Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival
Formerly known as The Boston LGBT Film Festival...
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
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
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
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
I WILL BE THERE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT
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
MAD ABOUT THE BOY: THE NOEL COWARD STORY
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
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
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
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
SCARECROW IN A GARDEN OF CUCUMBERS
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
THE DEVIL QUEEN (A RAINHA DIABA)
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
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