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Films
7 Films
shorter than 40 minutes
x
Keywords
“Sex Sexuality”
x
films with a digital version
4
short films
7
x
films available on demand
3
Region
North America
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
1
South-East Asia
2
Western Europe
3
Country
China
1
Colombia
1
Denmark
1
Germany
1
Indonesia
1
Los Angeles
1
Netherlands
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
Keywords
Collective / Community identity
2
Dance / Theatre / Performance
1
Family / Kinship
3
Gender Role and Identity
3
LGBTQI*
3
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Love
2
Reproduction (biology)
1
Research Methods
1
Ritual
1
Sex / Sexuality
7
x
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
1
Directors
Cai, Hua
1
Eagle, Rob
1
F. Quigua, Claudia
1
Hughes-Freeland, Felicia
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Sterre Schmitz, Julia
1
Series
Pleasure Shorts
3
not set
4
Country of production
China
1
Colombia
1
Denmark
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
4
Year of production
1995
1
1996
1
2012
1
2016
1
2019
1
2020
2
Film list
Come Here Come Here
2019
28
‘
Directed by
Julia Sterre Schmitz
.
As a poetic manifesto for a more plural understanding of female sexuality, this associative film interweaves many theories, images, fantasies, memories and confusions drawn from popular culture,
Western Europe
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Gender Role and Identity
Research Methods
Extended Family
2016
31
‘
Student
Directed by
Ramona Sonderegger
.
This films offers an intimate insight into the lives of two same-sex families who found a way to create themselves within a legal grey area in Switzerland. Swiss law bans adoption and access to
Western Europe
LGBTQI*
Family / Kinship
Sex / Sexuality
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
The Guest
2012
20
‘
Student
Directed by
Kira de Hemmer Jeppesen
.
Following the personal story of a Danish first-time surrogate mother, ‘The Guest’ explores issues of maternal bonding, modern families, relatedness, and desired control over body and mind. We follow
Scandinavia
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Reproduction (biology)
Family / Kinship
Motels
2020
27
‘
Directed by
Claudia F. Quigua
.
Have you ever been in a motel room with rounded beds, love chairs, coloured lights and dancing poles? This film explores a prominent yet often overlooked aspect of Colombian culture through the
South America
Sex / Sexuality
Love
Tourism/ Travel/ Pilgrimage
Oink!
2020
22
‘
Directed by
Rob Eagle
.
An experimental research documentary offering a portrait of gay men who‚ in different ways‚ relate to the “pig” sexual imaginary. It provides insight into their experiences of identity,
Western Europe
North America
Sex / Sexuality
LGBTQI*
Collective / Community identity
Tayuban: Dancing the Spirit in Java
1996
30
‘
Directed by
Felicia Hughes-Freeland
.
Once a year a ritual is held in a Javanese village. After a distribution of food, men dance with professional female dancers. Their allegedly sexual ethos makes these ‘tayuban’ unacceptable as
South-East Asia
Ritual
Dance / Theatre / Performance
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity
Without Fathers or Husbands
1995
26
‘
Directed by
Hua Cai
.
The Na are an ethnic group in south-east China. Their particularity is that all the members of each household are consanguineous relatives; their social organisation is absolutely matrilineal and as
South-East Asia
Family / Kinship
Collective / Community identity
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality