Shorts from the 2010 CineSLAM LGBTQ Short Film Festival
Opening Night | Hooker-Dunham Theater @ 7PM | Friday, June 18th
MISTRESS BUTTERFINGER
directed by Jennifer Howd
“A playful satire of those classic candy commercials.”
NEVER TOO LATE
directed by Wendy L Weinberg
“Using old Hollywood footage, somehow Wendy Weinberg
creates a contemporary look at gay marriage.”
DYKE DOLLAR
directed by Laura Terruso
“American economic angst and gay panic explode in suburban
New Jersey.”
QUEER PETS ADVENTURES
directed by Veronique Courtois
“From butch kitties to accessory-obsessed doggies, this series
of delightful animated shorts shines a spotlight on some
adorably queer pets and their queer owners.”
WIDE ‘N’ FURRY | Winner 2009 PAW AWARD
[Best Short at Vermont Bear Film Festival]
directed by Rob Sherman and Dan Dowling Jr.
“A furry spoof on Weird Al Yankovic’s White and Nerdy.”
CHAINED!
directed by Betsy Kalin
“Why are lesbians literally attached to their wallet chains?
Chained! is a quirky look into the lives of women who define
themselves through their chains.”
TWO LADIES
directed by Cubby
“Follow Liza as she prepares for a performance on the
Norwegian Dawn.”
GET HAPPY
directed by Mark Payne
“A coming of age musical extravaganza.”
Join us, after the screening, for the Pride Dance, hosted by the Men’s Program with help from the Queer Community Project and the Active Lesbians of Monadnock Area, at the Brattleboro American Legion Hall! | 9PM to 1AM
Saturday Sessions | Session One | Tree Frog Farm @ 1PM | Saturday, June 19th
NO MORE LIES
directed by Sam Feder
“This experimental documentary short viscerally depicts
the mainstream media’s attempts to classify transgender
people.”
DEAR EDWARD
directed by Richard Ballon and Matt Bucy
“Why is that the new apple in our hand only reminds us of
the orchard we walked away from?”
OUT IN ROMANIA
directed by Richard Davis
“Richard Davis travels the world to find gay experiences in
places we don’t often see. Here we have a glimpse of GLBT
life in Romania through a visit to an underground club in
Transylvania.”
STORIES OF EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE
directed by Alison Segar
“Gays and Lesbians know what it means to be different in
society. Alison shows us how the many Somali Bantu refugees
in Vermont face a new world.”
THE ULTIMATE PENALTY
directed by Christopher Dawes
“What goes into a painting when a gay artist confronts
the ultimate penalty of execution for the “crime” of
homosexuality?”
LONG NIGHT’S JOURNEY INTO DAY
directed by Christopher Dawes
“In the city that never sleeps, what’s going through the head of an insomniac wandering the streets of Brooklyn while the rest of the city sleeps?”
TREMBLE AND SPARK
directed by Kelly Burkhardt
“Lesbian film noir of sex and murder.”
Saturday Sessions | Session Two | Tree Frog Farm @ 2:40PM | Saturday, June 19th
NUMEROLOGY
directed by Paula Durette
“Director Paula Durette, originally from South Windsor,
Connecticut, unveils the mysteries of lesbians through the
occult arts.”
SON OF THE PREACHER
directed by Jasmine Gervais
“Billy, the son of a preacher, secretly falls for a mysterious and pretty
new parishioner. Constrained only to be able to look at her
during Mass, he slowly lets himself punctuate the ceremonies
with bits of his fantasies, giving rise to a succession of eclectic,
often romantic, but sometimes naughty thoughts.”
LOVE AND OTHER RED SPOT SPECIALS
directed by Lauren Anderson
“In the universe, on Earth, in Australia, there is a small town. In
the small town there are: 9,684 residents, one supermarket,
six sets of traffic lights, and one shoplifting transvestite on an
extravagant quest for love.”
THE GOLDEN PIN
directed by Cuong Ngo
“Long, a young Vietnamese-Canadian swimmer, finds himself
struggling between the expectations of his family and the
demands of his heart. His father wants him to marry soon,
but his mother, haunted by a past romance, hopes her son
will stand up for what he believes.”
25 THINGS I DID DURING MY BIG FAT
LESBIAN DEPRESSION
directed by Chris Russo
“After getting the shaft in an unbelievable break up, a lesbian
reveals her enlightened, yet hysterical road to recovery. 25
Random Things uses the framework of social media to poke
fun at some of the crazy, yet personal things we do in life to
get through our darkest moments in order to move on from
the past and emerge into a lighter state of being.”
DECODING ALAN TURING
directed by Christopher Racster
“Uncovers Alan Turing, British WW II hero at the center of
US/UK Intelligence, now hailed as the father of the modern
computer. His mysterious suicide in 1954 (by eating a cyanide
laced apple) has gained him cult status, and spawned an
urban legend that the Apple Computer logo is a nod to his
genius.”
THE ROE EFFECT | Winner of the 2010 Chessie Award!
directed by Kiel Adrian Scott
“In a world frighteningly similar to our own, Dawn, a high
school girl, and Sam, her girlfriend, are madly in love. But
when Dawn falls victim to an unwanted pregnancy, a chain
of events are set in motion that would reveal a secret so
powerful that it could destroy all she holds dear. In the face
of considerable challenges, Dawn must choose between
exposing a painful truth and losing the girl she loves.”
Saturday Sessions | Session Three | Tree Frog Farm @ 4PM | Saturday, June 19th
A DAY AT THE BEACH
directed by Veronique Courtois
“Fun animation of finding love at the beach.”
SOMETHING 4 THE GAY BOYS
directed by Timothy McCarthy
“The title is an homage to Carmen Miranda’s film of the same
name without the word gay. She was an original drag queen
from Rio. The film is about what was on my mind and what my
mind was on that Carnival Day in Rio, Brazil, 02.16.2010. We all
have our targeting systems for our sexual interests and gauges
for altered consciousness; I use dashboard gadgets to give
you a look into mine and my altered state of mind.”
I’M JUST ANNEKE
directed by Jonathan Skurnik
“Anneke, a gender fluid 12 year old girl, has just started taking
a hormone blocker so she can decide if she wants to be a boy
or a girl before entering puberty.”
THE SHEEP AND THE RANCH HAND
directed by Loretta Hintz
“A yiffing good time!”
BEYOND BOUNDARIES
directed by Betsy Jose
“Experiences of immigrants with diverse sexuality.”
YES AND NO
directed by Kelsy Chauvin
“When a painting becomes the dividing line between two
friends, a choice has to be made about what to salvage.”
COUNTERTRANSFERENCE
directed by Madeleine Olnek
“A comedy about therapy and its discontents.”
Don’t miss the delicious barbecue and the announcing of the audience awards after the final screening!
