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16 September, 2018 by
Spanish Premiere
Mexico, 2018, 20′
Miguel arrives to the city after the death of his younger brother Julio to find out the possible causes that led him to commit suicide. There he meets Angel, his brother's boyfriend who reveals that Julio practiced bugchasing.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags mexico, shortfilms
… Aunque nos pese
Spain, 2018, 10′
Marcos wants to be a writer. He usually goes to the park in his urbanization and sits on the swings. One afternoon he meets Pedro. Between both of them will arise an unexpected complicity.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags shortfilms, spain
A.M.O.R Ante Mucho Odio Revolución
World Premiere
Argentina, 2018, 10′
The Shirley and the Luciana get married. A wedding of transvestites that left in suspense the entire popular neighborhood of La Cumbre in the city of La Plata. Thanks to the law of gender identity and equal marriage, it was the first marriage that It took place in Latin America.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags argentina, shortfilms
European Premiere
USA, 2017, 15′
The bond between a disabled Muslim father and his son is tested when love is pitted against religion. Everyday Waleed washes his disabled dad, Khaled, for prayer as a part of their Islamic religious obligation. But, when Khaled suspects his son is gay he's torn between accepting him or living on his own unable to pray.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags shortfilms, USA
Adela (Adele)
Adela is a lonely woman aged 60 who works as a treasurer in a neighbourhood club. She lives there most of the time with her only friend Naomi. When Christmas comes, all her adolescent memories about games are awaken and also a new approach between both of them.
Algo serio
Spain, 2018, 2′
Canarian struggle means a lot to Mayron.
Venezuela, 2017, 11′
A young woman dressed as Alice in Wonderland has never had an orgasm and hopes for tonight during a party to be the night.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags shortfilms, Venezuela
Australia, 2017, 5′
Catt breaks out in a rash and thinks she might have become allergic to her long-term partner.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags austràlia, shortfilms
Boutade
Christmas Eve might become an ideal set to solve all the problems that have come up along the year with your loved ones. For this reason, Juan and Luis will invite Tere and Ana in order to release the tenseness created in the past.
davy & GOLIATH
USA, 2018, 7′
An afternoon visit to a small city Sex Shoppe inspires excitement, surprise, and comic relief.
D'hom
Catalonia, 2018, 17′
Andreu, a teen under the preasure of society's rules, tries to find his own way of living.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags catalonia, shortfilms
Don't Judge Me, It's Rude
An emotionally nuanced reconnection at a tree stump.
El alquiler (The Contract)
Barcelona Premiere
History of a couple who, after years trying to adopt in Spain, decides to be parents through motherhood
surrogate. During the process, however, they discover that they are not such close as they thought.
El macho así entendido (Male as such)
When Raquel gets home she's met with bad news: her dog has thrown himself out of the window.
Entre paredes (Between walls)
Colombia, 2017, 19′
Isabella, Mario and Cristina look in an application to some stranger with whom to make a trio. The three of them are in a sleazy motel room between sex and drugs. Will strangers be the ones who finally know us better?
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags colòmbia, shortfilms
Female Connection
Liz, an out lesbian, and Kylie, a questioning heterosexual, are neighbors. When they first meet, there is an undeniable attraction between them. Their chemistry is immediately apparent even to Kylie's boyfriend Matt. The two girls fall in love and Matt is soon out of the picture. But despite all their passion, Kylie continually pulls away, fighting the reality that she is in love with a woman.
Film about Carson, a gay twenty-something looking for love on all the wrong apps. After being rejected by an online hookup for being too "femme", Carson embarks on a hilarious journey towards self-discovery and acceptance by way of a manic existential crisis and a drag queen fairy godmother. Set in Hell's Kitchen, the epicenter of New York City gay life, Carson must confront his own notions of masculinity, gender performance, and discrimination within the LGBTQ community.
Flamenca (Flamingo)
Laura wakes up with a hangover at Lucia's house. Laura wants to get out of there however, but Lucia convinces her to
stay for breakfast.
A 15-year-old teenager wants to lose her virginity. She has four mothers who advise her.
Hotel Boy
Denmark, 2018, 12′
The young Samir accompanies the politician Stefan to a hotel room. Samir is in love and has set everything aside to be able to go with Stefan, as they had planned. But under the surface lies a big misunderstanding, and outside in the rain a journalist is waiting for the next big headline.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags denmark, shortfilms
House of Air
United Kingdom/ Australia, 2017, 4′
A sexually explicit study of hanky codes, visual signifiers, and gay fetishes set against the backdrop of 1970s San Francisco.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags austràlia, shortfilms, united kingdom
Isla ignorada #2 (Ignored island #2)
How hard is it to be a lesbian in a rural environment? Five women talk about their personal experience and expectations while the 4th edition of "Agrocuir" festival is taking place.
