2014
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My Leftover Ladies
In China the word ‘Sheng nu’ means ‘leftover women’ and is a derogatory term made popular by the All-China Women’s Federation that classifies women who remain unmarried after they are 28 years old. It’s part of the pressure that their society place on women to conform and accept that marriage is the only goal they…
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Party Girl
A weary and desolate Angélique Litzenburger a 60 year old dance-club hostess and former stripper sits nursing yet another drink at the bar and declares to her younger co-workers ‘I was a superstar!’ The trouble is that although she is way past her prime, she is still partying as hard as she did in her youth it’s simply that…
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Thylacine
A ‘thylacine’ was evidently the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times and is nearly extinct which is something an overly anxious Charlie doesn’t want his relationship with boyfriend Nick to become. They are just about to celebrate being together for 9 months when Peter spots Nick having lunch with one of his many admirers…
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Of Girls And Horses
Alex is a sullen rather troubled teenager who has been sent by her adoptive mother to work one summer as an intern on a remote farm in Northern Germany in the hope that this will help her resolve some of her internal struggles. She is taught by thirty-something-year-old Nina how to train horses with the…
