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Nov 2 - CineKink:PDX Friday 7pm @ Clinton St Theater - in “Power Plays” program of short works that probe, prod and play with the dynamics of sexual power and fantasy.
Nov 3 - CineKink:PDX Saturday 9pm @ Clinton St Theater - in “Best of CineKink,” a program of award-winning shorts deemed the best of the festival’s most recent NYC appearance.
Boy Crush
DVD:$19.95
PRE-ORDER: Available 12/4/2007
Total Run Time: 104 (min) Year Produced: 2007 Rating: NR
This massively entertaining package of gay short dramas is jam-packed with boy crushes!
Compilation featuring:
Summer (10 min.) Great Britain
Directed by Hong Khaou
“What are you going to wish for?”
This intricately crafted short delicately explores the ache of unrequited love as Leung (Peter Peralta) reveals his true feelings for his beefy straight pal Will (Jay Brown).
Night Swimming (19 min.) USA
Directed by Daniel Falcone
This terrific bittersweet teen drama depicts that perennial gay dilemma: falling for straight boys. Young Otter idolizes his alpha-male buddy Darby who just might have similar feelings for him. This exquisitely crafted story unfolds on a road-trip to New York City.
Running Without Sound (13 min.) USA
Directed by Judd King
A deaf teen with a crush on his pal grapples with confusing emotions and tensions with his fellow cross-country runner team-mates in this finely crafted gay jock story.
Out Now (20 min.) Germany
Directed by Sven J. Matten
Small town shy teen Tom is tormented by his high school classmates while he pines over the blond boy at the candy kiosk.
German, with English subtitles
The Bridge (8 min.) Australia
Directed by George Barbakadze
A foreboding dramatic snapshot of a bi-national gay couple who just want to be together in Sydney.
Hitchcocked (8 min.) USA
Directed by David M Young
This smart, sexy, scary short gives new meaning to the term: “shower scene.” A hot Internet hookup between Al & Fred(Yuval David & David Grant Beck) exposes the fine line separating danger and ecstasy, as reality creeps up on fantasy in this surprising thriller.
Oedipus N+1 (26 min.) France
Directed by Eric Rognard
Knockout French phenom Jalil Lespert ( Tell No One, De Sade ) stars as Thomas, a gay man who dies and then awakens as a clone in a terrifying sci-fi future (shades of Gattaca ) only to have his mother deny him access to his boyfriend as she attempts to “cure” his sexual preference.
French, with English subtitles
Bonus: A Special Message From Amanda Peet About Love & Respect!