Lo que no se ve
Lorenza is about to be 80 and has just become a widow. She decides to return to her youth home, but her daughter does not agree. However her granddaughters, Sofia and Alba, decide to go with her. It's a minimal story as simple as necessary.
Mar de celos
A photographer and his boyfriend have problems with jealousy.
Matt & Dan: Sex Notes
Matt and Dan play lovers , just after some seemingly satisfying-sex. But when Matt tells Dan he "just has a few notes", Dan doesn't expect just how intensive this note session is, and soon realizes he has more work in store than he thought…
Memorias Del Agua (Water Memories)
Catalonia, 2017, 9′
The racial and sexual diversity of Carla and Helena, two young women who dream of being Olympic swimmers and who maintain their friendship in secret due to the racism of their families.
Mentira ( Lie)
Mexico, 2018, 5′
A portrait of the human relationships, their complexity and coldness, reflected in a couple who freely enjoy their physical relationship in a small room.
Mir selbst so fremd (A Stranger to Myself)
Germany, 2017, 12′
A young guy hopes to fill his inner emptiness by having sex with strangers.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags germany, shortfilms
Mors lilla Olle (Little Boy Blue)
26 September, 2018 15 September, 2018 by
Sweden, 2017, 11′
"Little Boy Blue" is the story about Olle, five years old. He lives with his two dads in a home where he has everything any child could ever dream of. One night, just after Olle has gone to sleep, they receive a visit from an uninvited guest who has anything but good intentions.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags shortfilms, sweden
Mrs McCutcheon
Australia, 2017, 17′
Having always felt she was born in the wrong body and now at her third school, 10-year-old Mrs McCutcheon is having trouble settling in and finding acceptance from her newfound peers – but a school dance is about to revolutionize it all.
Pney Zaken – Eze (Senior Moments – Eze)
Israel, 2018, 6′
Eze Raymond never knew how to date other men. Today, at the age of 82, he spends his days in his small apartment in Tel Aviv, and longs for dreams that may never come true.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags israel, shortfilms
Primavera rosa en España
Being young and LGTIB is not easy in Spain. Despite being one of the best countries to be LGTIB, they continue to suffer harassment in educational centers by their peers. The ignorance of the real problems of the children only increases their suffering.
Ranchera (A ranchera song)
Rocio doesn't feel like weddings because her partner has just left her. However her sister Lola is going to sing a ranchera sounding as a break-up.
Recuerdo de mis 15
Argentina, 2018, 8′
Three teenage friends take a walk through the red zone of their city to learn about the world of prostitution and transsexuality in the 90s.
5 September, 2018 by
Burlesque icons Luminous Pariah and Chris Harder star in this Tom of Finland inspired queer retelling of 'The Little Mermaid'. Antonin Dvorak's opera score accompanies this sexy homage to Hans Christian Andersen, vintage homoerotica and the golden era of silent film.
Scheideweg (Teenage Threesome)
Germany, 2017, 4′
One Boy, One Girl and her Stepbrother. A date goes wrong.
Se murió Juan Gabriel (Juan Gabriel is dead)
Mexico / Germany, 2018, 15′
The very day the Mexican singer Juan Gabriel died, Beto and Daniel, two Mexican teenagers, will strengthen their friendship. Daniel imagines how his day-to-day would be like if he was a girl, perhaps then his feelings could be seen as a daily life.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags germany, mexico, shortfilms
EUA, 2017, 6′
A gay Chinese American believes that his traditional mom would have a hard time accepting his boyfriend. However, it turns out that she is more complex than he has supposed.
A surreal farce about a man with a big secret: he can't stop thinking about sucking dick. It uses boundary-pushing humor to ask: after all the strides we've made, why do queer people still feel ashamed of our desires?
The Jump Off
Idealistic young man Nigel has been in a secret romantic relationship with his friend, Malik, for several weeks, seemingly content with their unofficial status, but he longs for more.
The Last Party
United Kingdom, 2017, 19′
In the belief of being gay as a shameful sin, Jesus will prove how nothing could be more wrong during his last chance to admit who he truly is, in a journey into self-discovery, friendship and love.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags shortfilms, united kingdom
Un instante (An Instant)
A year. A boy. An instant.
The society has created a stereotype of the LGTBI collective in which its members are fashionable people, with money, who have a lot of fun and never go beyond 40 years. But where are the elders?
Yeniden Dogus (Rebirth)
Turkey, 2017, 4′
Exhibited in Contemporary Art Museums.
