METAMORPHOSIS, 10min,. South Africa, Drama
Directed by Iban Bester, Roelof Hayward
A coming out story: A young gay man named Lerato is struggling to become intimate with his boyfriend Jaden, due to feelings of gay shame. One night after a romantic picnic Lerato and Jaden try to become intimate wi...

CARTER, 14min., USA, Drama
Directed by Aaron Guest
A lonesome 16-year-old investigates his older brother’s ultra-masculine facade and the role it plays within their troubled family.

Director Statement

In a time when many are attempting to silence LGBTQ+ youth, CARTER seeks to influence a world ...

NO FATS. NO FEMMES. NO ASIANS., 23min., USA, Comedy/Relationships
Directed by Adam Razavi, Willa Rydall
When Eli and his longtime boyfriend break up, Eli starts to realize the parts of himself he was hiding to appeal to his relationship. Namely, his femininity.

https://instagram.com/fatsfemmesas...

LIE NEXT TO ME, 12min., USA, Drama/Romance
Directed by David Legel
A polyamorous couple finds their marriage called into question after their loyalty to each other is tested by diverging expectations.

Inspired by a true story, “Lie Next to Me” is a melancholic relationship drama that deals with ...

EXIST, 4min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Niaz Parvaresh
Power of sorrow that guide you to exist .

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FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEEN, 64min., Canada, Documentary
Directed by Laura Lynn O'Grady
It's hard to be a superstar when you have a midnight frontline shift to show up for. Francheska: Prairie Queen follows the journey of Filipino care worker Francis (Kiko) Yutrago, as he tries to achieve drag star...

A Better Place is an in depth look at the toxic legacy of British colonial-era laws, which criminalise consensual same-sex love, while at the same time allowing perpetrators of sexual violence to go unpunished. More than 70 countries still criminalise gay sex. In over 30, rape within marriage is ...

CHICKEN, 18min., Australia, Horror
Directed by Reilly Johnson
After being entranced by an advert for BBQ chicken, Hungry Man (Connor Ambrose), sets out to fulfil his consumeristic desires in an effort to rid himself of a recurring nightmare featuring a torturous spinning meat hook. But it may jus...

MEANS TO AN END, 11min., New Zealand, Horror
Directed by Tanya Wheeler
A sexy young woman seeks out married men to seduce in a bar in an effort to get pregnant, but her intentions for the baby are unexpected.

Director Statement
Horror from a female perspective can be disturbing. When I wrote thi...

FINGER, 12min., USA, Horror
Directed by Joe Lueben
A mysterious woman appears at a father's home seeking recompense for a long-buried transgression. But she doesn't want money—she wants one of his fingers.

GNAW, 7min., Canada, Horror
Directed by Rosalee Yagihara
As romantic tensions consume Cote and her girlfriend, a pesky hangnail triggers a downward spiral into obsession.

Director Statement

For me 'Gnaw' resonates as a story about how women can be so hard on ourselves and our bodies, as well as...

PROS AND CONS, 17min., UK, Thriller
Directed by Robert Vassie
A group of con artists, betrayed by one of their own during a recent sting, take refuge in their warehouse lair while attempting to force the traitor to reveal the location of the loot. However, the leader of the team, Alice, seems mor...

STRANGE WATERS, 16min,. UK, Thriller
Directed by Andy McLeod
Four strangers. A remote fort out at sea. A private party with an absent host. The tale of four soldiers who jumped to their death. Was it the isolation or some thing else? Will the fort claim it’s next victims or can they all survive u...

MOTHER'S LOVE, 10min., Puerto Rico, Thriller
Directed by Pedro Silva
A young man breaks into a house without imagining that a mother's love will change his life.

Director Statement

From a young age, cinema has been one of my greatest passions. Watching movies and dreaming that one day I would m...

FOLLOW THE ARROW, 13min., France, Crime/Thriller
Directed by Marc Saez
A man, a Woman, a hunt

https://suivezlafleche.jimdo.com/

Get to know the filmmaker:

.1. What motivated you to make this film?

I wanted to make a film about art, passion, sensuality. Also dealing with deceptive appearanc...

THE CAPTAIN'S HEART, 94min., Denmark, Adventure Documentary
Directed by Simon Bang
The director sets out to understand his maternal grandfather, the late Captain Goth (1893-1966). In the process, he had to recreate the ship that was the Captain’s life and great love. Through interviews with his r...

RUMINATION, 3min., Canada, Animation
Directed by Ashleigh Vaillancourt
A woman's decent into the depths of her mind culminates in a revelation.

Get to know the filmmaker:

1. What motivated you to make this film?

The inspiration behind this film is very personal. I wrote the concept for the fi...

GONE WITH THE WING, 16min., Australia, Documentary
Directed by Andrew Englisch, Hamish Pattison
From renowned adventure filmmakers Safari Productions and cinematographer Hamish Pattison comes Andrew Englisch’s world first attempt to cross treacherous Bass Strait on his Wing Foil. A stunning, inti...

CLASSIFIED, 9min., USA, Action/Horror
Directed by Kevin McMahon
An elite group of soldiers go on mission to rescue missing comrades but when they enter the abandoned power plant they soon find that an evil presence is behind the disappearances and the fighters find themselves against an enemy the...

DOOR, 5min., Poland, Drama
Directed by Ma?gorzata Juchnik
A woman tries to reach out little girl who keeps disappearing. Door is an attempt to capture the feeling of longing in a dream-like narrative. Shot in classic style, black and white movie starring Sandra Korzeniak and Gaja Dravnel.

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THE DESERT KING, 16min,. USA, Action/Adventure
Directed by Lev Mergian
While hiking in the desert, a young woman meets an eccentric character who has resigned himself to a life of solitude in the wilderness, and stays to explore the imaginary kingdom he rules.

https://www.facebook.com/thedesert...

SCUMBLING, 30min., USA, Drama
Directed by Lynn Blackwell Denton
In 1965 an aspiring artist returns to her parents' home following psychiatric treatment. Her returning demons, the relationship with her mother, even the family dog - all play a role as Anne attempts to connect her emotional state wi...

THREE SISTERS, 3min., USA, Experimental/Dance
Directed by Lenny Gonzalez
A non-narrative short film about the 2019 Hong Kong protests that explores three archetypes engaged in the conflict.

Director Statement
I decided to make my first film Three Sisters in response to the 2019 Hong Kong protest...

HOUSE OF THE UNHOLY, 15min., USA, Fantasy/Action
Directed by Daniel Merlot
A blood thirsty Princess hunts down the last of the Indigo Elders for the immortal elixir inside his heart that will grant her the power to reign over the Kingdom for an Eternity!

http://www.houseoftheunholy.com/
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