XPOSED
AUSTRALIAN QUEER SHORT FILMS IN BERLIN
at
'schwuz'
when:
einlass ab 21.30Uhr, 21. Juli, programm beginn 22.00Uhr
where:
mehringdamm
61, 10961, berlin. U-BHF -(U6/U7)
why:
The Inaugural XPOSED Short Film Festival comes OUT from
down under!
At present there is 850 Australians formerly registered living in Berlin,
although the number is most likely higher, the amount of Queer Australians
is unknown. Who knows, there could be one behind you and as of the 21st of
July, ‘Schwuz’ will be home for a night to the first ever Queer
Australian Short Film Festival to travel to Berlin.
XPOSED has come about from a common frustration that we have
here in Australia. Over the past few years there has been an alarming number
of the good queers breaking up with this land and departing for Berlin. Why
is this? We don’t know. Why do they go to Berlin? This is what we hope
to find out.
Under the title of ‘XPOSED’ we are hoping to share with the existing
and visiting queer community of Berlin a number of short, political and unique
queer stories told through two men in a canola field, lesbians in a moment
of family first, suspended enchanted cowboys, Russians seeking asylum, Christian
teens on a beach, a contradictory true story of a mannequin and a hard piece
of cheese, these films have a number of versatile themes, they are neither
top or bottom. They are however selected from Australia Premier Gay and Lesbian
Film Festivals such as the Mardi Gras Film Festival and the Melbourne Queer
Film Festival, does this make them special? No? What does make them special
is that each film that is screening depicts an underlying emotion that is
ripe within Queer Australians and possibly any other minority group around.
Distance, is it a feeling, emotion, a way of life? Each of these films depict
in one way or another what we all feel at times, distant.
It is the first time that an independent Queer Film Festival has travelled
so far and you always remember your first time, so come and join the people
from a land founded by criminals, Come and share the love and see Australian
Queer Short Films XPOSED at SCHWUZ, Mehringdamm 61. 10961, Berlin, U-Bhf U6/U7,
ab 21Uhr, 21st Juli, 2006.
XPOSED is grateful for being supported by the TEDDY FOUNDATION, www.teddyaward.org
and QUEERSCREEN, www.queerscreen.com.au
the films:
‘STRAIGHTVILLE’
Maiara Skarheim, 3mins
An
exploration of alternate realities in which we find ourselves in everyday
life.
‘16th Melbourne Queer Film Festival’, ‘My
Queer Career Finalist, Mardi Gras Film Festival 2006”
‘TIME WILL TELL’
Kelly West, 7mins
What do you talk about when you are not ready
to say goodbye? Daylight savings will always help pass the time.
‘My Queer Career Finalist, Mardi Gras Film
Festival 2006”, ‘16th Melbourne Queer Film Festival’, 6th
Annual Brisbane Queer Film Festival, 16th Toronto Inside Out Lesbian &
Gay Film & Video Festival, Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian
Film Festival 2006.
‘TWO
NIGHTS’
Rolmar Baldonado, 7mins
Over two nights a young Chinese immigrant has sexual encounters with two very
different individuals. He is forced to choose between the one he wants and
the one who wants him.
‘My Queer Career Finalist, Mardi Gras Film Festival
2006”
‘TEEN
CHRISTIAN BEACH PARTY’
Richard
Vette, 4mins
In these times of immorality and debauchery, Layman John and his friends seek
to educate the teenage masses.
' The 2005 San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival’
‘Melbourne International Film Festival 2005’
‘16th Melbourne Queer Film Festival’,
‘My Queer Career Finalist, Mardi Gras Film Festival 2006”
‘BETHANY’
Bethanys Sister, 5mins
Bethany shows us how to play totem tennis, it is an exercise in being alone,
isolated and living in Australian backyards.
‘world premier”
‘QUEENSLAND’
Matthias Cerwen, 6mins
Three workman lunching define the terms of what is a homosexual. Unfortunately
Karma has the lead role in this role play.
‘My Queer Career Finalist, Mardi Gras Film Festival
2006”
‘BOYS
GRAMMAR’
Dean Francis, 8mins
Set in an exclusive boy’s school, Gareth learns that his feelings can
only be validated when expressed through violence.
“Best of the Rest”, My Queer Career Film Festival,
Sydney,
Australia, 2006
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Australia, 2006
St Kilda Film Festival, Australia, 2006
Newfest: New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender
Film Festival, USA, 2006
Frameline: The San Francisco International LBGT Film
Festival, USA, 2006
Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival,
USA, 2006
'POPPY’
sophie
boord, 11mins
In a death-dream state, in a world of enchantment and illusion, two poppy-wash
cowboys encounter the black rider.
'21st International Short Film Festival Hamburg, Germany',
'9th Puchon Fantastic Film Festival, Korea',
'CESTA Art Festival, Czech Republic',
'Celluloid Salon, Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, Australia',
'Inside Out Toronto Lesbian & Gay Film & Video Festival'
‘THE
BRIDGE’
George Barbakadze, 8mins
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.
“16th Melbourne Queer Film Festival’,
“My Queer Career Finalist, Mardi Gras Film Festival 2006”
‘Film Out San Diego Gay and Lesbian Film Festival’,
‘NewFest 2006: The 18th New York Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival’,
‘Philadelphia International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival’,
‘The 1st International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival of Tel Aviv’
‘Festival Del Mar International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Spain’,
‘UNTITLED’
Mona Ruijs, 10mins
“untitled” is an incisive collection of oxymoron’s accompanied
by the true story of mili. This experimental [short] film urges us to look
at the extra ordinary contradictions in our ordinary lives. “untitled”
is a social commentary that carries absurd logic to a new level
‘Australian
Centre for the Moving Image, VCA Graduate Screenings, 2005”
"16th Videofestival Bochum Germany May 2006"
‘BADLANDS’
David Blumenstein, 1mins 30 seconds
A man throws a piece of cheese. But is it art?
‘the Short Crap Film Festival #4 finalist’
XPOSED IS VERY THANKFUL TO ITS GREAT SUPPORTERS
AND
TO THE BEAUTIFUL HUMANS WHO HELPED IT GROW.
MABEL ASCHENNELLER
KATHARINE JACKE
THE CREW AT 'SCHWUZ'
MONA RUIJS
KELLY JONES
KELLY WEST
SASHA MATTEUCCI
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