SUMMER BOYS
Dirty Baby Does Fire Island(dir. Todd Downing,1997, USA, 8 min., 16mm)
Sailor (dir. Bavo Defurne, 1998, Belgium, 16 min, 16mm)
Boy Next Door(dir. Carl Pfirman, 1998, USA, 13 min., 16mm)
Stanley Beloved (dir. Simon Chung, 1997, Hong Kong, 20 min., 16mm)
Boy with Cat(dir. Donald Richie, 1962, Japan, 5 min., 16mm)
Fishbelly White (dir., Michael Burke, 1998, USA, 22 min., 16mm)
Alkali, Iowa (dir. Mark Christopher, 1995, USA, 17 min., 16mm)

Sunburned hedonism and the boy next door... the sexiness of summer gets full play in these gay shorts. Whether Pierre and Gilles with a twist in SAILOR,wide-eyed encounters with NYC hedonistic paradise Fire Island revels in DIRTY BABY DOES FIRE ISLAND, testing the line between friendship and love during summer vacation in STANLEY BELOVED (by Simon Chung, whose 1996 LIFE IS ELSEWHERE was awarded a Special Jury Prize in the 1997 Image Forum Festival), competition over the hot new BOY NEXT DOOR, a farmboy's self-discoveries in FISHBELLY WHITE, family truths come to light in the idyllic countryside of ALKALI, IOWA (by Mark Christopher, whose first feature 54 is currently playing on Tokyo screens), or the perfect lazy, sensuous summer afternoon in 1965 classic BOY WITH CAT (by seminal Tokyo film critic and experimental filmmaker Donald Richie), SUMMER BOYS captures the essence of the season.

SUMMER GIRLS
Peach (dir.Christine Parker, 1993 , New Zealand, 16 min., 35mm)
Sleeping Beauties (dir. Jamie Babbit, 1998, USA, 13, 35mm)
Traveling Companion (dir. Paula Goldberg, 1998, USA, 19 min., 35mm)
Wavelengths (dir. Pratibha Parmar, 1997, UK, 15 min., 35mm)
Roof (dir. Betsy Kalin, 1998, USA, 22 min., 16mm)
Little White Lies (dir. Della Churchill, 1997, Australia, 9 min., 16mm)
La mouette (dir. Nils Tavernier, 1996, France, 5 min., 35mm)

Every girl deserves a summer of adventure, new experiences and chance encounters like the heroines of these sultry, gorgeously-shot lesbian shorts. In PEACH, the gift of a peach may just mean love, while LITTLE WHITE LIES can'tsave another from loves she's had. A makeup artist specializing in dead rockstars finds romance in the fairytale SLEEPING BEAUTIES, winner of the short film award at this year's London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Searching for a TRAVELING COMPANION to Italy brings much more, and cybersex leads to the real thing in WAVELENGTHS. A beautiful stranger appears for beer and a kiss on the ROOF, and in LA MOUETTE, the first film by Nils Tavernier (son of French veteran director Bertrand), Natacha Regnier (winner of the Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress, currently starring in Francois Ozon's LES AMANTS CRIMINELS) chooses an unconventional way to declare her love.

UNE NUIT EXTRAORDINAIRE
Et alors? (dir., Francois Dupeyron, 1996, France, 6 min.,35mm)
Waves (dir. Frank Mosvold, 1998, Norway, 11 min., 16mm)
Nobody I Know (dir. Andrew Porter. 1997. Australia. 9 min., 16mm)
Exchange (dir. Chris Reid, 1998, Ireland, 6 min., 35mm)
Sabor a mi (dir. Claudia Morcado Escanillo, 1998, Canada/Chile, 21 min., 35mm)
Une nuit ordinaire (dir. Jean Claude Guiguet, 1997, France, 7 min.,35mm)
The Great Pretenders (dir. Ki-Hyung Park, 1996, Korea, 36 min., 35mm)
Blue Diary (dir. Jenni Olson, 1997, USA, 6 min., 16mm)

From romance in the evening to the morning after, what really goes on when the lights go out. Two boys test the waters of friendship during their annualtrip to an island cabin in WAVES. A young hitchhiker's ride takes an unexpected turn In the Irish EXCHANGE, and stopping for gas buys much more in South Korea's beautiful and moody THE GREAT PRETENDERS. Taking a one-night stand home isn't easy in NOBODY I KNOW, but the walls of home bring near-religiouspassion in the lush, Catholic imagery-influenced SABOR A MI. The short but sweet BLUE DIARY contemplates the morning after with a straight girl, and the French AIDS shorts ET ALORS? and UNE NUIT ORDINAIRE shows that sometimes, the most ordinary nights are the most wonderful and extraordinary of all.

AWE DE TOILETTE
Prince of Peace (dir. Hans Scheugl, 1993, Austria, 8 min. 16mm)
Strait (dir. Evie Leder, 1996, USA, 12 min., 16mm)
Mrs. Craddock's Complaint (dir. Tony Ayres, 1997, Australia, 12 min., 35mm)
Such Candor (dir. Marc Siegel, 1998, USA, 10 min., VHS)
Pointing Percy (dir. Kristiene Clarke, UK, 10 min., VHS)
Angel in the Toilet (dir. Kouichi Imaizumi, 1999, Japan, 35 min., DVD)
Close To (dir. David Ottenhouse , 1997, USA, 9min., 35mm)

Encounters, cruising, business transactions... what exactly does go on in the toilet? These sexy and hilarious shorts peep into the mysterious world of the men's (and ladies') room, so come prepared for thrilling moments and sexy revelations. Mrs. Craddock wants to know just what those men are doing in MRS. CRADDOCK'S COMPLAINT. PRINCE OF PEACE and SUCH CANDOR provide poetic interpretation of the toilet experience with experimental images and sound, British television documentary POINTING PERCY explains the ins and outs of tricky toilet technique in fine detail, CLOSE TO expands the art of cruising to the subway platform, and the beautifully-shot fantasy ANGEL IN THE TOILET provides an angel-eye view on the room in question.