V –0 08 - Rehoboth Beach Film Society

10% shorts: I won! I won! [Total running time for all 6 short films: 114 mins.]
So here is a collection of GLBT shorts that have been deemed the best of the best at film festivals throughout
North America. The designation of “best” may be as much a reflection on the audience tastes as it is the
quality of the shorts. Are the audiences in San Francisco more character and story focused? Do the New
York audiences go for the more “arty” films? In LA is it all about stroking the egos of the industry itself and
favoring the critical darlings? I guess the answers to these questions and more may lay in your reaction to
the assembled shorts….by the way, besides winning awards, I like them too.
THuRS NOV 6 2:35 PM-4:25 PM
FRI NOV 7 2:40 PM-4:35 PM
SAT NOV 8 12:20 PM-2:15 PM SPONSORED BY: CAMP REHOBOTH
dIre straIghts
Two women discuss their reservations about the way that
they are dressed (like a straight bride and groom) on their
wedding day.
[Dir. carolina Roca-Smith, 2008, US, video, 7 mins.]
[Winner Programmers Award Best Female Short at
Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian Film Festival)
no bIkInI
At seven years old, Robin decides to go without her bikini
top at a summer camp – with surprising results!
[Dir. claudia Morgado Escanilla, canada, 2007, video, 9 mins.]
(Winner Best Short – Frameline and Newfest (New York)
congratulatIons daIsy graham
In this passionate and empathetic short, the local high
school is honoring 70-year-old Daisy Graham, but she has
more important things on her mind: her mentally ill longterm
partner.
[Dir. cassandra nicolaou, 2007, canada, video, 15 mins.]
[Winner Best Short Inside Out (Toronto) and Philadelphia
Gay and Lesbian)
wrestlIng
A love story about two wrestlers who must keep their
relationship a secret from the inner world of Iceland’s
national and very macho sport.
Dir. Grimur hakonarson, 2007, iceland, 35mm, 21 mins. in
icelandic with English subtitles]
(Winner Best Short – Philadelphia Gay and Lesbian)
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