13 – 16 October 2005, Touring Festival: Q FILM FESTIVAL-BALI 2005

MADE IN INDONESIA

( Total Running Time : 82 minutes )
– Thursday, 13 October 2005, 08:00 pm
– Sunday, 16 October 2005, 08.00 pm
– Thursday, 20 October 2005, 08:00 pm
– Sunday, 23 October 2005, 01.00 pm

A Long Stick Waffle between Two Cherries
Indonesia, 2005, 13 minutes, Color
Director: Billy Christian / Indonesian

Gina is looking forward to meet her past love interest, Robin, after no contact for five years. On the way to the cafe she meets indecisive Tom, who contemplates on professing his love to his lover. To much surprise Tom shows up later in Gina’s meeting and confesses his love to his lover… Robin!

Black Cherry

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Dear My Daughter
Indonesia, 2003, 4 minutes, Color
Director: Billy Christian / Indonesian with English Subtitles

Sita is a 14-year old girl who lives in an isolated house with an old woman, known to her as her mother. With no friends in the area, Sita talks to the flowers on her windowsill. One day her world is turned upside down when she sees that her mother has ?something? down her skirt.

Official selection at Pusan International Film Festival 2004

An exploration of sensuality and sexual tension through the blending of bodies and sound.

Two men revisit places in their memory. Trying to recapture something they could not remember. Is it a memory or a long buried desire?

The movie tells the bitter sweet life story of Wulandari, a 34 years old retired transgender sex worker on the harsh streets of Paris. Now Wulandari struggles to resume a normal life as a housewife with her Tunisian French partner.

Chronicling a young gay man?s coming-of-age experience running away from home, Still traces the physical and emotional landscapes the troubled soul treads in his journey to self-discovery, acceptance and connection with his family.

This is the story of a young man in solitude. He tries to fight loneliness by all means, and even resorts to extreme measures.

WIZARD FROM OZ

( Total Running Time : 112 minutes )
– Friday, 14 October 2005, 08.00 pm
– Saturday, 15 October 2005, 08.00 pm
– Friday, 21 October 2005, 08.00 pm
– Saturday, 22 October 2005, 01.00 pm

Come and take a peak inside the dark backroom of a porn set, where boys always work hard for their money.

What is the cost of love in a loveless society? Healing follows a self proclaimed ?healer? who discovers that physical pain can bring back feelings of love.

Steve arrives home one night and witnesses the unimaginable through his rear window. Unable to come to terms with what he has seen, Steve discovers the full effect this secret has on his psyche.

The quintessential film about the power of the almost human-spirit starring the drag artiste Joyce Maynge.

You have a date with an airhostess but your grandmother needs you. What would you do? Don?t decide before you see LAYOVER. A moral conundrum of generational loyalty versus lusts of the flesh. Will the blood ties win? Or will blood boil? Either way things are heating up.

Something is missing in Betty?s married life. To kick start those passionless moments Mother Nature lends a hand. But Stan?s got other ideas when things start a-sprouting.

Awards and Nominations:
The Screenplay Award, My Queer Career Awards at Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, 2005

Using the bathtub as a cleansing zone for gender, Benson reclines with a phallic spout leering over his shoulder and rests his hairy thong clad legs on the side of the bath. The cleansing process begins with a drinking binge. The beer suppresses his fears and releases inhibition unlocking the rough edged clumsy male within. Finally he chants Waltsing Matilda as his leave in conditioner until the alcohol sets in and he is right back where he started, naked and confused.

Internalized homophobia and youthful excitement clash to upturn the world of a deaf high school cross-country runner.

Explores the pleasures and possibilities of being a tomboy through the personal experiences of four girls who refuse to conform to traditional gender categories.

An end of love story about small moments of hope, travelling, loss, capitalism and love.

Awards and Nominations:
Audience Choice Award, My Queer Career Awards, Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney, 2005
Best Short film award, Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Audience Choice Award, Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Nomination, Teddy Award, Berlin International Film Festival