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Editor's Note
Hosted by the charming Southern Californian 19-year-old Oscar Peralta, this is the latest in the best-selling series of gay short film compilations. BOYS BRIEFS 6 revolves around young men in school and college, and offers stories that are by turns comic, moving, and surprising.
| Features | In no particular order, the first film is Soman Chainani's KALI MA (16 min.), which won the Audience Award at the Philadelphia, NewFest, ImageOut (Rochester), and Long Island International Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals. It also won the Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Rainbow (Honolulu) Int'l GLBT Festival. |
| It played a long list of festivals including MethodFest (Los Angeles), Berlinale Talent Campus, Valladolid, Seattle, Provincetown, Palm Springs Festival of Short Films and the following Gay/Lesbian festivals: Miami, Melbourne, Sydney Mardi Gras, Warsaw, Frameline31 (San Francisco), North Carolina, Milwaukee, Lisbon, Austin, Tampa, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Madrid and many others. | | | | Synopsis: When a suburban mom finds out her son is the victim of a vicious bully, she delivers her own brand of vigilante justice. Starring popular BOLLYWOOD star Kamini Khanna (MONSOON WEDDING), this follow-up to the director's acclaimed 2006 short DAVY & STU plunges us into a battle of mythic proportions, where we explore not only the secrets that divide mothers and sons but also the love that binds them together. |
| Next comes Brazilian director Daniel Ribeiro's highly acclaimed, multi-award winning YOU, ME & HIM (CAFÉ COM LEITE) (18 min.), which captured the Crystal Bear Award at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. |
| Synopsis: Male lovers Danilo and Marcos commit to moving in together. But plans change when Danilo's parents die in a car crash and Danilo finds himself caring for his 10-year-old brother. Now Danilo's biggest concerns are making sure a little boy gets to school on time and drinks enough milk. Can the three guys become a family? Or will responsibility force Danilo and Marcos apart? |
| The film screened at this year's Palm Springs Int'l Festival of Short Films as well as numerous gay film festivals including NewFest (New York), Frameline32 (San Francisco), Milwaukee, Dayton, Reel Affirmations (Washington DC) and InsideOut (Toronto). Its list of prizes includes the Jury Award for Best Short Film at this year's Brazilian Film Festival of Miami and the Audience Award for Best Short Film at this year's Turin Gay and Lesbian Film Festival; |
| The next film is 2007 Outfest selection yeah no definitely (note filmmaker Dave Snyder's preferred non-capitalization of the title) (14 min.). |
| Synopsis: Meet Cam and Kiff -- two boisterous college kids in an intense platonic relationship. While Cam expertly suppresses his emotions, something is definitely eating away at him. |
| The film stars Vincent Piazza, an actor who appeared regularly on The Sopranos as AJ's dark-haired, club-hopping friend Hernan. Lauded for his role in the 2007 Sundance Film Festival award-winner ROCKET SCIENCE, Piazza also appears in the 2008 Sundance selection ASSASSINATION OF A HIGH SCHOOL PRESIDENT. |
| From Norway comes BENNY'S GYM (25 min.), an official selection of the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival, the 2007 Palm Springs Int'l Festival of Short Films, the 2008 Sprockets / Toronto International Film Festival for Children and the 2007 Spokane International Film Festival. |
| Synopsis: Young Alfred finds himself constantly bullied by the other boys at school, including Benny, who apparently wants a tattoo. Alfred draws one on Benny's arm in secret, and this marks the beginning of an initially reluctant, eventually warm relationship between the boys, a relationship that at all costs must be kept secret. |
| The only film in this collection directed by a woman (Lisa Marie Gamlem), BENNY'S GYM has seen North American gay film festival play in: Dayton, NewFest, Out Film (Connecticut), Southwest, ImageOut, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee. |
| Los Angeles-based director Jeff Warden's SECRETS (15 min.), which deals with college students at a small party exploring erotic asphyxiation, comes to Boys Briefs 5 as the winner of the Best Short Film |
| Source: Picture This! |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Picture This! |
| Release Date: 12/16/2008 |
| Running Time: 109 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2008 | | Catalog ID: 4610-D | | UPC: 00667443587149 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: Indian | | Available Audio Tracks: English, Multilingual, Norwegian, Portuguese, Indian | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew | Oscar Peralta - Host |
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