Outfest Los Angeles: Shorts Lineup
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- DirectorRobin CloudStarsRobin CloudShakirah DeMesierMadeline McCrayCat visits her parents for the weekend and is confronted with her mother's inability to remember one key detail.Girls Shorts
- DirectorLaurel ParmetStarsArin MacLaineEllie YorkeAlexandra GirelliniAmanda struggles to keep something inside, as she spends the day taking pictures of her best friend.Girls Shorts
- DirectorElla LentiniStarsShannon BeveridgeShoshana BushLogan Bryce HunterSarcastic & complicated Jessie and her free-spirited girlfriend, Alex couldn't be any more different from each other, but cupid's arrow is blind, and it was love at first sight. After a year of dating paradise, things go awry when Jessie's parents, who are unaware that Alex is a girl, arrive to town for their anniversary. At a crossroads, she must decide between revealing her sexuality to her parents, or losing the love of her life.Girls Shorts
- DirectorFlorencia ManovilStarsStephanie CastilloMaria F. LeonKetia JohnsonClaudia's night out with friends is disrupted by an encounter with the captivating Isabel.Girls Shorts
- DirectorKarishma DubeStarsTanvi AzmiPriyanka BoseAditi VasudevA young closeted lesbian risks both family and tradition, as she embraces her attraction for her childhood maid, Devi.Girls Shorts
- DirectorRachel LeycoStarsRachel LeycoKatie Lynn StoddardChristopher AguilarTorn between the 'perfect' daughter that her strict traditional family believes her to be and the open-minded free spirit that she is, a second-generation Filipino-American must make a move to declare her identity.Girls Shorts
- DirectorGuinevere TurnerStarsAli LiebegottBridget McManusWhitney MixterThree friends gather for a potluck just as the world falls into apocalyptic ruin.Girls Shorts
- DirectorTodd SelbyStarsJesse CampMonte DayunggeneralMiranda KathleenOn her quest to find a missing cactus, LA's most notorious detective (Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson from The Wire) must face her own demons in order to solve the case and win the heart of a beautiful woman.Girls Gone Genre Shorts
- DirectorRob SavageStarsCaroline WardHaley BishopRadina DrandovaWhen a sonic pulse infects the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive.Girls Gone Genre Shorts
- DirectorVera MiaoStarsWei-Yi LinMardy MaAyesha HarrisAn anthology series of terror features diverse characters facing primal fears in spine-chilling situations that stretch past daily routine.Girls Gone Genre Shorts
- DirectorKeith RiversStarsKate AldenLily Piper FayeAmber HodgkissIsla says goodbye as she leaves for Mars.Girls Gone Genre Shorts
- DirectorRain ValdezSarah PoynterStarsCetine DaleAlessandro NoriLais PedrosoA Woman is 'kiss-hexed' by a homeless person and must find another person to kiss by midnight or she expires - an unlikely love story.Girls Gone Genre Shorts
- DirectorChristian CoppolaStarsElias D'OnofrioDylan Doornbos HayesChelsea LopezMax, a deaf 12-year-old, becomes infatuated with his big sister's boyfriend during a weekend retreat.Boys Shorts
- DirectorNathan AdloffStarsDanny RhodesNathan AdloffLucas NeffIn couples counseling, Wes and Chris decide to explore opening their relationship to spice up their sex life.Boys Shorts
- DirectorCarlton DanielStarsJames Brown IIIAdam DavenportJames Brown IIITwenty-five year old Cooper Riley, an emerging poet and hopeless romantic, attempts to alter his lifestyle after discovering his boyfriend wants an open relationship.Boys Shorts
- DirectorJordan FirstmanStarsCharles RogersJordan FirstmanClare McNultyAfter being emasculated at a sales conference, gay couple Reese and Peyton set out to do the most masculine thing they can think of - sleep with some women.Boys Shorts
- DirectorTJ MarchbankStarsBen BaurRuby HangerDoug LockeAfter a break up, Jonah struggles to open up to a new relationship with awkward/hilarious/disastrous results.Boys Shorts
