Official synopsis: A shy girl helps the school's athlete win over a girl they both secretly like. They end up connecting and learning about the nature of love. |
Direction: Alice Wu Screenplay: Alice Wu Production: Alice Wu, Anthony Bregman e M. Blair Breard Photography: Greta Zozula Assembly: Ian Blume e Lee Percy Music: Anton Sanko Cast: Leah Lewis, Daniel Diemer, Alexxis Lemire, Enrique Murciano, Wolfgang Novogratz, Catherine Curtin, Becky Ann Baker e Collin Chou |
2 GAROTAS IN LOVE The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love United States, 1995, 94’ |
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Adapted synopsis: It's the story of two schoolmates, very different from each other. Randy is a lesbian from a lower economic class who lives with her aunts, also lesbians. Evie is a rich, popular girl who has a boyfriend. A series of comical events brings them closer and closer, until the relationship becomes quite intimate. |
Direction: Maria Maggenti Screenplay: Maria Maggenti Production: Dolly Hall Photography: Tami Reiker Assembly: Susan Graef Music: Terry Dame e Tom Judson Cast: Laurel Holloman, Nicole Parker, Maggie Moore, Kate Stafford, Sabrina Artel, Toby Poser, Nelson Rodríguez e Dale Dickey |
AMIGAS DE COLÉGIO Fucking Åmål Sweden/Denmark, 1998, 86’ |
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Official synopsis: In the small town of Amal, Sweden, there live two girls. Elin is the most popular girl in school. She is tired of the peaceful routine of the place where she lives and doesn't want to follow the path of most women she knows: becoming a lonely housewife. Agnes is the new kid at school. Shy, she doesn't have many friends, but she has a platonic passion for Elin. When Agnes' family insists on throwing a 16th birthday party for the young girl, she is sure it will be a failure. Until Elin appears at her door and, unexpectedly, gives her a kiss because of a bet with her sister. Then begins a series of identity crises between young women, who don't know how to accept what they really feel. |
Direction: Lukas Moodysson Screenplay: Lukas Moodysson Production: Lars Jönsson Photography: Ulf Brantås Assembly: Michal Leszczylowski e Bernhard Winkler Cast: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson, Mathias Rust, Stefan Hörberg, Josefine Nyberg, Ralph Carlsson, Maria Hedborg, Axel Widegren, Jill Ung e Lisa Skagerstam |
LESSONS IN BABY DYKE THEORY Lessons in Baby Dyke Theory Canada, 1995, 3’ |
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Adapted synopsis: Where do young lesbians hide who are neither in the school corridors nor on television screens? TJ Cuthand, just 16 years old at the time, uses his video camera to imagine possible whereabouts and, who knows, convince other teenagers to come out of the closet too. Filming toys, notebooks, sweets and his own body, Cuthand creates, in his first video, playful and ironic images for the feelings of isolation and loneliness that permeate all queer childhood and adolescence. |
Direction: TJ Cuthand Screenplay: TJ Cuthand Assembly: TJ Cuthand Cast: Carla-Marie Powers, Lyndsay Baillie e TJ Cuthand |
AINDA NÃO Ainda Não Brazil, 2017, 21’ |
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Official synopsis: On the eve of Marina's birthday, her mother visits her in São Paulo and prepares a family party. They seem distant, but it's because the girl has a secret. |
Direction: Julia Leite Screenplay: Julia Leite Production: Amanda Pó Photography: Pedro Andreetta Assembly: Arhur Paulino Cast: Gilda Nomacce, Clara Gallo e Shaya Lambert Bihari |
PÁRIA Pariah United States, 2011, 86’ |
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Adapted synopsis: Alike, a young lesbian from the Bronx, tries to forge her own identity while also having to negotiate the different expectations that her family, friends and school place about her. |
Direction: Dee Rees Screenplay: Dee Rees Production: Nekisa Cooper Photograph: Bradford Young Assembly: Mako Kamitsuna Cast: Adepero Oduye, Kim Wayans e Aasha Davis |
MOSQUITA E MARI Mosquita y Mari United States, 2012, 85’ |
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Adapted synopsis: Yolanda, also known as Mosquita, is a diligent student. After being assigned to help Mari, the troubled new student, with her studies, she starts to get closer to her classmate. Despite the differences, an intense connection is established between them. |
Direction: Aurora Guerrero Screenplay: Aurora Guerrero Production: Chad Burris Photograph: Magela Crosignani Assembly: Augie Robles Music: Ryan Beveridge Cast: Fenessa Pineda, Venecia Troncoso e Laura Patalano |
AS MIL E UMA Las Mil y Una Argentina/Germany, 2020, 120’ |
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Official synopsis: Iris meets Renata in a housing project in Argentina and feels inexplicably attracted to her. Together, they face hostility and prejudice |
Direction: Clarisa Navas Screenplay: Aurora Guerrero Production: Diego Dubcovsky, Lucía Chávarri e Carolina Penelas Photography: Armin Marchesini Weihmuller Assembly: Florencia Gómez García Music: Claudio Juárez e Desde el Barro Cast: Sofia Cabrera, Ana Carolina García, Mauricio Vila e Luis Molina |