A Monologue About Love

A few weeks ago, I attended a campaign against Homophobia at the Cinemateque in Tel Aviv. 20 upcoming Israeli filmmakers volunteered to produce and create roughly 30 short films against Homophobia in response to the August 1st attack on the Tel Aviv GLBT youth centre, where many were injured, and my cousin - Nir Katz - was murdered, along with a 17-year-old girl - a crime that remains to be making all of Israel mourn and disbelieve in humanity.

The filmmakers

Commencing the evening was a short film directed by our cousin, Sivan, that consisted of emotional excerpts of Nir's partner, Thomas. Sitting in the theatre were hundreds of supporters, including a Knesset Member and an Israeli-Oscar Award Winner. In my row sat Sivan, her girlfriend, myself, Nir's aunt, Thomas, Nir's friend, one of the survivors and his boyfriend. With our hands interlocked and tears flowing, we watched Thomas pour out his heart in A Monologue About Love.

Each of the 31 films conveyed poignant messages that made us applaud, think, laugh and cry.

Below are links to some of my favourites from that evening:

The Scary Fear
No translation necessary.

We're All Equal 4
First phrase: Each of these people had sex yesterday.
Second phrase: Does it really matter to you with whom?

Graffiti Bridge
Punk kid: We're all sick of homo...
Police officer: We're all sick of homophobia.

Bed Stories 2
The punch-line: I simply don't know why girls are in the army.