TWO LOOKS, International Girls Shorts at Outfest 2008, Monday, July 14

Synopses from the 26th Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival website.

Two Looks by Sergio Candel

MON 7/14 7:00pm
DGA 2

Two Looks (Dos Miradas)
(Spain, 2007, 70 mins)
In Spanish with English subtitles

Directed By: Sergio Candel
SCR: Sergio Candel

The fully improvised Two Looks takes us from dawn to dusk on the most important day of Sofia and Laura's vacation. Stunningly gorgeous cinematography of the San Pedro de Atacama desert in Chile makes for a colorful backdrop to the volatile and curious drama that unfolds between these two young women as they struggle to reach the moment of truth in their relationship. Shot in a fly-on-the-wall documentary style, we see and live each cinematic moment.

The Love of Siam by Chukiat Sakveerakul

MON 7/14 7:00pm
Fairfax 1

The Love of Siam / Rak haeng Siam
(Thailand, 2007, 158 mins)
In Thai with English subtitles

Directed By: Chukiat Sakveerakul
SCR: Chukiat Sakveerakul

Mew and Tong are childhood friends and neighbors. After Tong's sister suddenly disappears, his distraught family moves away. Years later, Mew and Tong are reunited. Mew is now a talented singer/songwriter for a boy band, while Tong is a quiet reserved teen within a family still struggling through grief. The instant the two meet they are intimate friends once more, aching to express a mutual love. The Love of Siam is an intricate family drama that examines the beautiful simplicity of young love in a savage world.

Dolls by Karin Babinska

MON 7/14 9:30pm
Laemmle Santa Monica

Dolls (Pusinky)
(Czech Republic, 2007, 99 mins)
In Czech with English subtitles

Directed By: Karin Babinska
SCR: Petra Uselova

Too much freedom can make a teenager go wild. In Dolls (Pusinky), a breathtaking road trip film, three young women make a wild leap into adulthood. Iska, a privileged young woman, runs off from sports camp with her friends, seductive Karolina and innocent Vendula. One fateful night, Iska observes two women making out at a club, sparking her curiosity and setting off a series of events that changes he course of their journey. Exhilarating and emotional, this is a beautiful film about the journey from adolescence to adulthood.

Pages of a Girl by Monica Poli Palazzo

MON 7/14 9:30pm
DGA 2

International Girls
Shorts Programs
Program Running Time is 89 min
Small connections make the world go 'round in these shorts from Spain, Japan and the Ukraine, to name a few. Ex-lovers reunite, an apartment building romance ignites and somehow buying a used dresser becomes sexy. Losing touch is part of it too, when a circus love triangle falls apart, a bookish girl loses her first love and a lonely writer can't keep pace with her corporate-minded girlfriend.

Pages of a Girl (Páginas de Menina) (above)
Directed By: Monica Poli Palazzo
Brazil, 2008, 19 min

Rope Burn by Melvin Montalban