London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009: TO FARO, BABY LOVE, Lesbian Shorts
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2009
Wednesday, April 8, highlights
Schedule and synopses from the LLGFF website
"Mortal Desires"
Vampires, hoodlums, a hot detective and a few high class call girls make up this programme of sexy lesbian shorts.
In Twilight’s Shadow (above)
USA 2008. Dir T.M. Scorzafava. 12min.
Carlisle’s girlfriend is being held hostage and she’ll do all it takes to get her girl back before sunrise.
Crazy Baby
USA 2008. Dir Jules Nurrish. 3min.
An unhinged patient, a sexy nurse and a very large needle…
Liminal
USA 2008. Dir Stephen Keep Mills. 14min.
A powerplay between lovers escalates with devastating results.
At Home (or Love as well)
Spain 2008. Dir Mariel Macia. 25min.
Rosa’s first time has to be perfect.
What I found in Great Aunt Nell’s Closet
USA 2008. Dir Melissa Bouwman. 2min.
An unsuspecting voyeur finds more than she bargained for.
As Seen Through a Telescope: Parts 1 & 2
UK 2009. Dir Bev Zalcock, Sara Chambers. 7min.
Saucy Edwardian seaside antics with a lesbian twist.
Tremble & Spark
USA 2008. Dir K.A. Burkhardt. 23min.
Sexy noir-inspired tale of murder, intrigue and a beautiful dominatrix.
To Faro
| Directed by: | Nana Neul |
| Cast: | Anjorka Strechel, Lucie Hollmann, Manuel Cortez |
| Country: | Germany |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Running time: | 93min |
Enjoyable drama about a young factory worker, Mel, who takes on the persona of a Portuguese man, Miguel, when she is mistaken for a boy by the beautiful Jenny. In order to avoid her family’s suspicions and to continue seeing Jenny, Mel crafts a careful web of deception as she produces a fake boyfriend (her colleague from Faro) at a family dinner and becomes enthusiastically lost in both her lies, learning Portuguese and constructing a whole new history for herself. Trouble, of course, follows when it turns out that not only has Jenny already got a boyfriend but that she is much younger than she claims. Mel’s journey from quiet tomboy in a family of men to the beginnings of an understanding of her sexuality and gender identity is dealt with in an understated and sweet way, making this an endearing account of a rather problematic relationship. Nazmia Jamal
Baby Love
| Directed by: | Vincent Garenq |
| Cast: | Lambert Wilson, Pilar Lopez de Ayala, Pascal Elbé |
| Country: | France |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Running time: | 98min |
A well-off established Parisian gay couple, a lawyer and a doctor living in trendy Belleville, split up when the doctor (Lambert Wilson) decides he wants to raise a child. But making the decision is only the beginning of a comedy of errors which takes our hero (a paediatrician) on a surprising journey. Gay adoption is illegal in France so he is forced to consider surrogacy but finds it impossible to find a potential mother or lesbian couple who share his lefty bourgeois world view. When he meets a young Argentinean woman by crashing into her car it seems he has found his perfect match. Nothing is simple, but this delicious and affecting film gives a brilliantly entertaining insight into the emotional highs and lows of gay parenting and its pitfalls. The sometimes comic tone is wonderfully balanced by the deadly serious intent with which the fathering instinct inspires our hapless hero. Lambert Wilson heads a talented cast who attack their roles with gusto. And just when it seems that everything is going your way, nature and human frailities have a way of throwing you into confusion. This modern comedy shows how everyone can be overwhelmed in different ways by the profound experience of trying to have a baby. Behind the comic façade we learn about just what it means to be a lover, a friend or a family. Brian Robinson
Half-Life
| Directed by: | Jennifer Phang |
| Cast: | Sanoe Lake, Julia Nickson, Leonardo Nam |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Running time: | 106min |
Set in a near-future Northern Californian suburb threatened by looming global catastrophe, the magically atmospheric Half-Life centres on the disillusioned and decaying Wu family. Abandoned by their father, eighteen-year-old Pam and her little brother Timothy live with their self-absorbed mother and her young meteorologist boyfriend. Working nights as an airport janitor, the depressed Pam crushes on her best friend Scott, a gay Korean adoptee who desperately wants his religious parents to acknowledge his sexuality. Sensitive and innocent Timothy withdraws into a supernatural world of monstrous jellyfish and space travel to escape his loneliness. A bold and ambitiously original outing for first-time director Jennifer Phang, Half-Life is a darkly humorous and deeply affecting dreamlike drama about the many ways people take flight from their lives. Gorgeous photography and elaborate handcrafted animations make it as visually stunning as it is emotionally raw. Kyle Stephan
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MORTAL DESIRES LOOKS VERY SEXY
I HOPE ITLL BE AVIALABLE ON DVD HERE IN SWEDEN SOON.
SWEDES LIKE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.