PAST IMPERFECT, FUTURE TENSE

TRT: 95mins

When learning the languages of love, family and desire, we sometimes make up the rules as we go. These complex, funny and masterfully directed queer shorts enact journeys into the uncharted realms of the past and the present, of family bonds, forbidden fantasies and the ever-changing notions of home.

In person: Director Mark V. Reyes

		ARIANA USA 2004 | 27mins | Video Color DDIRECTOR: Michael Sandoval
Dr. Abbas Imad and his lover Karl move in with Abbas’ grandmother. Throwing himself into his medical practice, Abbas leaves Karl to become his grandmother’s caretaker, until her erratic behavior forces him to deal with the two most important people in his life.
		MOTHER/COUNTRY UK 2003 | 24mins | Video Color | English & Farsi w/E.S. DIRECTOR: Tina Gharavi
This documentary follows a director’s return to Iran to create a film about why her mother stayed there after sending her to England. The making of both fictional film and documentary force difficult revelations between mother and daughter.
		LAST FULL SHOW Philippines/USA 2004 | 19mins | 35mm Color | Tagalog w/E.S. DIRECTOR: Mark V. Reyes
Every day the teenaged Crispin is picked up after school by his driver, who drops him off at the movies. Inside the theater he cruises men, eventually meeting Gardo, an older man who is looking for something beyond the superficial gay scene.
		BAREFEET India/USA 2004 | 7mins | Video Color DIRECTOR: Sonali
Using poetry, music and evocative imagery, this experimental film muses on the concept of identity and belonging as a South Asian lesbian struggles with coming out to her family in India.
		MY GERMAN BOYFRIEND Germany/Canada 2004 | 18mins | Video Color | English & German w/E.S. DIRECTOR: Wayne Yung
Before traveling to Germany the director fantasizes about the perfect boyfriend he’ll meet there. Reality turns out to be a rude awakening, or at least that is what we are led to believe. With a clever wit, Yung explores truth and fiction in filmmaking and fantasy.

—Curated by Ernesto Foronda and Eve Oishi