Shorts: Rude, Lewd + Screwed
May 28, 2025
9:15 PM
TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2
Space travel, meaty fantasies, and inopportune allergic reactions, this collection of shorts has one goal and one goal only: to make you laugh. Let’s face it, with so much going on in the world, we could all use 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.
Time Capsule
Through interactions with a self who has yet to exist, Constanze creates a time capsule for herself exploring themes of aging, transition, and consciousness.
Director(s): Constanze Brodbeck
Country: United States
Year: 2024
Duration: 5 mins
Die Bully Die
17 years after high-school, Max catches up with his former bully, Adam, in a fancy restaurant, where Max’s grudge against Adam begins to manifest in horrific ways.
Director(s): Nick Lacey, Nathan Lacey
Country: Australia
Year: 2024
Duration: 17 mins
In The Flesh
A woman's infatuation with her local butcher exposes the cracks in her seemingly perfect marriage.
Director(s): Emily Frances Kaplan
Country: United States
Year: 2025
Duration: 16 mins
Three Minutes
Daria waits a pregnant 3 minutes for her test results.
Director(s): Annika Chavez
Country: United States, Canada
Year: 2024
Duration: 6 mins
Organza's Revenge
Organza, a broke artist in a distant galaxy, travels across the stars to seek revenge on her ex-lover in an attempt to cure her mysterious illness.
Director(s): Walter Scott
Country: Canada
Year: 2024
Duration: 21 mins
PORELESS
A fabulous Queer Muslim beauty entrepreneur competes in a Shark Tank-like contest after suffering an untimely allergic reaction.
Director(s): Harris Doran
Country: United States
Year: 2025
Duration: 13 mins
Hot Young Geek Seeks Blood-Sucking Freak
Fighting off a vampire is hard but coming out is harder. In the midst of pre-party dress-up, Max finds himself the online target of an angry vampire bent on drinking his blood.
Director(s): Heath Virgoe
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2024
Duration: 13 mins
RAT!
When a disgruntled music journalist accuses a global pop star of queerbaiting, the singer’s devoted fans seek retribution.
Director(s): Neal Suresh Mulani
Country: United States
Year: 2024
Duration: 17 mins
May 28, 2025
9:15 PM
TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2