The Golden Goose

Dekedens Dekedens is a journey through the filmmaker's childhood and teen years divided to three chapters that explore his identity. Politics: tell the tale of a family during the first gulf war in Kuwait, Religion: explores the history of the Baha'i minority in the Middle East, and finally, Sex: explores the Arab queer identity through cinema and television.

The Rumble of the World Greece, Russia, USA, Brazil, China, Senegal. Meeting young people in these countries we heard a ‘Rumble’ foretelling an impending explosion. The fall of communism, crisis of capitalism, ecological catastrophes, migration waves, globalization. The new generation is at the forefront, exposed, helpless without being able to envision a more optimistic future. This ‘Rumble’ comes from this young generation. Their words, images, sounds and music compose the notes of an audio-visual symphony entitled: ‘The Rumble of the World’.

Invisible Wyoming Invisible Wyoming is a short documentary about LGBT life in Wyoming, with an emphasis on the town of Casper. It includes an interview with the parents of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered in Wyoming in 1998.

Struggle

First Film FIRST FILM was edited and narrated by Lorna Marshall and is comprised of footage shot in 1951 on the second Marshall family expedition to the Kalahari Desert. It is intimate in style, very carefully filmed, with a wealth of practical information about the material culture and structure of Ju/'hoan (!Kung Bushmen) hunter-gatherer society. The film allows viewers to see some of John Marshall's earliest film footage and provides an interesting comparison with the more sophisticated shooting found in his later work.

There Is Power in the Co... As Botswana awaits a possible landmark judgment from its high court, seeking to decriminalize same sex relations, Chantel, a 27-year-old lesbian who's both a theologian and a queer rights activist, attempts to start her journey to get ordained as a reverend in Botswana's religiously conservative and homophobic society.

The Night I Left America While awaiting the results of his mother’s visa renewal request, a teenage boy living in Texas is confronted by memories he left behind in Uganda.

Haverhill High A direct cinema observation of student and faculty life at Haverhill High School in Haverhill, Massachusetts.

From Your Former Lover Eugene and Lailani Two queer, multiracial twins Must move-in with their estranged father-turned-pastor after their mother passes away from COVID-19.

Vidisova Mr. Tasos, a 68 year old, rebuilt the house of his childhood memories, in a small village that was destroyed collectively by its own residents in the late ‘60s. A short documentary about memory, the passage of time and regret.