PROGRAM:

The Milkman Dir. Ken Takahashi, Canada, 2001 8 minutes, colour, drama, no dialogue.		Thick Lips Thin Lips Dir. Paul Lee, Canada, 1994, 6 minutes, B/W & colour, experimental, in English with no subtitles.
SYNOPSIS Two unlikely men come together to share love at its most basic level: a love that both nourishes and sustains life. What draws this handsome youth to a peculiar and sizeable stranger? Find out in this startling award-winning short. The wild shock factor, in a way strangely subdued and unaccountably gentle. **Best of Fest, 2002 Bearded Child Film Festival **Jury's Choice, 12th University of Oregon Queer Film Festival **Festival Citation, 4th Manila eKsperim[e]nto Film & Video Festival **Audience Award (Best GLBT Film), 4th Manila eKsperim[e]nto Film & Video Festival **Audience Award (Best Short Film), 1st Buenos Aires Gay, Lesbian & Transgender International Film Festival		SYNOPSIS The meeting of lips is the setting for this musical short film about racist and homophobic violence. **Silver Award (Experimental), 1st Hong Kong Independent Short Film Awards **Third Prize, 3rd Cabbagetown Film Festival Short Film Competition **Special Commendation, 25th Canadian International Film Festival **Honorable Mention, 4th University of Oregon Queer Film Festival **Honorable Mention, 27th Humboldt International Film Festival **Honorable Mention (Experimental), 15th Utah Short Film & Video Festival
My Name is Love, 2008 Dir. David Fardmar, Sweden 20 mins.
SYNOPSIS Love and Sebastian meet each other by a coincidence on a hot Swedish summer night. They happen to share the same secret, but their encounter is going to cause severe consequences for both of them. The film just recieved a special commendation, at the 2009 Iris Prize, Cardiff's International Gay and Lesbian Short Film Prize- (october 2009).