VQFF 2014 Films
A list of films screened during the 2014 26th Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival.
Missing from IMDB
SAT, AUG 16
Emile - N Maxwell Lander - Canada - 2012 - 4 min
Crashpad Classic: Siren & Zelda - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2011 - 8 min
Crashpad: Lyric Seal & Joey Minx - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2014 - 6 min
FTM *beep* DIESELBOI - James Darling - USA - 2013 - 4 min
Heavenly Spire: Jack Hammer & Jessie Sparkles - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2012 - 8 min
Crashpad: Nikki Darling & Chocolate Chip - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2013 - 7 min
Crashpad: Kimberly Kills & Sparky St Claire - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2011 - 5 min
Egg - Sadie Lune - USA - 2012 - 9 min
Bed Party: Eden Alexander & Sebastian Keys - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2013 - 6 min
The Wild Search - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2007 - 3 min
Tina Horn's Point of Contact - Tina Horn - USA - 2010 - 5 min
SUN, AUG 17
LAMI - Christophe Defaye & Olivier Defaye - Japan - 2013 - 2 min
Big Mouth - Andrea Dorfman - Canada - 2012 - 8 min
What Do You Know? - Ellen Brodsky - USA - 2012 - 13 min
MON, AUG 18
Dreamworld Waiting - Samuel Shanahoy - Australia - 2013 - 4 min
Radicalizing Intimacy in Queer Asian Canadian Youth - Stephanie Fung & Joanna Yang - Canada - 2014 - 9 min
Binded Inself - Krista Martin - Canada - 2014 - 6 min
Princess (Princesa) - Drew Stephens - USA - 2014 - 12 min
WED, AUG 20
Under the Rainbow - Dave Shortt & BC Poverty Reduction Coalition - Canada - 2014 - 12 min
Trench Coat Lesbians - Ryan Steele & Amy Goodmurphy - Canada - 2012 - 4 min
A Love Story - Brandy Svendson - Canada - 2013 - 9 min
Body.Cake.Lake. - Michael V. Smith - Canada - 2013 - 3 min
Queer Arts Festival: SD Holman Interview - Stephen Emery - Canada - 2014 - 9 min
A Message - Clark Nikolai - Canada - 2012 - 6 min
Exempli Gratia - Clark Nikolai - Canada - 2013 - 3 min
Hall of Mirrors - Jose Manuel Navarro - Spain - 2012 - 4 min
Punch My Tammy - Ryan Steele - Canada - 2013 - 3 min
SAT, AUG 23
POWER - Elaine Carol - Canada - 2014 - 73 min
Missing from IMDB
SAT, AUG 16
Emile - N Maxwell Lander - Canada - 2012 - 4 min
Crashpad Classic: Siren & Zelda - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2011 - 8 min
Crashpad: Lyric Seal & Joey Minx - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2014 - 6 min
FTM *beep* DIESELBOI - James Darling - USA - 2013 - 4 min
Heavenly Spire: Jack Hammer & Jessie Sparkles - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2012 - 8 min
Crashpad: Nikki Darling & Chocolate Chip - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2013 - 7 min
Crashpad: Kimberly Kills & Sparky St Claire - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2011 - 5 min
Egg - Sadie Lune - USA - 2012 - 9 min
Bed Party: Eden Alexander & Sebastian Keys - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2013 - 6 min
The Wild Search - Shine Louise Houston - USA - 2007 - 3 min
Tina Horn's Point of Contact - Tina Horn - USA - 2010 - 5 min
SUN, AUG 17
LAMI - Christophe Defaye & Olivier Defaye - Japan - 2013 - 2 min
Big Mouth - Andrea Dorfman - Canada - 2012 - 8 min
What Do You Know? - Ellen Brodsky - USA - 2012 - 13 min
MON, AUG 18
Dreamworld Waiting - Samuel Shanahoy - Australia - 2013 - 4 min
Radicalizing Intimacy in Queer Asian Canadian Youth - Stephanie Fung & Joanna Yang - Canada - 2014 - 9 min
Binded Inself - Krista Martin - Canada - 2014 - 6 min
Princess (Princesa) - Drew Stephens - USA - 2014 - 12 min
WED, AUG 20
Under the Rainbow - Dave Shortt & BC Poverty Reduction Coalition - Canada - 2014 - 12 min
Trench Coat Lesbians - Ryan Steele & Amy Goodmurphy - Canada - 2012 - 4 min
A Love Story - Brandy Svendson - Canada - 2013 - 9 min
Body.Cake.Lake. - Michael V. Smith - Canada - 2013 - 3 min
Queer Arts Festival: SD Holman Interview - Stephen Emery - Canada - 2014 - 9 min
A Message - Clark Nikolai - Canada - 2012 - 6 min
Exempli Gratia - Clark Nikolai - Canada - 2013 - 3 min
Hall of Mirrors - Jose Manuel Navarro - Spain - 2012 - 4 min
Punch My Tammy - Ryan Steele - Canada - 2013 - 3 min
SAT, AUG 23
POWER - Elaine Carol - Canada - 2014 - 73 min
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- DirectorDaniel RibeiroStarsGhilherme LoboFabio AudiTess AmorimLeonardo is a blind teenager searching for independence. His everyday life, the relationship with his best friend Giovana, and the way he sees the world change completely with the arrival of Gabriel.
