16 January 2014

Lost & Broken (2013)

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Director: Alexander Roman
Writer: Alexander Roman
Genre: Short movie
Country: USA
Language: English
Duration: 8 min
Year: 2013




Stars: Phil Biedron, Alexander Roman, Ken Warfield





Bila je hladna kišna noć. Scott se spremao da zatvori jazz kada je naišao bivši model Jimmy i zatražio viski.Tužna ali i priča puna nade da će imati sretan kraj.
Podsjetio me je na jednog momka koji je radio u baru u prizemlju moga stana. Jedno veće nakon vraćajući se sa jednog rođendana svratim da popijem išioće i vidim ima li nekoga poznatog. U praznom baru je bio samo on. Sjedao za šankom i pušio cigaretu. Zatražio sam mu vodku začuđem kako nema nikoga. Ostao sam tu sa njim 2-3 sata. Niko nije dolazio, a nije nam ni trebao.


It's been a long dark rainy night. Scott is ready to close up the bar when a broken down ex-model named Jimmy walks in asking for a drink. A sad, but hopeful Gay Love Story with Film Noir undertones.

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15 January 2014

Jackpot (IV) (2012)

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Director: Adam Baran
Writer: Adam Baran
Genre: Short movie
Country: USA
Language: English
Duration: 10 min
Year: 2012


Stars: Ethan Navarro, Adam Fleming, Ryan DeLuca, Georgie DeNoto, Christopher M. Gray, Evan Jake Goldstein








It's 1994 and there's no internet, so when closeted 14-year-old Jack Hoffman hears about a stash of porno hidden across town, he decides to brave the bully infested streets of his small New Jersey town, in hopes of getting what he wants. What happens over the course of the day will change everything.
Jackpot has screened at mainstream and LGBT film festivals around the world including Reykjavik, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Puerto Rico, Toronto, Montreal, Halfix, Memphis, Tampa, New York and Oslo.


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14 January 2014

Shabbat Dinner (2012)

Shabbat-Dinner-cc-300Shabbat Dinner (2012)

Director: Michael Morgenstern
Writer: Michael Morgenstern
Genre: Short movie
Country: USA
Language: English
Duration: 14 min


Stars: Eva Kaminsky, Chris London, Dan Shaked, Peter Tedeschi, Dawn Yanek









Shabbat-Dinner-2The year is 1999, and Shabbat Dinner is boring as usual for William Shore. His mother has invited two crazy hippies and their son and is doing her best to show off, his father is berating their oddball guests, and he doesn't have much in common with their son Virgo. That is, until Virgo tells him that he has just come out as gay. In William's room, the boys speak directly to each other about themselves, while just a few feet away the adults discuss trivialities about prep school, marrying Jewish, and nonfat ice cream. It’s not just another Friday night.

The film presents a realistic high school experience in lieu of a heavyhanded message, and in doing so encourages viewers to come to their own conclusions.



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13 January 2014

Solo (2010)

Solo-ccSolo (2010)


Director: Geison Ferreira, Ana Maria 
Writer: Geison Ferreira, Ana Maria Saad
Genre: Drama
Country: Brasil
Language: Portuguese with english subtitle
Duration: 34 min
Year:2010


Stars: Geison Ferreira, Ulysses de Santi, Ana Maria Saad, Paulo Modolo, Naninha Borges and Anna Paula Zepa


Website: http://www.pensamentosfilmados.com.br/en/solo/




Ponekad se osjećam jako usamljeno iako je oko mene mnogo ljudi. Nekako prolaze oko mene, a nikako da se zadrže u mom životu i da bar na trenutak zavire u neki djelić onoga što osjećam i želim.
Jutros sam nakon novogodišnjih praznika sjeo sa prijateljem u kafanu i ispričao se sa njim bez imalo zadrške. To su trenuci kada sam srećan što imam nekoga ko me dobro poznaje. Nije gej, ali me poznaje bolje od većine njih sa kojima se kao nešto družim i postavljao mi je pitanja na koja većini ljudi ne bih nikada odgovorio.
solo1Neki dan sam pričao sa nekim gejevcem preko sajta romeo. Jadao mi se kako ne može da nađe nekoga sa kim bi bio blizak. Rekoh mu da bi sa nekim bio blizak, mora za početak da bude iskren. Na to mi je odgovorio kako ne želi da bude iskren i da odmah na početku otvori sve karte o sebi.
Vjerovatno mu je lakše da neznancu otvori sopstveno dupe i upozna nečiju kitu nego da upozna onog ko nosi tu kitu koju sa takvim zadovoljstvom prima.
I tako zatvorene duše i otvorenog dupeta prolaze mu dani u samoći.
Solo nije film o geju koji lakše otvara dupe nego dušu, ali nam kroz jednu dirljivu priču prikazuje odnos između dva usamljena čovjeka.
Have you ever felt alone even though you are surrounded by people?
solo2Solo, a movie directed and written by Ana Maria Saad and Geison Ferreira, talks about loneliness, which, contrary to what most people think has got nothing to do with being alone but rather with a feeling of emptiness and solitude, even when in other people´s company. That sensation can turn into something really bad if their reasons are not identified and eliminated.
Geison Ferreira, who came up with the idea of the movie, believed during his childhood and adolescence that to be someone it was necessary to be anyone but him. The low self-esteem – resulted from the maltreatment he suffered from people who were supposed to give him love and care – made him engaged in isolation behavior and he started to believe he was the worst person on Earth. Watching films gave him comfort, as he realized that “a film can be someone´s best friend, because it shows possibilities in life without being judgemental. No right or wrong”. He then became aware of what loneliness was and discovered the beauty of being unique, learning that moments of isolation are necessary for self knowledge and personal growth, and that doesn´t have to be sad and bad.

solo3Solo shows that facing yourself is not an easy task. Sometimes, we choose the easy way out through shallow relationships that take us far from our inner selves. However, in such moments, the other can be the one who throws light in the darkness that needs to be explored. Those “catch-ups” renovate us. We need to be aware as they may be around us, especially because loneliness can result from every day superficial relations.
Are we not seeing those especial beings that cross our ways because we can´t even see our real selves?

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