1998

Saito, Hisashi

1998

A narcoleptic teenager considers suicide, but when he is sexually assaulted by his teacher, his new found hatred provides him with a reason to live, hatred.

Hiller, Andrew

1998

While using a duck that talks and dances, Andrew Hiller examines the effects of the socialization of a gay man in an overwhelmingly straight atmosphere in Fly Away Homo.

Benning, Sadie

1998

Live-action cartoon investigating the psychic life of an androgynous eleven-year-old girl.

Burke, Michael

1998

A young farm boy with an affinity for animals explores his homosexual desires in Fish Belly White, a lyrical film whose violent ending is not for the faint-of-heart.

Taylor, Amanda

1998

Asks the age-old question, "What is this thing about Lesbians and Star Trek?"

Strutt, Deborah
Baulch, Liz

1998

This film projects us into a post-human world in which the body is out-moded.

Moreton, David

1998

In 1984, a seveteen year old boy comes of age and out of the closet in small town Ohio.

Flashback: Sandusky, Ohio, 1984, a kinder, gentler middle America. What better setting for director David Moreton’s charming and poignant coming out piece, Edge Of Seventeen? With little else to do in Sandusky, Eric and his best friend Maggie spend their days affecting the Boy George look and toying with the idea of becoming a couple – until Rod catches Eric’s eye. Subtle flirtation between the two young men quickly progresses to kissing and groping. By now, though, Maggie’s totally fallen for Eric. Torn between his lovelorn gal pal and a dreamy stranger, what’s Eric to do? Buy his first Bronski Beat album, of course. Confused and scared, Eric heads for the local gay bar, which becomes his refuge at the same time as its denizens become his surrogate family. Moreton pulls truly wonderful, inspired performances from his actors and keenly captures the innocence and pain of first times and first loves. Many films have mined the same material, but rarely as sweetly and purely as this.

Samano, Shamiran

1998

A lyrical film exploring middle eastern queer identity and community. Queer people of color are doubly marginalized, often facing prejudice from both queer communities and communities of color. Their vital search for a home, for a place of acceptance and support, is the subject of the fiction and documentary films in this international program. A steady drum beats through East, a sensual, erotic depiction of Middle Eastern queer identity,

Gibbs, Rolf

1998

A fetchingly shot tale about a woman who impersonates her (ex) boyfriend and slowly falls in love and lust with another woman via the internet.