- DirectorMischa KampStarsGijs BlomKo ZandvlietJonas SmuldersA sexually awakening gay teen athlete finds himself in a budding relationship with his mutually attracted relay race teammate.
- DirectorDesiree AkhavanStarsDesiree AkhavanRebecca HendersonHalley FeifferShirin is struggling to become an ideal Persian daughter, politically correct bisexual and hip young Brooklynite but fails miserably in her attempt at all identities. Being without a cliché to hold onto can be a lonely experience.Canadian Premiere and director was in attendance.
- DirectorRobin CampilloStarsOlivier RabourdinKirill EmelyanovDaniil VorobyovA businessman makes a regular arrangement with a Ukrainian prostitute, despite the youngster's involvement in a controlling street gang.
- DirectorEmma DanteStarsEmma DanteAlba RohrwacherElena CottaTwo cars come face to face in a narrow street in Italy. When neither one of the drivers wants to back down to let the other pass, within no time the whole village is involved.
- DirectorKelli Jean DrinkwaterAnna HelmeStarsKelli Jean DrinkwaterAquaporko! is the story of Melbourne's fat femme synchronized swim team sculling, egg beating and high kicking towards their first ever live performance. We follow fat activist and filmmaker Kelli Jean Drinkwater as she meets the team and uncovers a world of sisterhood, queer community and radical body politics. Kelli Jean chats to members of Aquaporko! about self-acceptance, embracing body positivity and how they as individuals and as a group challenge society's relentless negativity towards fatness. Colorful and camp, this heartfelt documentary, is overflowing with humor and humanity. Inspiring people of every size to celebrate our bodies in all their glorious diversity.screened along with Grrrls in Space (other short films). Directors were in attendance.
- DirectorChristian SlaughterStarsKay GarnellenJiz LeeA perfect couple in a perfect home after a perfect dinner ready for perfect sex! But something is not so perfect... This is a fanciful short piece by first time queer director but long time veteran of the gay porn industry, Christian Slaughter. A happily married couple spices up its life with a sexy video that magically turns into something more.A part of Crashing the Porn Party.
- DirectorCheryl DunyeStarsLil HarlowPapi CoxxMaggie TapertPioneer filmmaker Cheryl Dunye returns with a sassy, raunchy, romantic sex comedy set in the edgy underground of Berlin where love and taboo affairs collide! Cute power femme Dylan (Lil Harlow) and studly hotel clerk Claudia (the sexy Papi Coxxx) are suffering from monogamous relationship blues. Hellbent to Claudia sets out on a gender-bending roller coaster-now as Claude-through a subversive Berlin sex club while her lover has threesomes with her best friend Teo (played by the incomparable Jiz Lee.) Everything comes to a climax when Dylan's mother (world-renown sex educator Maggie Tapert) arrives in town hellbent on releasing some tension. Fun, provocative and interwoven with personal interviews, Mommy Is Coming is filled with sheer delight - in more ways than one!A part of Crashing the Porn Party.
- DirectorDennis ShinnersStarsDennis GarciaDan LeonardPeter OliveraA Latino barber quietly falls in love with a handsome Irish stranger over the course of a haircut during a hot and sweaty summer afternoon in a macho Brooklyn hood.A part of Grind: Hookup Shorts.
- DirectorAustin WongStarsCole J. AlvisBrett DonahueRichard LeeA part of Grind: Hookup Shorts.
- DirectorAlex BohsStarsJake CohenNic CollinsEve RydbergIn the midst of dealing with the repercussion of a recent accident, newly introverted William comes in contact with the very spark that may just allow him to overcome.A part of Grind: Hookup Shorts.
- DirectorIan TangStarsCaleb McMullenChristopher RomanA romantic evening for two boyfriends leads to unexpected results.A part of Grind: Hookup Shorts and a part of The Coast is Queer.
- DirectorJohn SobrackStarsKenneth Lawrence FergusonDick FriedmanSeril JamesA man pursued by the law finds more than refuge from the streets, when he is mistaken for another man's on-line hook up.A part of Grind: Hookup Shorts.
