22nd connecticut
gay and lesbian
film festival
Monday 5/25 - 7:30 p.m.
Antarctica
Yair Hochner, 2008, Israel, 110 min
(In Hebrew with English subtitles)
Omer is miserable because he’s about to turn 30 and he hasn’t found love or his true purpose in life. Will he find someone who will spark his imagination as well as his libido? As he starts to get a handle on his own personal crisis, his little sister, Shirley, chooses to pursue a lesbian romance with her boss, the owner of the city’s hippest coffeehouse. This bold, original drama, with its attractive and provocative ensemble cast, explores the age-old quest for true love... and the carnal diversions along the way.
PROGRAM
King County
David Quantic, 2007, USA, 7 min
KING COUNTY follows Camile Schwartzbaum as she leads her community theatre company in a frantic search for bad 80s movie to turn into the next Broadway Smash ala XANADU. Auditions are a blend of "American Idol" meets "Drag Divas" in this hilarious romp from the folks in this Pacific Northwest county.
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Shorts Program: Story Time
The Japanese Sandman
Edward Buhr, 2007, USA, 12 min
At once wry travelogue and heartbreaking tale of love lost, THE JAPANESE SANDMAN is a visual interpretation of a letter William S. Burroughs wrote in 1953 to Allen Ginsberg (from the collection The Yage Letters). Told through Burroughs' incisive voice, cocaine snorting in Panama and post-prom shenanigans in 1931 St. Louis becomes a meditation on loss, memory and the human condition. This film is not only visually compelling; it is a witty examination of the point where addiction and emotion meet.
Laundromat
Edward Gunawan, 2007, USA, 12 min
A young couple learns that the little things are what count after meeting an older man in a neighborhood laundromat.
Horsepower
J.P. Moffett, 2008, USA, 17 min
The story of Murray Meadows, a middle aged man who escapes from his life as a straight-laced professional auto critic by immersing himself in Internet porn. This works for Murray until Harold, his eccentric gay boss tries to help. Murray rejects Harold's advances which leads to a crisis in which Murray discovers help from an unlikely source.
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Ticket Info
$8 General Admission
$6 Students/Seniors
