Let’s Talk about Sex
Sex and mutual attraction make the world go round. However, love and sex don’t always go hand-in-hand. Moreover, what is acceptable for one person is intolerable for another. These hard-hitting films question how we interact physically and emotionally with each other.
Philip Ilson
Flora and Fauna
- Director Piotr Litwin
- Poland 2013
- 30 mins
A middle-aged high school teacher and a young girl have a deal in place – he’s buying and she’s selling, so a contract is made.
Ghost Train
- Directors Kelly Hucker, James Fleming
- Australia 2013
- 15 mins
An elderly man dealing with his wife’s dementia becomes captivated by a young burlesque dancer at Dracula’s bar.
He Took His Skin Off For Me
- Director Ben Aston
- UK 2014
- 12 mins
A man takes his skin off for his girlfriend. Not the best of ideas.
Hole
- Director Martin Edralin
- Canada 2014
- 15 mins
A daring portrait of a disabled man’s pursuit of intimacy.
A New Family
- Director Simone Manetti
- Italy 2014
- 12 mins
Chantrea is banned from home for contracting HIV, so she works as a prostitute. Encountering Shrey, the two Cambodian women create a new family together.
Our Skin Is Going to Gray
- Director Ivan Bakrac
- Serbia 2014
- 13 mins
An intertwined story of sex and loneliness as various characters experience the universal fear of rejection.
Tzniut
- Director David Formentin
- USA 2014
- 11 mins
A Hasidic woman discovers she has an STD and decides to seek out the truth of its origin.
Total running time 108 mins
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