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Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival

Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival

Formerly known as The Boston LGBT Film Festival...

Friday, 05 April 2024 until Sunday, 14 April 2024

WICKED QUEER: The Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival is the fourth oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in North America and it is largest LGBTQ+ media event in New England. Founded in 1984 by film programmer George Mansour, the festival has been hosted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston since the early nineties. In 2009 the festival expanded to include screenings at the Brattle Theatre in iconic Harvard Square, Cambridge, the Fenway Health Center on Boylston Street in Boston, and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Our mission is to build community and to celebrate Queer storytelling and filmmaking through the uplifting of voices and stories not yet heard and to present and preserve the vibrancy of our histories. In 2023 the festival screened over 150 films in 39 programs throughout the month of April.

The festival holds Juried awards for Best Feature, Narrative and Best Feature, Documentary. We also have audience awards for Best Narrative Feature, Best Feature Documentary, and Best in Show Short Film.


 

2024 films...

(Trans)portation - Transgender Stories

EW

3 min 

A hand processed camera roll film meditating on gender and hair.

DIRECTOR

Claire Maske, Tati Chavitage

COUNTRY

United States

Code Switch

5 min 

Codeswitch follows a Black trans person as they navigate the barbershop, illuminating the complexity and dynamism of gender expression.

DIRECTOR

Davis Alexander James & Micah Lyric Borneo

COUNTRY

United States

Scaring Women At Night

11 min 

Two strangers are scared on a late walk home. As they try to escape one another, their worlds collide at an intersection forcing them to question who they're afraid of and why.

DIRECTOR

Karimah Zakia Issa

COUNTRY

Canada

Unnamed

13 min 

Zainab is a successful girl who supports her family financially, but considers herself a boy in spirit, and now she has decided to undergo gender transition, but in addition to her family's opposition and the society's inappropriate view of this issue, she has more difficulties There is something more important to come. she, who played in the country's national volleyball team for a while and is now in the Bartar league, if she does this, she will be removed from professional volleyball forever due to her short stature compared to men, and not only will she lose her professional future, but also her livelihood and her family who are under her care will be in trouble.

DIRECTOR

Iranmehr - Salimi

COUNTRY

Iran

My Dear

15 min 

Jia-Lin is a transgender theatre actress who plays the role of a mother in a classic play. One day, her adopted son, Yu, was released from the Juvenile Detention House and settled down with Jia-Lin and Jia-Lin's mother, but the family issue arose between the three as the play continued playing on the stage.

DIRECTOR

Hsin-Hui Huang

COUNTRY

Taiwan

The Sketch

9 min 

Arriving in Paris, I start learning two languages, French and drawing. In an artist's studio, I meet Linda Demorrir, a live model. Like me, she is transgender and an immigrant. As I draft her outlines, it is also myself that I learn to draw.

DIRECTOR

Tomas Cali

COUNTRY

France

Robin

14 min 

A teenager, unwillingly cast as the male lead in a coming-of-age film, runs away in search of their real identity. In accepting help from those around them, they begin to discover who they are while charting a path forward.

DIRECTOR

Tris Arthur

COUNTRY

United States

The Robbers

16 min 

Three trans women meet in a country house to plan a robbery. The trick of the heist is that, in order to create a false trail, they disguise themselves as men. While they share everyday life as a well-established team and lovers, they practice speaking in a deep voice, walking manly and behaving in a masculine manner. In this process, they reach their emotional and physical limits and repeatedly fail to imitate male connoted behavior.

DIRECTOR

Isa Schieche

COUNTRY

Austria

The Voice of Fear

6 min 

In how many worlds has your fear trapped you? This film may not give you an answer, but it'll show you some of mine.

DIRECTOR

Henrique Arruda

COUNTRY

Brazil


AVANT-DRAG!

BAM!

BLUE SUNSHINE

CHUCK CHUCK BABY

CLOSE TO YOU

DESIRE LINES


Drag the World - Drag Shorts

Kings of Taiwan

16 min 

In Taipei, a unique community of drag kings has emerged and has been growing since 2019. Liting [LT] Tan is a drag king from Singapore who came to Taiwan to be in an environment that has allowed them to live authentically. Over the past few years, they have become a grounding force in the community, pushing for a space where kings can thrive. After a challenging marriage, Taile sought out a queer community to be a part of, and that is how they came to meet LT. Rose is a captivating performer whose persona sits successfully as a caricature of masculine tropes. Drag has allowed these individuals to push boundaries in ways they never thought possible. Follow a journey of freedom, empowerment, and self-discovery through these three.

