politics of coalition, as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy at the fair. MORE

SILVER ROAD

Childhood friends Danny and Mark struggle with the awkwardness of saying goodbye the night before Danny leaves for university in the city. MORE

SILVESTER HOME RUN

When Sven takes his boyfriend Domink home to meet his parents for the first time matters become complicated by Sven’s relationship with his father. MORE

SWEAT

Simon spends an afternoon in a gay sauna to find out if he's as hung up about sex as he thinks he is. He leaves after finding out a lot more about the world of casual sex and discovers he's much more open minded than he ever thought. MORE

THE BACK ROOM

Two utter strangers uncover astonishing connections as they search for a mysterious Renaissance painting. MORE

THE VICIOUS AND THE DELICIOUS

A ‘queer’ soap-opera parody, The Vicious and the Delicious explores the shocking scandals of the powerful Cassamento family and their lovers. MORE

THE YOUNG AND EVIL

A highly intelligent but troubled gay black teen sets out to seduce an HIV-positive prevention advocate into giving him the virus. MORE

TRYOUT

Dan is facing a critical time in his life. He is torn between Italy, his boyfriend – who wants to tell the world about their love – and his son Uri, who comes for a visit and tries to get close with his dad but knows nothing about him. MORE

WHO I AM

Two young women confront their sexuality at the crossroads of race and class. MORE

WRESTLING

A love story about two gay wrestlers living in rural Iceland who must keep their relationship a secret from the inner world of Iceland's national and very macho sport. MORE

YOU, ME AND HIM

When their plans for the future change, new bonds are created between Danilo, Lucas and Marcos. In between videogames and milk cups, pain and disappointment, they try to learn how to live together. MORE