- DirectorRodrigo Alvarez FloresStarsEdward CowardEduardo GómezJuan Pablo MuroFelipe and Claudio have a unique relationship. Somehow destiny pulls them apart and sets Felipe on a journey where he will risk everything in his pursuit of happiness.Boys Shorts
- DirectorAlejandro PeñaStarsHenry MacLeanWill StrykerAfter a bizarre ceremony, two lovers are condemned to live in a cave inhabited by flying creatures in this surreal tale about repressed love.Boys #2: Boys Be Trippin'/Fairy Tales and Wonderlands Shorts
- DirectorOsama ChamiEnrique GimenoStarsEnrique GimenoManuel Castillo HuberMichaël AssiéMateo and his boyfriend, Marc, arrive home after a night out with Luke, a guy they've just met. After an argument, Mateo leaves the flat and bumps into Jon, a drug dealer they have called. Mateo convinces Jon to take him to his house where he discovers he can't feel anything if it's not through pain.Boys #2: Boys Be Trippin'/Fairy Tales and Wonderlands Shorts
- DirectorWes HurleyStarsLuminous PariahChris HarderPete RushBoys #2: Boys Be Trippin'/Fairy Tales and Wonderlands Shorts
- DirectorTavo RuizStarsAndrés B. DuránHolil HerediaErnesto M. AgrazIn a city with constant movement like the subway rides, the paths of Andrés and Miguel are crossing. It seems like the beginning of a new Romance but Andrés doesn't know which direction to take.Boys #2: Boys Be Trippin'/Fairy Tales and Wonderlands Shorts
- DirectorCathy YanStarsDaniel K. IsaacAlexis RheeJosh BishopAfter the death of his beloved aunt, Daniel, a gay, struggling actor, visits Esther, his devout Christian, Korean mother. Despite their differences, they try to heal together. But old habits die hard.Boys #2: Boys Be Trippin'/Fairy Tales and Wonderlands Shorts
- DirectorMarco LeãoAndré SantosStarsFilipe AbreuRita DurãoJoão Villas-BoasPedro gets home at dawn. Before the young boy falls asleep, his lonely mother drags him to the beach.Boys #2: Boys Be Trippin'/Fairy Tales and Wonderlands Shorts
- DirectorKenneth O'TooleStarsIain Stuart DootsonNolan RobbaAn ageing drag queen sparkles her way through time, revisiting her glory days.Silver Shorts
- DirectorMatt WolfStarsWalter NaegleBayard Rustin was the organizer of the March on Washington and one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. In the 1980s Bayard adopted his younger boyfriend Walter Naegle to obtain the legal protections of marriage. In this intimate love story, Walter remembers Bayard and a time when gay marriage was inconceivable. He reflects on the little known phenomena of intergenerational gay adoption and its connection to the civil rights movement.Silver Shorts
- DirectorJake GrafStarsElliott SailorsVictoria EmslieDuncan JamesGrowing up in 1950s England in an intolerant and uninformed world, young Chris Winters struggles to fit into the gender roles dictated by wider society. A more than tough childhood left behind, Chris meets dream woman Julie, and life lightens a little, but the growing feeling that their life is a life half lived haunts Chris, who is torn by 'what ifs'. Chris imagines what might have been, and is finally struck by the realisation that for some decisions there is no right answer, and that it's those that truly define us.Silver Shorts
- DirectorTodd VerowCharles LumA group of older gay men get together every month for companionship, camaraderie, and sex.Silver Shorts
- DirectorGreg LoserStarsBern CohenIsaiah MuellerAn aging leatherman makes a weekly pilgrimage to the cruising destination of his youth.Silver Shorts
- DirectorLeandro GoddinhoStarsCarolina BianchiSandra DaniMarcela FetterA young lesbian finds her grandmother's eccentric WW2 lover living beneath a swimming pool.Silver Shorts
- DirectorOzzy VillazonStarsFlor de Maria ChahuaCheryl Francis HarringtonColette KilroyAlex, a transgender youth, has been struggling with a secret pregnancy. He considers what he is willing to lose in order to live honestly and courageously.Trans Shorts
