2009 Outfest - Women on the Verge

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Women on the Verge

Shorts
Program Running Time is 93 min
Art and storytelling merge in these beautifully made shorts by and for the ladies. For a woman caught between two worlds, a couple about to tie the knot and another couple dealing with grief, life poses challenges, and the shifts in their relationships are inevitable. Through the ups and downs, the question remains: Can their love keep them together?

IN COLLABORATION WITH: INSTITUTE FOR JUDAISM & SEXUAL ORIENTATION and JQLA- WOMEN

Dire Straights
Directed By: Carolina Roca-Smith
USA, 2008, 9 min
A couple discusses the value of marriage on their wedding day.

Lie Together
Directed By: Jeanette L Buck
USA, 2009, 13 min
Does the memory of that first soft kiss lessen the blow of the anger and relationship fatigue‾ In one afternoon Margot and Claudia's relationship is sliced open to reveal those moments when what is, what was, and what could be collide.

Rewind
Directed By: Cathie Boyd
UK, 2009, 19 min
A story of grief, following the experience of two women trying to deal with loss.

Transliminal Criminal
Directed By: Hilary Goldberg,
Bonfire Madigan Shive
USA, 2009, 8 min
An experiMental silent film collaboration from Hilary Goldberg and Bonfire Madigan Shive. Transliminal Criminal is an exploration of outlaw gender and states of consciousness, extreme mental states, and liberation.