Girls Shorts II
5 p.m. Saturday, June 21, Victory Arts Center

Body: A Woman's Definition struggles with the rigorous and sometimes self-contradictory discipline of women's bodybuilding by following eight lesbian bodybuilders fromt their home gyms to the 1998 Gay Games in Amsterdam. The animated poem Sexy, from the creators of festival favorite The Rape of Ganymede, attempts to answer the question, "What is sexy?" The touching and funny biopic Knock 'Em Dead focuses on comedienne Georgia Ragsdale, whose concert film Sporty Girls made its Texas premiere at the film festival two years ago. Ragsdale will be onhand at this year's fest to present her new film Wave Babes on closing night. Quench is a short story from a first-time filmmaker about a young Asian woman who struggles to move past her nagging memories. The tender clay animation tale Adam follows a little girl who is mistaken for a boy and relishes the opportunity. While mom is preparing the Christmas turkey, Annie tells her that she is a lesbian in Home For Christmas.

Adam: Director: Andrea Stoops; 1996, US, 4 min., video
Home For Christmas: Director: Frank Mosvold; 2000, Norway, 5 min., video
Knock 'Em Dead: Director: Julian Starks; US, 2002, 22 min., video
Quench: Director: Kathleen Chase; Canada, 2003, 5 min., video
Sexy: Directors: Tom Whitman and Dustin Woehrmann, US, 2003, 10 min., video

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