DIRECTOR

Syrus Sadvandi

COUNTRY

Taiwan

Making Up

15 min 

Making Up is set in the late 1980s, framed within the gritty drag scene of London's east end. The short film stars BIFA award-winning Dave Johns, Jessica Ellerby and Carey Thring and follows Ted who is diagnosed with a hereditary illness. Ted must therefore reconcile with estranged daughter, Cassandra. However, being a celebrated drag queen, paired with the bitter feelings Cassandra harbours over their past, presents a larger obstacle for Ted to overcome.

DIRECTOR

Ryan Paige

COUNTRY

United Kingdom

Mahjong Butterfly

6 min 

Mahjong Butterfly is not only his name but also his story. This film tells the story of how Patrick, Mahjong butterfly, found himself in the city of New York and how he took intergenerational work and fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ community as his mission.

DIRECTOR

Yinlin Chen

COUNTRY

China

T-Minus

13 min 

T-Minus tells the story of Andrew, a trans mechanic, and a drag queen named Lex as they roadtrip from Ohio to Detroit to obtain an abortion.

DIRECTOR

Emily Lerer

COUNTRY

United States

Barbette + Fontaine

14 min 

A century apart, two drag icons unite through art, resilience, and a shared legacy of self-expression and freedom. Leading the cast is Cynthia Lee Fontaine of RuPaul's Drag Race.

DIRECTOR

John-Carlos Estrada, Zak Zeh

COUNTRY

United States

Steve the Queen

8 min 

Sweet and simple tale of a drag queen single dad doing best he can for himself and his teen son

DIRECTOR

Zachary Lurje

COUNTRY

Australia

Drag You

21 min 

A mourning being begins an odyssey, either memorial or imagined, in the empty space of a wasteland. Their wandering on the bangs of the city transports them into a fresco inhabited by a multitude of figures. On their way, a vampire, a metrosexual raven, a grider boy, an escort girl, a cyborg, a drag queen and a burlesque stripper stand in turn. At once an initiatory journey and a queer funeral, a remembrance and a premonition, DRAG YOU is the creation of a custom-made ritual, conceived by and for a community left without words.

DIRECTOR

Nadia Koro, Hadrien Daigneault-Roy, Sascha Cowan

COUNTRY

Canada


EGOIST

ELDA AND THE MONSTERS with Lavender Outlaws


Emergence - Queer Asian Stories

Malwa Khushan

20 min 

Coming of age story of two sisters Malwa and Khushan exploring and experiencing sexuality and attraction in their adolescent years. Living with their grandmother, Khushan always looks up to Malwa for her outspoken nature and courage. Soon a new girl arrives in Khushan's class and she starts developing feelings for her.

DIRECTOR

Preeti Kanungo, Sourav Yadav

COUNTRY

India

The performance

20 min 

Chorister Lin (41) is preparing her solo performance for the Chinese New Year celebration at her church. When rumors start circulating about her son, she is faced with a difficult choice: will she hide or show her true self?

DIRECTOR

Claire Zhou

COUNTRY

Netherlands

hi ading

2 min 

‘hi ading’ is a poetic short that provides a glimpse into a love story. Speaking to their parents’ past selves, Dinaly asks and hopes that these past versions might help them realize that the decisions they may not understand are still made out of love.

DIRECTOR

Dinaly Tran

COUNTRY

United States

Manting

15 min 

Manting, a Chinese woman in her early 60s, reconnects with the lesbian lover from her adolescence when one of her old classmates passes away. After classmates' reunion event in a karaoke bar, they end up spending a night together roaming in the city.

DIRECTOR

Shuyao Chen

COUNTRY

China

Their Universe

17 min 

Jun, who passed away in an accident a year ago, comes to Earth as a ghost to say goodbye to his lover, Hyun.

DIRECTOR

Jeonggil Han

COUNTRY

Korea

A Happy Wedding

20 min 

Same-sex marriage has been legalized! Jeongha prepares a wedding with her female partner while seeking recognition from the heterosexual-centered society.

