Day 7: I LIKE MEN (Men's Shorts)

Very pleased with the huge turnout for this year's gay-themed shorts program. The flavor for this program is decidedly more international hoping to capture the diversity of themes and style of gay short films in the circuit. It's really difficult for me to choose a favorite as I selected each one for different reasons. Do you have one?

NOTE: The short films included in this program are:
A Day at the Beach
Steeling Magnolias
Nocturne (Noturno)
Frequent Traveller
Thirteen Or So Minutes
Boy Meets Boy
James
Steam
Mother Knows Best

STEAM Wins Iris Prize!

The short film STEAM by Eldar Rapaport just won the prestigious Iris Prize for Best Short Film that carries a 25,000-pound cash prize. Yes, pounds and not dollars. It is the richest cash prize for GLBT short films. ImageOut is proud to be only the 6th festival to screen the short film since its premiere at NewFest in the spring. Four more festivals will screen it by the end of October. STEAM is included in the I LIKE MEN shorts program that I curated.

~MG

Today's Steamy Q&A

Photos from today's Q&A session with the beautiful Kate Siegel, star of Steam, and the film's director, Kyle Schickner.






Photos by Matt DeTurck

Jessica Wilkie's Picks

"Of course I am encouraging everyone I know to get their hands on a full-festival pass, but if someone can only get to a few films this year, I would highly recommend Steam. I love the crafty integration of seemingly disparate lives of the three main characters, and the comment that many different kinds of people have more in common that we may think. Of course, an all-star (Ally Sheedy and award-winning actress Ruby Dee) cast of strong and fabulous females doesn’t hurt either! To Each Her Own is also a favorite of mine with cute and easy-to-identify with characters, and a storyline filled with twists and turns, drama and tenderness. I cannot wait to see Ready? OK! on the big screen. I think main character Josh’s zest for life is highly infectious and will have our festival audience cheering out loud. I also can’t wait to see everyone’s reaction to the young man’s Halloween costume!"
~ Jessica Wilkie, Programming Co-chair