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MALL, 7min., Germany
Directed by Jerry Hoffman
The introverted Didi is out with his man dominated family in a Megastore. His hyper-masculine father Jörg is fully occupied with repressing the chaos of the other two boys, while Didi walks around alone to find himself in the toy section. The storage racks are sorted strictly by gender: boys toys on the one side, girls stuff on the other. But Didi only has eyes for one side of the racks. When the family finally wants to leave the store through the security gates, an alarm goes off! Didi secretly stole a mermaid doll. His father Jörg doesn’t think that this is funny at all. His son steals toys for girls now?

QINGREN, 10min., USA
Directed by Sean Patrick Higgins
A 19th century American Railroad Financier and Chinese Emigrant-Worker ensnare one another in a dance of interdependence, love, and guilt.

BONSOIR, 17min., France
Directed by Athina Gendry
Suzanne is a successful lawyer from Lyon. Skeptical of dating apps, she finally decides to go on her first date with Lucille. The two women meet in a bar on the slopes of La Croix-Rousse and get to know each other over a few amber Jenkins.

OUT OF PLACE, 13min., Brazil,
DIrected by Drica Czech, Laís Catalano Aranha
2018: Brazil's general election. Emotionally shaken by the possibility of Bolsonaro being elected, a young lesbian takes refuge in her family's farm. As she tries to understand why her mother spent the last days of her life alone in the old house, she is faced with revelations about her own story.

WORKWEAR, 5min., USA
Directed by Emily Everhard
A corporate consultant by day and a drag queen by night, Jebreel’s worlds collide as he prepares for a show and must answer to his demanding boss. A Columbia University short film.

EAT THE RAINBOW, 20min., USA
Directed Brian Benson
EAT THE RAINBOW is a musical fable about an odd yet kind man named Bayani who moves into a conservative suburban neighborhood and disrupts the otherwise comfortable homogeny. He doesn’t look or act like anyone else which causes fear and panic and eventually a demand for him to leave the neighborhood. Cousin Wonderlette befriends Bayani and together they take on the opposition led by manipulative and unscrupulous realtor Lobelia Gerber.