Sex clubs, teddy bears, cruising, and erotic wrestling, this collection of shorts is all about owning your truth and not being afraid to express yourself.
Alex Megaro
Director
Christopher Cunetto
Director
Sex clubs, teddy bears, cruising, and erotic wrestling, this collection of shorts is all about owning your truth and not being afraid to express yourself.
Rating and Content Advisory
18A | Sexual Content. Scenes containing graphic sexual content and nudity.
Fri May 26, 9:00 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 2
350 King Street West
Toronto ON
Kilian Feusi
Director
Jessica Meier
Director
Sujanth Ravichandran
Director
Bob the plumber is hired to fix a broken pipe and to his surprise finds himself inside a gay fetish club.
Country
Switzerland
Year
2022
Duration
4 mins
Interests
Jimi Vall Peterson
Director
When the inexperienced, 24-year-old Elias is reunited with his cuddly, talking childhood teddy bear, a passionate relationship is re-awakened
Country
Sweden
Year
2022
Duration
15 mins
Interests
Alex Megaro
Director
Exploring the innate intimacy of submission wrestling, a lifelong wrestler turns his talents into an on-demand fetish video service.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
14 mins
Interests
Donald C. Shorter Jr.
Director
State of Mind highlights the intimacy and beauty found through the experience of power exchange in BDSM/leather/fetish/kink.
Country
United States
Year
0
Duration
3 mins
Interests
Mikko Makela
Director
A filmmaker’s and a moviegoer’s ideas of cinematic romance are put to the test during a one-night stand that turns emotional.
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2023
Duration
14 mins
Interests
Julien Cadieux
Director
An Acadian country road and beautiful beach attract more than just tourists.
Country
Canada
Year
2021
Duration
7 mins
Interests
Joshua Conkel
Director
Tom has his boyfriend Mikey move in and what initially seems like domestic bliss gives way to creeping dread as a malevolent spirit makes itself known.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
13 mins
Interests
Christopher Cunetto
Director
Cesar, an emotionally stunted masochist, must confront his self-loathing after his dom, Bear, reinterprets the rules of their game.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
15 mins
Interests
From parenthood to plant care, this collection of shorts highlights the work of Canadian filmmakers creating from coast to coast.
Crushes, homecoming, and some surprising special interests: this short program highlights the complexities of young adulthood and the importance of being yourself.
These short films about loud neighbours, vampires, and inner saboteurs prove that anything can be comedic if it’s in the right hands.
Kristian Cahatol
Director
Lourdes Miere
Director
Kay Chan
Director
Crushes, homecoming, and some surprising special interests: this short program highlights the complexities of young adulthood and the importance of being yourself.
Rating and Content Advisory
PG
Fri May 26, 1:00 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
350 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Ella Rocca
Director
Dealing with their own obsessive crushes, Ella Rocca researches what to do about it.
Country
Switzerland
Year
2022
Duration
8 mins
Interests
Ariel Mahler
Radha Mehta
This short documentary explores the journey of Florida’s first transgender Homecoming Queen, Evan Bialosuknia, and her confidence and impact on youth faced with discrimination from Florida’s newly signed “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
14 mins
Interests
Nicolás Keller Sarmiento
Director
By a gas station in rural Argentina, a broken-hearted drag queen helps young Ernesto find the courage to follow his dreams.
Country
Argentina
Year
2023
Duration
13 mins
Interests
Mary Galloway
Director
Trinity – a radical, Indigenous, feminist – and Addison – a devout, Black Mormon – are forced to work together on a school project and discover they have more in common than they thought.
Country
Canada
Year
2021
Duration
11 mins
Interests
Kristian Cahatol
Director
Two non-binary young adults embark on a dream-like journey of self-discovery and acceptance as they navigate the complexities of love and identity.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
5 mins
Interests
Lourdes Miere
Director
Word by Word is a short documentary following the creative journey of Robyn Sidhu, a spoken word poet.
Country
Canada
Year
2023
Duration
9 mins
Interests
Kay Chan
Director
A pair of Two-Spirit Métis-Chinese youth soften a deer hide together, revealing a story about belonging and honoring your full self and ancestry, no matter where you are.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
2 mins
Interests
Aly Labbé-Hervieux
Fursona is an incursion into the universe of Aly, a member of the Furry community.
Country
Year
2022
Duration
5 mins
Interests
Malik Ever
With her summer camp golf tournament looming, outcast Ursula hopes to win and prove her worth with the help of Chef Cormac, the transmasculine former ladies golf pro.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
14 mins
Interests
Beards, bands, boundaries, and besties, this collection of shorts is just trying to tell you something about life.
From raves to resistance, this collection of shorts highlights the work of local queer storytellers making films that explore the multitudes this city has to offer.
Embark on a journey through themes of vulnerability and the power that lies within it with this year’s BOLD programming. This series of shorts made by Black filmmakers display the magic, vulnerabili...