Director: Sunil Babu Pant, Pradhumna Mishra
Script: Sunil Babu Pant, Durga Bahadur Karki (Sayad)
Producer: Sunil Babu Pant
With: Sagar Ghimire, Urmila Karkai, Ghanshyam Joshi
Nepal, 2023, 40 min, Nepali with English subtitles

Debut film by Sunil Babu Pant, who was the first openly gay parliament member in Nepal (2008-2012) and is the founder of “Blue Diamond Society”, an organization that fights for LGBTQ rights in Nepal. He spent two years as a certified Buddhist monk (2020-2022) and is also a coach for tantra meditation.

22 years old Tilak is a gentle and closed off guy. His big brother is married and has a child. Tilak’s mother forces him to marry Urmila, a school teacher. Despite their challenging situation, the two become friends. One day, by chance, Urmila meets some social workers from Kathmandu who tell her about their work and the support they give the LGBTQ community there. Tilak moves to the capital and meets Ghanshyam, a police officer who understands the difficult situation Tilak is in. What will become of Urmila?

Director: Akshat Ashutosh Gangrade
Script: Akshat Ashutosh Gangrade
Producer: Mangesh Karad
With: Mekha Rajan, Satakshi Nandi, Vijay Singh
India, 2023, 29 min, Hindi with English subtitles

The plot of this film is set in ancient times. “Dwija” is the tragic story of two lovers who were violently separated from each other. After they’ve been brought back to life by the magical power of Brahma the two women try to recreate their long lost love. A peek at the existential journey, layered with ideas of dualism, immortality and adwaita.
“Dwija” is a spiritual allegory of the exploitation of Mother Earth by man, who takes what he wants and leaves, only to come back and take more.

Director: Myat Noe
Script: Myat Noe
Producer: Myat Noe
With: Aung Myint Myat, Russell
Myanmar, 2023, 21 min, Burmese with English subtitles

Festivals:
Fringe! London Queer Film and Arts Festival 2023
Stuff – México city independent Film Festival 2023
Ischia, Italy Film Festival 2023

Two gay lovers, now living as political refugees from Myanmar (Burma) in a Thai border town, reunite. But the scars and traumas of their experiences under military coup in their native country, as well as changing sentiments, challenge their relationship.

Director: Zach Siegel
Script: Zach Siegel
Producer: Allison Tate-Cortese, Kyle Smithers, Cookie Walukas
With: Michael Sturgis, Patrick Reilly
United States, 2023, 11 min, English with no subtitles

Festivals:
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2023
Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival

If Alex sleeps over, he’d have to tell his hookup something about himself that’s usually a dealbreaker.

Director: Hakim Mao
Script: Julie Debiton
Producer: Thierry Lounas, Claire Bonnefoy
With: Domhall Herdman, Arturo Giusi-Périer, Sayyid El Alami
France, 2022, 24 min, French with English subtitles

Festivals:
Festival Chéries-Chéris 2022
Queer Wave 2022

On the road to holidays, Jimmy and Guillaume replay their first meeting. Jimmy becomes a lost hitchhiker, Guillaume a lonely driver. They will pretend they don’t know each other, in order to play to meet and seduce each other again. Until a third player joins the game…

Director: Mike Donahue
Script: Jen Silverman
Producer: Evan Jonigkeit
With: Adina Verson, Michael Braun, Dana Delany, Dylan Baker
United States, 2022, 16:07 min, English with No subtitles

Festivals:
Tribeca Film Festival 2022
Cannes Short Film Festival 2022 – Jury Award for Best Short Feature
Sundance Film Festival 2023

Troy has loud sex. Troy has loud sex 24-7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives… or is he saving them? A darkly comedic tale of New York neighbours, the ways in which we become interwoven with the lives of strangers, and the unexpected consequences of unasked-for intimacy.

Director: Pierre Menahem
Script: Pierre Menahem
Producer: Mathilde Delaunay
With: Hervé Lassïnce, Pierre Moure
France, 2022, 15 min, French with English subtitles

Festivals:
Cannes 2022
Telluride Film Festival 2022
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2022

A high mountain hamlet, early summer.
Felix comes down from the pastures where he’s guarding his cows and finds his old mother lying unconscious on her bed. Shaken, he runs off.
He drives a few miles in the valley to the house of a young man who just contacted him on a dating app.

Director: Julian Dieterich
Script: Julian Dieterich
Producer: Julian Dieterich
With: Cino Djavid, Luc Schneider
Germany, 2023, 6 min, German with English subtitles

Festivals:
Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2023
GAZE Dublin International LGBTQIA Film Festival 2023
Fringe! London Queer Film and Arts Festival 2023

Two young men meet in the forest to have sex.
While they wait for one to piss on the other, a tender conversation about loss, violence and a shared past unfolds. Both are looking for comfort in the fetish.

Hebrew with English translation , 8 minutes , 2023 ,Israel

Avner, an old man haunted by his past, returns to the orchard where everything happened. Memory ensues and Avner is transported back to the day he left his best friend Bezik amidst the orange trees.

Director: Adar Leventer
Screenwriter: Adar Leventer
Producer: Adar Leventer
Cast: Gal Nissim, Polly Reshef, Oren Birnberg

Hebrew with English translation , 14 minutes , 2023 ,Israel

Ofek has the last moments left to say goodbye to his mother before she passes away. Instead of meeting her, he runs away from the hospital. Ofek decides to meet an older guy on Grindr.

Director: Or Habusha
Screenwriter: Or Habusha
Producer: Yuval ben tzur, Shai bauminger
Cast: Ofek Moshe, Michael Roznov, Shira Hevron