GUFF SHORTS SESSION 3
Documentary | 1h 19m
GUFF21 Official Selection | 1 World Premiere 3x Australian Premiere
Screening from 9-17 July 2021
This is a collection of documentaries explore identity.
IT’S JUST ME
Director: Jared Moossy | 18m 34s | Australian Premiere | Documentary, LGBTQ + | 2021
Country: USA | Language: English
It's Just Me is a portrait of Allie Cole, a Black transgender woman who sits on all the fault lines of all of America's concerns about gender and class, just by being her authentic self. She negotiates the demands of activism, her fledgling non-profit, her parents and finding love.
A JOB LIKE ANY OTHER
Director: Annick Roussy | 21m | Australia Premiere | Documentary, LGBTQ + | 2020
Country: Canada | Language: French
Last June, Pierre passed away suddenly. The film is now intended as a tribute to his life and to the Drag Queen Aunt Gaby. Pierre is an ordinary 55-year-old man, lonely and very shy. He lives surrounded by his favourite collectible figurines in a quiet and tidy apartment. For 30 years, he has worked in a profession opposed to his introverted nature: Drag Queen-barmaid. A difficult, restrictive livelihood that he did not really choose. For him, it's a job like any other.
THE REFUGE: YEAR ONE
Director: Janne Vuorela | 13m 55s | Documentary | Australian Premiere | 2021
Country: Germany | Language: English
This documentary travels with Anté from his rehearsal space to streets and seedy clubs of Berlin where he plays his guerilla gigs and experimental concerts in front of amazed bystanders. The Refuge was also a place and a state of mind where we all could escape to. Even if it managed to save only one person in the end, we are all better of it.
WHO KILLED THE WORLD: A JOURNEY INTO THE WASTELAND
Directors: Randy Lewis & Monti Sigg | 26m 7s | World Premiere | Documentary | 2021
Country: USA | Language: English
Wasteland Weekend—the world’s largest post-apocalyptic festival—is an extraordinary event where the Mad Max films come to life in the Mojave desert. This 25 minute documentary explores how people find joy, beauty, and community at the end of the world. Wandering among 5000 participants trying to stay “on theme” in a temporary world built on the wreckage of modernity.