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SHORT FILM PROGRAM

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Boston LGBT Film Festival 2013

Young Cuts

Emerging Talent Program

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Tue, May 07 @ 7:00 pm
Coolidge Corner Theatre
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This year we are bringing you the best LGBT short films from the YoungCuts Film Festival. The YoungCuts Film Festival is an event showcasing the best independent films by undiscovered talents. The Festival features short films produced by emerging filmmakers and serves as a launch pad for filmmaker careers, providing exposure and recognition for some of the most exciting new talent from around the globe – student film makers and non- student film makers alike.
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This PSA is Gay

CONTENT WARNING:
Miranda Kasher & Patric Verrone and George Khabbaz
2 min
English
USA
When a girl wears a rainbow button to school she discovers that people’s words can either annoy, sting or lift you up. A claymation public service announcement.
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Sticks and Stones

CONTENT WARNING:
Talen Wright
5 min
English
UK
With a sensitive voice-over, this touching docu-drama illustrates how, in just a few words someone can crush confidence and self-esteem. However just as quickly, in a few words you can also reach out to someone.
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Love Our Families PSA

CONTENT WARNING:
Anjoum Agrama and Xochi Maberry-Gaulke
1 min
English
USA
A public service announcement created by teens about diverse families. This PSA was produced by the Righteous Conversations Project, which brings together Holocaust survivors and teens to create media projects that address injustices in our world.
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Blow!

CONTENT WARNING:
David Thompson
10 min
English
USA/Singapore
A film about David Thompson and his search to understand Singaporean penal code 377a: a law making it illegal for two men to be romantically intimate with each other.
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Memory Lapse

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Suddenly Sci Fi
9 min
English
USA
The line between dream and reality blurs as Alex wakes up and realizes parts of his life are missing.
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Beloved

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Daniel Zinkant
4 min
English
UK
A poetic interpretation of falling in love. Through the main protagonist Dave, we hear and see what it is like to be in love and have those feelings trapped inside.
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Reed

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Ronnie Rios
10 min
English
USA/Czechia
Reed is a male prostitute. Things aren’t going so well for him. And today is his birthday.
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The First

CONTENT WARNING:
James Sweeney
13 min
English
USA
A stunningly shot coming of age tale about Drew, a teenager who struggles with his sexual identity and his first time(s)
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Deep End

CONTENT WARNING:
Bretten Hannam
6 min
English
Canada
After finding out his older brother is gay, 13-year-old Dane spends the day at the community pool trying to decide between supporting his brother and possibly being ostracized, or siding with his homophobic peers and losing his brother.
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Why Does God Hate Me?

CONTENT WARNING:
Joel Ashton McCarthy
17 min
Canada
A coming-of-age comedy about Matthew, a 14-year-old boy living in a very religious town, whose best friend Ester tries to ‘cure’ him of being gay. But a trip to San Francisco shows Matthew that he might not be the one who needs curing.
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