Director: Daniel Path
Script: Daniel Path
Producer: Pablo Maldonado
With: Ema Verecká
Czech Republic, 7 minutes, 2024, English

“Fuck this Shit, Love me!” is a romantic comedy that tells the story of a teenage girl navigating the modern dating world. Emma pours out her frustrations into her diary about the challenges of finding true love in a world where bad dates follow worse ones, and dating apps bring more despair than hope. But what if what Emma really needs is not what she’s been so desperately searching for? The film reveals that love can come unexpectedly.

Director: Tim Lanzinger
Script: Tim Lanzinger
With: Via Jikeli, Tim Lanzinger
Germany, 15 minutes, 2024, German with English subtitles

This queer love story is about the special relationship between a gay protagonist and his lesbian friend and the great test their friendship has to face when something significant changes between them.

Director: Becky Portman
Script: Becky Portman
Producer: Naomi Lofchie
With: Lizzy Mills
USA, 13 minutes, 2023, English

“K-I-S-S-I-N-G” is a coming of age, queer, rom com about making out, growing up, and everything in between. We follow Ruthie through puberty and young adulthood as seen through her first seven kisses.

Director: Kasra Karimi
Script: Kasra Karimi
Producers: Bernadette Flynn, Kathryn O’Reilly
With: Lizzy McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton
UK, 22 minutes, 2024, English

Rural England, early 2013. Ruth and Juliet are waiting for the British Parliament to legalize same-sex marriage so they can get married. But Juliet suffers from a terminal illness and doesn’t have long to live. They are racing against time.

Director: Susana Darwin
Script: Susana Darwin
Producers: Vickie Daignault, Greyline Media
With: Kate Young
USA, 10 minutes, 2023, English

Free-spirited Simone gets a surprise knock at her door one evening. Turns out she has run afoul of the F.L.A.G. Act, a new (fictional … really) law that prohibits the flying of “provocative” flags. Simone coolly defends her right to free speech, including the flying of a rainbow flag. The porch-side conflict escalates beyond annoyance to absurdity, with Simone’s sass remaining intact to the end.

Director: Ella Altman
Script: Ella Altman
Producer: Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains
With: Naama Preis, Ella Altman
France, 16 minutes, 2023, French and Hebrew with English subtitles

Ella, a director, invites an actress to portray her lover in a war film set in Dunkirk. As the actress tries to understand Ella’s intentions, the filming of their fictional romance turns into a battle of seduction, delving into the moral limits of an actress-directress relationship.

Director: Tathagata Ghosh
Script: Buan G
Producer: Tathagata Ghosh
With: Adrija Majumdar, Shivamrita Chakraborty
India, 26 minutes, 2023, Bengali with English subtitles

An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible.

Israel, 2024, 3 minutes, Hebrew without translation

“Miracle” delves into the hidden aspects of ourselves – the parts we often avoid but are essential for true growth, development, and happiness. Like shadows, they linger, unnoticed yet ever-present, quietly asking for recognition and expression. These parts don’t fade; instead, they intensify, demanding attention in any way they can, saying, “I am here.” When we finally have the courage to face these darker parts of ourselves, walls fall, and a healthier, truer present begins to take shape.

Director: Roy Kanevsky
Script: Roy Kanevsky
Producer: Roy Kanevsky
With: Aviv Shriki