Outfest 2009: Boys’ Shorts, TRAINING RULES, LION’S DEN, AMERICAN PRIMITIVE

Outfest 2009 hightlights on Saturday, July 11. Synopses from the Outfest website.

Teddy by Christopher Banks (top); Steeling Magnolias by The Vasco Brothers (middle); James by Connor Clements (bottom)

Boys’ Shorts (Sat, Jul 11th 11:00am, DGA 1)
Program Running Time is 96 min
Dish
Directed By: Brian Harris Krinsky
USA, 2009, 16 min
Emo kids Israel and Louie walk around their east Los Angeles neighborhood dishing about their high school classmates. After listening to Louie boast about his sexual escapades, Israel decides he has some catching up to do.
Teddy
Directed By: Christopher Banks
New Zealand, 2009, 13 min
Tony, a dyed-in-the-wool Londoner, travels 10,000 miles to rural New Zealand [...]

Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Documentary / Short Film Lineup

Torino GLBT Film Festival 2009: Documentary / Short Film Lineup
Documentaries IN COMPETITION
Boriven nee yu pai tai karn kuk kun (This Area is Under Quarantine) by Thunska Pansittivorakul (Thailand, 2009)
friday 24 april, 16.45 – monday 27 april, 11.30
Out in India: A Family’s Journey by Tom Keegan (USA/India, 2007)
friday 24 april, 18.30 – saturday 25 april, 11.30

Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo (Shakespeare and Victor Hugo’s Intimacies) by Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, 2008)
friday 24 april, 15.30 (Sala 3) – saturday 25 april, 11.30 (Sala 3)
Giorgio/Giorgia… storia di una voce (Giorgio/Giorgia…History of a Voice) by Gianfranco Mingozzi (Italy, 2008)
saturday [...]

Sundance 2009: Ten Shorts on itunes

James by Connor Clements

The following Sundance 2009 short films are available for viewing/downloading — free of charge — via itunes stores in the US, UK, and Canada. They’ll remain available until Jan. 25. Go to www.iTunes.com/sundance.
The available films are (synopses from the Sundance Festival’s press release):
Acting for the Camera (Director: Justin Nowell; Screenwriter: Thomas Nowell) — An acting class. Today’s scene: the orgasm from When Harry Met Sally.
Countertransference (Director: Madeleine Olnek) — A comedy about an awkward woman with assertiveness problems who seeks the questionable help of a therapist.
HUG (Director: Khary Jones) — Drew is a musician with a contract ready to sign. When Asa, his friend and manager, realizes Drew is off his meds [...]