- DirectorDean HamerJoe WilsonStarsEva BaronJoey Joleen MataeleA brave young transgender woman sets off on a journey to become her true self in the conservative Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga - with a little inspiration from Tina Turner along the way.Trans Shorts
- DirectorVictoria VerseauStarsMattias MalmrosAnna PaavilainenJuli has undergone a gender reassignment surgery, man to woman. A film about a transperson's loneliness and desire for closeness and love .Trans Shorts
- DirectorFiona DawsonStarsLogan IrelandLaila VillanuevaDebbie ReimA transgender airman is deployed to Afghanistan as the gender he knows himself to be. But everyday he risks being discharged because outdated U.S. policy bans open trans service.Trans Shorts
- DirectorMari WalkerStarsGavin FinkSusan PapaRoy AbramsohnAs summer draws to a close, a young trans girl finds freedom in a secret midnight swim.Trans Shorts
- DirectorBlair FukumuraStarsTravis ShannonTravis works the night shift as a housekeeper in a gay bathhouse. Love, is a messy business.Documentary Shorts
- DirectorWes HurleyNathan M. MillerStarsWes HurleyElena BridgesBenjamin JakupcakWes Hurley's autobiographical tale of growing up gay in Soviet Union Russia, only to escape with his mother, a mail order bride, to Seattle to face a whole new oppression in his new Christian fundamentalist American dad.Documentary Shorts
- DirectorJess DevaneyGeeta GandbhirLove the Sinner is a short documentary exploring the connection between Christianity and homophobia in the wake of the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.Documentary Shorts
- DirectorDerrick L. MiddletonStarsMichael ArceneauxClay CaneWade DavisThis film sheds light on the vital role barbershops play within the black community while examining the often complicated relationship that black gay men have with these spaces.Documentary Shorts
- DirectorRhianon JonesStarsBlake PerlmanAnna SereginaTwo lovers get into an escalating argument while driving home from a party at which they both flirted with romantic rivals.LOLgbt Shorts
- DirectorLeann BowenStarsDaniel AmermanJesse EsparzaAlexa LoftusLOLgbt Shorts
- DirectorGianna SobolStarsGenevieve AngelsonAmy Jackson LewisSienna FarallBarnes is a lesbian and Emily's as straight as they come. The two girls have been best friends forever. That's why Emily asked Barnes to be her maid of honor, despite how ridiculous Barnes looks in a bridesmaid's gown. But as the wedding approaches and Emily grapples with the idea of settling down, she has to get one last thing out of her system: Barnes.LOLgbt Shorts
- DirectorJordan FirstmanStarsCraig ChesterJordan FirstmanJason GreeneOn Josh and Greg's first date, they quickly realize that the generational divide between them is the least of their worries.LOLgbt Shorts
- DirectorHonami YanoAn ex-couple in a café, a girl sucking on her girlfriend's hair, a running woman, a fleeing town, a little girl walking along the river. In this world, there are as many forms of love as there are people.Q&A: Queer & Asian Shorts
- DirectorYudho AdityaStarsChicco KurniawanJacob McCarthyGladhys Elliona SyahutariCaught between the traditions of his upbringing in rural Indonesia and his idealization of Western freedom, a teenager struggles with the expectations of imminent manhood.Q&A: Queer & Asian Shorts
- DirectorJerell RosalesStarsMike BallBen WarnerJennifer AquinoFearing he may have HIV after the condom breaks during sex with a stranger, a young gay Asian American befriends the condom company's customer service representative over the phone as he waits for his HIV test results.Q&A: Queer & Asian Shorts
- DirectorHeath DanielsStarsNicky Endres'What is gender anyway but a compilation of disappointing, rigid expectations?'Q&A: Queer & Asian Shorts
- DirectorGino JoseStarsTopper FabregasAnnika GonzalezDino PastranoJohn reluctantly returns to his hometown when his sister, Gibby, drags him to the annual Water Festival. When Gibby disappears, John turns to an old friend he has been avoiding all these years for help. As he searches for his sister, he is forced to reopen old doors he thought were long closed.Q&A: Queer & Asian Shorts
