AND THEN CAME LOLA

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Dir: Ellen Seidler & Megan Siler, USA, 2009, video, 73min
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Identity: Lesbian

Owing a huge (tongue in) cheeky debt to 1998’s Run, Lola Run, this first feature from the do-it-all duo (credited for writing, directing, producing and operating the camera) Seidler and Siler is as light as a soufflé and frothier than a cappuccino. It’s also as delicious as both, but much sexier than either!

Ashleigh Sumner displays buckets of charisma as the eponymous Lola, a somewhat shiftless and perpetually unpunctual photographer who doesn’t like to be tied down, but is on the cusp of finally uttering the C word (we’re talking about commitment – keep yourselves nice) with her current squeeze, Casey (Jill Bennett). The film’s plot revolves around Lola trying to get some photographic prints to Casey in time for an important job opportunity. Said opportunity is being offered by Casey’s silky smooth ex-girlfriend (Cathy DeBuono), so there’s a little more at stake than simply a graphic design contract. And did we mention that Lola has to run through the whole rigmarole several times? With different obstacles and outcomes on each occasion? (MS)

FRESH AIR THERAPY (FRISCHLUFT THERAPIE)

Dir: Christoph Scheermann, Germany, 2009, video, 6min
German with English subtitles
Genre: Comedy, Foreign Language
Identity: Lesbian

Two women maintain the rage at couple’s counselling. What the therapist tries for months, is achieved by a sudden incident in the dark.