Breaking the fifth metacarpal bone releases fragments of memory of the problematic sexual relationship with under-aged Kyle. A chance meeting, risky tenderness, muted pain. A casually told digression into the intimate world of emotions which gnaws on the discomforting differences between homo- and heterosexual experience.… >>>
- Director: Scott Fitzpatrick
The Sacred Band of Thebes was a unit of selected soldiers consisting of homosexual couples. This elite troop of lovers in 4th century BC is the point of departure from which a young man deals with his own sexuality. He takes dozens of photos of himself and sends them, in order to share his body and his loneliness… >>>
We follow the semi-autobiographical life of Leonore, from birth to death in its complete human tragicomic banality. With different voices, Leonore describes diary entry episodes of uncertainty, repressed anger and shame. Duke and Battersby create a disarming picture cosmos, uniting cuteness overload, confrontation and pop cultural fixations.… >>>
- Director: Emily Vey Duke,Cooper Battersby