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CONTENTS Welcome

Special Presentations

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TICKETING OPENING NIGHT & CLOSING NIGHT Closing Night film & party

Opening Night film & party

@ RMIT Capitol Theatre & F4

@ Astor Theatre

Happy Endings (p.21) $18 full, $15 conc

50 Ways of Saying Fabulous + Layover (pp.18–19) $33 full, $28 conc

SINGLE TICKETS AND MULTI-SESSION PASSES SINGLE TICKET

TRIPLE CHOC PASS

STRAWBERRY PASS

1 session

3 sessions

5 sessions

$14 full, $11 conc

$37 full, $31 conc

$61 full, $52 conc

MINT PASS

GOLDEN TOFFEE PASS

7 sessions $82 full, $70 conc

All sessions* including Opening & Closing Nights $220 full, $185 conc

* Except for MQFF/ACMI Seniors’ Festival co-presentation of Stage Beauty. For entry to sessions, just produce your laminated Gold Pass. Your Gold Pass is strictly non-transferable. Please choose your sessions carefully as you may not be able to see all films in the Festival. Gold Pass holders please be seated 15 minutes before the beginning of each session or your seat may be sold if the session is booked out.

SPECIAL TICKETED SESSIONS QUEERIES Sessions 7 & 19 (pp.67-69) $10 full, $8 conc

CELLULOID CASSEROLE Session 44 (p.71) Gold coin donation

SENIORS’ FESTIVAL Session 43 (p.72) $3 for over 55s

TICKETING RULES 1 All prices include gst. Booking fees may apply. 2 A session ticket will be required to enter each film (except for Gold Pass holders). Session tickets should be attached to your Festival multipass. 3 Only one ticket per session per multipass will be issued. 4 We encourage patrons to arrive early as seating is unreserved. 5 Laws governing film festivals mean that all audience members must be 18 years or over, with the exception of Queeries (see pp.67-69) where patrons 15 years and over are permitted. 6 No refunds or cancellations given unless a session is moved or cancelled.

7 Valid concessions: full time students, healthcare card holders, City of Melbourne Companion Card holders, MQFF members, Melbourne International Film Festival members, ACMI members, Classic Cinema members. One concession ticket per card holder will apply on presentation of valid card. 8 Sessions (other than Opening Night) advertised as ‘sold out’ may actually have a limited number of tickets available for sale at the venue (due to the holding of seats for Gold Pass holders). Standby reservation numbers will be handed out 30 minutes prior to the session. All available seats will be sold to the holders of standby numbers immediately prior to the session beginning.

TICKETING LAZY PASSES An MQFF Lazy Pass is the perfect Festival companion for busy queers. One pass gets you along to a curated selection of the best sessions for girls and boys, or Festival Director Lisa Daniel’s personal picks for 2006.

LAZY LESBIANS PASS $61 full, $52 conc

LAZY BUGGERS PASS $61 full, $52 conc

Entry to these sessions:

14: Gypo (p.29) 24: Short & Girly (pp.58–59) 47: Loving Annabelle (p.33) 61: Unveiled (p.44) 76: Keep Not Silent (p.51)

Sat 4 Mar, 6.15pm Sun 5 Mar, 4.15pm Wed 8 Mar, 8pm Fri 10 Mar, 8.15pm Sun 12 Mar,12pm

4: 37: 50: 58: 71:

Adam & Steve (p.25) Gay Sex in the 70s (p.50) Good Boys (p.28) Short & Burly (pp.62–63) Queens (p.36)

Fri 3 Mar, 8.15pm Mon 6 Mar,10.15pm Thu 9 Mar, 6.15pm Fri 10 Mar, 6pm Sat 11 Mar, 6.15pm

DIRECTOR’S CHOICE PASS $61 full, $52 conc Entry to these sessions: 20: Family Matters (p.49) 25: A Love to Hide (p.33) 40: Unconscious (p.43) 77: The Journey (p.31) 81: When I’m 64 (p.45)

Sun 4 Mar, 12.15pm Sun 4 Mar, 6pm Tue 7 Mar, 8pm Sun 12 Mar, 12.15pm Sun 12 Mar, 4pm

BUYING TICKETS All tickets and passes can be booked via our website at

www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au It’s quick and easy, totally secure and available 24 hours. Please note that all tickets purchased on the website will be available from the first venue you attend, they will not be posted out. Tickets also available at: Hares and Hyenas Bookshop 135 Commercial Rd, South Yarra. Ph (03) 9824 0110 Shop Sui by Sylvia Tai 227 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, Ph (03) 9415 9588 ACMI Cinemas, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Flinders St, Melbourne Open 1pm–6pm, 7 days, extended hours during the Festival. Group bookings for 10 people and over can be made via all ticket outlets and online.

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FESTIVAL VISIT THE FESTIVAL CLUB Meet up with your friends before or after the film at our fabulous Festival Club. Located in the Function Space at ACMI, ground floor off Flinders Street entrance. Open 30 minutes before the first session everyday serving great food, hot coffee, cool music, alcohol and plenty of choc tops.

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OPENING 50 WAYS OF SAYING FABULOUS Dir: Stewart Main, New Zealand, 2005, 35mm, 90 mins Chubby 12-year-old Billy has a penchant for dress-up and a loathing of sports that make it achingly clear to all he’s a budding ‘friend of Dorothy’. But with his small-country-town naiveté, Billy doesn’t even know what slurs like ‘poofter’ mean. Best friend and fellow misﬁt Lou is a tomboy who loves roughing it with the boys in rugby, while dodging her mother’s attempts to get her into a bra. When new nerd in town Roy becomes the school’s next whipping boy, Billy and Roy team up and are soon enmeshed in a series of lusty encounters. But it’s the arrival of hunky young farmhand Jamie (Michael Dorman, Secret Life of Us) that throws the real sizzler in the pot of sexual tensions, personal rivalries and high-school hierarchies. With its retro camera zooms, sci-ﬁ fantasy sequences and over-the-top music, 50 Ways neatly twists the action into a surreal, occasionally macabre, thoroughly original rites-of-passage drama. A subversive comedy–drama, sure to leave audiences talking. (BZ)

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LAYOVER Dir: Ashlee Page, Australia, 2004, video, 7 mins Sexy ďŹ&#x201A;ight attendant Kate has been looking forward to a night of passion with her girlfriend. An overnight stay goes horribly wrong when Grandma turns up on the doorstep after leaving Grandpa. Hilarious! (PA)

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Thursday 2 March

7.30pm

Astor Theatre, St Kilda

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CLOSING HAPPY ENDINGS Dir: Don Roos, USA, 2005, 35mm, 127 mins Here’s the perfect way to end the Festival - in the hands of an all star-ensemble cast featuring Kisa Kudrow, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jesse Bradford, Bobby Carnavale (Will and Grace), Steve Coogan and Laura Dern in the latest comedy from Don Roos, the maker of the queer classic The Opposite of Sex. Weaving together multiple stories, Happy Endings is a sharply observed, richly detailed and witty look at the modern pitfalls of love, family, friends and just coping in this modern world. Charley lives with his boyfriend Gil but they’ve hit a rough patch. Little things are annoying Charley and his latest bugbear is that their friends, couple Pam and Diane, are lying to them. A couple of years ago the women tried unsuccessfully to use Gil as a sperm donor, but Charley doesn’t believe them – he reckons their 2 year-old son looks just like Gil… Film student Nick is blackmailing Mamie. He claims he knows the identity of the son Mamie gave up for adoption and will only reveal his identity if he can ﬁlm the reunion for his school assignment. Otis is gay but doesn’t want to accept the fact. His friends all know it but they keep up the charade as Otis lives in a mansion with his dad, and they can use the facilities whenever they want. However when sexy stranger Jude shows up after being kicked out of her cousin’s place, she seduces Otis, with a little help from a lot of alcohol, and promptly moves in. Otis’ single dad is just happy his son is straight and is even happier when Jude starts to show interest in him. (PT)

Join us for the Closing Night Party following the ﬁlm at F4: Level 2/322 Little Collins St, Melbourne. MAR

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Sunday 12 March

8.30pm

RMIT Capitol Theatre, Melbourne

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CENTREPIECE THREE NEEDLES Dir: Thom Fitzgerald, Canada, 2005, 35mm, 123 mins The latest film from Canadian filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald (The Event MQFF 04, Beefcake, Hanging Garden) is a sweeping epic comprising a trio of stories that uses the global devastation of HIV/AIDS as a linking thread. Set across three continents, this international production is led by an impressive cast including Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don’t Cry), Lucy Liu (Kill Bill), Olympia Dukakis (Tales of the City’s Mrs Madrigal) and Stockard Channing (The Matthew Shepard Story, West Wing). In the first story, set in rural China, heavily pregnant Jin establishes a blood-donor clinic paying the impoverished locals $5 for each donation, only to discover that soon the villagers are falling ill. In Montreal, porn star Denys is HIV+ but uses blood from his ailing bed-ridden father to fake the regular tests required for his job. In the final chapter, three nuns journey to a remote coastal South African community to ‘rescue’ the souls of the locals to enable them to escape purgatory. All three stories are intricately drawn, teasing out myriad issues in the fight against HIV/AIDS: poverty, religion, cultural (mis)understanding, greed, lack of education and exploitation. Fitzgerald has crafted a sobering, yet entertaining and un-missable film, one that is vital for our times. (PT)

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2006

Tuesday 7 March

6.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

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SELECTORS’ Each year the selectors get into a scrum, put their bums in the air and nominate their favourite session of the Festival. It was an easy decision this year with the unanimous choice for BEST session of the festival going to Fucking Different, the amazingly eclectic selection of the newest, queerest shorts from Germany compiled by renowned filmmaker Jürgen Brüning (The Raspberry Reich MQFF 2005, Hustler White, Latin Boys Go to Hell). Miss it at your peril, this session of shorts has something for the boys and the girls, and is guaranteed to blow your mind.

FUCKING DIFFERENT Dirs: various, Germany, 2005, video, 90 mins

German with English subtitles Compelling gender mash up by 14 gay and lesbian film directors for a queer crossover audience. Contemporary German filmmakers were asked to imagine the opposite gender’s desires, loves and sexuality and to represent it in a short film. The result is Fucking Different and it has earned our Selectors’ Choice high five this year, for its originality, engaging visceral eroticism and seductively striking images. Lesbians present films about being gay men, gay men present films about being lesbians and there lies no limits to the imagination. Each film is a scintillating inquiry into the depths of sexual identity. Sexy, funny, sad, romantic, dark and philosophical re-imaginings of the stereotypes and archetypes, constructed and deconstructed representations that make up the myriad images of who we all are, what we all dream of and what we all love – the body, the mind, the spirit. Funny, uber-sensual thought provoking and in-ya-face vignettes about desire, love, lust and wet dreams from some of the most furtive image makers today. (PA)

Warning: High level sex scenes

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2006

Thursday 9 March ACMI Cinemas

8pm

FEATURES ADAM & STEVE Dir: Craig Chester, USA, 2005, video, 100 mins

Pillow Talk meets When Harry Met Sally in this comic romp from the producers of gay fave Latter Days, certain to have you whooping in the aisles. A face familiar to fans of Kiss Me Guido and Swoon, Craig Chester debuts in the director’s seat with a romantic comedy about two unlikely guys for whom fate won’t take no for an answer. Having met in the 80s after a disastrous one-night stand, Adam and Steve don’t recognise each other when they meet again ﬁfteen years later. Adam’s best friend, formerly obese stand-up comic Rhonda (Parker Posey), works hard to bring the two boys together while maintaining her own dignity. Replete with superb dance numbers – including a wickedly funny two-step showdown – Adam & Steve is a cult classic in the making. Watch out for the poignant, all-too-familiar ‘Are you asking me out?’ scene, not to mention Parker Posey’s droll, razor-sharp one-liners. A massive hit at gay and lesbian ﬁlm festivals around the world, Adam & Steve is not to be missed. “Craig Chester delivers plenty of well-timed slapstick, a brace of oddball zanies and a couple of show-stopper musical numbers.” – Variety (BZ)

SESSION 4 MAR

2006

Friday 3 March

8.15pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 73 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

