A country at war, a competitive athlete, and couples exploring intimacy, this collection of shorts is all about the ups and downs of our queer realities.
Shruti Parekh
Director
Maria José Maldonaldo
Director
Latavia Young
Producer
Cecilia Delgado
Director
Apayauq Reitan
Subject
A country at war, a competitive athlete, and couples exploring intimacy, this collection of shorts is all about the ups and downs of our queer realities.
Rating and Content Advisory
14A
Sat Jun 03, 2:15 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
350 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Co-Presented by
Nadia Parfan
Director
A car races at breakneck speed through Kyiv at dawn. This contemporary remake of the French short film It’s a Date captures the heightened emotions caused by the war.
Country
Year
2023
Duration
5 mins
Interests
Shruti Parekh
Director
When an immigrant taxi driver in upstate New York takes an undocumented couple to the Canadian border, they find themselves at odds.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
18 mins
Interests
María José Maldonaldo
Director
While planning a birthday party for her late aunt Bianca, María José Maldonado revisits the past in order to celebrate and correct Bianca’s legacy.
Country
United States
Year
2023
Duration
10 mins
Interests
Cecilia Delgado
Director
A young Latinx woman kidnaps the child she nannies to satisfy her girlfriend’s desire to start a family.
Country
Brazil
Year
2022
Duration
15 mins
Interests
Daisy Friedman
Director
When an interabled queer couple spends the night together for the first time, they must confront their complex relationships with desire, sexuality, and bodily autonomy.
Country
United States
Year
2023
Duration
14 mins
Interests
Zeppelin Zeerip
Director
Apayauq Reitan’s journey to become the first out transgender woman to complete the legendary Iditarod sled dog race.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
16 mins
Interests
Annie Brennen
Director
Zoe is making a movie about a woman who is making a movie. In it, her character must kiss a woman.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
11 mins
Interests
Beards, bands, boundaries, and besties, this collection of shorts is just trying to tell you something about life.
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.
These short films about loud neighbours, vampires, and inner saboteurs prove that anything can be comedic if it’s in the right hands.
Connie Glachan
Director
Inside Out’s specially-curated program showcasing the work of trans and non binary filmmakers. Curated by and for the trans* community.
Rating and Content Advisory
14A | Sexual Content. Scenes containing graphic sexual content and nudity.
Fri Jun 02, 9:30 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
350 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Screening Sponsor
Neil Betteridge
Shiva Raichandani
Director
As Asifa prepares to finally undergo gender affirmation surgery, the disabled trans activist – who is also Britain’s first out Muslim drag queen – reflects on her life.
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2022
Duration
20 mins
Interests
Connie Glachan
Director
Aqua Venus provides a personalised fever dream to help YOU discover what being a woman means!
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
5 mins
Interests
Hao Zhou
Director
Zee, a nonbinary aspiring nurse from China, strives to build a gender-affirming life in rural Iowa.
Country
United States
Year
2023
Duration
11 mins
Interests
Angelo Madsen Minax
Director
Through snowy stargazing, flirting with guys on dating apps, taking ketamine (or not), and watching YouTube lecture videos, outer and inner space collapse.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
12 mins
Interests
Randa Jarrar
Director
A group of queer femmes and their lovers gather at a kink party for the first time since 2019.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
11 mins
Interests
Spndex
Director
Caesar, a trans camboy on the run from his traumatic past, is shocked when his body starts to violently morph and transform beyond all recognition.
Country
Netherlands
Year
2022
Duration
13 mins
Interests
Mars Verrone
Director
Forty years after the Khmer Rouge regime, a transgender man returns to the village where he survived the genocide.
Country
United States
Year
0
Duration
18 mins
Interests
Malik Ever
Director
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
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.
Snakes, the sea, and unexpected visitors, this collection of shorts explores relationships with everyone from ourselves and our partners to strangers.
When Leo turns their love of plants into an online community for Black folks to talk all things foliage, they discover that community is the key to staying rooted. As Leo’s group of Black millennial...
Richard Linklater
Director
Country
United States
Format
Feature film
Year
2003
Duration
1 h 48 mins
Previous Festivals/Awards
Stream
International Showcase
Interests
International, Music, Performing Arts, Youth
Rating and Content Advisory
14A
Join us and our very special guest, School of Rock’s Rivkah Reyes (Katie), as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mike White and Richard Linklater’s classic comedy that holds a special place in many queer hearts. Fired from his band, down and out rockstar Dewey Finn faces a mountain of debt and depression. Desperate for work, he poses as a substitute music teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinks have a powerful effect on his students. As he gets his privileged and precocious charges in touch with their inner rockstars, he imagines redemption at a local Battle of the Bands, solving his financial problems and putting him back in the spotlight.
Fri Jun 02, 6:45 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
350 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Screening Sponsor
Judith Kanatahawi Schuyler
Peter Knegt
Andy Reid
Will Carington
Jake Goicoechea
Rivkah Reyes
Kait Schuster
These short films about loud neighbours, vampires, and inner saboteurs prove that anything can be comedic if it’s in the right hands.
