Pearl, Heather

1994

Hectic urban life impels a San Francisco dyke to escape the city.

Leban, Lexi

1994

A woman reflects on her girlfriend in this captivating experimental short.

Wilhite, Ingrid

1994

Two dykes ponder the possibilities of being gay men.

Marzi, Giampolo

1994

Steinman, Connie

1994

Connie Steinman’s new film MIREL must be the first lesbian sci-fi S/M film ever made. It follows a human to an all-feline world where she becomes involved with a powerful healer. The filmmaker and her crew should be commended for all their hard work in creating alien sets and costumes without a big budget.

Chionglo, Mel

1994

Forced by economic hardship to leave his studies, Sonny returns home to find his two older brothers both working as “macho dancers” in a Manila gay bar. The film follows the three brothers as they embark on various relationships and (mis)adventures. The oldest has a wife and child but is also involved with an older rich man. He has been plying the trade for years and at 23 he is already fast becoming a has-been. The second brother, Dennis, lives a life on the streets and on the edge in which everything is a hustle, from dancing to car stealing. Against the admonishment of their mother, Sonny joins his brothers in the sex trade. Faced with the harsh reality of poverty, she can do nothing but accept their efforts to support the family. While working at the bar Sonny becomes romantically involved with a transvestite. Their relationship provides the love and stability he needs to survive in the pits of the Manila sex industry. Meanwhile, Dennis’s exploits are beginning to bring danger to himself and his family. Currently banned in the Philippines, the film is a searing indictment of the abhorrent conditions of crime and poverty against which these three young men and their close-knit family battle for survival.

Chionglo, Mel

1994

Forced by economic hardship to leave his studies, Sonny returns home to find his two older brothers both working as “macho dancers” in a Manila gay bar. The film follows the three brothers as they embark on various relationships and (mis)adventures. The oldest has a wife and child but is also involved with an older rich man. He has been plying the trade for years and at 23 he is already fast becoming a has-been. The second brother, Dennis, lives a life on the streets and on the edge in which everything is a hustle, from dancing to car stealing. Against the admonishment of their mother, Sonny joins his brothers in the sex trade. Faced with the harsh reality of poverty, she can do nothing but accept their efforts to support the family. While working at the bar Sonny becomes romantically involved with a transvestite. Their relationship provides the love and stability he needs to survive in the pits of the Manila sex industry. Meanwhile, Dennis’s exploits are beginning to bring danger to himself and his family. Currently banned in the Philippines, the film is a searing indictment of the abhorrent conditions of crime and poverty against which these three young men and their close-knit family battle for survival.

Shaw, Sylvie

1994

From Australia comes Men Like Me, a documentary that makes creative use of computer video technology to break down the stereotyped concept of gender. This film is both humorous and educational in its examination of the social and physical transformation from female-to-male of the filmmaker's friend, Dale.

Hubbard, Jim

1994

A self-processed meditation on death, and the personal and cultural rituals that surround it.

Wortmann, Sönke

1994

The highest grossing German film ever, Maybe...Maybe Not is a side-splitting comedy destined for the Hall of Sexual Fame. The title refers to Axel, an open-minded heterosexual who has cheated on his girlfriend Doro one too many times. When Doro finds Axel having sex with another woman inside a bathroom stall, he is forced into the streets and finds himself at the apartment of Norbert, a homosexual friend of a friend. As Axel quickly enters the gay scene of contemporary Germany, Maybe...Maybe Not offers piercing commentary on masculinity and sex. In the film’s absurd, verging-on-erotic situations, director Sönke Wortmann provides us with the eavesdropper’s perspective on conversations where men - both straight and gay - talk about other men in overtly sexual ways. When Norbert’s queenie friend Waltraud attends a “Straight Men’s Support Group” as the "gay man" who can teach them about gayness, hilarious dialogue highlights a film rich with insightful sexual characterizations. As the narrative unfolds, Axel finds spending time with Norbert and his drag queen friends both fun and liberating - so liberating that Doro suspects that Axel is actually gay. The results are a sophisticated, whimsical film, one informed by a wacky warmth and a pleasing narrative world.