8.15pm

FEATURES

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BEAUTIFUL WOMEN (SCHÖNE FRAUEN) Dir: Sathyan Ramesh, Germany, 2003, 35mm, 87 mins German with English subtitles Life takes on interesting dimensions when ﬁve beautiful actresses end up in the same audition room, on the same day, all vying for the same part. Geno is a gorgeous lesbian trapped in an unfulﬁlling relationship that she’s thinking about leaving. Barbara is sweet but a touch naïve, and sure that her boyfriend is about to leave her for somebody else. Dana is contained and classically gorgeous. Kandis is a free spirit who enjoys casual sex with a guy she’s trying desperately to keep at arm’s length. Karin has a very familiar face that nobody can quite place and a secret that she refuses to reveal. It doesn’t take long for the gals to discover that none of them really wants the part in the low-budget erotic thriller; they blow off the audition and take to the highways in Geno’s car. As day moves toward night, the women grow hesitant to leave one another, and an unpredictable course of events dumps them at a hotel, where their deepest longings, hopes, and fears are gradually revealed over an endless supply of alcohol. (LD)

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MAR

Sunday 5 March

2.15pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 80 MAR

2006

Sunday 12 March ACMI Cinemas

Risking her life every day is simply business as usual for sexy amateur bisexual stuntwoman Rebeca Fuarte. Her dream to make it in Hollywood as a stunt pro is interrupted when she receives a curious letter from her Peruvian grandmother. It casts Rebeca’s mind back to her childhood and the events surrounding the mysterious illness that plagued her infant brother and eventually ‘killed’ him. She recalls odd conversations about her being an hermaphrodite, enduring unexplained surgeries as a child, and decides to return to her hometown of Lima to find the answers to her past. She visits the hospital where both she and her brother were born some two decades prior and discovers a file of shocking revelations which make her question her identity as a woman. Along the way, Rebeca meets a sexy young woman who changes her life. Together they unravel Rebeca’s secret hidden past, explore hot-blooded lesbian passion fuelled by self-discovery and find love along the way. Both is a compelling adventure through the minefields of sexuality, body and family based on the filmmaker’s own life experiences. (PA) SESSION 23

SESSION 22 MAR

Dir: Lisset Barcellos, Peru/USA, 2005, video, 86 mins

4pm

2006

Sunday 5 March ACMI Cinemas

4pm

FEATURES

THE FAVOUR (EL FAVOR)

EIGHTEEN Dir: Richard Bell, Canada, 2005, video, 95 mins Pip abandons his oppressive family and turns to a life on the streets after the death of his gay brother. On his 18th birthday, Pip’s father tracks him down and passes on a present from his deceased grandfather. The gift is an audio-tape of his grandfather reminiscing about his time during World War 2 when he was caring for a dying man on his own 18th birthday. While living as a street kid, Pip develops friendships with Clark, a streetwise gay hustler, Jenny, an aspiring social worker and Father Chris, a local priest. As Pip begins to discover himself, he ﬁnds that there are certain parallels between his life and his grandfather’s. The cast includes Ian McKellen (voice of the grandfather), Alan Cumming (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion) and Thea Gill (Queer As Folk). (DC) SESSION 15 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

8pm

Mora and Roberta are a young, happy, and at ﬁrst glance, well-adjusted lesbian couple. The only thing missing in their life is a baby, and the girls want one desperately. A solution seems to present itself when Mora’s turkey inseminator brother Felipe is scheduled to come to dinner. There’s only one problem: Felipe doesn’t know that Mora is a lesbian, nor does he know that her ‘roommate’ is also her lover, so talking to him honestly is not an option. As a result the crazy gals hatch a seemingly foolproof plan to have sex bomb Roberta seduce hapless Felipe – with a little help from some illicit additives to his drink. Naturally, for a comedy farce, things don’t go quite as smoothly as the girls’ planned, with hilarious results. Colorful and wacky, with one demented twist and turn after another, The Favour is as giddy and delightful as Almodovar’s omnisexual comedy classics a la Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. (LD) MAR

2006

SESSION 83 2006

Spanish with English subtitles

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ACMI Cinemas MAR

Dir: Pablo Sofovich, Argentina, 2003, 35mm, 79 mins

Sunday 12 March ACMI Cinemas

Monday 6 March

6pm

ACMI Cinemas

6.15pm SESSION 65 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

12.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

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FEATURES

GASOLINE (BENZINA) Dir: Monica Stambrini, Italy, 2001, 35mm, 90 mins

GOOD BOYS (YELADIM TOVIM) Dir: Yair Hochner, Israel, 2005, video, 75 mins

Italian with English subtitles

Hebrew with English subtitles

Stella and Lenni are young lesbian lovers who get caught in the middle of some steamy pashing by Lenni’s mother, a bourgeois sexpot who’s arrived to deliver an envelope full of lire to her rebellious daughter. A ﬁght ensues, and Lenni’s mother is accidentally killed in a fall. The girls panic and stuff the body in the boot of the car and hit the highways with their dog Clio, looking for a place to dump Lenni’s mother who continues to offer advice to the girls from beyond. Before they know it, they’re joined by a drunken priest, and are pursued by a carload of homophobes with a video camera who are keen to get their hands on Lenni’s mother’s cash and to exact revenge from a past encounter. If you’ve enjoyed such lesbian favourites as Bound, Thelma and Louise and Heavenly Creatures, and who like a bit of steamy girl on girl action, Gasoline is for you. (LD)

Meni is a 17 year old hustler living in Tel Aviv who has already fathered a child, and earned a strong enough client base that he doesn’t need to trawl his wares on the street. Fellow rent boy Tal earns his money the hard way, living from trick to trick, always on the lookout for a quick buck, either from hustling or stealing. The two meet when they are hired to have sex for a voyeuristic client. Sitting in a café afterwards they quickly bond and spend the night together. Meni, trying to be cool, doesn’t want to rush things and proposes that they meet that night at a local club. When Tal turns up eager to see his new ﬂame he is disappointed to ﬁnd Meni absent. Not wanting to go home empty-handed Tal picks up a hot guy cruising him and they head off into the night. However, his conquest is not what he seems, and the night ahead holds numerous twists and shocks for both him and Meni. Sexually charged and often harsh in its depiction of its socially marginalised characters, Good Boys is a gripping look at 24 hours in the lives of two boys desperate to make a meaningful, and redemptive, connection in their chaotic lives. (PT)

SESSION 27 MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March

8pm

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ACMI Cinemas

BITTER SHOT (TRAGO AMARGO)

SESSION 69 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

4.15pm

Dir: Sion Fullana, Cuba, 2004, dvd, 10 mins Spanish with English subtitles SESSION 50 MAR

2006

Thursday 9 March ACMI Cinemas

6.15pm

FEATURES

HARD PILL

GYPO Dir: Jan Dunn, UK, 2005, video, 98 mins

Gypo is a rivetting story told from three vastly different perspectives. Helen and Paul, a married working class couple in their forties, are struggling to keep it together within their chaotic family unit. Things begin to shift after their teenage daughter brings home Tasha, a refugee from the Czech Republic. Tasha brings out the ugly xenophobe in Paul, but arouses feelings in Helen that she never knew possible. As Helen’s friendship with Tasha develops, she begins to see different possibilities for her future. Breaking new ground, Gypo is the first feature from the UK to follow the rules of Dogme95 - a manifesto outlining a new way of making films, intended to bring them back to the purity of storytelling. Gypo follows suit with its realist style and naturalistic dialogue. The result here is to peer into a mesmerizing world that will have you thinking long after the film has finished. Winner of the Outstanding Achievement in Production Award at The British Independent Film Awards, and First Feature Award Frameline Film Festival. (LD) Jan Dunn will attend the screening and is a guest of the Festival

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It’s an sinister but fascinating question: if a pill could make a gay person straight, would you take it? John Baumgartner’s thought provoking work of gay science ﬁction explores this emotive issue, prophesising about an all too conceivable future where gays could be eradicated from society. Tim is a lonely gay man who’s become disillusioned with his life. While his female friends adore him, he fails to ﬁnd any meaningful relationships within his own community, and instead resorts to having sex with a confused straight male friend who is using Tim to divert attention from his own dysfunctional life. When Tim hears news of clinical trials that may help him become heterosexual he eagerly signs on hoping to turn his life around. But can Tim’s individuality, soul and lifelong friendships survive such a drastic change? Baumgartner’s debut feature is a cautionary tale that presents a controversial hypothetical scenario that is sure to launch heated discussion. (LD) Plus:

DINNER CONVERSATION Dir: Jim Cashman, USA, 2005, dvd, 4 mins

SESSION 14 MAR

Dir: John Baumgartner, USA, 2005, video, 95 mins

Saturday 4 March

6.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

On a romantic dinner date nerves go out of control as a couple spend the night talking, batting eyelids and carefully avoiding the ‘L’ word.

SESSION 38 MAR

2006

Tuesday 7 March ACMI Cinemas

6pm

SESSION 49 MAR

2006

Thursday 9 March

6pm

ACMI Cinemas

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HATE CRIME Dir: Tommy Stovall, USA 2004, video, 104 mins Robbie and Trey are happily in love and preparing for a civil ceremony. Homophobic Chris moves in next door, displaying an obvious disdain for the boys’ lifestyle, fuelled by the religious upbringing of his pastor father. Trey is viciously attacked and Robbie seeks justice, but is thwarted by a lack of evidence and an unsympathetic investigator. He begins to crack under the pressure despite the support of friends and family. The film builds to a dramatic climax where nothing is quite as it seems. Bruce Davison (X-Men, Longtime Companion) gives a fine performance as the fire and brimstone pastor. Hate Crime is an interesting study of how a ‘love of God’ is used to rationalise acts of violence and hatred. (DC) SESSION 12 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March ACMI Cinemas

4.15pm

HELLBENT Dir: Paul Etheredge-Ouzts, USA, 2005, 35mm, 85 mins If you like your films with plenty of eye candy, lashings of blood and stacks of slashing, stabbing and bloody mayhem, then welcome to the first gay slasher film. Stylishly made and with more than enough scares to keep you on edge, this is best experienced with a group, if only to make fun of the first one to jump. In true horror movie form, Hellbent has gratuitous sex and gruesome death all in the first 3 minutes. Early on October 31, two horny guys are going at it in their car in the middle of deserted woods, only to be interrupted by a scythe-wielding, near-naked hardbody (complete with devil horns), eager for some head, and with two quick swipes he leaves two very beautiful, but decapitated corpses behind. As dawn breaks West Hollywood gears up for its annual Halloween carnival with news that a serial killer is on the loose. A group of four friends hits the party, all dressed up and ready to let loose, unaware that the killer has each of them in his sights. Who will fall victim to his blade? If the Scream rules follow true, then the sexually active ones are sure to fall – pray for sex, then let the blood run free…(PT) SESSION 6 MAR

2006

Friday 3 March

10.15pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 74 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

10pm

FEATURES

THE JOURNEY (SANCHARRAM)

HILDE’S JOURNEY (HILDE’S REISE) Dir: Christof Vorster, Switzerland, 2004, 35mm, 90 mins German with English subtitles Steff dreams of owning a carpentry business. When his ex-lover Martin, known as Hilde and son of a wealthy family, dies of AIDS and designates Steff as his sole heir, Steff’s dream suddenly comes within reach. But instead of following Hilde’s last wish to scatter his ashes at sea, Steff makes a Faustian deal with the family to receive a fraction of the inheritance in exchange for the ashes and no contest of the will. Rex, Martin’s young and unpredictable boyfriend, is also in the picture. He refuses to let Steff betray the will, then kidnaps the urn. A sleeper hit at festivals in New York and Florida, Hilde’s Journey is a ﬁnely crafted drama about HIV/ AIDS, love and loyalty. As Rex and Steff head to the coast with Martin’s ashes, they each face potentially heartbreaking choices, with their allegiances shifting around both the living and the dead.

