Let us take you on a journey around the world as we get up close, real close and personal, in our best of boys shorts program that shines a light on the pressures you have to keep looking sexy, forever-young and fabulous.

Groucho, Dir Medardo Amor, Angel Luis Rodriguez Suarez, Spain, 2006, 35mm, 20 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. In Spanish with English subtitles. Enrique and Andrés, two thirtysomething professionals have GBD (the gay equivalent of lesbian bed-death). David, their closeted 16-year-old neighbor, doesn’t know that his parents already know he’s gay. When David comes onto Enrique everybody’s lives are impacted.

Wet Shave (Die rasur), Dir, Martina Priessner, Germany, 2006, 35mm, 8 min. NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE. An everyday ritual becomes highly charged in this delightful ode to taking care of one’s facial hair.

41 Seconds (41 Sekunden), Dir. Rodney Sewell, Germany, 2006, 35mm, 4 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. In German with English subtitles. A man’s ego is bruised when his girlfriend casually mentions that his best friend is a better kisser than him.

5 Telephone Conversations, Dir. Travis Cook, U.S. 2006, video, 12 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. In this split screen narrative, John and Korey, find a unique and lasting connection through a sequence of intimate conversations.

Ouch!, Dir. Ken Wardrop, Ireland, 2005, video, 10 min. FLORIDA PREMIERE. A crotch level tale about what some boys have and some boys don’t have in between their legs.

‘Queens’land, Dir. Matthias Cerwen, Australia, 2006, video, 6 min. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. Three manly men dish the dirt on who’s gay and who’s not in this hilarious outback short.

Colin: interiors, Dir. Peter Lindhout, The Netherlands, 2005, video, 6 min. EAST COAST PREMIERE. Meet Colin, a campy effeminate guinea pig who has lots of opinions about gay lifestyle living.

signage, Dir. Rick Hammerly, U.S. 2006, video, 12 min. WORLD PREMIERE. In English and American Sign Language (ASL) with English subtitles. An encounter with a young deaf man forces forty-one year old Lex to face the reality of growing older in today’s youth obsessed and gay bar driven culture.

Serene Hunter, Dir. Jason Bushman, U.S./France, 2006, video, 12 min. WORLD PREMIERE. In French and English with English subtitles. Handsome commitment phobic Luc is constantly on the hunt for men. Life gets complicated when he falls for young and horny Sebastian just when Jon, his gorgeous but unavailable “summer lover” flies into town from LA.

Total duration:90 min