Categories 2018 FILMS, FILMS, Short Films Tags shortfilms, turkey
Yes and No
Yes and No are in the middle of the desert. Yes lies on a mat and eats strawberries from a straw basket and No turn around with her hands tied behind her back with a red rope…
After His Death
31 August, 2018 5 September, 2017 by
Israel, 2017, 11′
After her father passed away, Ayelet – a lesbian woman – finds out that her father had an affair with a man. Although her mother disapproval, Ayelet decideds to meet her Father's lover.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags israel, shortfilms
Aridai
I wouldn't have expected that you that you were tailor-made to my bathtub.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags shortfilms, spain
Cuba, 2016, 16′
The ruins of an ancient military fortress outside Havana have become a clandestine gay cruising spot. The old walls and the rubbles give shelter not only to Cuban male homosexuals, but also to a culture of resistance and socialization.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags cuba, shortfilms
Ben Mamshich (Heritage)
Noam, a young gay guy, discovers his father, who just died, had a secret affair with another married man. He Follows and meets that man without telling him who he is. He now holds his father's secret.
Blow Job Split-Screen
This film shows what Andy (Warhol) kept off screen (and the world wondering about for over 50 years)
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags shortfilms, USA
France, 2017, 4′
My great torment in this existence comes from the fact that I am eternally alone, and all my efforts, all my actions are directed toward escaping the solitude. From « Solitude » by Guy de Maupassant.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags france, shortfilms
China, 2017, 25′
1997 China is a place of transitions. Control of Hong Kong has just returned to the mainland. Western values are beginning to impact traditional Chinese values. At this time, 11-year-old Qingqing is also in a place of transition. On the cusp of adolescence, she lives with her mom in the peaceful city of Wuhan. When Qingqing discover her mom's oddly close relationship with a female friend, she starts stalking them, only to discover her secret.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags China, shortfilms
Curmudgeons
A pair of senior citizens have a relationship that shocks both their families. In this endearing comedy, a potty-mouthed octogenarian in an assisted living facility gets a big-time surprise engineered by his daughter, in this funny and endearing sketch directed (and with a delightful cameo) by Danny DeVito.
The Ballerina (Diamante, o Bailarina)
Brazil, 2016, 22′
Diamante is a gay boxer who stands out for his body control and fast leg movements. At night, he performs as a drag queen in a nightclub. Judgemental, his coach leaves him out of a boxing competition, but Diamante wants to be a champion.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags Brazil, shortfilms
The Character Inside Me (Die Figur in mir)
Markus is the city's most popular public pisser. That's what we learn on his blog where he posts his videos. In these he seems unrestrained and shameless. Yet behind the digital facade we meet a self-conscious and shy man…
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags germany, shortfilms
The Wedding Patrol (Die Hochzeitspolizei)
The Russian expat Mikail lives happily in a civil partnership with his husband in Berlin, when chief inspector Böhnenkamp accuses him of not being gay and leading a green-card marriage. A witness saw him kissing a woman! But as it turns out, things are not always what they seem.
Mexico. USA, 2016, 22′
Sthefany Galante is a Mexican trans woman who migrated to the United States after experiencing gender discrimination in her hometown. After being away from home for six years, Sthefany is preparing for an imminent trip to Hidalgo, Mexico, to confront her parents about her gender identity.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags mexico, shortfilms, USA
Fina's translife rally
When the road is not yours, the more difficult it is to follow your own path. Fina was born in Vic, made her change at age 50, was married and had two children. This is his story.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags catalonia, shortfilms
Looking for an engagement ring alongside her fiancé, Yasmin encounters her mythological ex-boyfriend.
Quan arriba un de nou amb talent i comença a utilitzar el club de boxa local, París, un lluitador expert, es veu obligat a una lluita inesperada amb ell mateix. Una pel·lícula sobre vulnerabilitat en un món hiper-masculí que no la permet.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags shortfilms, united kingdom
31 August, 2018 29 August, 2017 by
Ireland, 2016, 22′
The film tells the story of Lily, a girl with a secret, on the cusp of becoming a young woman. With her best friend, the fiercely loyal and flamboyant Simon, she navigates the treacherous waters of school life.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags ireland, shortfilms
Linie 9
Mexico, Germany, 2016, 16′
In a city with constant movement like the subway rides, the paths of Andre´s and Miguel are crossing. It seems like the beginning of a new Romance but Andre´s doesn't know which direction to take, because every road leads him to something sexual.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags germany, mexico, shortfilms
Aristotle is an obese man following a therapy to lose weight. When he meets Tim, a security guard from the first McDonalds factory in Cuba, his expectations increase.
Carmeta, Mari and Pilar are three old ladies from Sucs, a little village in Plana de Lleida, who spend every afternoon sitting on a bench to catch up. The arrival of a strange couple of young girls turns into the main topic of discussion among the three friends… until gossip awakes deep feelings from their past.
Belgium, 2016, 13′
Lucas, an unlucky romantic is approached by a serial seducer named Victor who promises him the moon. Disappointed and having been cheated on once again, Lucas decides to take revenge…
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags belgium, shortfilms
A pair of thirtysomethings picks up a young, attractive black man for a threesome. As they review the experience, they probe each other, masking their own insecurities with hipster irony and provocation, including homophobic and racist jokes. Soon the situation turns very embarrassing for them.