DIRECTOR

Arin Hong

COUNTRY

Korea

Aking Senakulo

10 min 

In a church, the golden light hits a figure’s wing scars. Their rosary sways from one hand, as sounds of leather against skin rings throughout the air. As they reach the altar on their knees, their hands come together in lieu of prayer. They find themselves transported to a place where they share food offerings and intimate touches with another being.

DIRECTOR

Jela Dela Pena

COUNTRY

Canada 


Encounters of the 3rd Degree - Women's Shorts

Life in Canada

20 min 

Sarah goes to the weekend of her parents' anniversary accompanied by Hermione, 10 years old, the daughter of her partner. But the absence of this last one does not delay to raise the interrogations...

DIRECTOR

Frederic Rosset

COUNTRY

Canada

Longing

13 min 

On the night before her flight home, a Malaysian woman with a secret finds herself on an impromptu date with another woman.

DIRECTOR

Courteney Tan

COUNTRY

United Kingdom

Queen Size

20 min 

This morning, Marina has an appointment with Charlie to sell her a mattress. This evening, she will cancel her plane for Reunion. But they don't know that yet.

DIRECTOR

Avril Besson

COUNTRY

France

Grandma Bruce

13 min 

GRANDMA BRUCE is a magical short comedy about a queerdo (they/them) whose old car comes to life with the spirit of their judgmental Jewish grandmother, a backseat driver from the ever after.

DIRECTOR

Brooke Stern Sebold

COUNTRY

United States

Queerfully Departed

10 min 

When Mimi Pascual dies in the middle of a hysteroscopy, her queer archangel reveals that her soulmate is the doctor who accidentally killed her. As Mimi realizes she hasn't done much in life, she fights for a second chance.

DIRECTOR

Trent Nakamura

COUNTRY

United States

Roses

16 min 

Rosa unexpectedly finds herself spending an evening out alone as her daughter throws an 18th birthday party in their house. Wasting time in her small Cornish town, she spies a woman she has met once before - and is drawn to her.

DIRECTOR

Coral Knights

COUNTRY

United Kingdom

Brush

5 min 

Brush is the Story of Olivia and Kristen’s romantic relationship told through point of view of their bathroom mirror, and the monumental relationship moments that happen during the mundane task of brushing their teeth. From the first night they hook up, when Kristen didn’t bring a toothbrush because this was “unexpected”, to Oliva presenting Kristen with her own toothbrush, to the blissful monotony and intimacy of sharing a bathroom, to the moment Olivia decides to throw Kristen’s toothbrush away because she knows she is never coming back. Brush explores the beauty and pain of a relationship as well as the the pieces you take with you forever.

DIRECTOR

Summer Sveinson

COUNTRY

United States


FEBRERO

FIRE


G.T.F.O. - SHORT FILM PROGRAM

The Peach Activations

9 min 

The Peach Activations is a devoted homage to the butt, fleshy and jiggly, funny and lovable, as diverse in appearance as the face itself. The film documents, in mesmerizing slow motion, impromptu private performances by amateur activators who pinch, poke, stroke, slap, or shake butts. The artist filmed many scenes at Fire Island Pines and received plenty of additional footage contributed by collaborators worldwide. Enthusiastic consent was granted by all participants before, during, and after every step of the creation of this film. This means that models and butt (peach) activators have fully consented to participating in the performances as well as in the dissemination of this video artwork. Most participants have chosen to remain anonymous. The Peach Activations, Volume I, is Nadine Faraj’s first art film, conceived to be released in several segments as its title suggests.

DIRECTOR

Nadine Faraj

COUNTRY

Canada

Neon roses

11 min 

After a bereaved young man uncovers a startling truth about his friend, he sets off on a daring and comedic escape, with the help of his ghost boyfriend.

DIRECTOR

Iven Tu

COUNTRY

United States

Discoteque

5 min 

Content warning:

Animated penises

I feel your beat, you feel my rhythm, till the end.

DIRECTOR

Masashi Yamamoto

COUNTRY

United States

Bold Eagle

16 min 

Bold Eagle is about an "alter," a person who anonymously posts nudes and performs lascivious acts in the nether regions of the Internet. Trapped at home with hallucinogenic drugs and his talking cat, BOLD seeks refuge in the strong arms of strange men from the internet as they masturbate their way to true happiness.

