It Takes All Kinds
Shorts, total 98 min.
Location: Chicago Filmmakers
9:00 PM
A girl navigates a dreamless world, trying to find solace in romance; a Parisian woman must let go of a past love; a little girl faces derision from her peers; butch women discuss their breasts; and a lesbian couple is conflicted about having a child. In surreal images and candid conversations, these short films touch upon love, lust, and the complicated relationships women have with each other and with their bodies.
Ultimate Sub Ultimate Dom
Dayna McLeod (Canada, 2009, 3 min.)
Imagine Maria Von Trapp from The Sound of Music crawling on her hands and knees across the nunnery floor to the Mother Superior begging for mercy, and you start to get the idea of what goes on in the head of video artist Dayna McLeod.
Tough Girls Don't Dream
Zsófia Zsemberi (Hungary, 2011, 10 min.)
In a dreamless world, a girl who can’t find her place, falls in love with another.
Lust Life
Lynda Tarryk (USA, 2011, 8 min.)
Set in Paris, a woman who has lost her lust for life must learn to let go of a past relationship in order to move forward.
Butch Tits
Jen Crothers (Canada, 2010, 4 min.)
Butch women discuss the sometimes complicated relationship they have with their breasts.
Half
Alex Bohs (USA, 2011, 6 min.)
One of two equal parts together constitute a whole.
It Was Like That
Morgan Dameron (USA, 2010, 10 min.)
A shy daydreamer steps outside her comfort zone when she meets a confident, out lesbian.
Salas S.A.L.
Palacio Rojo (Spain, 2011, 8 min.)
A boss finds that it is a bad idea to fall in love with an employee.
The Maiden and the Princess
Ali Scher (USA, 2011, 18 min.)
Little Emmy Adams kisses a girl on the playground and is left feeling isolated and alone.
Recessive
Logan Kibens (USA, 2010, 30 min.)
Shay is conflicted about whether to have a child with her wife, Nora. She struggles with her desire to be genetically connected to her own child—and with the knowledge that she may carry the marker for a serious genetic disorder.