Lebanon, 2016, 15′
Fourteen-year-old Nidal is one of the 4.8 million Syrians who has been displaced by war. Born female, Nidal has identified as a boy since he was nine years old which coincided with their escape from Syria. As his body starts to mature, he is forced to navigate the complexity of his circumstances in the confines of a refugee camp and a culture that cannot comprehend gender fluidity.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags lebanon, shortfilms
Platypus (Ornitorrinco)
Two women have just finished their relationship. They gather for a family meal in which they will continue to pretend they are a couple. If one can not keep up the farce, there is one keyword: Platypus.
Penis Poetry
United Kingdom, Portugal, 2016, 14′
This is a poetic film about The Penis becoming a diary with a unique story to tell. All penises have a story to tell. If yours could speak what would it say?
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags portugal, shortfilms, united kingdom
Santi and Jota are two neighbourhood friends forever. Like many others, they don't study nor work, and they live their lives by getting drunk in the park, going to Nightclubs, and talking about which of their girl friends is hotter. But Jota is worried about something else. Oppressed by the heat of August, Santi is decided to make him talk, and in order to persuade him, has worked out an infallible plan.
Primero-Verdadero-Último
Guatemala, 2017, 33′
Film about three relationships between men happening simultaneously in a country without any rights for LGBTI individuals. "First" tells the story of two teenage boys who don't fit in their school and randomly meet at a birthday party. "True" is a comedy of errors, when Alejandro decides to attend the wedding of his ex-boyfriend and discovers that his future husband has a secret. "Last" is the tragic story of a seven-year long closeted relationship when individuals are not honest with each other and their families.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags guatemala, shortfilms
Frozen Princess (Princesa de Hielo)
Antonio and Carmen read the letter that their son Lucas has written to the Three Wise Men. A very special gift from the kid's list will test the social convictions and his parents' love.
Pyotr495
Canada, 2016, 15′
This is a short horror film set in present-day Moscow. The short film follows 16 year-old Pyotr as he is baited over a dating app by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions, bolstered by Russia's recent passing of an anti-LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret…
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags canada, shortfilms
Moonif, a young Syrian man, leaves the refugee camp to wander the streets of Berlin. He starts to discover the city that feels alien to him. He embarks on a journey where he will confront outer dangers and inner desires.
Romeu or Julieta
A young woman who feels man and how this feeling affects in her daily life. For the recognition of gender identity.
Netherlands, 2017, 15′
As the Syrian civil war rages, Sami (Noah Valentyn) has fled Damascus and now lives in Amsterdam. He hopes to be able to build a home here and be able to live openly as a gay man. Most of all, he hopes to escape the ghosts of the past that still haunt him. A chance encounter brings him face to face with Johan (Daan Colijn): A self-assured, direct and sensual man. Over the course of a night, some unsettling secrets are revealed that will make both men confront some harsh truths about the very different worlds they come from.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags Netherlands, shortfilms
Según Mateo
Mateo and his boyfriend, Marc, arrive home after a night out with Luke, a guy they've just met. After an argument, Mateo leaves the flat and bumps into Jon, a drug dealer they have called. Mateo convinces Jon to take him to his house where he discovers he can't feel anything if it's not through pain.
If a tree falls in a forest…
What is the reality of gays and lesbians when they reach a certain age? This is the testimony of those who had to remain silent, in front of a hostile environment, beginning in their own families and, in many cases, ended in jail. Carlos, Rosa, Eduardo and Ricardo explain the route that has marked their lives and how they face their present and future.
Thanks for Dancing
2016 Aspen Shortsfest: Audiene Award, Best Drama
2016 MiFo LGBT Film Festival, Miami: Best Short Film
Noruega, 2016, 19′
A lifelong relationship is coming to an end, as we follow two elderly men and former athletes the last winter they are living together.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags norway, shortfilms
The Night Cleaner
Canada, 2016, 5′
As the night cleaner in Canada's busiest gay bathhouse, Travis, with good humour he shyly takes us on an amusing and sometimes harrowing tour through his nightly duties.
The Women's Bathroom Project
A short conversation with a transwoman has a profound impact on young Mel. This is our response to the Trump Administration's rescission of the rights of transgender students across America.
Tunnel of colors
Euskadi, 2016, 11′
Miren is preparing her wedding. One day she meets an old friend from university. An encounter that will lead to know herself.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags euskadi, shortfilms
Venus – Filly the lesbian little Fairy
Brazil, 2017, 6′
From the foam of the sea, fertilized by the blood of the sky, was born Venus, enchanting goddess. In the animated fairy tale Filly,a lesbian fairy tale with nimble fingers, seduces women by day, dressed as boy. But at night something strange happens and soon half the population of Whitsitt Village are eagerly queuing up.
