The following ten films have been selected as finalists in OOSFF09. The judges are currently viewing the finalists and one will be selected as this years winner.

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At Home With David Hoyle, directed by Nathan Evans (UK)
Synopsis: Cult Queer performance artist David Hoyle (AKA The Divine David) invites us into his Manchester home. This outstanding fly-on-the-wall film, directed by Nathan Evans, explores the thoughts and feelings of a unique talent who is rich in heart and mind, if not in cash.

Certain Death, directed by Ben Aqua (United States)
Synopsis: Inspired by American pro wrestling promotional videos from the late 1980s and early 1990s, this video addresses a view of pro wrestling as a fascinating calamity of simulated ultra-violence, consumer culture, and homoeroticism. There’s a series of wrestling personae, each delivering messages of extreme hate, violence, and hyper masculinity.

Choice, directed by Brian Crewe (United States)
Synopsis: On November 4, 2008 California voters made a choice regarding the legal status of gay marriages. Right or wrong, Proposition 8 represented many things to many people. On Christmas night 2008 Mabel is left alone to contemplate the voters choice and the effects it has had on her family.

Couples Therapy, directed by Adam Lemmey (Australia)
Synopsis: After a three-week relationship Mitchell and Robert seek therapy in order to fix the problems they are facing as a couple. Their differences run deep and their problems are great! However, they have found a therapist who is determined to help them using cutting edge techniques. As the therapy grows further out of control, the two men find themselves feeling closer to each other, much to the dismay of the heartfelt therapist.

Fix My Dick, directed by PJ Raval (United States)
Synopsis: Christeene featuring DJ Jaunty perform a promotional clip for the song “Fix My Dick” from the album “Soldier of Pleasure”. The director is also an award-winning cinematographer. His work has been showcased at both Sundance and Cannes and earned him awards such as the ASC Charles B. Lang Jr. Heritage Award as well as the Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography.

The Free Form, directed by Jason Sweeney (Australia)
Synopsis: Somewhere between love and death we find ourselves in empty spaces, losing control. A short music film the follows the path of two intersecting male bodies caught in some kind of liminal non-space. A melodic drone in the darkness.

A Home Exorcism, directed by John Douglas (Australia)
Synopsis: A man becomes possessed by a demon and turns his spastic friend into Britney Spears, a pig, and so on… You know this can’t have a happy ending. This animated short film verges from cute to curious to downright disturbing in the blink of an eye - so try not to blink!

Inteligene, directed by Hayden Topperwien (Australia)
Synopsis: Full-body latex sex suits, pill bottles, potions and some strangely symbolic finger pointing feature in this audiovisual trip from director Hayden Topperwien. A soundscape that veers from electro-synth to classical snippets is part of this journey.

Signal Noise, directed by Ivan Lozano (United States)
Synopsis: A parable about becoming hopelessly lost in the Internet after being lured in by sexy disembodied strangers, Signal Noise is constructed entirely from footage from the gay porn classic Boys In The Sand by Wakefield Poole (a charming montage of casual, flip-flopping bareback sex on Fire Island, according to the distributor, Bijou Films). Signal Noise parallels the perils of any unbridled relinquishing of control, whether to computers and cyberspace or to beachside cruising and wild anonymous sex.

Phill & Friends Band - This Man, directed by Tommy
Boy (United States)
Synopsis: Phill & Friends Band play over a key scene from Midnight Cowboy.