The Struggle

Slanted Vision Slanted Vision is an energetic experimental video with eroticized images of Asian men that explores the relation between vision and desire. Working in collaboration with a diverse group of artists, writers, performers and musicians, many of them queer and Asian, Los Angeles-based media artist Ming-Yuen S. Ma has created a promiscuous montage inspired by gay porn videos, kung fu movies and TV cooking shows.

Ad10s Short film that depicts the farewell of soccer legend Diego Armando Maradona.

In Transition ‘In Transition’ is a poetic and metaphorical approach to the concepts of migration, womanhood and resistance intertwined with identity and dreams through the act of knitting together an indirect dialogue between two women who have never met. They attempt to self-position and to explore their roots and to find the higher meaning of life. ‘In Transition’ is produced in centennial year of Finnish independency to critically address the position of the women with Middle Eastern roots in Finland.

front This investigative, fast-paced documentary examines censorship in Vancouver from a Generation X point of view. Discussions about the banning of queer newspaper from a Vancouver suburb, the negotiating of queer theory in academia, and the interplay of race and self-censorship in lesbian/gay communities make this video a welcome update on aspects of the anti-censorship debate.

Sham Marriage Sham marriage usually refers to marriages in which the intent of the marriage is not to live together or to start a family but to circumvent the immigration regulations. The film Sham Marriage looks at multicultural relationships through the artists’ own relationship, and by exploring representations of love through wedding-related imagery.

Cookies for Daddy A saucy femme tries her hand at baking.

Hotel President Hotel President opens a multifaceted view to a centrally located four-star hotel in Berlin that is currently used to accommodate asylum seekers. The short film includes interviews with asylum seekers, whose thoughts are contrasted with portraits of presidents, prime ministers and other politicians who seem to be giving the asylum seekers a warm welcome to the “West”.

Rovaniemi 50 Cent Rovaniemi 50 cent is a small story set in a Nordic shopping mall. In an interior imitating the Ancient Rome, there is almost undetectable reference to the Sámi culture. This clue leads the protagonist to an absurd encounter.

Hunting Story Chen San is a very lazy hunter who often lies under a big tree and sleeps. One day, he saw the old hunter go hunting and got up to accompany him. At first, he was very excited, humming and hurrying along, but after a while, he was listless like an eggplant beaten by Shuang.

Sister In the attempt to find out how and why her sister died, a young woman discovers her sexuality. How her desire for women is held prisoner in the mourning and mystery surrounding her sister's suicide.