Michael Achtman Movies

  • 1997
    Uncut

    Uncut

    Uncut

    3.71997HD

    Circumcision and artistic freedom concern three homosexuals, denied communication during a surreal jail stay.

    Uncut
  • 2015
    Awake

    Awake

    Awake

    12015HD

    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...

    Awake
  • 2001
    flesh of my flesh

    flesh of my flesh

    flesh of my flesh

    02001HD

    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...

    flesh of my flesh
  • 2019
    Orin & Anto

    Orin & Anto

    Orin & Anto

    12019HD

    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,...

    Orin & Anto
  • 2001
    Perfect

    Perfect

    Perfect

    02001HD

    Perfect...a summer day, a sandbox...a meditation on the transience of consciousness.

    Perfect
  • 2008
    Welcome Stop

    Welcome Stop

    Welcome Stop

    02008HD

    A young blind woman dumps her oppressive boyfriend at the motorway service station and hitches a ride with a recovering sex-and-love addict.

    Welcome Stop
  • 1996
    cool

    cool

    cool

    11996HD

    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...

    cool
  • 2003
    save myself

    save myself

    save myself

    02003HD

    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...

    save myself
  • 2000
    Mr. Danvers

    Mr. Danvers

    Mr. Danvers

    02000HD

    Romance gone wrong sparks this visually poetic meditation on love, promises and destruction, with reference to Mrs. Danvers, that icon of perfectly...

    Mr. Danvers
  • 1997
    MASH Notes for Private Kyle Brown

    MASH Notes for Private Kyle Brown

    MASH Notes for Private Kyle Brown

    01997HD

    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...

    MASH Notes for Private Kyle Brown
  • 1999
    Dinner's at 8

    Dinner's at 8

    Dinner's at 8

    01999HD

    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?

    Dinner's at 8
  • 2000
    Shinto

    Shinto

    Shinto

    02000HD

    "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...

    Shinto
  • 2000
    Hard Times Town

    Hard Times Town

    Hard Times Town

    02000HD

    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...

    Hard Times Town
  • 1999
    A Gun Makes an Awful Mess

    A Gun Makes an Awful Mess

    A Gun Makes an Awful Mess

    01999HD

    Contemplating suicide, a young gay man is heartbroken over his lost love.

    A Gun Makes an Awful Mess
  • 1998
    Tubbé

    Tubbé

    Tubbé

    01998HD

    Tubbé describes the ongoing dissociation between two solitudes (English and French Canada) in the form of one queer-in-a-tub's reflections on...

    Tubbé