Hilde’s Journey is a powerful, sobering ﬁlm, certain to leave a lasting impression on Melbourne audiences. (BZ)

2006

Monday 6 March

8.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

2006

In a country where even kissing on film has long been taboo, lesbian love stories are unsurprisingly thin on the ground. And it usually takes a filmmaker living elsewhere to attempt it (such as the Toronto-based Deepa Mehta who made Fire). The Journey, from Chicago-based Pullappally, tells the delicately moving tale of Kiran and Delilah, two best friends who grow up to realise their love for each other is actually something more. There are elements of Cyrano de Bergerac, when Kiran finds herself writing love poems to Delilah on behalf of the inarticulate Rajan. But Delilah soon finds out who the real author is… With a surprisingly ambivalent ending and some really beautiful cinematography – the framing is especially impressive throughout – this is a film that resonates, its images and ideas lingering long after you leave the cinema.

Winner Best Film 40th Chicago International Film Festival (MS) SESSION 55 MAR

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Midday

SESSION 77 2006

Friday 10 March

Friday 10 March ACMI Cinemas

MAR

SESSION 56 MAR

Malayalam with English subtitles

2006

SESSION 35 MAR

Dir: Ligy J. Pullappally, India, 2004, 35mm, 107 mins

Sunday 12 March

12.15

ACMI Cinemas

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FEATURES

LIKE A BROTHER (COMME UN FRERE) Dirs: Bernard Alapetite & Cyril Legann, France, 2005, video, 55 mins

Dir: Tim Kirkman, USA, 2005, 35mm, 94 mins

French with English subtitles Sebastian is a frustrated 17-year-old, unable to come out to his family or friends. With a serious crush on his friend Romain, and saddled with a girlfriend he’s forced into dating out of peer group pressure, Sebastian decides to move to Paris. Changing his name to Zach, he creates a new image and cruises the clubs for hot guys. When Romain phones him a year later Zach’s feelings for his friend resurface, forcing him to reevaluate the past 12 months. Cleverly intercutting three different time periods in the turbulent life of our hero, from the repressed days of his hometown, to the sexually charged scenes of his life living it up in La Marais, Like a Brother is a short, sharp and sexy glimpse at a gay rite of passage. (PT)

Loggerheads is a gently unfolding drama that slowly reveals the intertwining stories of disparate wellrealised characters: Mark, the gorgeous young drifter who has come to town to watch nesting loggerhead turtles; George, the handsome motel owner who discovers Mark sleeping on the beach; Grace, the woman who seeks the long lost son who she gave up for adoption at seventeen; and the conservative minister and his wife who are intolerant of their gay neighbours. Loggerheads grapples with a range of issues including alienation, community acceptance and tolerance.

Warning: High level sex scenes

Director Tim Kirkman’s previous work includes The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. (DC)

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SESSION 28

WHAT GROWN UPS KNOW Dir: Jonathan Wald, Australia/USA, 2004, 35mm, 31 mins Despairing of life on the run with his mother, Roy seeks solace in seducing the lonely manager of a desolate caravan park. SESSION 62 MAR

2006

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2006

Sunday 5 March

Friday 10 March

10pm

SESSION 68 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

4pm

8.30pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 48 MAR

2006 Wednesday 8 March

ACMI Cinemas

LOGGERHEADS

10pm

FEATURES

LOVING ANNABELLE

A LOVE TO HIDE (UN AMOUR A TAIRE)

Australian Premiere

Dir: Katherine Brooks, USA, 2006, video, 76 mins

Dir: Christian Faure, France, 2005, video, 103 mins

Warning: Contains scenes which may distress some viewers

In the 1931 lesbian movie Maidens in Uniform, screening at this year’s MQFF, a young girl is sent off to a boarding school for girls, where she soon develops a crush on everyone’s favorite female teacher. This now-classic tale of forbidden love gets a sexy and modern retelling in Katherine Brooks’ latest film, Loving Annabelle. 74 years after Maidens in Uniform shocked audiences, social contempt for inter-generational love persists. While the love affair in Maidens in Uniform remains unrequited, Brooks’ film delves into deeper terrain, exploring the sexual and emotional relationship between the teacher and student. What is depicted as a schoolgirl crush in Maidens in Uniform becomes a full-bodied steamy affair in Loving Annabelle. Annabelle is the daughter of a famous senator and a rebel who refuses to accept the school’s rules and discipline. Simone is a gifted and devoted young poetry teacher who falls in love with Annabelle despite her efforts to ignore the obvious attraction between the two, and she finds that Annabelle quickly unlocks the passion that has lay dormant within her since her teenage years. Loving Annabelle is an intense and tight retelling of the taboo of student teacher love, and is made all the more pleasing with a cast that is extremely easy on the eye. (LD)

SESSION 25

SESSION 47

French with English subtitles Paris 1942, and the French capital is under Nazi occupation. The Lavandier family owns a prosperous laundry and on the surface it seems that the clan is uniﬁed in a single purpose, but the truth is far darker. Jean, the heir to the business has a lover, Philippe, unbeknownst to his parents and brother, Jacques. When a family friend, Sara, turns up asking Jean for shelter he’s fearful that the Gestapo will kill her and offers her a bed in Philippe’s apartment. When Sara is offered a job in the laundry, for a brief time life is wonderful for the three unexpected friends, however the spectre of disaster looms large. It is only a matter of time before their life of happiness is cruelly snatched away as they become pawns in one of history’s most shameful and brutal episodes. This emotionally powerful story is a perfect compliment to the documentary Paragraph 175 which dealt with gay persecution during the Nazi era. Handsomely produced and wonderfully acted, A Love to Hide is a nuanced French drama that is at times quite shocking and will generate strong reactions. (PT)

MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March

6pm

MAR

2006 Wednesday 8 March

ACMI Cinemas

SESSION 54 MAR

2006

8pm

SESSION 59

Thursday 9 March ACMI Cinemas

10.15pm

MAR

2006

Friday 10 March

6.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

33 33

FEATURES

THE MASSEUR (MASAHISTA) MAIDENS IN UNIFORM (MÄDCHEN IN UNIFORM) Dir: Leontine Sagan, Germany, 1931, 16mm, 88 mins German with English subtitles One of the earlier talkies out of Germany, Maidens in Uniform is an emotionally draining melodrama with an all-female cast. Set in an authoritarian Prussian boarding school, the story revolves around a vulnerable and sensitive 14-year-old orphan, Manuela, and the popular teacher, Fräulein von Bernburg, who is more tender and loving than other staff members and therefore gains the affections of all the students. The Fräulein offers Manuela her love despite the school’s policy of forming no emotional attachments with the students. While its release date precludes any direct depiction of lesbianism, the film’s subtle allusions to lesbian desire are not to be denied. The film’s content is still provocative and relevant today (see Loving Annabelle p.33) and also offers a sweeping indictment against the oppressive morals of the time. The film’s value remains as both a rare film about women’s issues and as an historical record of Germany in the 1930s. It was originally banned in Germany and because of increasing government pressure on director Leontine Sagan, who became an exile two years after the film was completed.

Presented in association with the Goethe Institute.

Dir: Brillante Mendoza, The Philippines, 2005, 35mm, 80 mins Tagalog/Pampango with English subtitles Winner of the Best Film (digital) at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival, The Masseur is a provocative new film from The Philippines. Twenty-year old Iliac works as a masseur at an all-male parlour in Manila, fighting for customers with the dozen or so other young nubile, eager boys on offer. When he scores a job with a romance writer he is anxious to make as much money as he can, in any way possible. With the massage booths separated by paper-thin walls the sounds and smells permeate each room, but Iliac is single-minded in his purpose. As the night progresses the clothes come off and the rising exchange of money sets the stage for a battlefield of the senses. While the sex scenes befit a narrative set in a massage parlour, the film never becomes a lurid, exploitation piece. True, there is a palpable level of sexual tension but first time filmmaker Brillante Mendoza masterfully inter-cuts the increasingly intimate massage with Illac’s father’s funeral, and all the emotional and psychological terrain that it uncovers. Adding to the depth of intrigue is Iliac’s increasingly irritated girlfriend, waiting in a cab outside the parlour. (PT)

Warning: High level sex scenes SESSION 63 MAR

2006

Friday 10 March ACMI Cinemas

SESSION 41 MAR

2006

Tuesday 7 March ACMI Cinemas

8.30pm

10.15pm

FEATURES

MRS STEVENS HEARS THE MERMAIDS SINGING Dir: Linda Thornburg, USA, 2005, video, 120 mins

MY BROTHER NIKHIL

Based on May Sarton’s semi-autobiographical 1964 novel, the film (and book) tells the story of 70 year old poet, Hilary Stevens, who suddenly becomes famous after nearly 50 years of writing. Rendered with flashbacks, Mrs. Steven’s life mirrors the struggles of women to gain suffrage, sexual liberation, and independence during WWII, the witch-hunts of the 1950s and the changes in consciousness of the 1960s that link a new generation to Mrs. Stevens. Through interviews with muses and reporters Mrs. Stevens reveals her lesbian relationships creating a thoroughly satisfying film.

Hindi with English subtitles

Winner Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film Fire Island Film & Video Festival 2005, Winner Audience Choice Award for Best Lesbian Feature Pikes Peak Lavender Film Festival 2005. SESSION 8 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March ACMI Cinemas

Midday

Dir: Onir, India, 2005, 35mm, 117 mins Nikhil (Sanjay Suri) is the golden boy of Goa. Unreservedly loved by his family, he is the state swimming champion and worshipped by all, but his world comes crashing down when he is diagnosed HIV+ and is forced by law into isolation. This is India in the late 80s, a time when information about the disease was sketchy and fear was the overriding emotion. When his parents and friends turn their back on him, Nikhil’s circle of support is limited to his partner and his sister. As he struggles with his illness Nikhil craves the love and support of his disapproving father, hopeful of a reunion before the disease takes him. Made on the fringes of the Indian filmmaking system with obvious love and passion, My Brother Nikhil has won a number of audience awards at queer film festivals around the world and you can see why, as it is an unashamedly melodramatic piece of entertainment that packs an emotional punch. Sprinkled throughout with a number of low-key music numbers, this low budget film is the flip-side to the superficiality sometimes found in Bollywood films. (PT)

Sanjay Suri will attend the screening and is a guest of the Festival SESSION 26 MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March

6.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

35 35

FEATURES

QUEENS (REINAS)

OPEN CAM Dir: Robert Gaston, USA, 2005, video, 106 mins A US gay sex website becomes home for a serial killer with a ﬂair for exhibitionism. The life of controversial young artist Manny Yates is shattered when murder penetrates his close knit circle of friends, causing him to question those friendships, life in general, and all the relationships around him. Hamilton, a hunky gay detective with an attitude and an agenda, is on the case in more ways than one. While odes to Hitchcock and De Palma are certainly evident, the ﬁlm stands solid in its own right and paves the way for emerging talent to get noticed. With a great looking cast, Open Cam is a gay thriller like no other.

Warning: High level sex scenes, violence SESSION 30 MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March ACMI Cinemas

10.30pm

Dir: Manuel Gómez Pereira, Spain, 2005, 35mm, 107 mins Spanish with English subtitles It’s the mass wedding of the century: twenty gay Spaniards set to take the altar and enter the nation’s history books. Standing square on the shoulders of classic screwball comedies, Queens is a savvy ensemble comedy about five mothers struggling to cope with the drama of their gay sons’ nuptials. Central to the high jinx of the tension-packed weekend before the wedding is highly-strung nymphomaniac Nuria, whose son Narciso is due to marry jittery Hugo. But Nuria’s proclivity for sex spells trouble when she finds herself alone with any man – gay or straight. The wedding is to be held at a classy Madrid hotel run by Magda, whose designer son Miguel is to marry Argentinean Oscar, whose mother, Ofelia, is outstaying her welcome in Madrid. Plot lines quickly enmesh in a romp as camp as any Carry On flick, and as urgent as Almodovar’s best.

Queens is a charming comedy bound to tempt you to slip on a ring and say ‘I do’. (BZ) SESSION 2 MAR

2006

Friday 3 March

6.15pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 71 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

6.15pm

FEATURES

SÉVIGNÉ Dir: Marta Balletbò-Coll, Spain, 2004, 35mm, 82 mins Spanish with English subtitles

Sévigné revolves around Júlia Berkowitz (the gorgeous Anna Azcona), a celebrated theatre director, who finds herself at a crossroads in both her professional and private lives. Should she direct something safe and guaranteed to put bums on seats or take a chance on much riskier fare? And should she ditch her intellectual husband and also her lover in favour of a relationship with said riskier fare’s writer (Balletbò-Coll)? Pacy and wry, the film creeps up on you, much like Balletbò-Coll herself, who at first seems an unlikely romantic heroine, but whose charms slowly become apparent, both to Júlia and the audience. (MS) Plus:

HOLLYWOOD BY ACCIDENT (HOLLYWOOD MALGRE LUI) Dir: Pascal-Alex Vincent, France, 2004, 35mm, 10 mins French with English subtitles All his life Adrien has been mistaken for a girl...