- DirectorZachary HalleyStarsAnthony RappClaire CoffeePasha PellosieGRIND is a musical story exploring a damaged man's search for a connection in an interconnected world.A part of Grind: Hookup Shorts.
- DirectorMadeleine OlnekStarsGian Maria AnnoviNuotama BodomoDiane CieslaTwo lesbian hookers wind their way through a world of bargain-hunting housewives and double-dealing conservative women in this buddy comedy, an homage to and riff on iconic male hustler films. Margaret is a down-on-her-luck hooker in training, who meets up with Jo, a beautiful and self-assured grifter from a wealthy family and an expert on servicing women, even as she considers herself proudly heterosexual. The film follows their adventures together on the street, through encounters with husky-voiced seductresses, mumbling erotic accessory salesmen and shopaholic swingers. Navigating the bizarre fetishes and sexual needs of their 'dates' brings into focus the hilarious and pathetic disparity between the two hookers, fellow travelers who will share the road together but only for a while.
- DirectorJon BushStarsMario DiazMx Justin Vivian BondNadya GinsburgClub Kingpin Mario Diaz has been throwing the hottest, sexiest, funnest parties in the LGBT nightlife scene for over 20 years, from New York to LA. Come with us as we dive deep, go behind the scenes and find out what makes him tick and how he does it.
- DirectorJosé Manuel SilvestreStarsNerea VillagómezIgnacio YsasiChildren try to find their own identity in a narrow minded society.Part of KinderKino.
- DirectorKirsten LeporeA transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.Part of KinderKino.
- DirectorCamilo CoguaDiana always has been a little different from the other people in her dance class. But one day one of her friends discovers why.Part of KinderKino.
- DirectorPéter VáczStarsDániel CzupiAdrienn MóroczThe friendship of Rabbit and Deer is put to the test by Deer's new obsession to find the formula for the 3rd dimension...Part of KinderKino.
- 20141h 30m7.2 (189)64MetascoreDirectorThomas Allen HarrisStarsArthé AnthonyAnthony BarbozaHugh BellA film that explores how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. This epic tale poetically moves between the present and the past, through contemporary photographers and artists whose images and stories seek to reconcile legacies of pride and shame while giving voice to images long suppressed, forgotten, and hidden from sight.
- DirectorSydney FreelandStarsJeremiah BitsuiCarmen MooreMorningstar AngelineThree young Native Americans - an adopted Christian girl, a rebellious father-to-be, and a promiscuous transsexual - strive to escape the hardships of life on an Indian reservation.Director was in attendance.
- DirectorChris Mason JohnsonStarsScott MarloweMatthew RischEvan BoomerIn 1985, a gay dance understudy hopes for his on-stage chance while fearing the growing AIDS epidemic.
- DirectorMariana RondónStarsSamuel Lange ZambranoSamantha CastilloBeto BenitesA nine-year-old boy's preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother.
- DirectorLori PetchersWhat would you do if your inside did not match your outside? A documentary about the life and work of transgender youth advocate Tony Ferraiolo.
- DirectorÉdgar A. RomeroStarsGastón CalvarioMario Alejandro LópezCésar Moheno PláBeto, who is nine years old, is overprotectedby his grandparents. When Stephany, a transsexual, moves into the building, afriendship takes seed that confronts the child against his general conception of the world.English Title: Under the Last Roof
A part of Young 'n Fierce 'n Fabulous. - DirectorBrandy ByhofferStarsVanessa SacconeIn a world where gender dictates fashion, sixteen-year-old Vanessa Saccone finds her own unique expression of identity through style and photography.A part of Young 'n Fierce 'n Fabulous.
- DirectorDenisse QuinteroStarsGimena GómezIazua LariosTomihuatzi XelhuantziCarmela leads a quiet life in the countryside with her grandfather until Abril, an adventurous free spirited girl, breaks into her routine. The meeting leads them to explore new paths in their lives.A part of Young 'n Fierce 'n Fabulous.
- DirectorAugustine FrizzellStarsAtheena FrizzellClaire Stuart MeinerEmma and Jesse are close friends. One night, after an intense breakup, they have a heartfelt conversation that challenges the boundaries of their friendship in an unexpected way.A part of Young 'n Fierce 'n Fabulous.
- DirectorSam BerlinerA documentary about the successes, failures, and incredible confusion trying to date as a genderqueer/trans person.A part of Young 'n Fierce 'n Fabulous.
