Saturday, October 18, 2:00 PM
Cinema 21

In a world where physical beauty is the standard we take a close and personal look at queer body image in a themed collection of narrative and documentary shorts.

Our first short asks if two idealistically different boyfriends, as different as DAVID & GOLIATH, can survive their friends meddling and own insecurities. HARD FAT explores the world of ‘Gainers’, men who purposely gain weight, and their bodily transformations. Director John Killacky returns this year with his prayer of reconciliation for a disabled body in DREAMING AWAKE. Fiercely witty and arousing, SEXO is an adrenaline-charged commentary on pornography and its audiences. HOW THEY GET US TO SCREW OURSELVES tells us the grim joke behind the tobacco industry’s targeted marketing to the LGBT community. THE BIGGER THE BETTER is a documentary that explores the notion of gay male body image and examines the idea of contemporary male beauty within the gay scene. And finally, somewhere in P-town, our ‘Everyman’ goes LOOKING FOR MR. RIGHT, but with unexpected results.

David & Goliath
Dir Bryan McHenry
2002 | USA | 22 min | Video | English
Hard Fat
Dir Frédéric Moffet
2002 | Canada | 23 min | Video | English
Dreaming Awake
Dir John R. Killacky
2003 | USA | 6 min | Video | English
Sexo
Dir Rodrigo Bellott
2001 | USA | 9 min | Video | English
How They Get Us to Screw Ourselves
Dir Bob Gordon
2002 | USA | 9 min | Video | English
The Bigger The Better
Dir Timothy Smith
2002 | UK | 15 min | Video | English
Looking For Mr. Right
Dir David M. Young
2003 | USA | 4 min | Video | English

Runtime 95 minutes