上海酷儿影展设置的“SHQFF短片竞赛单元”聚焦“亚洲”，力图搭建起一个帮助亚洲尤其是中国影人展示优秀酷儿影视作品的平台。
不仅如此，我们希望通过电影讲述亚洲LGBTQ的故事，呈现更丰富的亚洲酷儿荧幕形象，探讨东方视野下的酷儿文化，诠释更多元化的爱与自由的存在。
从2017年3月至6月8日，共收到世界各地优秀影人的845部作品。经过仔细的斟酌与遴选，竞赛委员会评选出15部入围影片角逐最后的奖项。
今天，我们在此公开入围的15部优秀短片，它们分别是：
The SHQFF Short Film Festival, launched by Shanghai Queer Film Festival, strives to set up a platform to help Asian filmmakers, especially those from China, to promote outstanding queer cinema.
Additionally, this platform will use film to tell LGBTQ stories in order to reveal an abundance of queer Asian characters, encourage discussion on queer culture in the East, and represent the diversity of love and freedom.
From Mar 2017 to Jun 8 2017, 845 pieces of work were submitted by brilliant filmmakers from around the world. After serious consideration and deliberation, the Competition Committee has nominated 15 finalists for the final awards.
Today, we present our list of the 15 finalists:
沙漠之行
A Trip to the Desert
Nizan LOTEM／Lior HAEN，以色列 Israel
三个好朋友决定一起去沙漠旅行，这将是对他们友谊的一次考验。
Lior是出柜同志，而Jew Elad是虔诚的教徒，两人突然面临着生活方式之间的矛盾。 至于Yossi嘛，对了，Yossi去哪了？！
Three best friends take a trip to the desert, and their friendship is put to the test. Lior, who is openly gay, and religious Jew Elad, suddenly have to face each other's life choices. And Yossi - Where the hell is Yossi?
海上良宵
Blooming Night
Bell ZHONG，中国 China
20岁的无业青年倍尔突然有一天在地下通道中瞥见了一抹鲜红的亮色——一双女式高跟鞋。倍尔跟随这双鞋子进入了一个偏僻的舞厅。倍尔也随之融入。在这里，充满了他从未经历过的群体，红鞋子的真正身份也一点点被揭晓。男孩内心深处的欲望被逐渐点燃。
The 20 year-old unemployed man Bell accidentally sees a glimpse of red in a underpass - a pair of high heels. Following the steps of the heels, Bell enters a back-alley club. While he blends with a group of people that he's not familiar with, the secret of the red shoes is gradually uncovered. His hidden desire is slowly ignited.
染色体甜心
Chromosome Sweetheart
Honami YANO，日本Japan
旧情人在咖啡厅碰面、女孩舔食女友的发丝、逃离一座城市、沿河漫步的小姑娘……这世上有多少人，就有多少种相爱的方式。
An ex-couple in a café, a girl sucking on her girlfriend's hair, a running woman, a fleeing town, a little girl walking along the river. In this world, there are as many forms of love as there are people.
4号选手
Contestant#4
Kaj PALANCA／Jared JOVEN，菲律宾Philippines
男孩陪老人观看一段年代久远的影像，竟然勾起了老人早已忘却的回忆。在男孩的帮助下，老人努力地回忆往事，找回真实的自己。
The viewing of a dated clip of a young boy brings about the remnants of an old man's forgotten past. In an attempt to gather his memories, the old man begins to recognize, with the help of the young boy, the truth of his internal life.
女也
Herstory
ZHANG Han / CHEN Cong，香港 HongKong
她者，女也。可Ruby却是“女也”他者。跨性别者Ruby在镜子前描眉画目，勾画的是她心中最美的自己。可是，生活就会变得更美好吗？心灵就会变得更充盈吗？人生就会变的更平坦吗？
這不单单是一部关于一位香港跨性別女生的记录片，更是对于我们每一个人的一次拷问。
Born as a "he", Ruby is he as in she. Painting her eyes and eyebrows, the transgender Ruby is creating the perfect illusion of her own self. But can she paint her life to be better? Can she paint over the void in her heart? Can she paint herself an easier road in life? This is more than just a documentary of a transgender girl in HongKong, it is also an interrogation of all of us.
马蹄铁理论
Horseshoe Theory
Jonathan Daniel BROWN，美国 USA
在一次军火交易中，一名有种族歧视的白人和一名IS组织成员擦出了不一样的火花。
A weapons deal between a white supremacist and a member of the Islamic State blossoms into something more.
