A TACO, 2min., Mexico
Directed by Antonio Rotunno
A young man walks through the streets of the city when a beggar child asks him for help to eat, will he help him or pass him by?

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THE COLORS OF BUSHWICK'S STREETS, 4min., USA
Directed by Jesus Zaldivar
Murals and graffiti became a certain feature of urban landscapes everywhere. New York City is one of them.

INTERLUDE, 1min., USA
Directed by Silvia A Malagrino
A poetic response to the inner experience of the passage of time.
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STRANGER, 5min., USA
Directed by Julia Hayden Fung
This film shows the experience of lost relationships through the eyes of a young girl. "Stranger" is a story of love, longing, and the regret through passing of time.

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ILLUSION, 5min., Poland
Directed by Jacek J?drzejczak
Illusion - distorted interpretation of existing external stimuli. They also occur in healthy people and is not a psychopathological symptom.

MEMORY DREAM MAN, 2min., USA
Directed by David H. Fein
A man caught between his memories and his dreams.

LUKI, 11min., Italy
Directed by Marta Bencich
A dive into the origin of LGBTQ activist Luki Massa, into her childhood in imaginative Baia’s surroundings, near Naples. A free spirit, a life in which a true boundary never existed between the mundane and the extraordinary.

BROKEN ART, 7min., USA
Directed by Ryan Powers
A man struggles to accept the one major flaw in his near-perfect relationship.

TWISTED GAZE, 19min., Mexico
Directed by David Sanchez V
Diego travels to Turkey, makes a layover in Dubai. There he suffers a series of abuses by authority, sexual and homophobic by the police and military. This leads to a ceaseless search of identity and an obscure social questioning — psycholo...

TOP STORY, 10min., USA
Directed by Erin Smith
For as long as Tali could remember, their boobs have been a burden. Approaching the date of their top surgery, Tali humorously reflects on what brought them to this point, how the decision has affected those closest to them and how they negotiate thei...

BORN CRYING (Nacimos Llorando), 21min., Dominican Republic
Directed by Fernando Cattori
"Nacimos Llorando" (Born Crying), is a musical short film featuring two original songs, "Llorar" and "Kintsugi” from Rubio’s new album Venus & Blue, the artistic experiment of renowned Chilean artist, multi-in...

FORSWORN, 8min., Australia
Directed by Courtney Wagner
Princess Ellora has some reservations about inheriting the throne. Her reservations are often quelled by her guard, Brynn, who promises to support her through even the toughest times. After Ellora's betrothal becomes imminent, the girls must ...

A WORLD OF MIRRORS, 8min., USA
Directed by Giuseppe Masi
Lorenzo struggles with the aftermath of coming out to his parents causing a downward spiral into the depth of self acceptance.

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ART AND PEP, 88min., USA
Directed by Mercedes Kane
Art Johnston took Pepe Peña home one night in 1972 and he never left. Together, they opened Sidetrack, a small bar that’s become a 16,000-foot pillar of Chicago’s gay business district. At Sidetrack, the community sings show tunes on a Sunday and...

A HOLIDAY I DO, 90min,. USA
Directed by Paul Schneider
Jane, a single mom, is the best (wo)man in her ex- husband’s Christmas wedding. She is navigating a holiday season with changing family dynamics when she inadvertently falls for Sue, the wedding planner. As the big day approaches, Jane needs ...

RISE LIKE A PHOENIX, 8min., UK
Directed by Carl Hunter
Rise like a Phoenix is a short, poetic documentary about Eurovision Song Contest fans. The film hears the intimate testimonies of what the contest means to them. The interviews are played over their black and white moving portraits hinting at...

DOGMA, 27min,. Columbia
Directed by Fernando García Arias
Lorena, a 45-year-old transgender person, a refugee in the Catholic religion, fasts for 9 days in search of her liberation and acceptance as a woman. In the process, she discovers that her deliverance is not in faith. A critique of social ...

FLOWERS, 20min., USA
Directed by Nicholas Hansell
Over a weekend in spring, a high school boy reconnects with an old friend and begins to discover what it really means to be in love.

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TRIPPING, 11min., USA
Directed by Amelia Xanthe Boscov
A flirty-butch, lesbian mom (Dot-Marie Jones - GLEE, BROS), goes on a road trip with her pregnant high schooler daughter in order to get an abortion at the nearest women’s health clinic.

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DADDY, 20min., USA
Directed by Jay Beckett
Rodrigo is an unstable, and materialistic queer man who falls madly in love with his sugar daddy. Rodrigo's best friend finds out that he is married to a woman and has a new born son. His world collapses along with his mind. Heartbroken and mentally dist...

ART AND LIFE: The Story of Jim Phillips, 90min.,
Directed by John Edward Makens
A pioneer of graphic art, Jim Phillips, known for his bold and visceral imagery, has left an indelible mark on the world of rock posters, surf, and skateboard art. Drawing inspiration from his life in Santa Cruz, Cal...

IMPOSSIBLE TOWN, 90min., USA
Directed by Scott Faris, Meg Griffiths
When her father dies unexpectedly, Dr. Ayne Amjad is thrust to the helm of a decades-long struggle to aid a southern West Virginia town beset by cancer-causing chemicals. Haunted by her late father’s mandate to “help others” at a...

BEFORE THE OIL, 11min., Netherlands
Directed by Roel Swierenga
Deep in the mountains in southern Norway Odd Kvinen runs a husky farm. Teaching about the energy transition from before the oil was found until the present day, about respect for nature and choices we have to make.

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GREAT OCEAN LOVE, 30min., Australia
Directed by Ella Bourne
Great Ocean Love is part documentary, part road-trippin’ surf flick that follows Belinda Baggs, Linley Hurrell, and Lilly Pollard on a journey of discovery along the Great Ocean Road. Centred around the teachings of Gunditjmara whale dre...