- DirectorLiying MeiStarsJinger LiYang JingerYuan XuChina, 1997. An unhappy marriage, a love affair and a child who holds all the secrets.Q&A: Queer & Asian Shorts
- DirectorShayon MaitraStarsJiya BhardwajMunish BhardwajAlka ChatwalRaghu, a Sari shop worker, is obsessed with a particular sari. His world is turned upside down when it is picked by a bride-to-be, who doesn't understand its worth.Q&A: Queer & Asian Shorts
- DirectorEyal ReshStarsWyatt GriswoldPearce JozaLexi JaydeAt a summer sleepover, two best friends realize they may be connected by more than just friendship.Growing up Queer Shorts
- DirectorAnna Cazenave CambetStarsLaurie ReynalMohamed El BrinssiNinon MailletNérac in the early 2000s. Laurie and Mila (13) dance on Gabber music, on the shores of a remote lake. Mila is in love with Laurie and she wants to tell her.Growing up Queer Shorts
- DirectorCorine ColorsBittersweet is a parable in which Sara teaches her little Oscar one last lesson on absolute and barbaric power. The game turns utterly bitter. Despite having her little Oscar at stake, she lingers long enough to record it. The Result is 5 minutes of bittersweet.Growing up Queer Shorts
- DirectorJessica AdlerStarsJordan JonesLogan ReinhartWith the help of her best friend, a young girl redefines her perception of strength and what it means to be herself.Growing up Queer Shorts
- DirectorThomas Rivera MontesStarsTyronickah BuckmireCrystal De La CruzKristin DodsonGabriel and his friends decide to play Truth or Dare one day after school. They don't except things to take a serious turn and Gabriel's secret to be revealed.Growing up Queer Shorts
- DirectorRaymund Ribay GutierrezStarsRuby RuizUpeng FernandezLouie TanUnder the humid night within a lively slum in the center of Manila, Inday, a 54 year old single parent of a special child goes to her unusual work.Growing up Queer Shorts
- DirectorLia HietalaStarsErika ColemanTina Pour DavoyTina Pourdavoy10-year old Cleo joins her lesbian sister Gabbi and her girlfriend to her summerhouse. In the center of attention is the biggest question: Who is Cleo in love with, is it a girl or is it a boy?Growing up Queer Shorts
- DirectorJuan Carlos ZaldívarStarsDani ArrankaMelissa BurleyBetzaida FerrerJourney of a young transgender woman as she sets out to meet her amnesic mother for the first time since presenting female.Latinx Ladies Shorts
- DirectorAlberto FerrerasStarsGiovanka de MediciBarbra HerrA casual conversation in the dressing room of the night club turns into an inspired rant by one of the girls.Latinx Ladies Shorts
- DirectorCristóbal Rivera DoisStarsCamila Paz PradoArielli GutiérrezMia questions 'being a woman' as a category, while Petia simply wants to love Mia.Latinx Ladies Shorts
- DirectorNicole SantagoStarsChelsea BarrantesKalea CallowayAmanda ChengOne Minute Movie Showcase
- DirectorKevin RiosStarsWill BranskeSergio DuarteBrandon FlynnA brief montage of excerpts from home movies of gay men, with stock audio from the 20th century of personas addressing homosexuality in America.One Minute Movie Showcase
- DirectorElegance BrattonStarsAkasha BarkerBrenda HolderDominique JacksonA contemporary coming out story about a boy named Hassan who explores his trans identity voguing as a girl named Hanna and the night her two worlds collide.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorSoma HelmiStarsKaty ErinZoe TravisHello Goodbye is a meditation on the extremes of a young romance. The film places us on both sides, both chronological and personal, of a heartbreak, underscoring the brevity and magic of young love as it happens. The beginning is just the end.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorBell ZhongStarsFei JinBell ZhongMesmerized by a pair of red heels, a lonely street guy in Shanghai follows its owner into an old club where he discovers something challenges yet awakens his mind.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorBen LewisStarsTatiana MaslanyTattiawna JonesSergio Di ZioAfter a two-year absence and a recent stint in rehab, Fran (Tatiana Maslany) returns home to Toronto. Struggling to live soberly for the first time in her adult life, she must face the emotional fallout of her disappearance and make amends with the girlfriend (Tattiawna Jones) and the brother (Sergio DiZio) she left behind.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorDevon KirkpatrickStarsTegan and SaraTegan QuinSara QuinShorts Before Features
