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SEARCHShorts: It’s Complicated
Aug 18, 2023
9:15 PM
Location
International Village - Theatre 9
Available Online
Aug 19, 9:15 PM - Aug 22, 9:15 PM
Community Partner
PACE SocietyCommunity Partner
The Birdhouse by Eastside StudiosCommunity Partner
Man Up VancouverFrom the playfully witty to the searingly emotional, each film in this sundry selection finds its language to explore the pleasures and pains of that crazy little thing called love.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the artists.
ASL interpretation will not be available for this program, instead pre-screening announcements and the Q&A will both be auto-captioned on screen.
Content warning: Sexually explicit content, nudity, substance use.
TAPS
Arvind Caulagi
India
2023
15 min
English and Hindi with English subtitles
Set over a single night, this intimate and culturally nuanced story centers around the discord and fissures of unresolved discontent between two men.
The Wall
Valeska Miller
United States
2022
15 min
English with captions
Newly separated, Eva and Hope are spending their last night together. At 3 am, Eva decides to paint the living room wall. A fresh and affecting story of the pain of saying goodbye.
Iago and Tristan (Iago Y Tristán)
Miguel Ibáñez Monroy
Spain
2022
13 min
Spanish with English subtitles
In this genre-bending short, Iago and Tristan navigate a complicated breakup when something darker adds new weight to their decision.
Content warning: Death.
House of Whoreship
Holly Laura Bates
Australia
2022
15 min
English with captions
While on her period, a sex worker resorts to asking her ex-girlfriend for help in the most mortifying circumstances.
Content warning: Sexually explicit content, nudity, substance use.
A BED FOR THREE OR THE EXTRAORDINARY AND SURPRISING COMPLEXITY OF BEDROOM FURNITURE (EIN BETT FÜR DREI oder DIE AUSSERGEWÖHNLICHE UND ÜBERRASCHENDE KOMPLEXITÄT VON SCHLAFZIMMERMÖBELN)
Jan-Peter Horstmann
Germany
2023
17 min
German with English subtitles
It’s after hours in a furniture store, and three young protagonists call for the help of a vaping fairy godmother. But will a supersized bed save the throuple or break them apart?
Content warning: Nudity, sexually explicit content.
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