Short Films
For decades, LGBTQ+ film festivals have offered amazing short films that rarely have a chance to break out to larger audiences. We're deeply proud of the fact that we have one of the largest collections of gay-themed short films anywhere in the world. Scour out selection below and take a chance on some emerging talents in the gay film world.
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Uninhabitable Ones
Movie + 1 extra
A contemporary dance company is about to debut The Uninhabitable Ones (Inabitáveis), its newest performance that addresses black homosexuality as its theme. Running parallel to the rehearsals, the choreographer builds a friendship with Pedro, a black boy who doesn't identify as a boy.
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Swingin'
Movie + 1 extra
When sixth-grader Qiu starts getting bullied in school for having two gay dads, he takes action to prove to the world that, unlike his parents, he is straight and manly. Meanwhile, his stepfather, a flamboyant trumpet player, must confront his own nightmares of childhood bullying before he can pr...
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So Close Away
Movie + 1 extra
Based on true events that made major headlines in Bulgaria, this intense thirty-minute short film, shot in stark black and white by director Dimitris Georgiev, follows two criminals as they attempt to break out of prison. One of them is seeking revenge, the other is following his heart.
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The Long Ride
Movie
Zack is an up-and-coming actor with lots of talent, but very little luck. After a long and uncomfortable day, all he wants to do is relax on his long train ride home. Determined to get a seat, he decides to “make a scene.” 'The Long Ride' is a clever short film about a fake break-up turned all to...
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Freefall
Movie + 1 extra
After Ivan is diagnosed with ALS, his relationship with his boyfriend Lucas becomes challenged – especially when he begins to lose control over his own body. 'Freefall' is a moving new twenty-minute tearjerker from visually gifted short filmmaker Krit Komkrichwarakool (Plantonic).
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The Short Films of Manu Roma
1 season
Get to know the work of up-and-coming Spanish filmmaker Manu Roma with these three electrifying short films. 'The Virgins' follows two inexperienced men who must take over acting roles in a gay short film. 'Bones' follows a 20-year-old who is obsessed with losing weight and his virginity. Finally...
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The Swimming Trunks
Movie
During a seaside vacation, ten-year-old Remi finds himself becoming increasingly fascinated by Stephane, the father of one of his friends. This confusing new feeling proves quite powerful. Nobody seems to know what Remi is going through...least of all his handsome new crush.
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Eyeshadow
Movie + 1 extra
Mirna and Pablo start a friendship framed in reflections about identity, loneliness and death during the 1990s in Chile. From writer-director Manu Morales Contreras, Sombra De Ojos is a story about fellowship and the HIV/AIDS crisis inspired by the literary works of Pedro Lemebel.
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Ticking Boxes
Movie + 1 extra
Matt, a stereotypical hetero cis white male, feels he has life figured out. All he has to do is keep following the status quo. This all changes, however, when he meets Ryan and the illusion of his idyllic life begins to crumble. Ticking Boxes is a tense new nine-minute short film from director Ro...
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Let's Meet Again At The End Of The World
Movie + 1 extra
After a year apart, hopeless romantic Adam runs into his ex-boyfriend during a seaside vacation. Thoughtlessly entangling himself in a week-long romance, Adam must decide whether to rekindle their flame or break free from the tumultuous relationship once and for all.
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The PhD
Movie + 1 extra
A romantic dinner turns into a ludicrous disaster when Bruno, an anxious psychology student, has to lie to his control-freak boyfriend about what really happened during his PhD's entrance interview earlier that day. A short, 20-minute comedy-drama from French director Maxime S. Girard.
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Mary
Movie + 1 extra
Single, thirty-something Aaron abruptly wakes when Jane, his sister, arrives early to help finish packing their deceased mother's home. He scrambles to hide the evidence of his wild night. When his one-night-stand turns up on their doorstep a few hours later, long held grievances are brought to t...
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Come Back My Love
Movie
A short horror/fantasy film from Lebanese writer-director Ralf Bou Chaya, 'Come Back My Love' follows a man who has been tortured by grief ever since the disappearance of his lover. To cope with this intolerable loss, he starts acting out in increasingly self-destructive ways - seeking in others ...