虹色IRIDESCENCE
Max BEAUCHAMP，加拿大Canada
这段极具实验性的视觉短片用舞蹈和诠释性动作代替对话，在精心设计的灯光和抽象视觉下，讲述了一位情感压抑的父亲和他备受性取向困扰的儿子之间的故事。
Replacing dialogues with dances and interpretive movements in stylized lightning and abstract visuals, this experimental visual short film tells a story between an emotionally repressed father and his son who struggles with his sexuality.
陷阱
PASHI
Siddharth CHAUHAN，印度India
年轻的男孩跟他的祖母学习用陷阱捕鸟后，便开始了捕鸟行动。
A young boy learns about a technique of trapping birds from his old grandmother and starts practicing it.
洗澡
Shower
Starr WU，台湾Taiwan
台北警察常常突击检查台北的同志三温暖，这对客人造成很大的困扰。大众对同志桑拿有着怎样的看法？
Gay saunas in Taipei are often searched by the police and customers feel very harassed. What do people think about gay saunas?
然后
Smokers Die Slowly Together
ZHENG LU Xinyuan，美国United States
Alina和Lily是一对拉拉恋人。这天下午，Alina要搬出去和她男朋友住了。她两一起等着他过来，回忆着两人的曾经。
Alina and Lily are a lesbian couple. This afternoon, Alina is moving out with her boyfriend. They wait for him to arrive and they talk about the past.
索多瑪的貓
Sodom's cat
HUANG Ting-Chun，台湾 Taiwan
晴天，一个长相稚嫩的男孩，参加了一场由交友软件所举办的多人性爱活动，他与其他四个男人开展了肉体的欢愉探索，却无法完全投入其中。当索多玛的大门开启，这些激情到底是真是假？能够带走的，究竟是心满意足，还是更大的寂寞？
On a sunny day, a young boy arrives at the sex orgy he signed up for on a dating app. But even while exploring sexual pleasures with four other men, he still feels disengaged. After the gate of Sodom has been opened, how real can this kind of passion be? Will he leave with satisfaction, or with a bigger void in his heart?
二号的孤独
The Loneliness of Number Two
Javad SOTOODEHNIA，伊朗Islamic Republic of Iran
Morteza发现他的室友Abbas想自杀。Abbas是一名变性人，生活十分艰苦。Morteza想要阻止他但是Abbas做了一个奇怪的决定。
Morteza finds out his roommate, Abbas, wants to commit suicide. Abbas is transsexual and lives in a hard situation. Morteza tries to stop him, but then Abbas makes a strange decision.
移民的混音带
The migrant mixtape
Eli Jean TAHCHI，加拿大Canada
本片由Adib Mardini，一名身在加拿大的阿拉伯难民，讲述他如何为了逃离对同性恋者的迫害，通过和阿拉伯地区其他许许多多的LGBTQ成员一起把名为Migrant Mixtape求救信寄往加拿大的蒙特利尔黎巴嫩同志保护组织而获救的故事。
Adib Mardini, an Arab refugee in Canada, recounts the process of how he was able to escape persecution with many other LGBT individuals by sending the Migrant Mixtape to Helem Montreal.
毒蛇之歌
The Serpent's Song
Nuntanat DUANGTISARN，泰国Thailand
在泰国的偏远乡村坐落着一座隐秘的修道院，一位音乐老师正在帮助一个小修女恢复说话的能力。
At a secret monastery located in a rural area of Thailand, a music teacher is trying to help a young nun to be able to speak again.
我们
US
Caroline Mariko STUCKY，美国USA
Jo是一个性格外向，思想开放的ABC女孩儿，她一直以来都特别强调自己的性取向，生怕别人不知道她是女同。在和Helen开始热恋之后，危机来袭：她的一个秘密暴露了。Helen难以接受，突然之间她猜疑Jo的意图，并觉得她出轨……
Jo is an outgoing, liberated second generation Chinese-American girl who begins a passionate romance with Helen. Since long before dating Helen, Jo has been extravagantly out and on the scene as a lesbian, but crisis unfolds when she reveals a secret. Helen can't swallow the news and suddenly mistrusts Jo's intentions and fidelity.
15部入围短片将通过7位评审，评选出六个单项奖。
获奖影片将在上海酷儿影展9月16日的开幕式上公布并颁奖。
Our juries will elect six awards among all 15 nominated films.
The winners will be announced on September 16th at the SHQFF opening ceremony.
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