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NQV media returns with New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing. Bringing us a collection of superb and thought provoking short films from around the world. A world where men often hide their true love and feelings, while mothers turn a blind eye to identity. And where religion can dictate the boundaries of love and devotion. However, all is not always as it first appears, with each short exploring the complex representations of boys and men in modern society. Including how personal desire is often hidden from those around us, and how self-belief can conquer self-doubt.
New Queer Visions: Seeing is Believing features short films from Tunisia, Mexico, Belgium, Australia, the USA and the Philippines, including:
ADULT
Directed By: Jamieson Pearce
Country: Australia
Language: Greek/English
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch
Having enabled a loss that now torments her, a woman enters an adult store in search of redemption. Adapted from a short story by Christos Tsiolkas.
HELLO STRANGER (DAG VREEMDE MAN)
Directed By: Anthony Schatteman
Country: Belgium
Language: Dutch
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch
Arthur is a single dad, struggling with the care for his seven-year-old son Max and the combination of his secret life as a drag queen.
LITTLE POTATO
Directed By: Wes Hurley, Nathan M. Miller
Country: USA
Language: English
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch
‘Little Potato’ is Wes Hurley’s autobiographical tale about growing up gay in Soviet Union Russia, only to escape with his mother, a mail order bride, to Seattle to face a whole new oppression under his new Christian fundamentalist American dad.
JUAN GABRIEL IS DEAD (Se murió Juan Gabriel)
Directed By: Tavo Ruiz
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish
Available subtitles: English, Deutsch
On the day famous Mexican singer Juan Gabriel dies, best friends Beto and Daniel will redefine their friendship. Daniel imagines how his day would be if he were a girl. Maybe this way his feelings toward Beto would be seen as normal…
LE CONVIVE
Directed By: Hakim Mastour
Country: Tunisia / Switzerland
Language: Arabic
Available subtitles: English, German
Even though he’s been living with Fouad for three years, Malik is going to marry Halima. Since Fouad doesn’t accept this marriage, which would imply a total upheaval of their everyday life, Malik makes him promise not to attend the wedding, which will take place in his parents’ village. As the ceremony approaches, the pressure builds. Will Malik choose to save face in front of his family and the wedding guests or will he choose to save the relationship with the one he loves?
CONTESTANT #4
Directed By: Jared Joven, Kaj Palanca
Country: Philippines
Language: Filipino
Available subtitles: English, German
A young boy frequently visits an old man who lives alone, to keep him company. One night, he chances upon the old man watching a dated clip of himself as a cross-dressing boy. This sparks within the young boy an interest to find out more about the old man’s past. What he ultimately discovers aids both him and the old man towards a richer understanding of how the weight of life and identity should be carried.
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