Director: Michael Kam
With: Kristin
Singapur, 6 minutes, 2023, English, Malay with English subtitles
Shunned by her family, a 60-year-old trans woman seeks solace and balance between her faith, her identity and her beloved cats.
Director: Tomer Prezman, Tzur Adir
Israel, 15 minutes, 2023, French with English translation
In the midst of WW2, on a train going nowhere, a former drag queen remembers a night from her past in one of Paris’ first gay bars. She sees how it all comes together.
Director: Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Script: Dean Hamer
Producer: Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
USA, 15 minutes, 2023, No Dialogue
Festivals & Awards:
Provincetown international film festival 2023 – Best animated short film Award
deanCenter film festival, Oklahoma City 2023 – Best Pride short Award
Frameline Film Festival San Francisco 2023
Outfest Film Festival Los Angeles 2023
A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man.
Director: Yung-Chien Lee
Script: Yung-Chien Lee
Producer: Chiao-Feng Lin
Taiwan, 3 minutes, 2023, No Dialogue
Festivals:
New York Asian film festival, New York, 2023
Oslo International film festival, Oslo, 2023
Seoul Short film festival, Seoul, 2023
Milano short film festival, Milano, 2023
In the boring afternoon after class, two boys are playing poker. The inadvertent physical touch and eye contact strikes one of the boys. Game after game, he has an indescribable feelings. However, it’s just that in this game where gays obsess over heterosexual men, he finally has to face the moment when the dance ends…
This film combines a variety of touch-related art mediums, trying to use the concepts of touch and gaze to describe the common experiences and memories of gay growth and memory.
Director: Iuri Moreno
Script: Iuri Moreno
Producer: Lara Morena, Debora Resendes
With: Pilar Paz
Brazil, 12 minutes, 2021, Portuguese with English subtitles
Festivals & Awards:
Encounters Film Festival, Bristol 2022 – Winner of Best Children Short film
Bogoshorts Bogota Short Film Festival 2022
São Paulo international short film Festival 2022
Atlanta LGBTQ Film Festival 2022
A transgender girl locks herself in her room for fear of the monsters that threaten her outside, until a new reality appears behind the mirror where these monsters do not exist and she is free to be who she is or who wants to be.
Director: Matea Kovac
Script: Matea Kovac
Producer: Vinko Bresan
Croatia, 6 minutes, 2023, Croatian with English translation
An empty paper depicts a struggle between artistic composition and decomposition as the voice of the narrator-protagonist reminisces about her tumultuous relationship with a former girlfriend.
Director: David Chai
USA, 10 minutes, 2023, English without translation
Come swim with us through the limitless pools of trans and nonbinary spirits.
Director: Iiti Yli-Harja
Script: Iiti Yli-Harja
Producer: Valtteri Munkki, Mikko Heino
Finland, 15 minutes, 2022, Finnish with English subtitles
For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public. Luckily his best friend Rai, a young woman on the autistic spectrum, is there to ferociously support him through the voyage.
Director: Linda Krauss
Script: Linda Krauss
Producer: Linda Krauss
With: Lisanne-Marie Hadi Hadi
Germany, 4 minutes, 2023, English with Hebrew subtitles
Festivals:
Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam 2023
Fantastic Film Festival, Brussels 2023
Seattle film festival, Seattle 2023
Cool Cat invites you! To join the world of Pussy Love. Enjoy a show of lust and laziness! Let’s have fun with tits and dicks. The claws are sharp, the soda is sparkling and the fur is getting wet. Romance is kitsch. But even the most jaded cat can still be lost for love.
Director: Leyla Coll-O’reilly
Script: Leyla Coll-O’reilly
Producer: Laura McBride
With: Mollie Milne, Michelle Donnelly
UK, 2022, 17 minutes, English with Hebrew subtitles
Festivals & Awards:
Glasgow Short 2022 – World Premiere, Winner of Attic Pitch Award
FLICKERS’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022 – Best Director Award
Interfilm Berlin 2022 – Best Cinematography Award
World of Film Festival, Glasgow 2022 – Best Short Film Award
“Groom” is about a young school dropout called Hannah who is on a trial shift at a beauty salon. It’s a story about coercive relationships, consent, puberty and sexual desire.