2006

Monday 6 March

“They fuck you up, your mum and dad, They may not mean to, but they do…” Marinkovic could be channelling Philip Larkin’s famous poem in this intriguing and well acted drama about Sasha, a young woman living in Belgrade. Her mother is having an affair with a younger man, and her father, a famous judge, has a whole different box of tricks going on. The family ties really start to get convoluted, however, when Sasha and her boyfriend Stefan’s plans of escape to Canada are cut short by a car crash. While Stefan lies in hospital recovering, Sasha ﬁnds herself falling hook, line and sinker for his sister, Lana. The developing relationship between the two women is clearly the most honest and positive one in Sasha’s life so far. But the older generation hasn’t quite ﬁnished fucking her up yet… (MS) SESSION 1 6pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 82 MAR

2006

Friday 10 March

Friday 3 March

8pm

SESSION 57 2006

Serbian with English subtitles

2006

ACMI Cinemas MAR

Dir: Dragan Marinkovic, Serbia, 2004, 35mm, 80 mins

MAR

SESSION 34 MAR

TAKE A DEEP BREATH (DISI DUBOKO)

4pm

Sunday 12 March

6pm

ACMI Cinemas

37 37

FEATURES

THIRD MAN OUT: A DONALD STRACHEY MYSTERY

THREE DANCING SLAVES (LE CLAN) Dir: Gaël Morel, France, 2004, 35mm, 90 mins

Dir: Ron Oliver, USA, 2005, video, 95 mins

French with English subtitles

Chad Allen stars as gay detective Donald Strachey in the ﬁrst episode of this upcoming gritty series of TV crime stories based on the popular novels by author Richard Stevenson. This ﬁrst instalment, Third Man Out follows Strachey through upstate New York as he works on solving crimes while facing walls of opposition from members of the local police force. Strachey is commissioned to protect gay activist John Rutka, known for outing prominent citizens. Strachey abandons bodyguard duty when he feels that Rutka is staging the threats against him. When Rutka turns up dead, Strachey is faced with an extensive list of enemies all with enough motive to kill. A second episode Ice Blues is currently in production and is set to premiere in the US some time in 2006.

Three Dancing Slaves is an absorbing, and often unpredictable look at the lives of 3 French brothers adrift in a world of crime, sex and ennui. A favourite on the GLBTI ﬁlm festival circuit, this ﬁlm from Gaël Morel (Wild Reeds) is a powerful, sexually charged study of masculinity. In provincial France three siblings are dealing with their mother’s death in different ways: Marc chases petty drug deals with his lay-about friends; Olivier, insular and shy, confesses his feelings to a photo of his mother; and Christophe, fresh from being released from prison, is determined to stay on the right side of the law and secure a steady job. Marc, in particular, is hell-bent on destruction, quarrelling with a rival gang and unhealthily obsessed with his physical appearance. With his shaved head and hard, sculptured body he is unashamedly fetishised by the camera: he’s a raw, sexual creature wound so tight you are never sure what he will do next. Giving too much plot away would spoil this little gem with its unexpected twists and turns, so if you adore French drama then you’ll be captivated by Three Dancing Slaves. (PT)

“Hunky out actor Chad Allen (Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman) plays Strachey to perfection. It’s one of the best pieces of casting to come out of Tinsel Town in decades.” 365gay.com SESSION 33 MAR

2006

Monday 6 March ACMI Cinemas

6.15pm

Warning: contains violent scenes which may distress some viewers SESSION 18 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

10.15pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 53 MAR

2006

Thursday 9 March ACMI Cinemas

10pm

SCHEDULE SESSION NO.

SESSION START TIME (all times pm) 8.00

SESSION TITLE + SHORT

34 Sévigné + Hollywood by Accident

Opening/Closing Night

Feature

PROGRAM LISTING

p.37

Oz Shorts

Queeries

Centrepiece

Documentary

Short & Girly/Boobtube

Casserole

Selectors’ Choice

Special Presentations

Short & Burly/Cocktales

Senior’s Festival

See Index (pp.76-77) for alphabetical listing of all ﬁlms by title, director and country of origin.

THURSDAY 2 MARCH 7.30

50 Ways of Saying Fabulous + Layover + OPENING NIGHT PARTY @ Astor Theatre

pp.18-19

FRIDAY 3 MARCH 6.00

01 Take a Deep Breath (Disi Duboko)

p.37

6.15

02 Queens (Reinas)

p.36

8.00

03 Boob Tube

p.61

8.15

04 Adam & Steve

p.25

05 eXposed: The Making of a Legend

p.49

10.15

06 Hellbent

p.30

p.67

12.00

08 Mrs Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing p.35

10.00

SATURDAY 4 MARCH 12.00

07 Queeries 1: True Stories

2.00

09 100% Woman + Transfamily + Gender

p.47

2.15

10 Two Girls (Iki Genc Kiz)

p.43

4.00

11 Oz Shorts

pp.56–57

4.15

12 Hate Crime

p.30

6.00

13 A Year Without Love (Un Año Sin Amore) p.45

6.15

14 Gypo

p.29

8.00

15 Eighteen

p.27

8.15

16 Unveiled (Fremde Haut)

p.44

17 Cycles of Porn – Sex Life in LA Part 2

p.48

10.15

18 Three Dancing Slaves (Le Clan)

p.38

pp.68-69

12.15

10.00

SUNDAY 5 MARCH 20 Family Matters + In My Shoes

p.49

2.00

21 100% Human + Today’s Special + Bikini

p.47

2.15

22 Beautiful Women (Shöne Frauen)

p.26

4.00

23 Both

p.26

4.15

24 Short & Girly

6.00

25 A Love to Hide (Un Amour A Taire)

p.33

6.15

26 My Brother Nikhil

p.35

8.00

27 Gasoline (Benzina)

p.28

8.30

28 Loggerheads

p.32

29 Born in a Barn + Pup

p.48

10.30

30 Open Cam

p.36

6.15

33 Third Man Out

p.38

p.37

8.15

35 Hilde’s Journey (Hilde’s Reise)

p.31

pp.64–65

10.15

37 Gay Sex in the 70s

p.50

12.00

10.00

19 Queeries 2: Camp Out

pp.58–59

MONDAY 6 MARCH 4.00

31 Wanted! (Nachbarinnen!)

p.44

6.00

32 The Favour (El Favor)

p.27

8.00

34 Sévigné + Hollywood by Accident

10.00

36 Cocktales

SCHEDULE TUESDAY 7 MARCH 6.00

38 Gypo

p.29

6.15

39 Three Needles

8.00

40 Unconscious (Inconscientes)

p.43

8.30

41 Maidens in Uniform (Mädchen in Uniform)p.34

pp.62–63

10.15

10.00

42 Short & Burly

p.23

43 Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims

p.46

WEDNESDAY 8 MARCH 44 Seniors’ Festival

p.72

6.00

46 Wanted! (Nachbarinnen!)

p.44

7.30

8.00

47 Loving Annabelle

p.33

10.00

p.29

12.15

45 Celluloid Casserole @ F4

p.71

48 Loggerheads

p.32

6.15

50 Good Boys (Yeladim Tovim) + Bitter Shot

p.28

52 Boob Tube

p.61

54 A Love to Hide (Un Amour A Taire)

p.33

59 Loving Annabelle

p.33

THURSDAY 9 MARCH 6.00 8.00 10.00

49 Hard Pill + Dinner Conversation 51 Fucking Different

p.24

8.15

53 Three Dancing Slaves (Le Clan)

p.38

10.15

FRIDAY 10 MARCH 12.00

55 The Journey (Sancharram)

p.31

2.00

56 Hilde’s Journey (Hilde’s Reise)

p.31

4.00

57 Sévigné + Hollywood by Accident

p.37

6.00

58 Short & Burly

8.00

60 A Year Without Love (Un Año Sin Amore) p.45

10.00

pp.62–63

62 Like a Brother + What Grown Ups Know

6.15 8.15

61 Unveiled (Fremde Haut)

p.44

p.32

10.15

63 The Masseur (Masahista)

p.34

p.50

12.15

65 The Favour (El Favor)

p.27

SATURDAY 11 MARCH 12.00

64 Gay Republicans + Positively Naked

2.00

66 Women in Love + Search For Her

p.51

2.15

67 Do I Look Fat? + panel

p.52

4.00

68 Like a Brother + What Grown Ups Know

p.32

4.15

69 Gasoline (Benzina)

p.28

6.00

70 Oz Shorts

pp.56–57

6.15

71 Queens (Reinas)

p.36

8.00

72 Short & Girly

pp.58–59

8.15

73 Adam & Steve

p.25

p.30

10.15

75 Cocktales

76 Keep Not Silent + Masha Mom

p.51

12.15

77 The Journey (Sancharram)

p.31

2.00

78 Two Girls (Iki Genc Kiz)

p.43

2.15

79 Pursuit of Equality + panel

p.53

4.00

80 Beautiful Women (Shöne Frauen)

p.26

4.15

81 When I’m 64

p.45

6.00

82 Take a Deep Breath (Disi Duboko)

p.37

6.15

83 Eighteen

p.27

10.00

74 Hellbent

pp.64–65

SUNDAY 12 MARCH 12.00

8.30

Happy Endings @ RMIT Capitol Theatre + CLOSING NIGHT PARTY @ F4

p.21

41 41

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FEATURES

TWO GIRLS (IKI GENC KIZ) Dir: Kutlag Ataman, Turkey, 2005, 35mm, 107 mins Turkish with English subtitles A vibrant drama of teenage life in modern Turkey, Ataman’s third feature is a gritty, energetic affair, based on Perihan Magden’s controversial best-selling novel. Ataman already has a strong reputation for offering a sympathetic voice to the disaffected and disenfranchised (see Lola + Bilidikid MQFF 2000) - so this tale of troubled teenagers is in good hands. Behiye is angry and rebellious, but her frequent outbursts cut little ice with her conservative family. Handan is trapped in a different way, in a love-hate relationship with her single mother Leman. Although Leman is willing to turn tricks to raise Handan’s college fees, she’s otherwise hopeless with both men and money. When a mutual friend introduces Behiye and Handan they immediately hit it off, and despite the differences in their backgrounds they embark on an intense relationship, and with it a secret plan to escape their dysfunctional families. Aside from eliciting convincing performances, Ataman brings a distinctive and contemporary look to the ﬁlm, underpinned by a driving score by Replikas. SESSION 10 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

2.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

2006

Dir: Joaquin Oristrell, Spain/Portugal/Italy/ Germany, 2005, video, 108 mins Spanish with English subtitles An uptight doctor and his feminist sister-in-law search for a missing man in buttoned-down 1913 Barcelona, but soon discover a lurid world of porn shoots, transvestite parties, and psychoanalysis in this quick-witted Spanish farce about the totems and taboos of the well-dressed repressed. The lovely, aggressively modern Alma has a problem: her Freud-obsessed husband has disappeared, and her only help is her brother-in-law, the strikingly lambchopped yet rather dull Salvador. Ignorant of Wilde, Freud, and modernist movements, Salvador distrusts psychoanalysis most of all, a feeling that hardens when he and Alma begin their Sherlock Holmes-like investigation. Discovering a hidden milieu of roleplaying masochists, cross-dressing socialites, and illicit heroin parlors bubbling under polite Barcelona society, the two psycho-sleuths also uncover their own repressed desires, and a secret of truly Freudian proportions. Like a Masterpiece Theatre episode written by early Almodóvar, Unconscious revels in digging up the desires and perversions tucked away in stuffy costume dramas. With detectives like these, Unconscious gives modernity a hilarious twist. (Frameline Film Festival 2005) SESSION 40

SESSION 78 MAR

UNCONSCIOUS (INCONSCIENTES)

Sunday 12 March ACMI Cinemas

2pm

MAR

2006

Tuesday 7 March

8pm

ACMI Cinemas

43 43

FEATURES

UNVEILED (FREMDE HAUT)

WANTED! (NACHBARINNEN!)

