LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - July 22/23 event
New Releases
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LGBT, Short Films
See the Full Lineup of Films:
LOVE ME LEX, 27min., Australia, Web Series
Directed by Sanja Katich
Work, children, family, friends, more work... Lex
Adamson is in her mid-40s and doing it all - but
without that special someone by her side. The
modern world is tough. Forget about finding time
for love when it’s hard enough to sit still and take
a deep breath! Does Lex have a fighting chance of
finding her One? Is there actually a dating pool, or
is she just playing in a muddy puddle? Then Lex
meets the perfect woman in ’off-limits’ Kat, just as
her ex, Miranda, arrives back in town determined to
win her back. Lex must now decide whether to stay
with the woman who broke her heart,or break her
own rules to be with the woman she loves
http://lovemelex.com/
https://www.instagram.com/lovemelex_series
https://www.facebook.com/lovemelex.com
https://www.twitter.com/lovemelexseries
No One Knows I'm A Dog On The Internet, 3min., USA, Animation
Directed by Nate King
"No One Knows I'm A Dog On The Internet" explores digital taboos, kink subculture, and ideas of privacy in an age of twitter porn and onlyfans. Referencing the 1993 New Yorker cartoon by Peter Steiner, King performs and composites an online identity of puppy play, a popular underground kink expression in LGBTQ+ spaces. King questions if we are able to share ourselves online while still retaining a sense of privacy. Despite being out as a gay and queer man over a decade and having explored pup play and other kink for years, King highlights a his own self-consciousness toward others finding out about his sex life. The piece is a way to unabashedly claim that space and recon with his own self judgments.
http://www.nathan-andrew.com/
https://www.instagram.com/king_final.mov
FIRST POSITION, 5min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Mallory Clarke
A person who hates all their clothes struggles to decide what to wear to a house party. At the party they see their ex-it’s-complicated with a new partner. A tense interaction sparks a nascent lifestyle change.
https://twitter.com/malsclarke
https://instagram.com/mallorysclarke
The Art of Making The Simple, Complicated., 15min., Mexico
Directed Karla Enriqueta Noriega, Maria Jose Noriega
Makos, a full grown adult, is visited by her mother from Mexico. She has to decide if is time to come out of the closet, after almost 30 years in secrecy.
https://www.luckytwinsfilms.com/
https://instagram.com/luckytwinsfilms
LIKE SON, LIKE FATHER, 17min., USA
Directed by Mark Bethea
15-year-old Harry came out as gay via a YouTube video while his Army Ranger father was deployed in Afghanistan. Upon his return, Father and Son have a heart-to-heart talk at the beach where the father reveals a secret of his own...
ONCE I PASSED, 10min., Germany, Poem
Directed by Martin Gerigk
Walt Whitman is one of the most important poets in American literature. His main work, Leaves of Grass, was written over a period of forty years, and describes human nature, society, and the natural world, both physically and philosophically.
http://www.martin-gerigk.de/
https://www.facebook.com/martin.gerigk.792/
TWO OF US, 18min., Taiwan, Drama
Directed by Eddie Chen
Han, who left Tainan for a decade, returned to join high school reunion. After few drinks, they were bounded as usual. Han kissed his best friend Yuan, who were married to his wife. However by cherishing the friendship between, Yuan kissed Han back, but they both knew that they could only stay as friend. By the dawn, they said goodbye and went back to their daily life.
WHAT I NEED, 13min., Romance
Directed by Jake Skrok
Two lifelong friends try to reconnect a year after breaking up. But on their snack run for one who is now pregnant and married they find there are still feelings between them.
https://www.instagram.com/whatineed_short
DON'T TURN OFF THE GHOST LIGHT, 11min,. Horror
Directed by Allisyn Snyder
Every stage actor knows the old theatre lore. At night, after rehearsal, after the show, you leave the ghost light on - or else.
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