DIRECTOR

Whammy Alcazaren

COUNTRY

Philippines

Boob

7 min 

Boob is a 7-minute romantic comedy following the trials of Butch, a large left boob who struggles with his masculinity, as he works to impress his new crush in unfortunately toxic ways. Butch may or may not end up getting the girl, but in trying he goes through anxiety, humiliation, and a transcendental experience. Shot entirely on green screen with an iPhone and animated to within an inch of its life using scraps from the internet, this film examines the tensions of normative transmasculinity from the perspective of one of its exiled subjects, the breast.

DIRECTOR

Lokchi Lam

COUNTRY

Canada

Auganic

20 min 

A man strikes gold when he discovers a special ability during an intimate moment with his husband.

DIRECTOR

Krit Komkrichwarakool

COUNTRY

United States

Lesbophilia

15 min 

When free-as-a-bird bisexual Eliana questions giving up the "D" at her ex-boyfriend's funeral, her girlfriend Chase must decide how far she's willing to go for love.

DIRECTOR

Michelle West

COUNTRY

United States


GAY USA

GIRLS DON'T CRY

I WILL BE THERE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT


Latinx 2024 Shorts

Living Fish

12 min 

Junior awaits the arrival of his float so he can finally get into the pool.

DIRECTOR

Bob Yang, Federico Evaristo

COUNTRY

Brazil

El Dance Off

13 min 

By a gas station in rural Argentina, a young kid, ERNESTO, secretly dreams of becoming a dancer. However, in the patriarchal world he lives in, dancing isn't really a career option. It's only after a dance off with RUBY, a broken-hearted drag queen, that he finds the courage to follow his dreams.

DIRECTOR

Nicolas Sarmiento

COUNTRY

Argentina

Mortal Enemies and Other Nonsense

15 min 

11-year-old Hugo and Lucas used to be best friends and now are strangers forced to spend an afternoon together. They embark on one last journey to their shared imaginary universe, turned into a very scary place since everything between them has changed.

DIRECTOR

Thiago Kistenmacker

COUNTRY

Brazil

Unless We Dance

14 min 

jonathan (Bonays), an Afro dance teacher, undertakes an initiative to rescue young people from the crime that stalks Quibd�, a city with the highest homicide rates in Colombia. This is how Black Boys Choc� emerged, a dance company where hundreds of young people face brutal destinies through a passion. UNLESS WE DANCE portrays union and dance as the greatest expression of shielding the Afro people, it is a tribute to their act of resilience and to all the lives that have been lost along the way.

DIRECTOR

Hanz Rippe Gabriele, Fernanda Pineda Palencia

COUNTRY

Columbia

My Queerceañera

16 min 

Upon turning fifty years old, Karyna, a transgender immigrant, is determined to fulfill her lifelong dream of celebrating her Quincea�era in Phoenix, Arizona.

DIRECTOR

Marcos Nieves

COUNTRY

United States


LEÓN

LESVIA

MAD ABOUT THE BOY: THE NOEL COWARD STORY

Marlon T. Riggs Spotlight - TONGUES UNTIED with AFFIRMATIONS, ANTHEM, and NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN (NO REGRET)


MENA Shorts

Bellydance Vogue

5 min 

My birthday was on the 3rd of April 2020 during lockdown, and for the first time, I celebrated it all by myself. But even if I was alone, I decided to celebrate it as if it’s the last one. The film was made during quarantine.

DIRECTOR

Hadi Moussally

COUNTRY

Lebanon

Maghreb's Hope

24 min 

Queer individuals from the Big Maghreb region share their stories, spanning across their home countries and various locations worldwide. Through a fusion of drawing, animation techniques, and real-life footage,these artistic portrayals highlight the experiences of queer individuals from the "BIG Maghreb" region, including Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco. These individuals have courageously shattered societal taboos surrounding their gender and sexuality, defying legal, social, and familial pressures, even among those who have chosen to distance themselves from their families.

DIRECTOR

Bassem Ben Brahim

COUNTRY

Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Brazil

CCTV

10 min 

2 lesbian high school girls who decide to erase footage from the school's CCTV cameras end up getting locked up at school.

DIRECTOR

Samira Karimi

COUNTRY

Iran

L'ECHAPPEE

29 min 

Since she left Corsica where she grew up, Safia has always secured family balance. To protect her relationship with her father, she has never told him about her homosexuality. On a summer evening, she breaks the secret and runs away.

