Michael Achtman Movies
- 1997
Uncut
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Circumcision and artistic freedom concern three homosexuals, denied communication during a surreal jail stay.
- 2015
Awake
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This existential comedy tells the story of Anna, a chronically ill woman, who is visited by Doreen, a door to door proselytizer who slowly overstays...
- 2001
flesh of my flesh
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Drawing on pre-biblical mythology, "flesh of my flesh" is a queer retelling of the "first" murder. Abel returns from the wars of God our Father to a...
- 2019
Orin & Anto
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A young, non-binary visitor to London returns to their Airbnb to find an older gay man has moved in. In a small studio flat over one turbulent night,...
- 2001
Perfect
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Perfect...a summer day, a sandbox...a meditation on the transience of consciousness.
- 2008
Welcome Stop
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A young blind woman dumps her oppressive boyfriend at the motorway service station and hitches a ride with a recovering sex-and-love addict.
- 1996
cool
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A queer, tongue-in-cheek dissection of hip attitude, "cool" alternates between the education in pick-up technique of a naive gay man and the...
- 2003
save myself
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A response to World Catholic Youth Day and the Pope’s 2002 mass in Toronto, "save myself" is a personal meditation on faith and loss. Why does...
- 2000
Mr. Danvers
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Romance gone wrong sparks this visually poetic meditation on love, promises and destruction, with reference to Mrs. Danvers, that icon of perfectly...
- 1997
MASH Notes for Private Kyle Brown
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Based on a poem by R.M. Vaughan about the torture and murder of a Somalian teenager by members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment, this haunting work...
- 1999
Dinner's at 8
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A woman stares at her reflection in the mirror, drawn like Narcissus to swim in her own perfection. Or did she forget to take her pills?
- 2000
Shinto
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"Shinto" is an examination of the meaning of objects. Do objects have powers or energies of their own? If so, can we see or feel it? While this may...
- 2000
Hard Times Town
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Midnight cowpoke scrounges the streets of Mike Harris' mean megatropolis, looking for a good time or just a bite to eat. "Hard time living, too young...
- 1999
A Gun Makes an Awful Mess
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Contemplating suicide, a young gay man is heartbroken over his lost love.
- 1998
Tubbé
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Tubbé describes the ongoing dissociation between two solitudes (English and French Canada) in the form of one queer-in-a-tub's reflections on...