Dir: Angelina Maccarone, Germany/Austria, 2005, 35mm, 97 mins

Dir: Franziska Meletzky, Germany, 2004, video, 88 mins

German & Farsi with English subtitles

German with English subtitles

Middle Eastern politics and the hugely topical issue of the plight of asylum seekers form the backdrop for this gripping drama from the director of 1997 MQFF lesbian favourite Everything Will Be Fine. Fleeing Iran where she was persecuted for her lesbianism, Fariba (an astonishing performance from Jasmin Tabatabai) assumes the identity of a fellow refugee after his sudden death. Adapting to her new life as a man is hard enough, but the complexity of her situation is only compounded when she falls for a sympathetic German woman. A thoughtful and intelligent examination of identity and what it’s like to be on the receiving end of both racial and sexual viliﬁcation, this is a timely and powerful piece from Maccarone. (MS)

Wanted! is a quirky, fun, Sapphic romantic drama that tells a tale of friendship and burgeoning love with cracking humour and good old fashioned sensitivity. 40-something Dora has a cleaning fetish and only has time for her beloved cacti. She is a lonely mail courier who hates her job and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. When Dora’s Polish refugee neighbour Jolanta mistakenly believes she has accidentally killed her boss, she begs Dora to hide her in her apartment. Dora reluctantly agrees and soon ﬁnds herself falling for her neighbour’s sexy curves and feminine guile. When it becomes public knowledge that Jolanta is in the clear, Dora has become so attached to her secret roommate that she delays revealing the truth, further extending Jolanta’s stay in her home. In an atmosphere of charged emotions and intense attachments, Dora is faced with the choice between telling the truth or keeping her new love.

SESSION 16 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

8.15pm

SESSION 31

ACMI Cinemas

MAR

2006

SESSION 61 MAR

2006

Friday 10 March ACMI Cinemas

Monday 6 March

8.15pm SESSION 46 MAR

2006 Wednesday 8 March

ACMI Cinemas

4pm

ACMI Cinemas

6pm

FEATURES

A YEAR WITHOUT LOVE (UN AÑO SIN AMOR) Dir: Anahi Berneri, Argentina, 2005, 35mm, 95 mins Spanish with English subtitles

WHEN I’M 64 Dir: Jon Jones, UK, 2004, video, 87 mins Ray’s life is in a rut: a former soccer hooligan, he spends his days caring for his grandkids, working part-time as a cabbie and generally missing his wife who has been dead for eight years. One day his fare is Jim, who has just retired from the school he has taught at for over 40 years. When Jim leaves his jacket in the cab, Ray finds a notebook and opens it in search of a return address, and discovers a ‘wish list’: to fall in love and to see the world. These few words spark something inside the widower and although the two men come from different sides of the tracks and have seemingly nothing in common, a tentative friendship strikes up, which eventually leads to events neither had expected. This exceptional film from the BBC is a groundbreaking look at love and how it can strike when you least expect. Superbly acted by the two leads, British TV stalwarts Alun Armstrong and Paul Freeman, When I’m 64 is a beautifully realised and heartfelt film. Surrender to the beguiling charm of Ray and Jim’s journey and you will leave the cinema with a great big smile on your face. A Festival highlight. (PT) SESSION 81 MAR

2006

HIV positive, in failing health and looking for love in all the wrong places, Pablo’s journey is epic, erotic, daunting and inspiring. It’s 1996, and the young poet has had some success with his writing though still relies on his father’s financial help. He’s beset by difficulty in every sphere of his life and is confronted by a grim publishing industry where poetry doesn’t make money. He sets out to teach French as an income spinner and has some success. His health concerns do not inhibit the high octane sex life that he discovers through gay personals and the local sex SM clubs in a thriving leather scene. Disillusioned with prescription drug multinationals, he changes doctors, as he is averse to AZT treatment, preferring homeopathy and a healthy diet. However, when his CD4 count hits 100, his life takes a nosedive. He sets out to publish the brooding diary he has written for one very long year - A Year Without Love. It creates some tragic family resentment, but by then he finds that his life has turned a very big corner. (PA)

Warning: High level sex scenes SESSION 13 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

6pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 60

Sunday 12 March ACMI Cinemas

4.15pm

MAR

2006

Friday 10 March

8pm

ACMI Cinemas

45 45

FEATURES YAJI AND KITA: THE MIDNIGHT PILGRIMS Dir: Kankuro Kudo, Japan, 2005, 35mm, 124 mins Japanese with English subtitles Are you ready for the first gay-samurai-musical-road movie? If any film defies description it is Yaji and Kita but it will quite possibly be the most dizzyingly enjoyable two hours you will spend in a cinema this Festival! Think Monkey injected with steroids with the music amped up to 11. From drug-induced hallucinations to drag shows at the base of Mt Fuji, Yaji and Kita mixes time periods and genre with reckless abandon in telling its tale of two gay lovers on the road to enlightenment. In austere black and white we fade into a domestic scene in Edo, in feudal Japan. Yaji awakens from a nightmare where multiple versions of his wife and gay lover, Kita, appear floating down a river, only to disappear. Kita sits in the corner of the room shooting up, desperate to escape the dullness of his life. The pair opens a card promising a new ‘reality’ at Ise, and the lovers decide to hit the road in an effort to kick the drugs and start a new life together. In a dramatic change of pace and scenery (not to mention a switch to colour) the guys dance their way out of town, with the help of the entire village, singing WANTED! UNVEILED ‘Born to be Gay’. They mount a Harley and roar off down a highway in search of a better life, unaware of the (NACHBARINNEN!) insanity and unpredictability that the road ahead holds… (FREMDE HAUT) Franziska Climb aboard with Dir: Angelina Maccarone, Yaji and Kita:Germany/Austria, the Midnight Pilgrims forDir: a pure cinematicMeletzky, adrenalin Germany, rush. (PT) 2004, video, 88 mins 2005, 35mm, 97 mins German & Farsi with English subtitles

German with English subtitles

Wanted! is a quirky, fun, Sapphic romantic drama that tells a tale of friendship and burgeoning love with SESSION 43 cracking humour and good old fashioned sensitivity. 40-something Dora7has a cleaning fetish10.15pm and only March 2006 Tuesday has time for her beloved cacti. She is a lonely mail ACMI Cinemas courier who hates her job and doesn’t suffer fools gladly. When Dora’s Polish refugee neighbour Jolanta mistakenly believes she has accidentally killed her boss, she begs Dora to hide her in her apartment. Dora reluctantly agrees and soon ﬁnds herself falling for her neighbour’s sexy curves and feminine guile. When it becomes public knowledge that Jolanta is in the clear, Dora has become so attached to her secret roommate that she delays revealing the truth, further extending Jolanta’s stay in her home. In an atmosphere of charged emotions and intense attachments, Dora is faced with the choice between telling the truth or keeping her new love.

SESSION 16 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

8.15pm

SESSION 31

ACMI Cinemas

MAR

2006

SESSION 61 MAR

2006

MAR

Friday 10 March ACMI Cinemas

Monday 6 March

8.15pm SESSION 46 MAR

2006 Wednesday 8 March

ACMI Cinemas

46 44

4pm

ACMI Cinemas

6pm

DOCUMENTARIES

100% HUMAN (100% MENNESKE) Dirs: Trond Winterkjær & Jan Dalchow, Norway, 2005, video, 73 mins Norwegian with English subtitles You may think you’ve seen one or two documentaries about male to female transsexuals. But we bet you’ve never seen anything quite like this fascinating genrehopping affair from Scandinavia. Monica was only 22 when she decided to have the full surgery to change her from Morten for good. And she did it all on camera – with the love and support of her mother, who should wind up a poster-girl for PFLAG after this! The ﬁlm uses elements of Monica’s personal video diary, traditional documentary ﬁlmmaking and re-enacted scenes… And, oh yes, did we mention that every so often Monica breaks into song to describe her feelings more melodically? Told you it was different! (MS) Plus:

TODAY’S SPECIALS (OFFERTE SPECIALI) Dir: Gianni Gatti, Italy, 2005, 35mm, 7 mins Italian with English subtitles A trans lass gets more than she bargained for from the specials bin. Plus:

100% WOMAN Dir: Karen Duthie, Canada, 2004, video, 51 mins The BC Cup is an elite downhill racing bike competition for women. Michelle, a transgender male to female wins the coveted race. Her fellow competitors challenge the win, and question Michelle’s true gender. They argue that while her body has transitioned through surgical reassignment, her chromosomes are male and she has the size, muscle strength and physiology of a male. While Michelle and her family recount her early transitioning period, her racing peers face their fears and prejudices as they get to know Michelle and the real woman athlete she has become. (PA) Plus:

TRANSFAMILY Dir: Sabine Bernardi, Germany, 2005, video, 29 mins German with English subtitles Female to male transgenders speak about transitions, difﬁcult love, hormones and relationships. (PT) Plus:

GENDER Dir: Daniel Lamberts, Belgium, 2005, video, 11 mins

BIKINI Dir: Lasse Persson, Sweden, 2004, 35mm, 7 mins Animated musical about a young man who is afraid to come out of the closet.

Belgian with English subtitles Valerie, a wacky plastic surgeon, wields a cutting blow to her gay biological father.

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SESSION 9

MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March ACMI Cinemas

2pm

MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

2pm

ACMI Cinemas

47 47

DOCUMENTARIES

CYCLES OF PORN – SEX/LIFE IN LA PART 2 Dir: Jochen Hick, Germany, 2005, video, 105 mins

BORN IN A BARN Dir: Elizabeth Elson, USA, 2005, video, 51 mins An intimate and humorous look into the extraordinary erotic lives of four individuals who are committed to the fetish world of pony play, where enthusiasts role play as human ponies and handlers. Each character reveals the complex motives that drive them to pursue this unusual passion, and the film follows them as they each confront the questions that being an erotic equine represent. Born in a Barn is a film about finding an identity in the pursuit of an unconventional desire. Plus:

PUP Dir: Antonia Kao, USA, 2005, dvd, 22 mins

Pup is fetish at its doggy best. Master Skip and Pup Tim live in a dog-eat-dog leatherworld of kink. Man’s best friend is his very own pup, a man in canine clothing. Together they enter the International Puppy Contest and bring home a golden boner of a prize. (PA) SESSION 29 MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March ACMI Cinemas

10pm

Cycles of Porn is a highly explicit digi-feature from German director Jochen Hick, who made the compelling documentary Sex/Life in LA. Featuring some of the characters we first met in his 1998 film who are now a little older or wiser, plus a new wave of fledgling uberporn talents, Hick portrays a world of porno that is dog-eat-dog. Depicted is a ruthless and unrelenting industry, beset with false hopes, perfect bodies and low pay. We meet some of the sexy newbies who are housed in a Big Brother style complex, replete with all the latest video audio technology, with many of its bizarre rooms on cam 24/7 and beamed live on the internet. Getting huge stats on their site assures the guys a reputation and quite possibly a foothold into a career in the more salubrious porn film industry. We follow their journeys, enjoy their highs and lows, empathise with their disillusionment and admire their diligence. A savvy in-ya-face porn smorgasbord! Book early! (PA) Warning: High level sex scenes SESSION 17 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March ACMI Cinemas

10pm

DOCUMENTARIES

EXPOSED: THE MAKING OF A LEGEND

FAMILY MATTERS Dir: David Noy, Israel, 2004, video, 61 mins

Dir: Mr. Pam, USA, 2005, video, 95 mins

Hebrew with English subtitles

From one of the most prolific and leading players in US porn production houses cums this fly-on-the–wall behind-the-scenes documentary. Lashings of revealing interviews, profiling the porn stars and the league of creatives who make the sumptuous porn that has made COLT gay adult entertainment a household name. 39 cowboys played ‘big’ parts in the making of Buckleroos, arguably one of the most ambitious US porn features ever made. Buckleroos is a raunchy western, with good guys, bad guys, show downs, hung gunslinger action, bar brawls, horny young Mormon twinks who lose their virginity and all the raunch on the ranch you could ever imagine or ever hope for. If you thought Brokeback Mountain was great, then you will love this revealing flick – a sexy shoot-em-up cowboy feature that leaves no hunky jock unturned. Interviewees in this breathtaking exposé recount candid stories and anecdotes about auditions, industry highs and lows, pre-sex nerves, sex on set, sex off camera and just about everything you always wanted to know about porn but were too afraid to ask. (PA)