DIRECTOR

Siham Bel

COUNTRY

France

Shideh

14 min 

A young barber boy who is interested in one of his clients decides to reveal this interest and faces challenges along the way.

DIRECTOR

Nazanin Vahed

COUNTRY

Islamic Republic of Iran

Youssou & Malek

27 min 

Youssou and Malek are in love but they now have to say goodbye. Tomorrow, Youssou is flying off to the other side of the world, leaving behind him Malek and the neighborhood where they grew up. They promised each other to meet at the top of the hill for their last sunset together.

DIRECTOR

Simon Frenay

COUNTRY

France 


Menergy - Men's Shorts

Rumpelstiltskin

8 min 

A gay man compares his life to the fable of Rumpelstiltskin. Funny/sad/universal.

DIRECTOR

Ethan Fuirst

COUNTRY

United States

Whitewash

13 min 

After being accepted into the Ivory Estates, a queer Asian man moves in with his new fiancé and discovers that he’s the only person of color in the neighborhood and soon uncovers the estates' secrets.

DIRECTOR

Jerry Hsu

COUNTRY

United States

Aikane

14 min 

A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. When the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man, they become aik?ne, intimate friends bound by love and trust, and an epic adventure begins.

DIRECTOR

Daniel Sousa

COUNTRY

United States

Headdress

10 min 

When a Queer Native Person at a music festival sees a Non-Native person wearing a ceremonial headdress, they retreat into their mind to find the perfect insult.

DIRECTOR

Tai Leclaire

COUNTRY

United States

Safe Word

15 min 

Powerful exploration of a paid b&d relationship growing in unexpected ways

DIRECTOR

Christopher Cunetto

COUNTRY

United States

Insta Gay

13 min 

A gay millennial reels after breaking-up with a popular influencer.

DIRECTOR

Simon Paluck

COUNTRY

Canada

Pedro Had a Horse

24 min 

While Pedro Americo denies having fabricated fake news, Paulo Setubal reveals the Emperor’s innermost secrets.

DIRECTOR

Daniel Nolasco

COUNTRY

Brazil

Matinee Baby

19 min 

A gay movie theater worker is confronted by a procession of increasingly wacky, genre-tinged suitors.

DIRECTOR

Thom Hilton

COUNTRY

United States


NOWHERE


Our Future Filmmakers - Shorts From Up & Coming Voices

End of the Party

4 min 

Girl comes out to herself and falls in love in 4 minutes.

DIRECTOR

Kate Sullivan

COUNTRY

United States

Poisoned Well

14 min 

October 12, 2022 - a terrorist attack in Bratislava - the death of innocent LGBTI+ people  - no political response. Film-requiem discusses the deteriorating state of society after the attack, as well as the intimate feelings of LGBTI+ people, including the author himself.

DIRECTOR

Radek Sevcik

COUNTRY

Slovakia

Daughters of the Fatherland

12 min 

In 1968, Ines a homossexual 18 year old girl, seeks her emancipation through the student movement when she is forbidden from attending law school.

DIRECTOR

Catarina Almeida

COUNTRY

Portugal

The Prince's Dilemma

5 min 

The film follows Prince Philip, who longing to be with a prince of his own, must decide to follow the traditional tale expected of him or forge his own happily ever after.

DIRECTOR

Devin Rowe

COUNTRY

United States

Midnight on MSN

22 min 

2008, beginning of summer, end of school. Laure is 13 years old. At night, she secretly talks to Alix on msn. But during the day, in their girls' school, she avoids her - like everyone else. When Laure invites Alix home after school, something changes between them.

DIRECTOR

Elise Levy

COUNTRY

France

ALL BOYS DO

15 min 

A trans drag queen crosses paths with an old flame on the streets of Los Angeles. Over the course of a weekend, the pair act on their unexplored desire for each other.

DIRECTOR

Aaron Lovett

COUNTRY

United States

Forza, Rea!

3 min 

In a hill-side village in Ticino, Rea wants to deliver a love letter to her crush. With her roller skates on, she rolls her way to her house. Before she can deliver the letter, however, it flies away downhill through the town. Rea embarks on a breakneck tumble through the village to catch the letter, dodging countless obstacles on the bumpy terrain of the old town streets, before finally delivering the letter.

