Frameline 34: A List of the Q&A Films!

It's here! Frameline 34 has announced it's film lineup and below is the list of all the Q&A films for your viewing pleasure. But be sure to watch the other films as well! The line up looks amazing this year. Cheers. Click here for the list & more information. Below are short synopses.

Frameline 34: June 17 - 20
Frameline’s mission is to strengthen the diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and further its visibility by supporting and promoting a broad array of cultural representations and artistic expression in film, video and other media arts.


Ajumma! Are You Krazy???
USA , 2009 , 26 min. The middle-aged Hawaiian women are obsessed with a Korean movie star in Ajumma! Are You Krazy??? But they’ll need help from some unexpected (and hunky) sources to fulfill their dreams of meeting their crush.

The Best is Yet to Come
USA , 2009 , 16 min. A young lesbian couple celebrates a birthday on election night in 2008, but the result of Prop 8 puts a damper on the evening.

F**king Traditional Values - Queer Women of Color Shorts
76 min. From yearning hands and ardent minds to lusting hearts with hip hop rhythms, these films shatter warped traditions and rock your world to the beat of new beginnings.

Ferment Me My Heart
USA , 2010 , 6 min. Kimchi is a strong accompaniment to cultural identity and self-love in Ferment Me My Heart. Text Voting Code: S532.

FIT
UK , 2009 , 108 min. Exploding with infectious energy, colorful characters and the importance of being true to one’s self, hugely entertaining narrative FIT focuses on the lives of six British teenagers struggling with sexual identity, repressed feelings and how to fit into “normal” society.

The Golden Pin
Canada , 2009 , 15 min. “Is love more powerful than fate?” asks The Golden Pin, as a young Vietnamese-Canadian swimmer struggles between the expectations of his family and the demands of his heart.

I Am Not What You See
Nepal , 2009 , 30 min. I Am Not What You See reveals how the gender minority in Nepal still experience deep discrimination and injustice by family, society, and the State.

Just Friends?
Korea , 2009 , 29 min. In Just Friends?, the answer to the titular question turns out to be pretty clear. This tender Korean love story of two young men in the military who only want to be together is sweet affirmation at its best.

La Petite Salon
USA , 2009 , 18 min. A Vietnamese mother's rigid expectations threaten her relationship with her queer adolescent daughter as they both work in the mother’s salon.

Little
Philippines , 2009 , 30 min. Jose, nicknamed “Little,” turns his back on his father the family farm for a bigger life in Manila. Yet all best laid plans don’t quite work out as he intends.

Little Love
USA , 2010 , 10 min. When desires for the future are in conflict, friendship and a relationship are torn apart in Quentin Lee’s latest short.

Mountains That Take Wing-Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama: A Conversation on Life, Struggles & Liberation
USA , 2009 , 97 min. An engaging documentary featuring an intimate conversation between two female radical activists, Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama, on their work and on why they became passionate about justice. Illuminated with rarely seen photography and footage of 20th century social movements.

Never the Bride
USA , 2010 , 8 min. With five dollars, seven days and a mannequin, a jilted Asian woman thunders that she is never the bride!

Off World
Canada , 2009 , 76 min. Lucky, a young Toronto man adopted from a notorious Manila slum, returns to search for his roots and his identity. As he opens up, he discovers truth, hope and love — for the family he finds there and for himself.

Organism
USA , 2009 , 14 min. Two teenagers lock eyes, and sparks fly. Maybe they have more in common than it seems.

Other Nature
Nepal , 2009 , 57 min. Two eye-opening documentaries focus on the Nepalese Supreme Court’s decision to recognize a third gender, a separate identity for transgender individuals. But the government hasn’t taken action to implement the new laws, prompting gay and third gender activists to speak out.

Peking Turkey
Canada , 2006 , 12 min. Travel along with Chris Wong as he takes his French Canadian boyfriend home for some Christmas turkey of a different variety.

The Queen
USA , 2009 , 8 min. Bobby, a Korean-American teenage outcast, is stuck working at his parents’ dry cleaners on prom weekend, but he creates his own night to remember.

SeƱorita
Philippines , 2009 , 15 min. Laura lives a quiet life in the country, but she can’t seem to shake off the lure of the big city. A consummate actress, she leads a double life, but as her lies begin to unravel, will she be able to keep her worlds separate?

Spring Fever
Hong Kong , 2009 , 115 min. Set in the damp, moody springtime of Nanjing, this Peyton Place-meets-Jules et Jim drama follows the clandestine gay and bisexual trysts of five young people in this impressionistic look at modern life in urban China.

Swing
Singapore , 2009 , 6 min. A few weeks after Wei Long and Daniel had broken up, Daniel asks Wei Long to meet him once more.

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