Alex and Hugo are a young couple who are together for 6 months. One Friday night, when Hugo is at Alex's apartment some issues about the sexual roles will be discussed. What it seemed a simple argument, it ends up by bringing to light some very important issues about the necessary basis for a working relationship.
Victoria Rosana Maite
Chile, 2016, 25′
When a Catholic school humiliates the daughter of two mothers, Victoria (45) and Rosana (42), they both enter into a couple crisis because of their opposing visions of justice and privacy.
Categories 2017 FILMS Tags Chile, shortfilms
Virgin Territory
Virgin Territory is sex-positive, queer, and questioning coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who decides to have sex for the first time in commencement of her journey of sexual exploration.
Laura is a self-confident young woman, a member of the new "Me Me Me Generation", also known as "Generation Y". Spoilt for choice by life's abundance of options, Laura has lost track of her own aims and ideals. She's always looking for something, she just doesn't know what. One night she meets Safi, who has fled her homeland. The encounter gives Laura food for thought.
2 September, 2017 18 September, 2016 by
France, 2016, 25′
Martin is seventeen and films his daily life with his Hi8 camera. He films everything and anything, his room, the world around him. Never his father. He does not think about it. One day he meets Dominique. He is twenty-three and is a pawn in his high school.
Alfa Méndez Cuban gay porn actor who has to face the challenge of returning to a film set without Yerry, his sentimental and artistic partner for years. On his first day of shooting without him, Alfa tries to act as in the past but things cannot be like before.
AMORE PROSSIMO (NEXT LOVE)
Awards: Audience Award for Best International Short at Rio Gender & Sexuality Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro
Italy, 2015, 14′
Salvatore and Giuliano train and play basketball in a park in the suburbs. After the sport they relax on the lawn while speaking of women and their own intimate desires. An intense conversation that will take the two friends on a unexpected direction.
Categories 2016 FILMS Tags italy, shortfilms
BADERECH HAZARA (ON THE WAY BACK)
While on a trip to an isolated waterfall, Aviv decides to express his secret to his best friend, Barak, a secret that he has been hiding for a long time. The way back home will never be the same again.
CELUI QUI A DEUX ÂMES (HE WHO HAS TWO SOULS)
They called him "He who has two souls". He was beautiful like a woman, and he was handsome like a man. He hesitated…
The planned Daddy-Son-Afternoon turns into a conversation about male role models – until the roles getting fixed again.
DAESH GIRL
Saudi Arabia, USA, 2016, 11′
A compelling story of love, death, and sacrifice, set against a backdrop of war, hatred, and intolerance, in one of the world's most troubled regions.Daesh Girl tells the story of Sarah, a young woman drawn into a world of violence and treachery when her friend, Noorah, is abducted by Daesh and forced into servitude. The necessity of freeing Noorah forces Sarah to concoct a desperate scheme which will put her in the greatest possible danger, as she goes undercover to infiltrate one of the world's most ruthless and deadly extremist groups, with the aim of freeing her friend and killing her captors.
Categories 2016 FILMS Tags saudi arabia, shortfilms, USA
Cara has something important to tell her grandfather, and she's worried he might find it a bit shocking. But ol'Gramps has some surprises for Cara, too.
Categories 2016 FILMS Tags austràlia, shortfilms
DE VUELTA (BACK AGAIN)
Alex returns to his village with Jordi, after a while, in order to celebrate San Juan night. However, due to a summer storm, they have to shelter in an old abandoned house where both played when they were children. In there, some conflicts of the past will turn up.
EICH LIHIYOT LEVAD (HOW TO BE ALONE)
Awards: Best Israeli Short Film Tel Aviv FilmFest 2016
Listen to me: there is life without love. Loneliness is the soul's forgotten desire. You don't need anyone. Don't search, don't hope, don't dream; and only then, perhaps, you too will learn how to be alone.
EL TÚNEL (THE TUNNEL)
Laura. Sofia. A car wash tunnel. Is there a way out?
G. O'CLOCK
G O'Clock is the groundbreaking new film about the unseen world of house music, muscles, drugs and sex. This is London's booming gay chemsex scene. After being called out to an emergency, a gay paramedic named Alex saves the life of a young boy who has overdosed on GHB.
Even though this is a daily scenario for Alex, he leads a double life as a frequent sex party reveller. He believes his medical knowledge and responsible party habits are enough to keep him safe from the dangers of the chemsex world. That is until he arrives at a chillout and meets Nik, a sexy, young Spanish boy whom he takes under his wing.
