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Friday, Sept 4 at 6:00pm Total Runtime: 105 mins Location: L'artichaut 
And Thou Shalt Love / Isreal (Directed by Chaim Elbaum) 28 mins - 2009 - Ohad, who is studying in the special "Hesder" program for orthodox soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces, experiences profound loneliness while he conceals from others that he is gay. After calling a religious hotline for advice, Ohad is convinced that he is "cured". Then Ohad's study partner Nir returns from the army. Ohad finds he can no longer evade the difficult questions, both within himself, and between himself and God. - French Premiere Thorns / USA (Directed by Neil Thompson) 18 mins - 2009 - In ancient Italy, a young servant is offered wealth and freedom... if he will but murder his kindly master. (En Italie antique, un jeune esclave est offert la richesse et la liberte s'il tue son maitre.) - International Premiere James / Ireland/UK, UK (Directed by Connor Clements) - Sundance Film Festival 2009- 17 mins - 2008 - When James, played by realises long buried secrets can lead to poor family relations, he feels it's time to confide with his only friend a secret of his own. (Quand James realise les secrets longtemps enterres peuvent mener aux relations de famille pauvres, il juge qu'il est temps de confier avec son seulement ami un secret de ses propres.) - French Premiere 
Protect Me From What I Want / UK (Directed by Dominic Leclerc) 12 mins - 2008 - Daz is looking for love. Saleem is looking for sex. Cruising at an underground archway, these two young men meet and connect. Back at Daz' bedsit, Saleem embarks on a dangerous, thrilling sexual adventure. Both characters' very different worlds overlap and collide to tell a tale of loneliness and longing in a city late at night. (Daz recherche l'amour. Saleem recherche le sexe. Comme ils draguent sous un passage arque souterrain, les deux se reunissent et se relient. Chez le bedsit de Daz, Saleem s'embarque sur une aventure sexuelle dangereuse et excitante. Les mondes disparates de les deux caracteres se heurtent pour indiquer un conte de solitude et de desir ardent dans une ville tard la nuit.) - International Premiere 
Blink/ USA (Directed by Silas Howard) 12 mins - 2008 - Rumination on the dangers of first crushes, the weight of clean guns and the habits of sea cucumbers. (Une analyse des dangers des premiers amours, d'une flingue propre et son poids et des habitudes des holothuries.) Transarabic Express / United Arab Emirates/Spain, United Arab Emirates (Directed by Cesar Espada) 6 mins - 2009 - Two men wake up. They get up, put on some make up and women clothes, get on a car, where they talk and interpret the dream one of them had the night before, while they are being driven towards... (Deux hommes qui dorment ensemble se reveillent dans un pays arabe. Ils se levent, se maquillent, mettent des vetements de femme et sortent de l'apartement. Ils montend dans une voiture ou ils se livrent a l'interpretation du reve que l'un d'eux a eu la nuit avant pendant qu'ils sont conduits vers... ) - World Premiere Strasbourg International Film Festival on Facebook
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