- DirectorLaura ScrivanoStarsKim Ho"The aim was to pick up chicks by sounding like a Frenchman. Hasn't really worked out yet." Charlie's a mess. His best friend's not talking to him, he can't concentrate on his work...and now the clock's ticking on his french exam. But the courage to speak can come from the most unlikely places.A part of Young 'n Fierce 'n Fabulous.
- DirectorNadia CaseyStarsNicholas EliaJonathan HersSean MathiesonFalling in love for the first time can be awkward, but for Brian, a shy seventh grader living in the Ontario suburbs in the early 90s, his feelings for skater kid Kyle could loose him his best friend.A part of Young 'n Fierce 'n Fabulous.
- DirectorPatty BerneStarsMat FraserA documentary about a performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and queer and gender-variant artists as communities who have been historically marginalized. The performance work of Sins Invalid serves as an entryway into the absurdly taboo topic of sexuality and disability. Since 2006, our performances have explored themes of sexuality, embodiment, and the disabled body, impacting thousands through live performance. The path to the stage and the performance itself manifest a new paradigm -- disability justice.Screening was cancelled and replaced with A Street in Palermo.
- DirectorCan CandanStarsMehmet Yilmaz AkYunus AlbayrakMehmet AslantugWhat happens when your child comes out to you? In this feature documentary, parents of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-gender individuals in Turkey intimately share their experiences with the viewer, as they redefine what it means to be parents, family, and activists in this conservative, homophobic, and trans-phobic society.Screening was cancelled and replaced with Drunktown's Finest.
- DirectorBlair DoroshwaltherStarsAlexis AgathocleousVenice BrownTerrain DandridgeUnder the neon lights in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American lesbians are violently and sexually threatened by a man on the street. They defend themselves against him and are charged and convicted in the courts and in the media as a 'Gang of Killer Lesbians'.
- DirectorAxel RanischRené RimkusStarsFrithjof GawendaHeiko PinkowskiChristina GroßeActually, Florian Herbst is happiest when his dad isn't at home. Then he can dance around the house with his mum, wear crazy costumes and forget all his troubles. And Hanno Herbst doesn't really know what to do with his son, who has two left hands, a much too big belly and is neither interested in sports nor girls. But it's not that bad! There is still mum. With a tender dominance she keeps the family's fragile harmony in check and protects her two men from each other. At least until one terrible morning, when the house of cards collapses and mum vanishes from their lives from one moment to the next. Father and son are left behind, overwhelmed, but gradually learn to cope.
- DirectorTami RavidStarsGerald GonzalesBart KleverArvin Quirante"Boy" tells the story of an invisible member of our society, an undocumented Filipino cleaner. He has no name. Moving continuously from one location to the other, he is living between being seen and being invisible, between his life with his boyfriend, an erotic dancer, and his role as financial provider of his family back home. All this changes when his boyfriend auditions for a dance company and one of his employers commits suicide. A charming photographer shows interest in him. He wants him as a model for a photo series.
- DirectorTor IbenStarsAnnette FrierKlaus J. BehrendtHarry BaerThe phallometric tests were used in the Czech Republic until recently in order to verify the homosexuality of asylum seekers, who reported homosexuality-based persecution in their home country as grounds for asylum. This short tells the story of a young guy whose sexuality will be tested through this method in a satirically way.
- DirectorIra SachsStarsJohn LithgowAlfred MolinaMarisa TomeiAfter Ben and George get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing -- a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.
- DirectorBruce La BruceStarsSusanne SachßePaulina BachmannLuizo VegaA young girl that regularly dresses as a boy falls in love and seduces a young girl that has no clue that her lover has the same sex. When the girl introduces 'her boyfriend' to her father he becomes skeptical and unmasks the fraud. Even though, strangely, the feelings of the girl persist without shifting, the father does not allow them to ever see the other again. Furious and delusional the 'boy' develops an adventurous plan to prove his true 'masculinity' to the father of his lover.
- DirectorJavier OjerMik TurjeTwo young farmers and an old timer fight to protect farmland from illegal dumping while next door in Vancouver; hip urban farming threatens to steal the show.Part of Changemakers.
- DirectorCari GreenStarsTirra DentAliyah O'BrienAlison WandzuraCanadian Forces Base, 1987 Private Jane Cross is quickly noticed during her training by Master Corporal Maryann Kirk, and for more than her skills on the battlefield. Meanwhile the military police wage a secret war on homosexuals, spying on soldiers suspected of engaging in 'immoral conduct.' If Jane and Maryann are careful, will anyone discover them? Based on true accounts.Part of Changemakers.