Alex is about to learn that when it comes to chemsex, arrogance can be just as dangerous as naiveté…
GABBER LOVER
Awards: Cannes Palm Queer 2016
Nerac, France, early 2000s. Laurie and Mila, 13 years old, are dancing gabber next to a remote lake. Mila is in love with Laurie and tries to tell her. Troubled by her declaration, Laurie reacts violently. Mila runs away. Laurie sets out to find her.
HOUSE NOT HOME
A firsthand account of Terran, an African American gender fluid teenager navigating bullying, violence and rejection from their father and peers before finding their courage and voice to come out.
To Leelah Alcorn (1997-2014) who said:"The only way I will rest in peace is if one day transgender people aren't treated the way I was (…) Gender needs to be talked about in schools, the earlier the better. My death needs to mean something."
Spain, Catalonia, 2014, 7′
The Iron Woman, The Black Woman with a Golden Heart, Jesusa, the Rose Woman, The Calm Woman, and Esperanza Constitución. All of them are The Candidate: Six stories, six worlds, six voices, six women willing to say what they think and offer the best of them and to be themselves if you vote for them.
Categories 2016 FILMS Tags catalonia, shortfilms, spain
LA ORQUÍDEA
A man has something important to tell his son, but can only get through to his voicemail.
Christian is on vacation with his family: wife and son. One day he meets Luca, an old friend, at the bar on the beach. This face emerged from the past bothers Christian: Luca asks Christian to restart a game interrupted many years ago…
LETARGO (LETHARGY)
Alex is a boy who has just broken up with Marc, his partner for several years. In a cold winter nights, their dog sickens and Alex brings him to the hospital. This situation forces Marc and Alex to meet again in a long night in which everything that seemed asleep awakens.
Awards: 'Best Film' and 'Best Actress'(2015) De Ronde Venen Open Film Festival Vinkeveen,
Honorable Mention Noordelijk Film Festival Leeuwarden
Holland, 2015, 20′
Nasser is a 13-year-old Dutch girl from Moroccan descent named Nassira. Her friends call her Nasser because she feels different than other girls. When Nassira has her first period, her mother thinks it is time for her to behave like a young woman. But Nassira struggles with the expectations and her identity crisis.
Categories 2016 FILMS Tags holland, shortfilms
OH-BE-JOYFUL
Rita is about to kick the bucket, but before she does she's got one final job to do: drag her granddaughter out of the closet.
Innocence, sex and lust converge to tell the story of Guille, a teenager who seeks himself through others.
After a lifetime together, an elderly couple prepare to say goodbye.
PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE
The insecure Amitai finally gets invited to the appartment of the desirable Aitan. But when Aitan reveals his special secret to Amitai, the tabels turn and the dominant becomes the submissive.
Jesse Ritter has been living with a secret. What begins as a quiet evening of driving for Pick Up (the latest car service to share the road with Uber and Lyft), turns into a life changing journey filled with conversations about life, sex, stigma, and guilt, as Jesse falls for one of his passengers and is forced to confess the truth.
PINK BOY
Awards: Grand Jury Award for Best Short DOC NYC Winner, Jury Award for Best Documentary Palm Springs
BJ, a butch lesbian, successfully avoided dresses her entire life until she and her partner Sherrie adopted Jeffrey, who starts to dance in gowns and perform for his parents. Now that six-year-old Jeffrey wishes to dress up in public, BJ must navigate where it is safe for him in conservative rural Florida.
PONY TALE
Israel/Palestina (The West Bank, Palestinian National Authority), 2016, 9′
17 years old Adva is trapped in a never ending life circle between fantasy and reality. Surviving the religion life style through a fantasy life she created. Adva goes on a night journey from her life in the West Bank settlement in order to fulfill her fantasy- to kiss a girl and fuck her with her back to the wall of a club's bathroom.
She is unfamiliar with Tel-Aviv's night life and has no idea what to expect, but she is eager to fulfill the fantasy. She is hitchhiking her way to Tel-Aviv, changes her religious appearance and puts on her alter identity…
Categories 2016 FILMS Tags israel, palestina, shortfilms
PORQUE NO (BECAUSE)
Victoria and Paula are going to a wedding party near Bogotá, but an unsolved conversation is waiting for them.
Categories 2016 FILMS Tags colòmbia, shortfilms
POSHIDA (HIDDEN LGBT PAKISTAN)
Pakistan, 2016, 29′
This first-of-it's-kind independent documentary follows hidden LGBT individuals and communities in Pakistan. Travelling across the country, Poshida delves into the history and modern culture of LGBT Pakistan providing a deep insight into this hidden world.
The film examines sexuality and gender identities in south Asia and discusses colonialism, religion, class and the influence of US foreign policy.
It also spotlights the role of the Pakistani media in the case of the Lahori serial killer of 2014 and human rights abuses of transgender men and women for entertainment.
Categories 2016 FILMS Tags pakistan, shortfilms
¿QUIÉN MATÓ A LA SRA. AIBOFSNART?
