LGBTQ+ Shorts Festival - Jan. 13/14 event
Drama, Independent, Short Films, Romance
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COPI, 19min., Brazil, Drama
Directed by André Gevaerd
Renê, 35-year-old, is a Brazilian night hotel receptionist and complements his income with side jobs in order to pay for his 6-year-old son's pension. Copi, 41-year-old, is an amateur, Argentinian artist who makes her living out of Balneário Camboriú night life as a travestite. Their path intersects and an unlikely friendship is born as quickly as it is interrupted.
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YANNIS, 9min., Australia, Drama
Directed by James Elazzi
Yannis, a first-generation Greek/ Lebanese Australian older teenager has been rejected by his family for being gay and now lives under a bridge, working the local beats as a sex-worker. Omar, his best friend, once in the same situation as Yannis, is now determined to better his life and begins to pull away. A portrait of culture, sexuality and isolation asks; Where do we find refuge when the world seems to have forgotten us?
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THE SIGNAL, 12min., France, Romance
Directed by Haichuan Xu
Two teenage boy accidentally shared their first intimate experience together in a summer afternoon.
GAY-ISH, 12min., USA, Romance
Directed by Michelle Askew
A young woman reevaluates her sexuality when she attends a college reunion party with her long time boyfriend... and an unrequited female love.