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W E D N E S D A Y , M A Y 4
PROGRAM 47, 7:00 p.m.
Roy & Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre

WISH YOU WERE HERE
TRT: 88 minutes

This program of international queer shorts is a collection of love letters to mothers, grandmothers, boyfriends real and imagined, and a childhood coffee shop. Poignant, funny, and skillfully rendered, these videos reach across time, space and generation to expose truth, enact fantasies, and explore the power of film and video to signify the things we remember, inherit and pass on.

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GENDERATION
(United States, 2004) Dir.: Riku Matsuda
A biracial filmmaker considers how family history shapes gender and political identities.
Video, 6 minutes, Color, Documentary

  
 


ARIANA
(United States, 2004) Dir.: Michael Sandoval
An ambitious doctor moves in with his lover and his Armenian grandmother. While his new career takes up his time and attention, his grandmotherís mental health and tensions in the household soon reach crisis proportions.
Video, 27 minutes, color
  
 


OHM-MA
(Canada, 2002) Dir.: Ruthann Lee
A letter to the filmmakerís mother constructed from family photos, video images and super-8 footage of Torontoís Koreatown.
Video, 6 minutes, Color, Documentary

  
 


MY GERMAN BOYFRIEND
(Canada, 2004) Dir.: Wayne Yung
This funny and provocative video recounts the German boyfriends that the filmmaker dreams of having along with the less than romantic realities that await him. But what is reality and what is fantasy in these multi-layered love letters to real and imagined men?
Video, 18 minutes, Color, Documentary
  
 


MOTHER/COUNTRY
(United Kingdom, 2003) Dir.: Tina Gharavi
In this complex and engaging documentary, the director returns to Iran to make a film about her motherís decision to send her to England twenty years earlier. By documenting the experience on two levels, she hopes to get some answers and reveal herself to her mother.
Video, 24 minutes, Color, Documentary
  
 


HOCK HIAP LEONG
(Singapore, 2001) Dir.: Royston Tan
When a 55 year-old coffee shop in Singapore falls victim to urban renewal, the filmmaker (director of last yearís celebrated feature 15) pays tribute to his memories of the space in a hilarious and rousing musical number.
Video, 7 minutes, Color, Music Video

  
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