Spain/Catalonia, 2015, 10′
Three women are suspect of murder, but all of them have the perfect alibi. Who is Ms. Aibofsnart?
RYANS
22 October. International Day of Action for Trans Depathologization 2016
A trans woman goes on a blind date with a man with the same name as her ex…
Rain Valdez kept her gender identity secret for years in Hollywood. Now, she's out, and ready to finally represent her community in her favorite film genre: the comedy.
"The transgender movement may be making headlines, but our rich history is often overlooked," Ernst said in a press release. "Transgender people have always existed, and have lived many different lives. These stories show us just how important it is to share our histories.
SHE AND I
She and I, sitting on a top of a car in a middle of a big green field. She smokes a cigarette, I stare at the view. She cuts photos out of a magazine, I stare at the view…
SIGN is a short film that tells, through vignettes, music, and sign language, the story of a relationship between Ben, a hearing man, and Aaron, who is deaf.
SIXTH GRADE SLOW DANCE
Amit (12) finds out that Noam (12) is going to a different junior high than they'd agree on. Amit wonders if he could win back his secret crush and for once dace with someone he loves.
SORCIÈRE QUEER (QUEER WITCH)
Portrait of a two headed monster.
SPUNKLE
A man contemplates fatherhood when his older sister and her free-spirited wife ask him to be their sperm donor.
TAYELET (BOARDWALK)
A steamy date on the beach take a rough turn after an homophobic threat.
YOM EHAD BAKAEITZ (ONE SUMMER'S DAY)
17-year-old Zohar, meets her good friend Noam at an isolated waterfall, their usual spot, for the last time before Noam is about to run away from home. The closer they are to saying goodbye, Zohar refuses to come to terms with the situation and tries to stay close to her.
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Czech Republic, 2015, 7′
As two girls wait to be picked up at the train station, one girl finds that she is unable to let go of an end of a trip she wishes were only the beginning.
Categories 2015 FILMS Tags shortfilms
A QUI LA FAUTE
France, 2015, 19'
It's summertime and a troop of young girls are headed to scout camp. For Marie and Lise, it is a time for their first sparks of emotion, a time to learn more about desire and how one confronts a group and their morality.
A young man's quest for love exposes him to an experience he may not be ready for.
Germany, 2014, 8'
During a military exercise in the woods, two soldiers cover each other's faces in camouflage paint. In such a delicate situation, in which every trembling of the finger is perceivable, Max tries to find out the truth about Christian.
CAMP BELVIDERE
The journey and evolution of a friendship between two women at a time when their rapport would have been unlikely.
Carina is 8 years-old and loves rock & roll. Her life changes when she thinks that her new teacher is the same woman who has seen in her father's erotic magazine.
Trevor's life has become a void, following the passing of his wife and long term companion, Doris. A chance encounter in the park with a mysterious stranger equally troubled by his own dark past jarringly reawakens him, and forces both men to once again start to live.
CUARTO DE HOTEL
Mexico, 2015, 10'
One night, Paul finally decides to hire Diana, a transvestite prostitute who spent several days observing. Pablo takes Diana to a hotel room with a very different intention from the majority of customers order, unaware that his life is about to turn.
DRAGEN (THE KITE)
A kite reunites two lovers after a 10-year separation.
EIGENWILLIGE MISS M.
Germany, 2015, 17'
Since Annie, 12, moved in with her father, she constantly tells wild stories about her pussy. Her father Andreas slowly despairs, his boss is shocked, the social worker is crestfallen. Why does she do this?
ENJOY THE DRAMA
Girl walks into the House of the Past and sets free a collage of memories, without fearing the pain nor the joy it awakens.
United Kingdom / Australia, 2014, 12′
An elderly woman has a vision of Jesus in the trunks of her swimming partner.
FROM HIM
Oren is a young dancer who is dealing with the loss of the person closest to him, the one he loved. He is trying to find closure while dealing with the prejudice and the accusations thrown at him.
HEAVENLY PEACE
USA, 2014, 5'
An estranged gay couple is visited by a mischievously manipulative cupid just in time for Christmas – based on a comic by Ralf König.
HIDE YOUR EYES
Anabel invites her ex girlfriend, Hanna, to come see her new apartment with the hope of getting her back. The day arrives and Hanna rings the doorbell…
Do you believe in Horoscope? Marta and Marina have just met today and they spent the night together. Both have very different positions on the horoscope…
IMMAGINARE T
Italy, 2015, 18'
Two people, two imaginaries, two parallel universes, unconsciously attracted to each other because of the mutual usage of testosterone. Andreas is transitioning from female to male. Gea is experimenting her fluid gender identity.
INTERNAL BODY SHOTS
"Tell me one of your memories, maybe your first memory of your body or your cock."
