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SHORT & BURLY

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Melbourne Queer Film Festival

SHORT & BURLY

Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Senior, Parenting

From misconstrued family obligations, to coming out to grandma and dealing with leaving behind a long-time love - it’s all here in one bulging package of gay shorts from around the world.

AFTER EVERYTHING (DEPOIS DE TUDO)
Dir: Rafael Saar, Brazil, 2008, video, 12min
Portuguese with English subtitles
Genre: Drama, Foreign Language, Senior
Identity: Gay

A loving elderly couple must endure the difficulty of saying goodbye again.

GOLDEN PIN, THE
Dir: Cuong Ngo, Canada, 2009, video, 15min
English and Vietnamese with English subtitles
Genre: Drama, Foreign Language, Romance
Identity: Gay

A young Vietnamese man must choose between his family obligations and his love for another man.

ISLAND, THE
Dir: Trevor Anderson, Canada, 2009, video, 6min
Genre: Comedy
Identity: Gay

In this irony laden short, the filmmaker considers, with the help of animation, a piece of fan mail he received.

www.dirtycityfilms.com/filmdetail.php?dc_num=13


HOUSEMATES
Dir: Lee Matthews, Australia, 2009, video, 5min
Genre: Drama
Identity: Gay

Aashiq lives a happy life, sharing a home with his lover David and his best friend, Aly. There’s just one thing he needs to do: come out to his mother.

PIECE OF FURNITURE, THE (EL MUEBLE DE LAS FOTOS)
Dir: Giovanni Macelli, Spain, 2008, video, 2min
Spanish with English subtitles
Genre: Documentary, Foreign Language
Identity: Gay

The filmmaker takes us on a tour of his family's photos.

SECOND GUESSING GRANDMA
Dir: Bob Giraldi, USA, 2008, video, 10min
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Identity: Gay

A young Jewish guy is being pushed by everyone around him to come out to his traditional Grandma, but her reaction isn’t what everyone expected.

www.giraldi.com/second-guessing-grandma/



NON-LOVE-SONG
Dir: Erik Gernand, USA, 2009, video, 8min
Genre: Drama, Romance
Identity: Gay

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.

MOTHER KNOWS BEST (MAMMA VEIT HAVO HUN SYNGUR)
Dir: Bardi Gudmundsson, Iceland, 2009, video, 25min
Icelandic with English subtitles
Genre: Comedy, Foreign Language
Identity: Gay

Gudini lives with his overbearing single mother in Reykjavík. She seems determined to ruin all of his relationships. Does she have a hidden agenda?

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