15h15

(Best Documentary Competition)
Intimidades de Shakespeare y Victor Hugo | Shakespeare and Victor Hugo’s Intimacies,
by Yulene Olaizola (Mexico, 2008, 80’)

There is a lodging house, owned by Rosa Carbajal, at the intersection of Shakespeare and Victor Hugo streets in
Mexico City, a shelter that hides an intimate and passionate story. Twenty years ago, Rosa met Jorge Riosse, a young tenant who became her closest friend. For eight years he made an indelible impression on everyone he knew. But it was after his sudden death that some dark characteristics emerged. One night, in 1993, his room set on fire and Jorge died. Rosa undertook a personal investigation on this fatal accident and soon discovered different clues which related Jorge with a serial killer who had strangled at least 13 women in different hotels in the popular La Merced district. However, in spite of her doubts and suspicions, Rosa, the filmmaker Yulene Olaizola’s grandmother, still remembers him as the talented young man who shared with her his art, his music and, above all, his affection. A heartfelt portrait of two characters, lonely in their own way or in spite of
themselves, strongly and strangely entwined.

17h15 / SHORTS PROGRAMME 1 (84’) (Short Film Competition)

My Name is Love, by David Färdmar (Sweden, 2008, 20’)
Freunde die du hast | The Friends you have, by Haik Büchsenschuss (Germany, 2008, 14’)
Somebody got Murdered, by Tor Iben (Germany, 2009, 40’)
In His Shoes, by Ornette Spenceley (United kingdom, 2008, 12’)

In My Name Is Love two young men meet by chance in the street, on a romantic summer evening. But what seems at first an innocent flirt quickly becomes a dangerous liaison. Homophobia outbursts in a small town serve as backdrop to The Friends you Have, the story of an outsider for whom a local youth falls in love. Somebody Got Murdered confronts us with the story of a gay man entering adult life who, after being attacked in the park, falls for his aggressor. In In His Shoes, a boy discovers his identity after his fathers’ suicide. N.G.

19h15m

(Short Film Competition)
Get Happy, by Mark Payne (USA, 2008, 25’)

At the age of 12, Mark Payne began making home movies of himself performing as his favorite singers: Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand and Diana Ross. A year later, he was working in the entertainment business along such luminaries as Bob Hope and Milton Berle. Directed by Mark Payne himself, and including
actual footage of his childhood performances, Get Happy is a coming of age musical extravaganza about a child raised by his mother and grandmother, who allowed him to express himself in a most unconventional way.

(Competition Documentary)
Transformismo no Feminino: Betty Santos | Male Impersonation: Betty Santos,
by Margarida Baptista (Portugal, 2009, 52’)

Male Impersonation: Betty Santos aims to inform and enlighten the audience on the current Male Impersonation scene in Portugal. But it is also a tribute to the life and work of Betty Santos, the only active Portuguese female-to-male impersonator. The documentary includes several interviews, not only with colleagues and the family of Betty Santos, but also with actors, anthropologists, and psychologists whose unexpected testimonies are recorded on film.

21h30

(Feature Film Competition)
Ghosted, de Monika Treut (Germany, Taiwan, 2009, 81’)

Ghosted is the suspenseful story of an unusual love affair that bridges two cultures and two cities. The sudden death in unexplained circumstances of her young Taiwanese lover Ai-ling throws Hamburg artist Sophie Schmitt totally off balance. She travels to Taipei to exhibit a video installation dedicated to Ai-ling. On the opening night, Sophie is approached by a pushy journalist, Mei-li, who takes her on a trip to the famous Taipei night markets and tries to seduce the grieving artist. But Sophie rejects her and returns to Hamburg. Shortly thereafter, Mei-li turns up on Sophie’s doorstep unannounced. Soon, Sophie realises that Mei-li is secretly investigating Ai-ling’s death. A series of strange happenings and sudden flashes of recollection unsettle Sophie. Then she discovers that the Taiwanese newspaper that Mei-Li claims to work for has never heard of her and that nobody by that name has ever entered Germany. So who is this mysterious woman?