- DirectorBuck AngelJ. Jackie BaierFelix EndaraStarsCocoEmy FemJesse FloresA collection of 6 short movies made to break stereotypical opinions, and celebrate differences as well as maybe even create a little stir. The producer has gathered film makers over a subject - Sexual confusion.Part of Changemakers.
- DirectorJen CrothersA playful exploration of what it means to be a sissy.Part of The Coast is Queer.
- DirectorJason KarmanStarsLee BookerBruce NovakowskiAma BenningtonTrying to get the attention of a boy at school, Emily practices his hobby of yo-yo(ing). But the difficulties of love are more complicated than the tricks she is trying to learn.Part of The Coast is Queer.
- DirectorJoella CabaluStarsJay CabaluJose P. CabaluMaridin CabaluA film maker's journey to bring together her gay brother and devout Catholic parents to openly discuss their conflicting beliefs for the first time.Part of The Coast is Queer.
- DirectorFlorian HalbedlStarsTravis NelsonPatrick GilmoreAaron RotaAfter a gay teenager is threatened by bullies, a stranger steps into the young man's life and actively uses the power of imagination to challenges his thoughts of suicide.Part of The Coast is Queer.
- DirectorSam FederStarsBevin Bevin BranlandinghamMx Justin Vivian BondKate BornsteinFor decades, performance artist and writer Kate Bornstein has been exploding binaries and deconstructing gender. And, her own identity. Trans-dyke. Reluctant polyamorist. Sadomasochist. Recovering Scientologist. Pioneering Gender Outlaw. Kate Bornstein Is a Queer and Pleasant Danger, joins her on her latest tour capturing rollicking public performances and painful personal revelations as it bears witness to Kate as a trailblazing artist theorist activist who inhabits a space between male and female with wit, style, and astonishing candor. By turns meditative and playful, the film invites us on a thought provoking journey through Kate's world to seek answers to some of life's biggest questions.
- DirectorAskold KurovPavel LoparevA documentary on gay and lesbian youth in Russia.
- DirectorKate JohnstonShauna MacDonaldStarsKate TrotterChristine HorneShauna MacDonaldA lesbian with commitment issues befriends a widowed mother who is visiting her workaholic daughter.
- DirectorRodrigo GuerreroStarsCarlos EchevarríaEmiliano DionisiNicolás ArmengolAfter meeting in a chat room, Fede (22) arrives at a downtown building to have an intimate encounter with a gay couple older than him. As the night unfolds, Fede has an intense and telling experience. The next morning finds him different, as if suddenly he had found a new possible way to love.
- DirectorAbdellah TaïaStarsSaid MriniKarim Ait M'HandAmine EnnajiIn a working class neighborhood in Casablanca, Abdellah, a homosexual teen, tries to build his own life within his big family, caught between an authoritarian mother and an older brother, who he adores.English Title: Salvation Army
- DirectorEduardo W. Roy Jr.StarsMimi JuarezaMiggs CuadernoJunjun QuintanaLife of Dorina, a middle-aged trans woman (played by the trans actress Mimi Juareza) who is looking for her niche midst the complexities of the world she is in. This is a story of suffering, acceptance and hope.
- DirectorAllison BergFrank KeraudrenStarsJohn WojtowiczCarmen BifulcoJeremy BowkerA documentary portrait of the late John Wojtowicz, whose attempted robbery of a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover's gender-reassignment surgery was the real-life inspiration for Dog Day Afternoon (1975).
- DirectorMonika TreutStarsCeci ChuhAlissa WilmsVanida KarunAlex is a 16-year-old misfit and high school dropout. In a final attempt to set Alex straight, her adoptive mother signs her up for an internship at a farm where Alex meets thirty-something Nina, a riding instructor who is taking a break from her partner Christine and their life in the city. Although Alex initially hates being stuck on the farm, she gradually connects with the horses. When upper-class Kathy arrives for a vacation, Alex dislikes her immediately. But as the days slowly drift by, the girls form a friendship, and when they are left alone one weekend things spin out of control.English Title: Of Girls and Horses
- DirectorLyubov LvovaSergey TaramaevStarsAleksandr AlekseevskiyMariya BiorkSergei DorofeyevThe film portraits a complicated journey thru life, love and hate of a homosexual in Russia.English Title: Winter Journey
- DirectorSigrid Andrea BernardoStarsAngel AquinoTherese MalvarJay BordonA 12-year old Anita falls in love with the new woman in town; years later, a girlhood crush blossoms during the Fiesta of Santa Clara in Obando, Bulacan.Canadian Premiere.
- DirectorAlexandra KondrackeStarsLisa RieffelErin KellyMichelle LombardoThe story of five girls and one epic night. The girls will find love, lust, girl-fights, rock and roll, and a whole lot of stoned sorority girls.