Shorts: Afternoon Delight
May 24, 2025
4:00 PM
TIFF Lightbox Cinema 3
Home is where the heart is but the journey to find it isn’t always easy. Whether guided by a guardian angel, a loyal partner, a dirt track, or an unexpected stranger, this collection of shorts offers the roadmap you need to reach it.
Content Advisory: Our shorts programs feature a wide variety of themes. If you have any concerns about what might be depicted in this program please contact us at programming@insideout.ca.
SPITI / ΣΠΙΤΙ
A house with nerves, a coughing A/C, two girls in love. A personal guide on love and loss.
Director(s): Sofia Sfyri
Country: Greece, Cyprus
Year: 2024
Duration: 26 mins
Divine Intervention
To get the promotion of their dreams, a mischievous earth-bound angel must get two ex-best friends to finally admit their love for each other.
Director(s): Ravenna Tran
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2024
Duration: 17 mins
Hold Me Close
A study of a Black Queer couple told through intimate voice recordings documented over the course of a season.
Director(s): Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
Country: United States
Year: 2024
Duration: 20 mins
Dandelion
In 1970s Los Angeles, a rebellious Queer teen gets thrown out of a foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who’s tasked with finding her a new home before dawn.
Director(s): Fiona Obertinca
Country: United States
Year: 2025
Duration: 20 mins
Ragamuffin
A 12-year-old motocross racer spends an average race weekend at the track with her father but, as things unfold, she’s faced with her identity, her deafness, and what it means to be a girl.
Director(s): Kaitlyn Mikayla
Country: United States
Year: 2024
Duration: 15 mins
May 24, 2025
4:00 PM
TIFF Lightbox Cinema 3