Get Out! GAY Magazine – Issue 388 –October 10, 2018

HORTS PROGRAMS
BOYS SHORTS
Saturday, October 27, 11:00am; Cinépolis Chelsea 7
Monday, October 29, 5:00pm; Screening Room at The Center
Running time: 89 mins
Presented in partnership with
From a fast-paced chase to a lazy summer day, this year’s Boys Shorts explore what it means
to bring your full self to both the mundane and the extraordinary moments in life. In cities
across the globe, these films capture the contemporary lives of a panoply of gay men from
many different backgrounds.
GIRLS SHORTS
Saturday, October 27, 3:30pm; SVA Theatre 2
Running time: 95 minutes
Presented in Partnership with Clexacon
From friendship to dating to marriage, these shorts look at love and intimacy through many
different lenses and paint a picture of strong, vulnerable, funny, and stubborn women who shine
on the big screen. The heartbreak and joy of everyday life weave together in this collection of
stories that span cultural and generational gaps too often overlooked in film.
MALIK
Dir. Nathan Carli, France, 2018, 15 mins, French with English subtitles
Assumptions are turned on their heads as we frantically follow
Malik through the gritty French ghetto.
ICE COLD
Dir. Sekiya Dorsett, USA, 2018, 13 mins
A blushing bride experiences the best and worst wedding day
in history.
UNINVITED
Dir. Seung Yeob Lee, South Korea, 2017, 20 mins, Korean with
English subtitles
Jungho must adapt to his mother’s surprise visit to his new
apartment in Seoul. His mother must adapt to being an uninvited
guest that makes her son uncomfortable in his own home.
SAM DID IT
Dir. Dominic Burgess, United Kingdom, 11 mins
Sam is about to meet his celebrity idol. The only problem is, Sam
works in a hospital morgue… and his idol is dead.
THE THINGS YOU THINK I’M THINKING
Dir. Sherren Lee, Canada, 2017, 15 mins
A burn-victim and amputee brings a first date back to his
apartment, where he faces his demons in an attempt to
experience intimacy for the first time since his accident.
FOREIGN LOVERS
Dir. Timothy Hickernell, USA, 2017, 19 mins
Sparks ignite when a lonely New Yorker meets a mysterious
foreigner in this meditation on life and love in the digital age.
PISCINA
Dir. Carlos Ruano, Spain, 2018, 9 mins, Spanish with English
subtitles
In this friendly comedy, two brothers on the outskirts of Madrid
spend a lazy summer day up to no good before one comes out
to the other.
GIRL FRIEND
Dir. Chloe Sarbib, USA, 2017, 13 mins
When the line between friendship and romantic love becomes
confusing, Sophie will do whatever it takes to make things go
back to the way they were .
UNDONE
Dir. Francesca Castelbuon, United Kingdom, 2018, 15 mins
After an intimate night together, two co-workers must come to
terms with their feelings for each other.
THE HALF-WALL
Dir. Ida H. Eldøen, Norway, 2018, 6 mins, Norwegian with English subtitles
A couple’s lunch break does not go as planned— a conversation about
bathroom renovations spirals into a series of miscommunications and
a short rumination on life’s misunderstandings.
THE INHERENT TRAITS OF CONNOR JAMES
Dir. Ally Pankiw, Canada, 2017, 13 mins
A bittersweet look at unconventional family structures and the
lengths we’ll go to to keep someone in our lives.
HUDSON
Dir. Shae Xu, USA, 2017, 10 mins
A young divorced mother tries to reveal to her teenage son her
new relationship with a woman.
YES BUT NO THANKS
Dir. Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, United Kingdom, 2017, 12 mins
When Émilie's massive crush on her older next-door neighbor goes
unnoticed, the young teen acts up in this exploration of admiration,
power games, maternal tenderness, and sexual attraction.
SALAMAGAN
Dir. Elisa Oh, USA, 2017, 13 mins
Ana’s secret girlfriend helps her and her Catholic, Filipino mom
clean their home, but that doesn’t make it any easier to introduce
her girlfriend openly to her family.
SHORTS PROGRAMS
Q&A with filmmakers and select cast to follow
Q&A with filmmakers and select cast to follow
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