- DirectorTamara ShogaoluStarsAdamAfter a traumatic encounter, a young, gay Egyptian joins the LGBT rights movement. When his safety is jeopardized, he must choose whether to stay in the country he loves or seek asylum elsewhere as a refugee. HALF A LIFE is a timely story of activism and hope, set in the increasingly dangerous, oppressive, and unstable social climate of Egypt today.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorSherry-Yiyang ShiStarsHannah WoodLexy McAvincheyReid HoneywellAfter an unexpected one-night-stand, Rachel is now awkwardly trapped in the house with last night's lover because... well zombies.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorKat BramstonStarsScott BowcherOliver DurbidgeAmy GilmoreIn a fast paced, coffee driven world of industry it's become easy to ignore other's problems and hard to keep proper perspective. Where does a man in a comfortable bubble place his care?Shorts Before Features
- DirectorTatina CowellStarsTiequera HalyardChelsey KokoskiMark Allan LairdFor one young woman, the greatest decision she will ever have to make is holding on to the forbidden love of her life or surrendering to an intimacy she has never truly known.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorAshton PinaStarsArjenise FerreirasMicah GiovanniTim WardellBefore entering the NBA Draft, Kollin must make a life-changing decision that could direct the future of his professional career.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorPuppettStarsYasmine Al-BustamiJack MoroccoA Jewish biker chick and a Muslim woman ride off into the sunset.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorJonathan MartinStarsTaylor HarmonAlivia LeonelliJames C. MorrisA young girl awakens to discover her soul is in peril.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorKenrick PrinceStarsAri BlinderMichaela Jaé (MJ) RodriguezWhen Gema gets roped into meeting her fiancé's parents for the first time, she grapples with wanting their approval and facing the secret he's been keeping from them.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorSebastian SdaiguiA candid portrait of three hedonistic queer performers living in New YorkShorts Before Features
- CreatorQ. Allan BrockaStarsLeann LeiCamille WormserAnthony MaAlex is an Asian-American actor is fights against getting cast in stereotypical roles. Alex is also a gay man surrounded by supportive friends but a little more secretive among his conservative family.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorEmily BestStarsMarnie AltonErica AndersonShorts Before Features
- DirectorAlexander HaneyStarsJack Henry DayKadina de ElejaldeMalik Adjuia Smith-ThompsonWhen his bathroom mirror reflection begins to separate from him, a mixed race teen must navigate a landscape of identity and change to come out to his parents before it's too late. As nineteen-year-old Uri struggles to balance his African-American, Jewish, and gay identities, subjective magical realism and stunning visuals converge to explore the pressures relating to intersectional identities in a divided society.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorRobert W. GrayStarsAlex CoreyA filmmaker attempts to capture the moment of letting go but instead captures something he longs to hold onto.Shorts Before Features
- DirectorRenata GasiorowskaA young girl spends the evening alone at home. She decides to have some sweet solo pleasure session, but not everything goes according to plan.