Film Categories: LGBTQ

  • TWO BEDS

    A queer doppelganger couple fights the age-old battle between poly-amorous adventure and hetero-normative monogamy. Winner of the Best Low Budget Film Award, Sicilia Queer Film Festival (Italy, 2011)

  • Billy and Aaron

    A short drama about African-American composer Billy Strayhorn and the personal and professional consequences of his decision to live as an openly gay man within the homophobic jazz milieu of the 1940s. Filmed on location in Amsterdam. Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival (2010), Outfest (2010).

  • Queen, The

    Bobby, a Korean-American teenage outcast, is working at his parents’ dry cleaners on prom weekend. When the prom queen and her boyfriend stop by with their dress and tuxedo, Bobby creates his own night to remember. Jury Award for Best Short Film (tie), Philadelphia QFest 2011. Awarded “Best of Fest” at Palm Springs International Short Fest, Telluride, Aspen ShortsFest, Seattle, Rhode Island, Los Angeles Film Festival and nominated for the Iris Prize (UK Film Council).

  • Cinco Minutos (Five Minutes)

    When you spend your entire life next to someone, all the time in the world isn’t enough to say goodbye.

  • A mais forte (The Strongest)

    Will the apartment that put two sons together push two mothers apart?

  • Domestic Shorthair Underground

    A seemingly normal subway ride across Manhattan transforms into a comic anthropological study of the local and exotic species of New York City’s gay “wildlife.” On this romp through the underground, filmed in mock National Geographic style, viewers will get to know such fabulous species as the Tiny Exotic, the Chelsea Thoroughbred, and the Upper Westsidus Reform Judaicus, among many others. A witty observation of the fascinating and diverse breeds that co-exist within one great city, “Domestic Shorthair Underground” brings a new definition to ‘underground’ guerrilla filmmaking.

  • Cavalos Selvagens (Wild Horses)

    Two young lovers, live in a tiny apartment, struggling everyday to find reasons to stay together. As they are incapable of living apart, they choose to live silently.

  • Torten im Sand (Cakes and Sand)

    Tim and Julian are deeply in love, but they can’t find happiness between the sheets. When you can’t sexually satisfy the person you love, do you call it quits…? Nomination: Iris Prize, UK Official Selections: Hamburg International Queer Film Festival (Germany), Mix Brasil Festival (Brazil), Frameline San Francisco (USA), Verzaubert Festival (Germany), Festival de la Luna Valencia (Spain), GLBT La Paz Film Festival (Bolivia).

  • Hens and Chicks

    Raised by her two moms, Hanna has always known that there are all types of families. But she’s never really thought about the logistics of it all until her friend Marco explains the process of creating chicks from eggs. Soon after, an educational trip through cyberspace has Hanna asking, “Who’s MY rooster?” “Hens and Chicks” is a short independent film that explores the meaning of family and the finding of self. Sweet and funny, this coming-of-age story plays with the universal questions we ask ourselves as parents, children, and human beings.

  • Les Nanas

    Shot on one reel of Super 8mm and edited in camera, “Les Nanas” is a visual interpretation of a piece of music by avant-garde musicians, the Artie Smudges Trio, which follows a day in the lives of three doll-like women.