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Boy
Auraeus Solito (Philippines, 2009, 80 min.)
In Tagalog with English subtitles
Electric with the heat of sexual awakening, Boy is a story about love happening in unlikely circumstances. When two young men from seemingly incompatible worlds (a poet and a "macho dancer") meet and fall in love, they explore the value of the connection they've made. Gorgeously shot, the film combines raw sexuality with earnest emotion and true heart. Beating beneath the fleshy lust of youth is the vulnerability and insecurity of new love. Juggling his mother, who can't acknowledge her own romantic shortcomings, and his lover, who lives a different life, the Boy has only his own heart to listen to.
What's Your Fantasy?
Flights of fancy, whimsical waking dreams, improbable mental images, all based on hopes and dreams. From fantasizing about the hot boy sitting next to you on the bus, to the unrealistic pipe dream of still believing your son is straight after finding his male porn under the mattress, to taking the perfect man home only to find out the next morning that you were wearing beer goggles, these shorts explore how tricks of the mind can be capricious. Dirty Magazines (Jay J. Levy, USA, 2008), Spokes (Peter Ireland, Australia, 2009), Ogles with Goggles (Shane Morton, USA, 2009), Wait (C. Snyder, USA, 2008), helping hand (Steven Bentley, USA, 2008), On the Bus (Tracy D. Smith, Canada, 2008), Unlovable (Kenneth Sherman, Canada, 2009), After (Mark Pariselli, Canada, 2009). Total: 87 min.
The Baby Formula
Alison Reid (Canada, 2008, 81 min.)
Double the bellies, double the fun! The outlandish Canadian mockumentary, The Baby Formula, follows lab worker Athena and wife Lilith as they dare to boldly go where no couple has gone before--creating a baby with two biological mothers. Utilizing the real-life science that has created offspring in mice, Athena bravely opens her womb to the experimental procedure. When Lilith tires of rubbing Athena's feet and fetching cupcakes and sauerkraut, she decides to impregnate herself with yet another hybrid egg. With both women simultaneously rocking their lovely lady lumps, the only thing left to do is tell their wacky families the news. Now two hungry, moody and emotional women must not only bear children, but each other's families as well.
Baby Love
Vincent Garenq (France, 2008, 98 min.)
In French, with English subtitles
It's pretty standard to hear about a woman's biological clock tick-tick-ticking, but in Baby Love, Emmanuel, a gay pediatrician in his forties, longs for a child of his own. When he expresses this yearning to his long-term partner, Philippe, they find themselves at an impasse that eventually causes a break-up. Newly single but still determined to be a father, Emmanuel propositions Fina, who is seeking French citizenship, to carry his baby in exchange for a green card marriage. Baby Love chronicles the highs, the lows and the intrinsic difficulties of trying to create a contemporary family.
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