Two men, one woman and a baby constitute the formula for the alternative family portrayed in this fascinating documentary. Dafna is a single straight musician, who is fed up with waiting for Mr. Right, and is desperate to have a child. The solution to her dilemma presents itself when her gay friend Itamar and his partner Kai approach her to have a child with them. All appears to go well for a while until mid-way through Dafna’s pregnancy unresolved feelings and unfettered jealousies threaten to turn the situation into a nightmare. Itamar and Kai get married in Germany and shortly after Dafna gives birth to a baby boy in Israel. Tensions that have been simmering burst to the surface, causing confrontation and separation to their alternative family unit. Will the trio be able to put their own feelings aside for the sake of providing a secure environment for their child? (LD)

SESSION 5 MAR

2006

Plus:

IN MY SHOES: STORIES OF YOUTH WITH GLBT FAMILIES Dir: Jen Gilomen, USA, 2005, video, 30 mins

Friday 3 March ACMI Cinemas

10pm

Five young people give you a chance to walk in their shoes – to hear their own views on marriage, making change, and what it means to be an alternative family. SESSION 20 MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March

12.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

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DOCUMENTARIES GAY REPUBLICANS Dir: Wash Westmoreland, USA, 2004, video, 63 mins From the famed stables of the World of Wonder production house (101 Rent Boys, The Eyes of Tammy Faye) comes this fascinating documentary about the anguished decisions facing gay men and women who have identified themselves as Republican during the growing war over gay marriage in the US. Pariahs to many in the gay community, Log Cabin Republicans have been likened to Jewish Nazis or black Ku Klux Klansmen, but things are not that black and white. Mark Harris is a Republican before he’s gay, visiting the Reagan Presidential Library once a year and arguing vociferously with liberals. Maurice Bonamigo, a high-class hairdresser from Palm Beach, provides jaw-droppingly inadvertent comic relief, seeming to formulate his politics based on petty selfishness and the nice suits that Bush Sr. and Reagan wore. Westmoreland sets his film in the tense buildup to the Log Cabin’s crucial decision whether or not to endorse Bush in 2004, and their struggle will leave even dedicated lefties hanging breathlessly on the outcome. Frameline Film Festival. Winner Best Documentary American Film Institute Festival Plus:

POSITIVELY NAKED Dir: Arlene Donnely Nelson, USA, 2005, video, 37 mins Eclectically beautiful HIV positive men and women converge for a nude installation organized by artist photographer Spencer Tunick. SESSION 64

Dir: Joseph Lovett, USA, 2005, video, 70 mins Finally, a compelling documentary that fearlessly and unapologetically lifts the lid on the 1970s gay sexual revolution. The scene is New York - pre condoms. Set against the backdrop of the Stonewall riots, a radical gay liberation emerged in an era ignited by a spirited, angry and orgiastic counterculture. Men from around the world ﬂocked to NYC in the aftermath of Stonewall. It became a gay Babylon and these are its stories. It was a time when men kissing, holding hands, groping in a quick orgy or even a weekend long fuckfest became a political act. This sexy doco chronicles an era with riveting ﬁrst hand testimonials. Notable interviewees include the iconic gay writer Larry Kramer, photographer Tom Bianchi, porn Director Bob Alverez, activist Rodger McFarlane, and artist Barton Benes. All recount their extraordinary and most private tales of a city transformed by a vanguard of sexual revolutionaries. Not to be missed! (PA) SESSION 37 MAR

MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

GAY SEX IN THE 70S

Midday

2006

Monday 6 March ACMI Cinemas

10.15pm

DOCUMENTARIES

KEEP NOT SILENT: ORTHODYKES Dir: Ilil Alexander, Israel, 2004, video, 52 mins

WOMEN IN LOVE

Hebrew with English subtitles Winner of the Israeli Oscar for Best Documentary this stunning ﬁlm chronicles the lives of three lesbian women who struggle with their passion to love other women. A love that is at odds with Jewish religion and is strongly opposed within the tightknit social fabric that is Jerusalem. Their saving grace is OrthoDykes, a community support group to which they belong. They lead secret lives and are divided between this clandestine coterie of lesbian proteges and strict doctrines of Orthodox belief. Courageously, Yudith, the daughter of a Rabbi, is open and out, and believes in honesty above all else. Ruth has permission from her husband to have a relationship with another woman. Miriam Ester is contemptuous of her husband’s affection and is constantly sacriﬁcing her own needs for the sake of her ten children and extended family. All three are piously devout and have great compassion for their respected religious leaders who mistakenly espouse a God that did not incorporate homosexuality in the grand plan. Alexander poignantly portrays their extremes of pain, with humility and an exacting sensitivity. (PA) Plus:

Dir: Karen Everett, USA, 2005, video, 59 mins Award-winning lesbian filmmaker Karen Everett (My Femme Divine) turns the camera on herself once more, in this intensely introspective, raw, and fearless autobiographical documentary that delves into the difficult terrain of love, romance, relationships, sex, polyamory, self-defined family, and how one lesbian tries to juggle the various aspects of her life. Beginning in the 1980s and culled from nearly 250 hours of home videos, candid interviews, and video diaries, Everett captures a lesbian sexual renaissance that was taking place in sex positive San Francisco in the midst of the AIDS epidemic. While we are privy to all the juicy, sexy details, we also follow Everett on a personal journey that includes self-doubt, painful loneliness, and heartbreak. Everett appeals to the voyeur in us all as she unapologetically films even the most sacred and intimate moments to bring her own experience of lesbian life to the screen. (LD) Plus:

SEARCH FOR HER

MASHA MOM Dir: Michal Bukojemski, Poland, 2003, 35mm, 35 mins Russian with English subtitles

Dir: Dawn Khoo, Singapore/Malaysia, 2005, video, 14 mins Chinese/Mandarin with English subtitles

Documentary about Russian lesbian Masha who is anxious to have a child and approaches her brother to inseminate her girlfriend.

Closeted Malaysian Chinese lesbian Yang comes to terms with her sexuality after two decades of emotional upheavals.

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SESSION 66

MAR

2006

Sunday 12 March ACMI Cinemas

Midday

MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

2pm

ACMI Cinemas

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SPECIAL DO I LOOK FAT? Dir: Travis Mathews, USA, 2005, dvd, 58 mins Gay male body image and eating disorders are put under the microscope in this timely documentary. While multinationals, advertising and the spindoctors in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highly conservative gay media have us believing we should all look like Calvin Klein models, the real diversity of gay/male body types is hidden from everyday representation and a cogent circumspection. To add insult to injury, the truth surrounding this spectrum of body types is demonised, even despised by these self appointed arbiters of taste in their hysterical pursuit of ideal bodies. This is especially so for gay men who happen to be portly, chubby or plain old fashioned fat. This mustsee documentary helps allay our fears and assuages our collective neuroses. It questions the fears, the anxieties and anomalies surrounding the gay male body in crisis, the eating disorders that plague men and the ever foolish, misguided search for an idealised perfection in an imperfect world. (PA)

The MQFF, Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria and the Victorian Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby are proud to copresent a lively discussion by a panel of body image experts, as well as the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s director Travis Mathews who is a guest of the Festival and Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria. More information regarding the panellists can be found on the MQFF website: www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au.

SESSION 67 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

2.15pm

SPECIAL PURSUIT OF EQUALITY Dirs: Geoff Callan & Mike Shaw, USA, 2005, video, 75 mins On February 12, 2004, the City of San Francisco made history by issuing same-sex marriage licenses. Led by Mayor Gavin Newsom, the city continued to marry gay and lesbian couples until the California Supreme Court issued an immediate halt on March 11, 2004. Over 3,900 couples were married, the inevitable national debate began to rage, and directors Geoff Callan and Mike Shaw were there to record the entire affair in this groundbreaking and award winning documentary. With Australia in the midst of its own battle with the Howard Government’s manifest objection to marriage for non-heterosexuals, as well as the issue sitting high on the social and political agenda across various parts of the globe, there has never been a more appropriate time to screen such a ﬁlm with a star-studded line-up of panel of experts to debate the topic.

Co-presented by the ‘Equal Love’ campaign for relationship recognition, part of the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby. www.vglrl.org.au

“I do” or “I don’t”? Where do you stand on this important issue of our times? Almost every Western country has adopted some form of gay marriage or civil union scheme for same-sex couples. But during the 2004 Federal election, the Howard Government and the ALP banned same-sex marriage. Do same sex attracted people want marriage? Is it politically impossible? What are the alternatives? Join a stellar panel of experts and host Addam Stobbs from JOY Melbourne, as they debate the pro’s and cons of same-sex couples getting hitched. This is a not-to-be-missed once only event. Debaters:

Rodney Croome – renowned national and international gay activist Michael Kelly - Rainbow Sash Gay Catholics organisation Kris Walker - Barrister & Melbourne University Law School Lecturer Alison Thorne - Radical Women Tallace Bissett - Anarchist & queer activist John Hard - Ultra-orthodox gay Catholic blogger

SESSION 79 MAR

2006

Sunrday 12 March

2.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

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OZ THE CITY OF MELBOURNE EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD In partnership with the City of Melbourne, the Festival is proud to present this year’s Oz Shorts package. The City of Melbourne has again confirmed their long-standing support of the Festival by generously providing a $2000 cash prize for The City of Melbourne Emerging Filmmaker Award for best Australian short queer film. Only the films listed in the Oz Shorts package are eligible for this Award, which will be voted by a panel of judges. This year also includes the Turtle Cove Audience Choice Award for Best Australian Short Queer Film. The Award will be selected by audience vote following Session 11, with the winning filmmaker receiving one week’s accommodation for two at Queensland’s premiere gay getaway, the Turtle Cove Resort. Both prizes will be awarded during the second screening of the Oz Shorts program at 6pm on Saturday 11 March (Session 70), so book early for this one, as it’s always popular! This year’s Oz Shorts judges are: Jennifer Morris – Jennifer has been the Director of Programming for the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival for over 10 years. In addition to curating films, she runs the Frameline Completion Fund grant program that awards $30,000 annually to queer filmmakers. Rodney Croome – Rodney is a well-known gay activist who had a prominent role in the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Tasmania. He was editor or Literary Journal, Island from 1995—1999. Kristy Edmunds – Kristy is an artist whose work traverses film, performance and the visual arts. She is currently Artistic Director of the Melbourne International Arts Festival. Ian Roberts – Volkswagen ambassador, former international Rugby League star, Dancing With the Stars finalist, Nida graduate and established actor soon to make his big screen debut in the new Superman movie later this year. Gary Singer — Gary is Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Melbourne. Cr Singer holds a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Law degree, and is a consultant, lawyer and manager of Simon Parsons & Co Lawyers. He is also a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

SESSION 11 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

4pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 70 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

6pm

OZ TEEN CHRISTIAN BEACH PARTY Dir: Richard Vette, Australia, 2004, video, 4 mins In these times of immorality and debauchery, Layman John and his friends seek to educate the teenage masses.

BOY’S GRAMMAR Dir: Dean Francis, Australia, 2006, video, 8 mins High School student Gareth endures a horrifying rites of passage in the rareﬁed atmosphere of a private school. (PA)

THE BRIDGE Dir: George Barbakadze, Australia, 2005, dvd, 8 mins

CRASH Dir: David Moore, Australia, 2004, video, 5 mins

Life is good for jubilant lovers Luka and Niko. Niko’s Australian citizenship application has ﬁnally been approved. However, Niko’s new found freedom changes both their fortunes. (PA)

Two old school friends, one a dab hand with a video camera and one a legend on the football ﬁeld have a beer after a great game. While they replay the highlights of the day, the footy hero reveals his true feelings. (PA)

LUNA AND THE MOON

FORCED ENTRY

Dir: Katie O’Neill, Australia, 2005, video, 7 mins

Dir: B.P. Anderson, Australia, 2005, dvd, 6 mins

Luna is a quiet transgendered woman, but tonight she heads out on the town. Quite accidentally, Luna meets James, a good-looking single guy. Romance beckons and Luna reveals her past. (PA)

MONA LISA Dir: Sotiris Dounoukos, Australia, 2003, 35mm, 15 mins George receives an anxious phone call from his boyfriend John about a much awaited meet-theparents family dinner. George is running very late and is waylaid by his diabetic and overbearing Greek mother. George conquers his fears and confronts her about their co-dependent relationship. (PA)

A couple are confronted with their greatest fears when they wake to ﬁnd a recently released prisoner in their bedroom.

