Oh! Canada Shorts program 4:00pm

Featuring work made exclusively by our neighbors to the north. It may be cold in Canada, but these shorts are hot! Tackling everything from gay refugees, to same sex marriage, to first loves, these delightfully fun and timely shorts will surely make you sigh “Oh! Canada.”

Gloriously Free (Ed Sinclair, 2004): Gay refugees who flee discrimination, persecution and murder from their native lands find freedom in Canada.

Peking Turkey (Michael Mew, 2006): Chris Wong takes his French Canadian boyfriend home for the holidays despite the disapproval of his traditional Chinese parents.

Swings (Mark Borowski, 2006), an insightful Super 8 film exploring the thoughts of two female friends before and after their first kiss.

This Year’s Girl (Noelle Carbone, 2006): Finding her posse is complicated for a young college freshman who searches for her niche among lesbian folk singers and sporty dykes.

Cairo Calling (Xiaodan He and Joseph Antaki, 2005): Mom makes a visit from Cairo to her gay son’s apartment in Montreal.

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