7:00 PM - Girls Now, Then and Always (81 min)  - Shorts Program
Open (Teale Failla, USA, 2005, 12 min) Through intersecting timelines and modern ideas of monogamy, an open relationship turns the lives of three women into a whirlwind of betrayal, bingo, and sex toys. Triple Minority (Amber Sharp, USA, 2005,15 min) A sometimes humorous and sometimes poignant look at a gay black woman who wants to reconcile her relationship with her religious parents. Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves (Andrea Janakas, USA, 2005, 22 min) As an adolescent girl struggles to find identity in a small town in 1979, echoes of a missing girl and a student uprising in Iran reverberate throughout the night.

Hoi Maya (Claudia Lorenz, Switzerland, 2004, 12 min.) Two elderly ladies meet unexpectedly at a hairdressing salon one day. Maya recognizes Charlotte, and Charlotte recognizes Maya, but Maya pretends she doesn’t know Charlotte. Their unexpected meeting reawakens memories of their youth together and their shared past, of which they are unsure they want to be reminded.

Cosa Bella (Fiona Mackenzie, USA, 2006, 15 min) Delphine, French, sexy and married, is in love with Belle a beautiful and successful interior designer in NYC. Conducting a clandestine relationship for years, Belle ends it, but meets great resistance from Delphine. Passionate and heartfelt, the two lovers meet one last time - an all-nighter that forces the three-way of broken hearts to do what’s right. Falling (Petra Possi, Finland, 2004, 4 min) A couple is separated by the reversal of gravity.  

9:00 PM - Go West
(Ahmed Imamovic, Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 2005, 97 min) Milan, a student Serb from a patriarchal community, and Kenan, a Muslim cellist, are a homosexual couple living in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo. Their lives, both intimate and public, are shaken up by the aggression on Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose devastating consequences unfold in inter-ethnic hatred. Trapped in Sarajevo during the siege of the Serb forces, the lovers manage to flee to Milan’s home village and there they take shelter, waiting for Milan’s father, Ljubo, to find a way to the Netherlands. Witnessing the brutality of Serb forces and their hatred towards Muslims, Milan desperately improvises: he disguises Kenan as a woman and presents him as his wife, Milena, a secret discovered by Milan’s best friend, Lunja. Milan is drafted into the army and the situation becomes almost unbearable for Kenan. Ranka, a waitress in the local café, a woman whose dark secrets terrify most of the villagers around her, becomes his only companion while he dreams of Milan’s return ad their escape. Imamovic’s debut feature is a sort of Twin Peaks with harsh realities and tragedy that will keep you guessing as to what will happen next.

Preceded by A Different War (Nodav Gal, Israel,2004, 15 min) 4th grade student, Nuni, has been chosen to play King David, but longs to play the role of Princess instead.