LAYOVER Dir: Ashlee Page, Australia, 2004, video, 7 mins Sexy ﬂight attendant Kate has been looking forward to a night of passion with her girlfriend. An overnight stay goes horribly wrong when Grandma turns up on the doorstep after leaving Grandpa. Hilarious! (PA)

ONE N STANDS Dir: Maiara Skarheim, Australia, 2005, video, 11 mins It’s not easy being a lesbian. One girl overcomes shyness and learns the rules about picking up chicks, dancing, what can go wrong when you go down on a girl and why Coco is a starﬁsh. (PA)

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SHORT The latest and greatest collection of girl’s short flicks.

BROOKLYN’S BRIDGE TO JORDAN Dir: Tina Mabry, USA, 2005, video, 20 mins A teenage son struggles with grief surrounding the death of his lesbian mother. He resents his mother’s partner who against all odds, helps him reconcile his mother’s death and to face his sadness and grow into a man. (PA)

THE PIPER Dir: Abbe Robinson, UK, 2005, video, 10 mins A lesbian pied piper seductress enchants a young woman, and together with a band of merry trainspotters they wander through the streets, up hill, over dale and into the woods where magic happens. (PA)

DRIVE ME CRAZY Dir: Kim Wyns, Belgium, 2004, 35mm 5 mins Dutch with English subtitles

A GIRL NAMED KAI Dir: Lai Ling Xue, Canada, 2004, video, 10 mins Memoir style ﬁlm about a queergirl living as a queerboi. Set amidst the hustle and bustle of the East and his transition into the West. (PA)

Two women take a road trip. They sing along to cheesy pop songs on the radio, and stop at a red light. Eyes meet, and they kiss. Two hearts beat as one - until night falls. (PA)

SHORT grew up. During her trip a deep secret unfolds about her high school lesbian romance many years ago. A young girl looks to Gillery for some answers and revelations.

KATHLEEN’S CLOSET Dir: Sheila Jordan, Canada, 2005, video, 13 mins An elderly woman is in palliative care. Her aide is a beautiful young lesbian who helps the women revisit her secret past and revives the spirit of her lover.

SUCH GREAT JOY Dir: Michelle Kramer, USA, 2005, 35mm, 15 mins

GILLERY’S LITTLE SECRET Dir: Tina Scorzafava, USA, 2005, video 25 mins On the occasion of her 20th High School reunion, Gillery returns to the small country town where she

Megan comes home to join her Jewish family for Shabbat dinner with an important announcement. She’s a lesbian and recently engaged to her girlfriend. But who knew telling the truth could be so complicated?

SESSION 24 MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March

4.15pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 72 MAR

2006

Saturday 11 March

8pm

ACMI Cinemas

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BOOB Don’t miss this saucy selection of award winning lesbian shorts from around the world.

HOLD UP Dir: Madeleine Olnek, USA, 2005, video, 8 mins A thief has more than money on her mind during this corner store hold up.

WHO’S THE TOP? Dir: Jennie Livingston, USA, 2003, 35mm, 23 mins Alixe is with Gwen but daydreams about leather bound girl gangs. Her dramatically choreographed fantasies include performances by Steve Buscemi, Shelly Mars and Busby Berkeley dancers.

DANI & ALICE Dir: Roberta Marie Munroe, USA, 2005, 35mm, 12 mins Domestic violence is out of control in this interracial lesbian relationship. Envy wreaks havoc, but a powerful woman survives, learns to speak up, and leaves the woman who abuses her everyday. (PA)

A LOVER’S DISCOURSE: FRAGMENTS

COME ON BABY (HVEM DU END ER) Dir: Martin Strange-Hansen, Denmark, 2004, video, 24 mins Danish with English Subtitles Lisbeth and Rosa toy with the idea of having a family, but it’s a long way from thought to action. It’s not always easy, and they struggle to ﬁnd a way through turbulent times.

Dir: Donna Vermeer, USA, 2004, 35mm, 15 mins

LAYOVER

Lovers Catherine and Lucinda channel Roland Barthes during their affair.

Dir: Ashlee Page, Australia, 2004, video, 7 mins

PUSZTA COWBOY

Sexy ﬂight attendant Kate has been looking forward to a night of passion with her girlfriend. An overnight stay goes horribly wrong when Grandma turns up on the doorstep after leaving Grandpa. Hilarious!

Dir: Katrin Kremmler, Germany/Hungary, 2004, video, 9 mins German with English subtitles A cowboy’s girlfriend has been kidnapped by an evil lesbian bandit. Is he man enough to save her?

SESSION 3 MAR

2006

Friday 3 March

8pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 52 MAR

2006

Thursday 9 March

8.15pm

ACMI Cinemas

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SHORT The latest and greatest collection of boy’s short flicks

DONNIE & CLYDE Dir: Casey Moulton, Canada, 2005, video, 17 mins Two chunky hunky ex cons ﬁnd love in New Jersey. Life on the wrong side of the rails is business as usual for these gay crims. Hilarious mobster ﬂick with a very camp twist. (PA)

THE FIANCEE (LA FIDANZATA) Dir: Petra Volpe, Switzerland, 2004, video, 11 mins

NO ORDINARY JOE

German and Italian with English subtitles

Dir: Jules Nurrish, UK, 2005, video, 12 mins

Hunky gay twosome Lola and Manuel have planned a romantic dinner to mark their ﬁrst anniversary. Manuel has a makeover into moviestar Sophia Loren. Much to their chagrin, Lolo’s mother turns up unexpectedly. The dinner party turns into a riotous rollercoaster ride of mistaken gender identity. (PA)

Teenage Matthew feels his way towards happiness via the soccer ﬁeld and the wise words of Joe Orton.

BUILD Dir: Greg Atkins, Canada, 2004, video, 23 mins A young man works to support his mother, but avoids telling her the truth about his chosen career.

SHORT

JOHN & MICHAEL Dir: Shira Avni, Canada, 2005, video, 11 mins School boy friends John and Michael are men with special needs who share an intimate and profoundly loving relationship.

THE SADNESS OF JOHNSON JOE JANGLES Dir: Jeffrey St. Jules, Canada, 2004, 35mm, 18 mins Absurdly funny western about two handsome gay cowboys who move to the frontier, and get clucky. When one of them falls pregnant and gives birth to something very unexpected, life takes on a whole new slant for gay parenting. Not to be confused with Brokeback Mountain! (PA)

NIGHTSWIMMING Dir: Daniel Falcone, USA, 2005, video, 19 mins A teenage punker named Otter sets out on a mission with his best friend to see a beloved band perform in NYC. Once their road trip ends, the real adventure begins! SESSION 42 MAR

2006

Tuesday 7 March

10pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 58 MAR

2006

Friday 10 March

6pm

ACMI Cinemas

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COCK The best in shorts for the boys from around the world.

DAVID Dir: Roberto Fiesco, Mexico, 2005, 35mm, 15 mins Spanish with English subtitles An angelic young Latino ﬁnds himself in the company of a rugged much older man. They meet accidentally on the streets and explore a passionate exchange by writing notes. The young man is hearing impaired and it is irrelevant in their secret world where they discover the universal language of love. (PA)

MAN SEEKING MAN (MIES ETSII MIESTÄ) Dir: Matti Harju, Finland, 2004, video, 12 mins Finnish with English subtitles A father and his prodigal son reunite, under the most bizarre of circumstances. An awkward secret is revealed in an absurd and intimate moment. (PA)

LITTLE GOLD COWBOY Dir: Michael Reihana, New Zealand, 2005, 35mm, 12 mins A sexy surreal golden cowboy sets out on a homoerotic journey to earn his wings. (PA)

BITTER SHOT (TRAGO AMARGO)

SESSION 36 MAR

2006

Monday 6 March

10pm

ACMI Cinemas SESSION 75 MAR

2006 Saturday 11 March

ACMI Cinemas

10.15pm

Dir: Sion Fullana, Cuba, 2004, dvd, 10 mins Spanish with English subtitles A young man sets out to find passion in the city and bumps into a handsome stranger on a city bus trip. The stranger follows him and they meet again in a bar across town. While he finds it easy to live in his wild imagination, finding words for the stranger is hard and his opportunity may slip into memory. (PA)

COCK

DARE Dir: Adam Salky, USA, 2005, video, 16 mins Ben secretly lusts after unattainable bad boy Johnny, but one night things go his way.

BOY Dir: Welby Ings, New Zealand, 2004, 35mm, 15 mins After the death of his mother a grief stricken teenage boy ﬁghts a barrage of gay taunts, bullying and small-town attitudes at his local school. By creating beautiful angles from dolls and transforming his demons into fairies, he ﬁnds an enduring magical strength. (PA)

POSTMORTEM Dir: Eldar Rapaport, USA, 2004, video, 16 mins Things aren’t as over as they seem when two exes get together for a catch up.

SPACEBOY Dir: Keith Dando, UK, 2005, video, 7 mins A young man ﬁnds a handsome astronaut stranded in the woods. He rescues the lost traveller and takes him home for a meal and to meet his mum. The astronaut stays the night before he returns to NASA and the auspicious sleepover is a teenage wet dream come true. (PA)

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QUEERIES QUEERIES: BENT ON FILM The Melbourne Queer Film Festival presents our youth program, Queeries: Bent On Film. The program this year continues to explore gender and sexuality issues relevant to our younger audiences. You’ll find the selection enlightening as well as entertaining – it’s a great collection of documentaries and shorts from Australia and around the world. Please note: The Ofﬁce of Film & Literature Classiﬁcation allows that patrons aged 15 years and over may attend the Queeries sessions. All Queeries sessions $10 full & $8 conc

QUEERIES 1 – TRUE STORIES ABOUT PERSONALITY Dirs: Scott Malcolm & Matt Wright, Australia, 2005, dvd, 30 mins An engaging and informative documentary which takes a look into what it might mean to be queer. Relaxing and intimate portraits spoken with candour, explore the diverse questions of queer life and challenge the diverse assumptions perpetuated by Australian society.

Plus:

CAMP OUT Dir: Pascal-Alex Vincent, USA, 2005, video, 78mins

Camp Out follows ten Mid-Western teenagers as they attend the ﬁrst overnight camp for gay Christian youths. For these six boys and four girls, it’s just as hard to come out as Christian as it is to come out as gay. They’re caught in the battle between religion, politics and sexuality that’s raging in the Western world today.

SESSION 7 MAR

2006

Saturday 4 March

Midday

ACMI Cinemas

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QUEERIES QUEERIES 2 The best in international shorts with a youth focus from Australia and around the globe.

CAIRO CALLING Dirs: Joseph Antaki & Xiaodan He, Canada, 2005, video, 9 mins

BOY’S GRAMMAR Dir: Dean Francis, Australia, 2006, video, 8 mins High school student Gareth endures a horrifying rites of passage in the rareﬁed atmosphere of a private school. (PA)

BRIAN AND LAZZIO Dirs: Kerem Sanga & Sandra Boersch, Canada, 2004, video, 8 mins Exploration of the awkward and funny development of a college romance between two young men.

Ahmed’s tranquil life in Montreal goes into a tailspin when his meddling mother visits from Cairo with a single purpose in mind.

CRASH Dir: David Moore, Australia, 2004, video, 5 mins Two old school friends, one a dab hand with a video camera and one a legend on the football ﬁeld have a beer after a great game. While they replay the highlights of the day, the footy hero reveals his true feelings. (PA)

DAMAGE Dir: Allie Sultan, USA, 2005, video, 9 mins Life can be cruel at a suburban high school, where jocks and bitchy girls rule the playground. But a girl on the fringe ﬁnds an unlikely ally.