DIRECTOR

Isabel Pahud, Isabel Clerici, Laura Zimmermann, Polina Tyrsa

COUNTRY

Switzerland

Gorditx

15 min 

As summer comes to a close, kung-fu obsessed Ursula discovers she's not the only outcast at an exclusive country club summer camp. With the kids golf tournament looming, Ursula hopes to win and prove her worth with the help of Chef Cormac, the transmasculine former ladies golf pro.

DIRECTOR

Malik Ever

COUNTRY

United States


PEAFOWL


QBIPOC Shorts

Vanishing Seattle: Queer the Land

14 min 

Vanishing Seattle: Queer the Land is the story of a changing neighborhood,gentrification and displacement, a tenacious community, and an unwavering dream.

DIRECTOR

Netsanet Tjirongo

COUNTRY

United States

An Eighth of Him

11 min 

Kadell, a stoic drug dealer begins to spend more time with one of his innocent new buyers, Ade. Over the next few months, he starts to look inward as they begin to form a deep and unexpected relationship inside the sanctuary of his car.

DIRECTOR

Levi Eddie Aluede

COUNTRY

United Kingdom

Unless We Dance

14 min 

jonathan (Bonays), an Afro dance teacher, undertakes an initiative to rescue young people from the crime that stalks Quibdo, a city with the highest homicide rates in Colombia. This is how Black Boys Choco emerged, a dance company where hundreds of young people face brutal destinies through a passion. UNLESS WE DANCE portrays union and dance as the greatest expression of shielding the Afro people, it is a tribute to their act of resilience and to all the lives that have been lost along the way.

DIRECTOR

Hanz Rippe Gabriele, Fernanda Pineda Palencia

COUNTRY

Columbia

Asylum

19 min 

ASYLUM is a character driven, self-acceptance drama. With a unique African perspective, it mirrors the best of intimate, nuanced coming-out movies like "Call Me by Your Name" and "Blackbird".

DIRECTOR

Lionel Onyekwere

COUNTRY

United States

Bumped

15 min 

A heartfelt exploration of Michelle and Deja's enduring six-year relationship. Their love is profound, they're newly engaged, and they're aspiring parents. However, an unforeseen infidelity sends tremors through their foundation, leaving Deja grappling with a turbulent mix of anger and a desire to salvage what they hold dear.

DIRECTOR

Mahaneela Choudhury-Reed

COUNTRY

United Kingdom 

So You Wanna Vogue, Huh?

28 min 

An educative Ballroom documentary bebunking many of the misinformation with the re-explosion and appropriation of ballroom into the public consciousness. Even though in a scripted environment, the documentary is outspokenly black and femme.

DIRECTOR

Zelda Fitzgerald, Ila Pittaluga

COUNTRY

Belgium


QUEEN TUT


Reel Queer Stories

There are Things to Do

15 min 

Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was an LGBTQ+ superhero helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. Her vision for the movement serves as a roadmap of initiatives & tools for generations of activist as they face anti-LGBTQ+ backlash. The film features Urvashi’s life in Provincetown, MA and 34-year relationship with partner Kate Clinton, and inspires us that the best place to build community & work towards equality starts at home.

DIRECTOR

Mike Syers

COUNTRY

USA

House of Tulip

24 min 

House of Tulip follows two Black trans activists as they run for office and work to build Louisiana’s first housing refuge that provides residency for trans and gender non-conforming residents. We’ll follow the founders as they fight to use their organization to protect and build community in a state with one of the highest gun-related murder rates in the country. Their journeys will highlight the dangerous yet beautiful reality of what it means to be Black trans women in the deep South.

DIRECTOR

Cydney Tucker

COUNTRY

USA

Ferro's Bar

24 min 

Based on historical documents and interviews with lesbian who lived and fought in the 1970s and 1980s, during the military dictatorship, we are guided to a central episode in the formation of the Brazilian lesbian movement, the “Ferro’s Bar Uprising”, known as the “Brazilian Stonewall”. The film shows how lesbians stopped being restricted to the night, the inside of the apartments, and became a political subject that rises up against the censorship, repression and homophobic violence.

