Wangwutphinyo, Watthana

1999

An Asian, only child and gay man seeks reconciliation with his mother.

Chong, Christopher

1999

A hand processed uncut singular stream of movements. Inspired by Ritchie Hawtin’s Concept albums.

Bingjian, Liu

1999

For a movement supposedly stamped out by the authorities, independent filmmaking in China seems remarkably alive. Liu Bingjian's very likable film uses an age-old story to get a handle on the burgeoning underground gay and lesbian scene in Beijing. Country boy Xiao Bo comes to the big city to find himself. He shows up in Qing's clothes shop, looking for someone else, and lands himself a job and a place to stay. Only after setting him up with a damp squib of a date does Qing begin to suspect that Xiao Bo is gay; she mentions this to her husband, who soon gets to thinking that he wouldn't mind trying a bit of the "other" with the lodger. Shocked and frightened, Xiao Bo runs away.…Liu frames this simple, naturalistic story with mildly utopian scenes imagining what gay activism with Chinese characteristics might be like: a pirate radio station broadcasting lonely-hearts ads, a magazine called "Brilliant W.C." that reprints toilet graffiti to help create a community from the hundreds of anonymous cottagers. The blend of realism and fantasy gives the film a character and a steel-level impact very different from Zhang Yuan's EAST PALACE, WEST PALACE.

Perez de la Paz, Nacho
Raiz, Jesus

1999

Mousy Marta is the quiet girl in the corner of every house party. She lives with her ailing mother in a small flat, goes to night school, and fantasizes about the dreamy guy in the apartment across the street who hangs his underwear out the window to dry. Over the course of an afternoon, spent painting a friend's apartment, Marta is reintroduced to the self-involved people in her circle. Two sisters argue, Marta's saucy best friend Elisa and bitchy Jimena who stole Elisa's boyfriend. Fer and his wife Carmen bicker over her ticking biological clock. Anorexic Alicia throws up her lunch in the small bathroom. And sweet Nestor can't seem to get over his failed relationship with Marc. Of course, everyone confides in Marta and she, having no life of her own, keeps their various confidences.

Like a Spanish version of a Whit Stillman (METROPOLITAN) film, most of the conversation in MARTA AND SURROUNDINGS takes place around a kitchen table where the articulate characters wittily air their gripes about growing old and facing commitment and eloquently reveal their desires.

Engberg, Mia

1999

A film abou t Mason, a FTM. Filmed in San Francisco for Swedish television.

Karagoz, Huseyin

1999

Makbul is a film about power and passion. It aims at questioning power. Who is more powerful, the Sultan or the slave that he loves?

Arnold, Jennifer

1999

In Maid Of Honor, Serena, the maid of honor, and her lover Donielle examine their own commitment and ability to be honest in an era in which no relationship – gay or straight – seems to last. In the days before a wedding, 3 women struggle with their different views of marriage, commitment and honesty.

Kao, Antonia

1999

A grandmother tells her granddaughter a feminist creation story at bedtime.

ThuyLan Phang, Jennifer

1999

A sister & brother turn a dysfunctional family dinner into an unappreciated coming out party.

Akeret, Julie

1999