Guys and Balls

Director - Sherry Horman, 2004, Germany, 106 min

Ecki is a young man who works in a bakery in Dortmund and plays soccer on his local team. Already under pressure for playing badly, his homophobic team-members find out that he is gay and throw him off the team. With the help of his sister and a cranky former soccer star, he tries to form an all-gay football team to challenge his old team in a grudge match. Ecki's journey in self-realization is filled with wonderful surprises and interesting characters in this delightful romantic comedy from Germany.

This Way Out

Director - Jill Burnett, 2004, Canada & France, 32 min

Winner Audience Award for Best Documentary at the 27th San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

Kahunya grew up on a mission station in Kenya where his father is a Bishop. Ana Claudia was a famous sportscaster on Brazilian television. Arslan was born into a religious "noble family" in Pakistan. All three have lived with a dangerous secret which could have destroyed lives: they are homosexual. This documentary is about the flight of 3 refugees who claimed asylum in the US to escape persecution based on their sexual orientation. Told entirely through their own words, the film describes the vulnerability under which lesbians and gays live in most parts of the world, and their search not only for a safe haven, but a dignified existence - as homosexuals.

Ryan's Life

Director - Nick Wauters, 2004, USA, 24 min

Complications arise for high school student Ryan as he begins to wonder if he might be gay.