Subrin, Elizabeth

1995

Based on accounts of girlhood anorexia, Swallow is an experimental narrative that unravels the masked and shifting symptoms that define clinical depression. Utilizing original and found footage, Swallow demonstrates how personal and social history are linked by discourses of the body and female liberation. Specifically, Elisabeth Subrin's imaginative film explores the complex impact of the American 1970's on its "liberated" daughters while also tracing the continuing "medicalization" and "(ab)normalization" of the female body.

Marzi, Giampaolo

1995

From Italy, Supergay contemplates the strength of imagination and the power of attraction.

Killacky, John
Grannell, Steven

1995

A short elegant remembrance in response to the ever accumulating losses from the AIDS pandemic.

Thomas, Brett

1995

A person with AIDS tries to access a government social service agency only to be trapped in voice mail.

Corzine, Georgina

1995

The Source is a surf adventure docu-drama about hot surfer chicks, mermaids and the courageous women of the Bay Area who relentlessly pursue that perfect curl. An ode to those daring ladies of the waves

Zeidler, Christina

1995

Shoes, shades, fur, & chrome... an exploration.

Harrington, Cecilia

1995

After hiding her sexuality in college, Sonia goes home on break in Raquel Cecilia Harrington’s short film Sonia. Still in love with her best friend from high school, she decides to take a chance and come out. When she does, she gets a big surprise.

Demas, Peter

1995

A dark comedy featuring overlapping stories of a mother dealing with her Greek heritage and her son reviving that culture’s homoerotic traditions.

Dimas, Christos

1995

This film presents nine vignettes which describe the perceptions of and influences on the life of a young Greek man who has been diagnosed with AIDS.

From Greece, Sky Full of Stars includes nine vignettes which describe the life of a young Greek man who has been diagnosed with AIDS. Also from Greece, Tender is a transsexual prostitute in Athens who shares her perspectives on life and demonstrates her dignity in the face of a life of abuse.

Lewis, Everett

1995

What lies do men tell themselves when they get pulled into the world of prostitution (and not just your everyday street-corner hustling)? Harry, Billy and Dean call what they do "acting"--role playing elaborate sexual fantasies for primarily male clients. Each of the men is in a different stage of his career. Billy's a confused boytoy in the midst of a successful hustling career, and Dean's a callow (but sexy) beginner fresh of the road from his wholesome childhood. Harry--perhaps more than the others--doesn't think of himself as a hustler at all. His purpose in life is Hollywood stardom, and playing the top in private performances is just practice. This is the notion that unites the three men. As the story unravels, the three men deal with this conviction. One falls in love with a client, another retreats into himself so that he can act the part he's taken on, and another --Harry--learns what he must do if he wants to meet his goal. Up until now, Harry's been convinced that he could turn his current "acting" gig into a legitimate career in the industry. But he's finding that male executives won't give him a break even when they see his gym-toned body and beach-tanned good looks.