Fireworks Logo

Trailers...

  • Summer Lost
  • House Was Not Hungry Then (The)
  • Outcome
  • A una isla de ti
  • Customer Journey
  • Thirteen Buttons to Heaven
  • Freddie: I Want it All
  • Hunting Wives (The)
  • I Love LA
  • Long Story Short
  • Consequences of Monsters (The)
  • Open Endings
  • Son of Sara: Volume 1
  • Male Gaze: Wild Youth (The)
  • Testament of Ann Lee (The)
  • Vladimir
  • Song Silenced: Coming Out in Christian Music
  • Interior
  • I have Two Dads
  • Bucks Harbor
  • I Am Going to Miss You
  • Silver Star
  • Caracas Avenue
  • Our Body Is an Expanding Star
  • Mr. Burton
  • Family (A)
  • Given Names
  • Serpent’s Skin (The)
  • Christophers (The)
  • Marc by Sofia
  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
  • Accused
  • Touch Me
  • Champion
  • Este cuerpo mío
  • Narciso
  • Another Man
  • River Dreams
  • Animol
  • Surfacing

Thick Lips Thin Lips

Country: Canada, Language: English, 6 mins

  • Director: Paul Lee
  • Writer: Paul Lee
  • Producer: Marta Dal Farra, David Isaacson, Daisy Lee, Paul Lee, John Storey

CGiii Comment

Without dialogue and set to the mesmerizing soundtrack by Lebanese-Canadian classical pianist Linda Shumas and Chinese-Canadian jazz pianist Lee Pui Ming, the film shows two men - one Asian with a small mouth and thin lips, the other Afro-Caribbean with a large mouth and thick lips, trying to overcome differences and difficulties in their attempt to kiss each other, only to have their efforts (and the beautiful music) repeatedly thwarted by the sound of shattered glass and strangers heckling racist and homophobic remarks. The film ends with a passionate kiss and a smile on the faces of these two men, as they have overcome their initial difficulties and have learnt to accept and to enjoy each other's differences.


No trailer...

Cast & Characters

Takao Kawaguchi
Courtnay McFarlane (as Thick Lips)