SHORT LIST 2009

A SONG OF FISHES

Frustrated after an argument with her questionably sane mother, Sam must seek refuge elsewhere before returning home to confront her. MORE

AFTER

Three teenage boys idealize and fantasize about an older teenage football player until they witness his death. MORE

DEEP RED

Gur and Yuval will stop at nothing to make enough money for a fresh start in Berlin. As they approach their goal, the tension is growing between the two, until an unexpected event causes Gur to question both their plan and their relationship. MORE

DIANA

Diana takes place the day after the Princess of Wales’ death and follows Mohit, an Indian pre-op transsexual on an emotional journey set against the backdrop of a day that shocked a nation and will change his life forever. MORE

DISH

Emo kids Israel and Louie walk around their east Los Angeles neighbourhood dishing and “sexting” about their high school classmates. After listening to Louie boast about his sexual escapades, Israel decides he has some catching up to do. MORE

EL ABUELO

The smoky voice and lush words of young San Antonio teacher and poet, Joe Jimenez, guides the viewer through a snapshot of his early life… MORE

EXETER

Satire of an advertisement for an organization that claims to change homosexuals. MORE

GET HAPPY

A Coming of Age Musical Extravaganza   MORE

GREG

Greg Sells has been described as the ‘Rain Man’ of women’s music. Some assume he is autistic. Some think he is a deviant. The female musicians accept him, so why does everyone else want to label him? MORE

HEIKO

A fetishistic relationship between a young man named Heiko and his seventy-year-old lover is suddenly taken to extremes in a sci-fi twist. MORE

IM SOMMER SITZEN DIE ALTEN

Petra is a film maker. Inspired by the death of her Grandmother Magdalena, the talks with Magdalena’s live partner Gertrud, as well as an old suitcase of Magdalena, she writes a poem… MORE

IN THE CLOSET

On a night almost like any other, a shy, awkward young man has his first ever sexual encounter with an older, experienced, but a bit jaded, trick… MORE

LOOKING FOR

Tracy Lawrence has returned to the dating scene after a long absence. So, what does she do when love desperation arises?… MORE

LUCHA

Set in 1982 against the backdrop of the insurgency in El Salvador, Lucha traces the plight of two women in love whose only respite from the battles raging against their oppressive government is the solace found in each other's arms. MORE

MY NAME IS LOVE

Love and Sebastian meet each other by a coincidence at a street in the romantic Swedish summer night. They happen to share the same secret, but their encounter is going to cause severe consequences for the both of them - when an innocent flirt soon turns in to a dangerously liaison .. MORE

NON LOVE SONG

On the last day of summer before heading off to college, two 18-year old best friends attempt to connect as adults and for the first time in their lives share a real moment. MORE

OVERNIGHT BOOK

A struggling teen and washed up writer change the course of each other's lives overnight in a chance meeting at a hometown diner and a journey through the streets of 'AnyTown' USA MORE

SALAMANDER

An accidental moment of intimacy sparks one girl to turn on another, revealing the intricacies of adolescent friendship and saving an amphibious life. MORE

SHATTERCANE

Shattercane reveals a character who risks everything for an ideal. Eighteen-year old Jason must stake his claim to a life where freedom under an open sky also means being bound to the silent land. MORE

SIDNEY TURTLEBAUM

Award-winning actor, Sir Derek Jacobi stars as Sidney Turtlebaum a smooth-talking elderly gay man in the twilight of his life who steals from grieving strangers at funerals where he pawns himself off as a loving and distant relative or acquaintance MORE

STEAM

Moving between anxiety, reflection and fear, two strangers try to make sense of their predicament…stuck in a steam room. Heat increasing, they need to get out but can't find the door. What is this place and how did they get here? MORE

TEDDY

Tony, a dyed-in-the-wool Londoner, travels 10,000 miles to rural New Zealand to rekindle an old relationship, but his fate lies in the paws of a faded old teddy bear. MORE

THE BATH

Two sisters have an awkward air between them, and their mother avoids eye contact with her younger daughter. The older sister suggests that they go to a public bath that is far away from home… MORE

THE CHEF'S LETTER

A married chef’s rigid regime is shaken when he falls in love with a young male trainee. At the last moment, he decides to make his feelings known in a letter that could overturn his ordered life forever. MORE

THE ISLAND

A filmmaker with a vivid imagination considers, with the help of animation, a piece of fan mail he received. What if all the gays in the world were put on an island? MORE

THE SHOES OF ARTISTEU

The body of a dead transvestite is prepared for the wake by others transvestites. The family, after receiving the body, decides to bury as a man. A procession of transvestites heads to the wake to say good-bye. The shoes are put on. Death is nothing but a window. MORE

THE TRAITOR

Tomer and Shmulik are a couple. One evening, during a causal supper, one of them announces he wants to break up. Pain takes over their intimacy and the night takes an unexpected turn. MORE

THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE

Two women meet in a doctor’s waiting room. In that instant, despite the universe between them, their lives become paradoxically entangled. Knowing how to die can mean knowing how to live, and uncertainty can be a rewarding experience. MORE

TO COMFORT YOU

A daily phone call between Angela and her lesbian daughter living with HIV/AIDS reveals unexpected news. MORE

UNDRESSING VANESSA

Undressing Vanessa is a deconstruction of one of Australia's best known drag identities, Vanessa Wagner. Underneath the frivolity and fun lies a sobering reality that belies her zany exterior – when Vanessa is undressed we see that all is not what it may appear to be… MORE