“Go big or go home, wooooh!” is the only thing I can remember some random drunk guy saying at some random party at someone’s random house in Palm Springs proper.
Let’s go over some big fat facts about the city, then, so we can decide if we stay or go home: Big fat desert? Don’t go home. Big fat pool? Don’t go home? Short film festival? Definitely, don’t go home (“it’s not always about the length.” Right?)
Here are some things to remember: From June 21-27 the Palm Springs International ShortFest will screen a total of 331 films, selected from more than 3,000 entries submitted worldwide. Out of those, 50 of them are LGBT-centric, separated into six programs by theme. Follow the jumb for more information and video on good things that come in small packages.
Per the 2011 Palm Springs International ShortFest website.
Pride, The Past and the Present — Gay life is infinitely more varied than its portrayal in the popular media, and this selection of gay shorts addresses both the pride and the prejudice gay men have dealt with through the years.
Queer As Folk — A great selection of queer shorts touching on subjects as diverse as Fire Island time share buddies, gay marriage, life in a massage mill, a strikingly liberated Scottish transvestite and parenthood further explore the range of gay experience.
The Gay!la - His: Pushing the Homosexual Agenda — For all the homophobes who think that there’s some kind of unified gay plot to take over the world, here’s a selection of diverse short stories that illustrate how gay men are too busy dealing with life to bother with hatching a unified conspiracy.
The Gay!la - Hers: Les Girls — The pursuit of happiness in all its manifold guises gets the spotlight in this terrific package of shorts dealing with la vida lesbo.
Girls' Night Out — A deliciously disparate collection of short films about girls who want to be with the girls, spanning the globe from Japan to Spain and from Chile to Ireland.
Coming Out — The light and freedom outside of the closet beckons for each of the protagonists in this selection of gay shorts about taking those first steps toward acknowledging you’re a gay man.
Let’s go over some big fat facts about the city, then, so we can decide if we stay or go home: Big fat desert? Don’t go home. Big fat pool? Don’t go home? Short film festival? Definitely, don’t go home (“it’s not always about the length.” Right?)
Here are some things to remember: From June 21-27 the Palm Springs International ShortFest will screen a total of 331 films, selected from more than 3,000 entries submitted worldwide. Out of those, 50 of them are LGBT-centric, separated into six programs by theme. Follow the jumb for more information and video on good things that come in small packages.
Pride, The Past and the Present — Gay life is infinitely more varied than its portrayal in the popular media, and this selection of gay shorts addresses both the pride and the prejudice gay men have dealt with through the years.
Queer As Folk — A great selection of queer shorts touching on subjects as diverse as Fire Island time share buddies, gay marriage, life in a massage mill, a strikingly liberated Scottish transvestite and parenthood further explore the range of gay experience.
The Gay!la - His: Pushing the Homosexual Agenda — For all the homophobes who think that there’s some kind of unified gay plot to take over the world, here’s a selection of diverse short stories that illustrate how gay men are too busy dealing with life to bother with hatching a unified conspiracy.
The Gay!la - Hers: Les Girls — The pursuit of happiness in all its manifold guises gets the spotlight in this terrific package of shorts dealing with la vida lesbo.
Girls' Night Out — A deliciously disparate collection of short films about girls who want to be with the girls, spanning the globe from Japan to Spain and from Chile to Ireland.
Coming Out — The light and freedom outside of the closet beckons for each of the protagonists in this selection of gay shorts about taking those first steps toward acknowledging you’re a gay man.
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