QUEERIES

RAHIM Dir: Murni Mastan, Singapore, 2005, dvd, 21 mins Bahasa Indonesian with English subtitles

OUT NOW Dir: Sven J. Matten, Germany, 2005, 35mm, 20 mins German with English subtitles 16 year old Tom ﬁnds life in a small town is difﬁcult when you’re forced to come out by your peers.

DADDY’S BOY Dir: Tristan Hamilton, Australia, 2005, dvd, 8 mins A young guy is in for a shock when his attempts to hide his sexuality from his father reveal an unexpected surprise.

THE PIPER

A drag artiste and his circle of cheeky gay mates meet beautiful men in bars and discos, negotiating gender and confronting illness head-on within their Muslim culture. When one of their brightest lights expires this mortal coil, they remember the good times under the mirror ball and ﬁnd solace in spirituality. (PA)

TEEN CHRISTIAN BEACH PARTY Dir: Richard Vette, Australia, 2004, video, 4 mins In these times of immorality and debauchery, Layman John and his friends seek to educate the teenage masses. SESSION 19 MAR

2006

Sunday 5 March

Midday

ACMI Cinemas

Dir: Abbe Robinson, UK, 2005, video, 10 mins A lesbian pied piper seductress enchants a young woman, and together with a band of merry trainspotters they wander through the streets, up hill, over dale and into the woods where magic happens. (PA)

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CASSEROLE CELLULOID CASSEROLE The Melbourne Queer Film Festival and F4 present an eclectic menu of new Australian shorts. For just a gold coin donation you have the chance to see local titles not screening in the Oz Shorts package. Arrive early as this session is always a sardine can – standing room also available. This year, the MQFF is offering a cash prize for the winner of the MQFF Selector’s Choice Award, voted for by the 2006 MQFF Selection Panel. The Award will be announced and presented on the night. Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8.30pm screening. F4 Level 2/322 Little Collins St, Melbourne. For info call: (03) 9827 2022.

MURDER’S A DRAG Dir: Nick Poteri, Australia, 2005, dvd, 8 mins

STRAIGHTVILLE Dir: Maiara Skarheim, Australia, 2005, dvd, 3 mins

TIME WILL TELL Dir: Kelly West, Australia, 2005, dvd, 7 mins

POOKIE BIG FAT GREEK FAG Dir: A.J. Tsiakas, Australia, 2005, dvd, 11 mins

Dir: Chris Castro, Australia, 2005, dvd, 4 mins

ROPED Dir: Jas Montana, Australia, 2005, dvd, 9 mins

SMART BUYS Dir: Nathan Little, Australia, 2005, dvd, 3 mins

SESSION 45 MAR

2006 Wednesday 8 March

7.30pm

CALIFORNIA DREAMING Dir: Vicki Jones & Tamara Jungwirth, Australia, 2005, dvd, 25 mins

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SENIORS’ SENIORS’ FESTIVAL Melbourne Queer Film Festival are pleased to bring you this co-presentation with the Seniors’ Film Festival 2006, and proudly presented by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image & the Department of Victorian Communities.

STAGE BEAUTY Dir: Richard Eyre, UK/Germany/USA, 2004, 35mm, 110 mins

Courtesy Dendy Films Set in 1660s London, Richard Eyre’s wonderfully entertaining costume drama is both richly humorous and unexpectedly touching. In an era when women were forbidden from appearing on the stage, Edward ‘Ned’ Kynaston (Billy Crudup) takes up the mantle of London’s most celebrated ‘leading lady’. When the capricious Charles II (Rupert Everett, in ﬁne form) revokes the ‘men only’ rule, Ned ﬁnds his status as darling of the theatre world challenged by female

wannabes waiting in the wings. Claire Danes, Tom Wilkinson and Ben Chaplin all shine in an excellent supporting cast. “The most fun I’ve had with the Bard since that Oscar winner (Shakespeare in Love)” The New York Daily News Booking information: A limited number of seats are expected to be available at the door prior to the session. Telephone bookings are, however, strongly recommended and may be made on 8663 2583 from 10 am on Monday 20 February 2006. Tickets will also be available from the ACMI Box Ofﬁce, located on level 1, daily from Monday 20 February. Admission for seniors (55+) is $3 ($10 all others).

SESSION 44 MAR

2006 Wednesday 8 March

ACMI Cinemas

12.15pm

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INDEX FILMS 100% Human (100% Menneske) 47 100% Woman 47 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous 18 About Personality 67 Adam & Steve 25 A Girl Named Kai 58 A Lover’s Discourse: Fragments 61 A Love to Hide (Un Amour A Taire) 33 A Year Without Love (Un Año Sin Amor) 45 Beautiful Women (Schöne Frauen) 26 Big Fat Greek Fag 71 Bikini 47 Bitter Shot (Trago Amargo) 64 Born in a Barn 48 Both 26 Boy 65 Boy’s Grammar 57, 68 Brian and Lazzio 68 Build 62 Cairo Calling 68 California Dreaming 71 Camp Out 67 Come on Baby (Hvem du End er) 61 Crash 57, 68 Cycles of Porn – Sex/Life in LA Part 2 48 Daddy’s Boy 69 Damage 68 Dani & Alice 61 Dare 65 David 64 Dinner Conversation 29 Donnie & Clyde 62 Do I Look Fat? 52 Drive Me Crazy 58 Eighteen 27 eXposed: The Making of a Legend 49 Family Matters 49 Forced Entry 57 Fucking Different 24 Gasoline (Benzina) 28 Gay Republicans 50 Gay Sex in the 70s 50 Gender 47 Gillery’s Little Secret 58 Good Boys (Yeladim Tovim) 28 Gypo 29 Happy Endings 21 Hard Pill 29 Hate Crime 30 Hellbent 30 Hilde’s Journey (Hilde’s Reise) 31 Hold Up 61 Hollywood By Accident (Hollywood Malgre Lui) 37 In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with GLBT Families 49 John & Michael 63 Kathleen’s Closet 59 Keep Not Silent: Ortho-Dykes 51

DIRECTORS Layover 19, 57, 61 Like a Brother (Comme un Frere) 32 Little Gold Cowboy 64 Loggerheads 32 Loving Annabelle 33 Luna and the Moon 57 Maidens in Uniform (Mädchen in Uniform) 34 Man Seeking Man (Mies Etsii Miestä) 64 Masha Mom 51 Mona Lisa 57 Mrs Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing 35 Murder’s a Drag 71 My Brother Nikhil 35 Nightswimming 63 No Ordinary Joe 62 One N Stands 57 Open Cam 36 Out Now 69 Pookie 71 Positively Naked 50 Postmortem 65 Pup 48 Pursuit of Equality 53 Puszta Cowboy 61 Queens (Reinas) 36 Rahim 69 Roped 71 Search for Her 51 Sévigné 37 Smart Buys 71 Spaceboy 65 Stage Beauty 72 Straightville 71 Such Great Joy 59 Take a Deep Breath (Disi Duboko) 37 Teen Christian Beach Party 57, 69 The Bridge 57 The Favour (El Favor) 27 The Fiancee (La Fidanzata) 62 The Journey (Sancharram) 31 The Masseur (Masahista) 34 The Piper 58, 69 Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery 38 Three Dancing Slaves (Le Clan) 38 Three Needles 23 Time Will Tell 71 Today’s Specials (Offerte Speciali) 47 Transfamily 47 Two Girls (Iki Genc Kiz) 43 Unconscious (Inconscientes) 43 Unveiled (Fremde Haut) 44 Wanted! (Nachbarinnen!) 44 What Grown Ups Know 32 When I’m 64 45 Who’s the Top? 61 Women in Love 51 Yaji And Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims 46

Alapetite, Bernard 32 Alexander, Ilil 51 Anderson, B.P. 57 Antaki, Joseph 68 Ataman, Kutlag 43 Atkins, Greg 62 Avni, Shira 63 Balletbò-Coll, Marta 37 Barbakadze, George 57 Barcellos, Lisset 26 Baumgartner, John 29 Bell, Richard 27 Bernardi, Sabine 47 Berneri, Anahi 45 Boersch, Sandra 68 Brooks, Katherine 33 Bukojemski, Michal 51 Callan, Geoff 53 Cashman, Jim 29 Castro, Chris 71 Chester, Craig 25 Dalchow, Jan 47 Dando, Keith 65 Donnely Nelson, Arlene 50 Dounoukos, Sotiris 57 Dunn, Jan 29 Duthie, Karen 47 Elson, Elizabeth 48 Etheredge-Ouzts, Paul 30 Everett, Karen 51 Eyre, Richard 72 Falcone, Daniel 63 Faure, Christian 33 Fiesco, Roberto 64 Fitzgerald, Thom 23 Francis, Dean 57, 68 Fullana, Sion 64 Gaston, Robert 36 Gatti, Gianni 47 Gilomen, Jen 49 Hamilton, Tristan 69 Harju, Matti 64 He, Xiaodan 68 Hick, Jochen 48 Hochner, Yair 28 Ings, Welby 65 Jones, Jon 45 Jones, Vicki 71 Jordan, Sheila 59 Jungwirth, Tamara 71 Kao, Antonia 48 Khoo, Dawn 51 Kirkman, Tim 32 Kramer, Michelle 59 Kremmler, Katrin 61 Kudo, Kankuro 46 Lamberts, Daniel 47 Legann, Cyril 32 Little, Nathan 71 Livingston, Jennie 61

INDEX COUNTRIES Lovett, Joseph 50 Mabry, Tina 58 Maccarone, Angelina 44 Main, Stewart 18 Malcolm, Scott 67 Marinkovic, Dragan 37 Mastan, Murni 69 Mathews, Travis 52 Matten, Sven J. 69 Meletzky, Franziska 44 Mendoza, Brilliante 34 Montana, Jas 71 Moore, David 57, 68 Morel, Gaël 38 Moulton, Casey 62 Munroe, Roberta Marie 61 Noy, David 49 Nurrish, Jules 62 O’Neill, Katie 57 Oliver, Ron 38 Olnek, Madeleine 61 Onir 35 Oristrell, Joaquin 43 Page, Ashlee 19, 57, 61 Pam, Mr. 49 Pereira, Manuel Gómez 36 Persson. Lasse 47 Poteri, Nick 71 Pullappally, Ligy J. 31 Ramesh, Sathyan 26 Rapaport, Eldar 65 Reihana, Michael 64 Robinson, Abbe 58, 69 Roos, Don 21 Sagan, Leontine 34 Salky, Adam 65 Sanga, Kerem 68 Scorzafava, Tina 59 Shaw, Mike 53 Skarheim, Maiara 57, 71 Sofovich, Pablo 27 St. Jules, Jeffrey 63 Stambrini, Monica 28 Stovall, Tommy 30 Strange-Hansen, Martin 61 Sultan, Allie 68 Thornburg, Linda 35 Tsiakas, A.J. 71 Vermeer, Donna 61 Vette, Richard 57, 69 Vincent, Pascal-Alex 37, 67 Volpe, Petra 62 Vorster, Christof 31 Wald, Jonathan 32 West, Kelly 71 Westmoreland, Wash 50 Winterkjær, Trond 47 Wright, Matt 67 Wyns, Kim 58 Xue, Lai Ling 58

Argentina 27, 45 Australia 19, 32, 57, 61, 67, 68, 69, 71 Austria 44 Belgium 47, 58 Canada 23, 27, 47, 58, 59, 62, 63, 68 Cuba 64 Denmark 61 Finland 64 France 32, 33, 37, 38 Germany 24, 26, 34, 43, 44, 47, 48, 61, 69, 72 Hungary 61 India 31, 35 Israel 28, 49, 51 Italy 28, 43, 47 Japan 46 Malaysia 51 Mexico 64 New Zealand 18, 64, 65 Norway 47 Peru 26 Philippines 34 Poland 51

Portugal 43 Serbia 37 Singapore 51, 69 Spain 36, 37, 43 Sweden 47 Switzerland 31, 62 Turkey 43 UK 29, 45, 58, 62, 65, 69, 72 USA 21, 25, 26, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 68, 72

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