15h15 / SHORTS PROGRAMME 2 (64') (Shorts Film Competition)

Café com Leite | Me, You and Him, by Daniel Ribeiro (Brazil, 2007, 18’)
La petite mort, by Nuno Ramos (Portugal, 2008, 10’)
Toda a Gente nesta Praia é de Lisboa | Everybody in this beach comes from Lisbon,
by João Laia (Portugal, 2009, 10’)
Pérolas | Pearls, by Gustavo Vinagre (Brazil, 2008, 9’)
Os Sapatos de Aristeu | The Shoes of Aristeu, by René Guerra (Brazil, 2008, 17’)

An unexpected tragedy catches Danilo by surprise just when he is about to start a life together with Marcos. In Me, You and Him, will Danilo manage to build new familial routines now that he is responsible for his kid brother? A youth rendered to New York hedonism is the prelude to a seaside meditation on adult life, in La petite mort. Fleeing the capital towards anonymous pleasure in more natural sceneries, is it possible to meet someone different? Everybody in this beach comes from Lisbon answers the question. A hetero couple arises to a new day which promises to be different when, inside the bathroom, the boy tries on something new, in Pearls. In The Shoes of Aristeu, a trans woman is buried by her family as a man. Will her friends manage to accomplish what they know is her last wish? J.F.

17h15 / GAY SHORT FILM PROGRAMME (Queer Art)

Steifheit I+II | Stiffness I+II, by Albert Sackl (Austria, 1997-2007, 6’)
Invitation, by Michael V. Smith (Canada, 2007, 6’)
Muchim Lok | Middle-Earth, by Thunska Pansittivorakul (Thailand, 2007, 8')
Plug, by Antoine Barraud (France, 2008, 14’)
Steam, by Damien Rea (United Kingdom, 2008, 3’)
Toward the Blue, by Randy Caspersen (USA, 2009, 10’)
Income (Butterfly + Tail), by Michail Michailov (Switzerland, Austria, 2007, 3’)

19h15

(Best Documentary Competition)
Paolo, by Andrea Franco Batievsky (Peru, USA, 2009, 78’)

Paolo Reategui lives a successful, exciting life as an openly gay man in New York. But his contentment is tainted by old memories of rejection and loss, and won’t be complete until he reconciles with his origins. This is the story of his first journey back home after eight years away from Peru. A week before the trip, Paolo decides he is also going to look for his father - who vanished from his life when he was only a child - in an effort to get all the pieces of his life together for once and for all. Social exploration meets personal drama in this new film by Andrea Franco Batievsky, portraying the way both society and individuals slowly evolve into their real,
unbiased selves. Poignant and cathartic, this visit to Paolo’s past reflects the inward journey of self-acceptance and determination, and the importance of family and roots.

(Shorts Film Competition)
Phedra, by Claudia Priscilla (Brazil, 2008, 13’)

Documentary about Cuban transsexual actress Phedra D Córdoba, who lives in downtown São Paulo.

(Best Documentary Competition)
Rainhas | Queen of Brazil, by Fernanda Tornaghi and Ricardo Bruno (Brazil, 2008, 71’)

Fabio is a small-town boy with a big dream: becoming the next Miss Brazil. The documentary follows Fabio as he sets out on his journey from his native town near the Amazon River to fabulous Rio de Janeiro, where a little known national beauty pageant, Miss Gay Brazil, mobilizes the lives of hundreds of guys around the country with the same dream: being crowned Brazil’s most beautiful girl.

0h00 / SHORTS FILM PROGRAMME: Naked Men Series - Michael Cox (Queer Art)

Snowblind, by Michael Cox (USA, 2008, 7’)
Testimony, by Michael Cox (USA, 2008, 12’)
Flutter, by Michael Cox (USA, 2008, 10’)
Prophet, by Michael Cox (USA, 2009, 14’)

A series of intimate figure-portraits where everyday men expose their inner workings, their bare desires, and their vulnerabilities. They discuss their families, religion, sex, love, drug-addiction, and a whole lot more. Whether
funny, sad, controversial, sexy, titillating, or provocative these are real stories about real guys.