DIRECTOR

Aline A. Assis, Fernanda Elias, Nayla Guerra, Rita Quadros

COUNTRY

Brazil

Conte: Transitioning Politics

24 min 

In the face of intense political rivalry and relentless media scrutiny, this film chronicles the extraordinary journey of Joanne Conte, an Italian immigrant's child who not only breaks barriers as the first elected transgender city council member in U.S. history but also fearlessly forges an enduring legacy as a soldier, activist, politician, and investigative journalist. Conte embodies a defiant spirit of resilience and unwavering commitment to public service.

DIRECTOR

Daniel Leonard Bernardi

COUNTRY

USA

The Pride Liar

19 min 

Emzo, a courageous queer activist, escaped persecution in Georgia five years ago, finding refuge in Belgium. This short documentary captures his unyielding commitment to the LGBTQ+ cause, showcasing the indomitable spirit of one individual's fight for acceptance and equality.

DIRECTOR

Andres Lübbert

COUNTRY

Belgium


SAINT DROGO

SCARECROW IN A GARDEN OF CUCUMBERS


Short & Sweet Chuckles

Testing

9 min 

When a young gay man suspects he has an STI, he goes in for testing and discovers the older man he recently slept with is a doctor at the clinic.

DIRECTOR

Andy Reid

COUNTRY

Canada

(Un)Free Will

15 min 

Two gay Guardian Angels meddle with their assigned humans while bringing their past to the present.

DIRECTOR

Robby Kendall

COUNTRY

United States

The Eighth Day

12 min 

Noah and Jonah are gay Jewish husbands and new parents to a baby boy. When Noah and Jonah's parents arrive at their home expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, Noah and Jonah are forced to reveal that they had something very different in mind for their son: no circumcision.

DIRECTOR

Jonah Weinstein

COUNTRY

United States

Open to It - Episodes 7

16 min 

CONTINUATION OF EPISODES 1 - 6: Cam and Greg re-examine why they're open - with lots of sexy shenanigans. Princeton gets a look in the mirror, and doesn't love what he sees, even though it's toned. Elsa and Reggie must figure out whether threesomes are better in theory, practice...or both!

DIRECTOR

Tim Wardell, Jules Dameron, Frank Arthur Smith, Matt Hartman

COUNTRY

United States

Goodbye Tango

15 min 

The sudden death of Ruth’s beloved hamster reveals a decaying marriage with her curmudgeonly wife, Connie. Ruth must either accept the death of things or keep spinning the wheel.

DIRECTOR

Jason Laurits

COUNTRY

United States

FORAGING

11 min 

A bored gay couple go cruising for the first time, but when they get lost in the woods, the cracks of their relationship become chasms. A comedy short written and directed by Matthew Jacobs Morgan

DIRECTOR

Matthew Jacobs Morgan

COUNTRY

United Kingdom

Great Canyon

7 min 

Great Canyon is a live action / animated hybrid which chronicles a queer first date through the lens of the anxieties and insecurities that exude from the main character.

DIRECTOR

Ella Sahlman

COUNTRY

United States

Complicated Order

14 min 

COMPLICATED ORDER follows Remy, a depressed twenty-something who’s just been dumped. When she accidentally places a food delivery order to her estranged girlfriend’s house, she must set out on a journey to retrieve it - causing her to reexamine their entire relationship, and herself, in the process.

DIRECTOR

Emmie Lichtenberg

COUNTRY

United States


T BLOCKERS

THE DEVIL QUEEN (A RAINHA DIABA)

THE JUDGMENT

THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS

THE SUMMER WITH CARMEN


THREADS - QUEER EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS

Love is So Embarrassing

9 min 

LOVE IS SO EMBARRASSING! reflects on the performative aspects of romantic relationships and how those expectations are informed by the moving image. The video is a portrait of me falling in love and processing internalized harmful traditions of romantic love.

DIRECTOR

Sierra Cosmidis-Grove

COUNTRY

United States

Straightboy Lessons

8 min 

A humorous and early look at one cisgender/transmale friendship.

DIRECTOR

Raymond Rae

COUNTRY

United States

EW

3 min 

A hand processed camera roll film meditating on gender and hair.

