Kurzfilme zum Thema „Imagined Kinships“

Grandpa’s Wet Dream
R: Amemiya Chihiro
Japan/USA 2011, 16 min., Original with English subtitles

In Grandpa's Wet Dream, a 75-year-old Japanese opens up his secret to the camera of having been acting in adult videos for 15 years without telling his family. Feeling that he does not have too many years left, Shigeo Tokuda has to negotiate his deep-seated senses of morals, shame, and guilt with his strong urge for individual freedom and creativity.

Broken Vase
R: Edward Gunawan
Indonesia 2011, 15:30, min., Original with English subtitles

A poetic transgender drama-edy about deception and revelation and the possibility to let go of one's anxiety for a mutual trust. Catherine is having a garage sale before she moves to Hawaii with her fiancé Paul. Initially assumed to be just another customer, Susan turns out to be the ex of Catherine's fiancé, and she has come to the house to pick up her belongings. As Catherine gets acquainted with Susan, she must not only confront her fiancé's secret past and resolve her misgivings about their relationship, but learn to trust in the person she loves and appears to be different than assumed.

The Life and Times of Ho Chung Village
R: Jessey Tsang Tsui Shan
Hong Kong 2009, 14 min., Original with English subtitles
In the presence of Jessey Tsang Tsui Shan

The Life and Times of Ho Chung Village collects old photos of families from Ho Chung Village. The pictures from the past travel through time, allowing the viewer to experience the flow of memories as time moves from right to left, finally settling before their eyes.

My Father (Pho)
R: Pimpaka Towira
Thailand 2010, 23 min., Original with English subtitles

In a rural Thai village, the father of a small family is forced to quit his job as a train station janitor because of his protest letter to the authorities. As the family is struggling to make ends meet, he refuses to keep his mouth shut in order to just get on with their daily lives. Instead, he decides to head off to Bangkok in search of justice and joins the mass rally. After the 19 May 2010 incident in the capital, Father returns to his quiet hometown not only as a loser, but also with a deep wound in his heart from his failures.

Lost Child
R: Tanwarin Sukkhapisit
Thailand 2006, 21 min., Original with English subtitles

A child in search of an elusive mother, engages an unwilling kathoey (MTF) auntie to help her search. Slowly new forms of pleasure and attachment emerge.