Hans, Can, Grete and Coco meet for a chat about physicality, in order to get to know each other and exchange experiences. An experimental conversation about gender norms, genitalia and the body within, the one you only see once you got to know someone.
After many years of absence, Lupe returns to her community. The reunion with Rosalia, her best friend from childhood, and the letter she wrote when said goodbye, changes the course of their lives. Love emerges more strongly.
LAZZARO VIENI FUORI
A gay themed short dramedy about a hide-gay priest who lives a feud/love for a ostentatious gay guy who pops into his church.
LIFE IN COLORS
Life in Colors' follows a few brief moments in the lives of two women from the United Kingdom in the 1940's, it takes us on a journey of their passion, love and desire to be together in a world that is against that love.
Cuba, 2013, 16'
In the beach, Camellia plans to celebrate its son's Ángel birthday that, having in count its father's accidental disappearance, it escapes. Forced to undertake his search, Camellia confronts the family failure.
MUCHACHO EN LA BARRA SE MASTURBA CON RABIA Y OSADÍA
Dance and prostitution in the body of Jonathan play the same role, virtuosity, desire, art and sex intermingle to give coherence to a life form that is many answers to a few questions. Thread that unites opposites and contradictions. Answers, painful at times, as all truths.
OGLAN (THE BOY)
Turkey, 2015, 7'
The mother kills her son who is gay. Some moments of the boy from his social life are seen: In the university, cafeteria and car. Beautiful scene inside a car wash.
P*TO (F*GGOT)
This is Arturo´s tale, a coming of age story about a boy who tries to find and accept his sexual identity. It´s located in the small city of Zacatecas during the 90´s, and explores the stigma the homosexual community lived during the HIV crisis.
RAISING RYLAND
USA, 2015, 14'
Ryland Whittington, a tomboy Age 6. For transgender youth, the difference between family support and rejection is a matter of life and death. According to a survey conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality, the rate of suicide attempt among transgender people is 41%.
Sweat released through the skin pores, as a result of existence.
THE FIRST SESSION
Two women get some relationship advice with the help of an unconventional therapist and the power of the mango.
THE NEXT STOP
A forty-something Brooklyn man rebounds from a long-term relationship with a closeted man by hooking up with a 23 year-old rugby player he meets on a sex app.
THE RASPBERRY REICH GR
Greece, 2015, 9'
Plagiarism is essential, progress implies it. It is the year 2014 Greece is under the shadow of Antonis Samaras. Things are looking grim for LGBT rights until a small group of gay men decide to take matters into their own hands.
TOM IN AMERICA
USA-Brazil, 2014, 16'
For 50 years, Michael and Betty have been united by one guiding principle: no secrets. But when a provocative Tom of Finland doll triggers Michael's long-buried desires, Betty discovers that secrets have been part of their life all along.
Girls play with dolls and boys love sports, right? This film takes a look at what happens when those stereotypes are called into question.
TRÉMULO
Carlos sweeps and mops the floors of an old barber shop scent. One Saturday morning, on the eve of September 16, between clients, Julio, as young as he appears, but professional soldier. Their eyes cross and closing time July return for Carlos, who will open the door. Tonight's dinner will together, talking, tweaking the haircut of July, and even dancing with the awareness that this meeting, perhaps love, be brief and unrepeatable because when morning comes, after the military parade, Julio depart for the border.
UNA PARED
A young man attracted to an old composer, works as builder in his house as a pretext to be close to him, but the only chance he has to come closer is the moment of the musician's death, and the young man has to dress him. Frustrated by the uselessness of his work, the young man renounces to his profession.
United Kingdom, 2015, 24'
Battling with his own inner demons, Jonathan, played by Australian talent Jaxon Radoc, is taken to an elite swimming academy deep in the English countryside by his soon to be step-mother, kept away from her upcoming wedding to his father. At the academy, Jonathan struggles to find his place among the group, he may be a top athlete in his field, but when it comes to the small world of Lakeside, swimming, sex and chauvinism combine to create something explosive and the potential for something very dangerous.
Spain, 2014, 4'
Waiting is a tale of oppositions. Day and night. Passion and lust entwined with pain and heartbreak. The beginning, the end. It's a reflection of different moments within a relationship. The protagonist waits in desperation tormenting her thoughts as the minutes tick by and her partner fails to return.
WHEN I GET HOME
In downtown Havana, Tomás and Luis built a home in their own terms – Beatles' posters share the space with a pet chicken and a dog. Daily tasks generate a singular choreography between both men inside their own territories, introducing the couple just days before their 28th anniversary.
Euskadi, 2015, 3'
The sound and fury of the skin,
flicking like a flag
low flow assaults!
ZERCH
Mexico, 2015, 7'
Zerch asks his boyfriend Cano to do something terrible for him. Cano, driven by an excessive love, agrees without knowing he is about to sacrifice more than he imagined.
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