DIRECTOR

Claire Maske, Tati Chavitage

COUNTRY

United States

Another You

4 min 

ANOTHER YOU (2022) is an experimental visual poem centered around the experience of returning to a defining childhood place as an adult. The video is largely composed of water in varying states. This visual represents how something as constant as a single body of water has variation through time, both in form and perception, just as integral places we have always known do. There is a sense of heartbreak in being unable to recreate the magic that physical spaces held for us as a child, but in that heartbreak there lives something caught between childhood wonder and adult longing; a call for your present self to re-examine just how far from that former - You - you truly are.

DIRECTOR

Theadora Shorrock Nedvins

COUNTRY

United States

Konstantin

3 min 

Konstantin is an experimental film shot on high-contrast black and white 16mm film using a single 100ft reel. The film is an in-camera edit with triple exposures, creating a layered and complex visual language. Through this aesthetic, the piece explores themes of queer love and queer ecology. It invites the viewer to enter a unique and poetic world, where the boundaries between the human and natural realms blur and merge. Pushing against human exceptionalism & into a world where there is no �natural� or �unnatural.�

DIRECTOR

Hogan Seidel

COUNTRY

United States

Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies

9 min 

Body-oddy-oddy-oddy: Destabilizing the Surveilling of Queer Bodies explores the nature of how we understand our bodies, the ways in which we queer the body, and performative nature of how we explore our identities in mediated space. The work challenges the supremacy of normative human body-to-body contact, by exploring the role that a hybrid human-object-virtual encounter might pose for alternative forms of intimacy and exchange. The use of self-surveillance as a strategy of making and being is critical to our understanding of contemporary bodily experiences in the piece. The lens, the camera, video as both electronic mirror and surveyor, the scanner, generative A.I., and motion capture technology construct the performance of identity - who we are as hybrids and how we exploit our self-awareness and positions. Through the act of making this work, we aim to disrupt the hegemony of stable bodies in search of what might be greater potential. Breaking the intentions of the software and hardware specifications, and revealing the tools of its making, we blast open possibility for new rules and new narratives. The future is undoubtedly queer, and it’s one hell of a party.

DIRECTOR

Benjamin Rosenthal, Eric Souther

COUNTRY

United States

The Voice of Fear

6 min 

In how many worlds has your fear trapped you? This film may not give you an answer, but it'll show you some of mine.

DIRECTOR

Henrique Arruda

COUNTRY

Brazil

His Smell

14min 

Sebastian's roommate is away for the weekend...

DIRECTOR

Kalil Haddad

COUNTRY

Canada

Signal GPS perdu

42 min 

A young man walks into winter, trying to fulfil his most hidden desires: a love encounter with another man, and an encounter with the absolute, and Christian spirituality. GPS Signal Lost tells about his inner journey featuring snowy landscapes of the Jura Mountains, a medieval courtly novel, and a gay dating app on a smartphone.

DIRECTOR

Pierre Voland

COUNTRY

Belgium


TRANSSEXUALS FROM SPACE

TURTLES

WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING


World's Shorts

Heroines

29 min 

Jersey, 1940. Threatened by the arrival of German troops on the island, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, two lesbian and Jewish artists, decide to resist. Armed with their imagination and an 8mm camera, they create an army of "nameless soldiers" who panic the Nazi machine

DIRECTOR

Astré Desrives

COUNTRY

France

Chavo

15 min 

Tommy’s grill is a meeting point for the Roma community. Here a tightly-knit but motley crew of people gather to eat and talk. When a lone young guy visits the restaurant one evening, rumors begin to spread and Tommy is forced to revisit traumatic memories.

DIRECTOR

Alecio Araci

COUNTRY

Sweden

Leo

14 min 

Leo is secretly in love with his best friend Kai. On their last day together before Leo moves to LA for college, they hide in the sports center where they have always played basketball. What starts as a prank ends with Leo confessing his feelings for his best friend.

DIRECTOR

Fernando Reinaldos

COUNTRY

Spain, United States

Totems

25 min 

When Bastien dies, his group of friends decide to get hold of his sex toy collection before his mother finds out. This is a story of friendship, love and farewell.

DIRECTOR

Arthur Cahn

COUNTRY

France

Dream Burger

9 min 

Luke and Simon always go for burgers together after tennis. But this time, Luke wants to tell Simon how he really feels about him. How will Simon react? Luke's vivid imagination leads us into some intense scenarios, only to reveal a surprising truth.

DIRECTOR

Sami Kali

COUNTRY

Switzerland