New Queer Visions: Lust in Translation Compilation
A list of films available to watch as part of the New Queer Visions: Lust in Translation compilation, an anthology of shorts exploring first love, revenge, new beginnings and more. See them here.
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- DirectorKate MaveauStarsSteven BoenAstrid StoopsCéline TimmermanKeely, a lonely 16 year old teenager and ballerina, that meets Mairi, an eccentric and attractive girl who is her complete opposite. As the pair are drawn closer to one another, Keely's limits of desire and self-control are put to the test.
- DirectorXolelwa 'Ollie' NhlabatsiStarsNqobile KhumaloHoney MakwakwaOros MampofuWhitney is a police officer whose long-term girlfriend Palesa, is violently raped and murdered. When Whitney finds out she goes on a manhunt to find the perpetrators. Her commanding officer takes her off the case because she's getting too emotional. Whitney takes some time off and goes on a binge of drugs and alcohol. Through one of her binges she discovers that one of the effects of heroine is hallucinating. She begins to explore it more and more, the more vibrant the hallucinations the more she needs to take. When getting back to work she discovers that her colleagues did not find the perpetrators and in fact were told to close the case. As the subject matter didn't coincide with her Captain's mandate. She then takes it upon herself to solve the crime and in doing so is fired. She does however solve the case and figures out who killed Palesa, they were four men. Subsequently she hunts them down but due to her drug abuse she isn't as careful as she should have been and is caught. The judge determines that she should not be sent to prison but instead a mental institution.
- DirectorChloe Jury-FogelStarsJake FertigChloe Jury-FogelJames T. Kelly'Stevie' is a coming-of-age story about a small-town tomboy who experiences romance for the first time when a young man, Justin, and his sister, Angie, move into town. She is pursued by Justin, and, with pressure from her younger, girly-girl sister, agrees to go out with him, but is surprised by the feelings she has for Angie after they all spend a night out together.
- DirectorEmily Nan IasonStarsFlorence BellKathleen WisePenny O'BrienFlo, a student thriving off fleeting sexual encounters and raucous nights, is finally tripped up by an emotional lure for the one thing she can't have.
- DirectorSao SopheakWomen find love in the wake of the Khmer Rouge
- DirectorJames Edward CookStarsCraig Daniel AdamsGrace CarterKeeley ForsythA spur-of-the-moment road trip re-ignites Chris' relationship with her gay best friend Mikey.
- DirectorElena OxmanStarsLiz AndersonRinabeth ApostolD'LoTwenty-somethings Eva and Jessie meet at a bar at last call and embark on a late night odyssey around San Francisco. What seems like it may be a one night stand goes in a different direction when Eva reveals it's her last night drinking.