Rating and Content Advisory
14A
Thu Jun 01, 9:30 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
350 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Co-Presented by
Judith Kanatahawi Schuyler
After a year living in a very straight New Zealand beach town, First Nations lesbian Tallulah can stand it no longer – she’s going back to Toronto where the rainbows fly. Or is she?
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
10 mins
Interests
Mike Donahue
Troy has loud sex. Troy has loud sex 24/7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives…or is he saving them?
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
16 mins
Interests
Nyala Moon
A whack, irrelevant comedy about a black trans woman who tries to dilate, after four years of not dilating, to hook-up IRL with her online boyfriend.
Country
United States
Year
0
Duration
14 mins
Interests
James Cooper
After being estranged for almost a decade, former best friends Jake and Drew reunite so Drew can ask Jake the age-old queer question…can I have your sperm to make a baby?
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
12 mins
Interests
Andy Reid
When a young gay man suspects he has an STI, he goes in for testing and discovers the older man he recently slept with is a doctor at the clinic.
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Duration
9 mins
Interests
Will Carington
Director
Courtney Bush
Director
Jake Goicoechea
Director
A late-night conversation with an oracle launches a young Brooklyn woman on a quest to slay a vampire.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
18 mins
Interests
Kait Schuster
Gina, a Filipina Gemini who is just doing her best, takes the advice of her sliding scale therapist to spend a day with her inner saboteur. Enter Gianna.
Country
United States
Year
2023
Duration
11 mins
Interests
A country at war, a competitive athlete, and couples exploring intimacy, this collection of shorts is all about the ups and downs of our queer realities.
Crushes, homecoming, and some surprising special interests: this short program highlights the complexities of young adulthood and the importance of being yourself.
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.
Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
Country
United States
Format
Feature film
Year
2023
Duration
1 h 27 mins
Previous Festivals/Awards
Stream
International Showcase
Interests
International, Latinx, Trans
Rating and Content Advisory
14A | Sexual Content. Scenes containing sexual content.
Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
Director
Over the course of a single hectic day in New York City, three people from Feña’s past are thrust back into his life. Having lost touch since transitioning, he navigates the new dynamics of his relationships with his father, his younger half-sister, and his ex-boyfriend all while tackling the day-to-day challenges of living life in-between. This thoughtful drama delves into the complexity of both being trans and Latinx in today’s America.
Wed May 31, 6:45 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
350 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Screening Sponsor
Co-Presented by
Levi Eddie Aluede
Director
Snakes, the sea, and unexpected visitors, this collection of shorts explores relationships with everyone from ourselves and our partners to strangers.
Rating and Content Advisory
14A
Sun May 28, 6:45 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
350 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Screening Sponsors
Gary and William Klein
Co-Presented by
Zach Siegel
Director
After a hookup, John and Alex test the limits of what’s TMI.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
10 mins
Interests
Levi Eddie Aluede
Director
Stoic drug dealer Kadell begins spending more time with one of his new buyers, leading to self-reflection as they form a deep and unexpected bond.
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2023
Duration
11 mins
Interests
Shuli Huang
Director
A young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown and engages in an overdue conversation with his mother, leading them on a quest for acceptance and love.
Country
China
Year
2022
Duration
20 mins
Interests
Andrea Romano
Director
Lorenzo prepares to receive Marvin for the first time but when he shows up at his door with a guest, Lorenzo doesn’t dare say no.
Country
France
Year
2022
Duration
16 mins
Interests
Trishtan Tala Perez
Director
In the town of Pagadian, a gay teenager eagerly waits for a mature man to reveal his face after developing an anonymous sexual relationship with him online.
Country
Philippines
Year
2021
Duration
20 mins
Interests
Angalis Field
Director
When a handsome cyclist passes through and asks for directions to a local cruising site, Cam takes it as an invitation to follow him.
Country
United States
Year
2022
Duration
12 mins
Interests
Tom CJ Brown
Director
After checking in as a passenger onboard a cargo ship, Christopher begins to question his sanity and his perception of time.
Country
France
Year
2022
Duration
20 mins
Interests
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.
These short films about loud neighbours, vampires, and inner saboteurs prove that anything can be comedic if it’s in the right hands.
A country at war, a competitive athlete, and couples exploring intimacy, this collection of shorts is all about the ups and downs of our queer realities.
Corey Sherman
Director
Country
United States
Format
Feature film
Year
2022
Duration
1 h 28 mins
Previous Festivals/Awards
Stream
International Showcase
Interests
Coming Of Age, Gay, International, Youth
Rating and Content Advisory
PG
Jamie’s dream camping trip is ruined before it even begins when he finds out that his beloved cousin is bringing her new boyfriend. However, Jamie’s initial jealousy of the competent and confident Dan quickly turns into a friendship, as they bond over cooking, games and both being “big boys.” But as the weekend progresses, despite Jamie’s brother’s attempts to set him up with a girl staying at the campsite, all Jamie wants to do is hang out with Dan. As his burgeoning crush gets him into awkward scrapes and arguments, Jamie begins to come to terms with who he is, and who he desires.
Sun May 28, 4:00 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox 3
350 King Street West
Toronto, ON
Screening Sponsor
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