We Were Here

USA / 2011 / Colour / 90 minutes
In English
Documentary
Director ︰David Weissman

Official Selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and 61st Berlin International Film Festival, We Were Here is the first documentary to take a deep and reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco. It explores how the City's inhabitants were affected by, and how they responded to, that calamitous epidemic. Though a San Francisco-based story, We Were Here extends beyond San Francisco and beyond AIDS itself. It speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination.

27/11 (Sun) 4:00pm / BC

29/11 (Tue) 9:50pm / IFC

The Hope of Love

Taiwan / 2011 / Colour / 37 minutes
(Total running time: 57 mins)
Director︰陳正勳

Presented by BGCA

When Mrs Dai, mother of a child with AIDS in Taiwan, asked director Chen, 'can you make a documentary about my son?', Chen agreed without any hesitation. They embarked on their journey together through a series of interviews and daily observations. Flashbacks and reflections come in with so much honesty and love, even up to the point when a secret of hers that she has kept in the closet for years is finally revealed by her son.

+ Screening with:

《 Always My Child 》

Director: Kit Hung / Hong Kong / 2011 / Colour / 20 mins

A local documentary of three parents whose children are gay, talk openly about their relationship with their boy and girl. From the director of Soundless Wind Chime.

27/11 (Sun) 8:35pm / The One

Heart Breaks Open

USA / 2011 / Colour / 81 minutes
In English
Director︰Billie Rain
Cast︰Maximillian Davis, Samonte Cruz

A model queer activist and community advocate, Jesus prides himself in his work with the Seattle LGBT community. At the same time, Jesus is having unprotected sex and cheating on his long-time partner. Jesus's world implodes when he discovers that he is HIV positive, forcing him to confront his innermost fears, his relationship with his ex-boyfriend, and a future living with HIV. Faced with the unknown, Jesus is pulled from the brink of self-destruction by Sister Alysa Trailer (Brian Peters), a drag queen nun who leads him down a path of self-discovery.

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《 Now Here 》

USA / 2011 / Colour / 11 minutes
Director︰Joey Kuhn

With AIDS ravaging the gay community in 1985 New York City, Franco engages in reckless behavior on his birthday after the love of his life, Brett, falls ill with the virus.

27/11 (Sun) 5:45pm / BC