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Gay Short Films : 76

To Love and Not Be Loved (Philippines)
Loving someone doesn't guarantee that you will be loved in return. This film shows this, when a young boy leaves home for greener pastures and future ignoring the older gay man who has ben taking care of him all thee years.

Young Love (Philippines)
2 former friends are catching up over game of basketball. They soon confide that they both have been secretly harboring a crush over each other.

Hrysopsaro (Greece) [Goldfish]
Stratis' 7th birthday turns sour when he reveals his father he named his goldfish after Tom Daley. This is because he thinks his new goldfish is gay, much to the horror of his conservative father.

Uninvited (South Korea)
When Jungho mother visits him unannounced, he has to hide his boyfriend. But the mother id smart enough to figure out that someone else also lives there. Beautiful!

Devi (India) [Goddess]
Devi is attracted go their house help who has helped raise her. The film has a strong message about the abuse of folks due to class in India with social and class lines that divide contemporary India.

Landline (UK)
Landline is a short documentary about the only helpline in the UK for gay farmers shown through series of recorded conversations and visuals.

Marco (UK)
Omar, a lonely banker invites a Spanish masseur Marco one night. But as their night together progresses, it turns out that Marco is really Ahmed, and his story echoes from Syria. With Arabic as the common thing between them the two have instant connection. A universal story of the most simple desire and search for intimacy. We all have a need for human connection and you never know the radical. change one's behavior can bring. An absolute must watch short film for everyone.

This World We Live In (UK)
Joey is struggling with his sexuality. As the inner turmoil increases, he gets more involved in drugs, unprotected sex, and the fallout of everything could be as damaging as the pretense he maintains.

Handsome & Majestic (Canada)
With the loving support of his family, Milan is ready to face the struggles that come with a transgender identity in the small rural community & continue to educate & inspire.

See You Soon (USA)
A gay man travels from LA to NY the country to spend the weekend with someone he's been talking to for months on a dating app, hoping to find the kind of romance that he grew up thinking he'd never get to experience. As the weekend finishes, neither of them wants this to end. Beautiful and a must watch film. The actors have great chemistry. A great example of sometimes a short film can be so much more effective than a long stretched full length feature.

Aunque Nos Pese (Spain) [Although It Hurts]
Marcos, a budding writer is spending an evening in the park of his neighborhood. Pedro is looking for an address. An unexpected complicity will arise between them when Marco tells him a story (or is it real?).

Filip (Sweden)
Young Filip idolizes his elder brother Sebastian. When he accidentally sees him making out with a friend, he doesn't know how to handle this and how to react.

Hijo pródigo (USA) [Prodigal Son]
Story about a closeted teenager coming out to his parents who do not take the news lightly. The snub that the parents give to him is still very realistic.

Red (USA)
A semi autobiographical about being queer in conservative towns during hard times with empathy. James and Lizzy's relationship is interrupted by Aaron, the guy James almost hooked up with 4 months ago.

Mondial (Lebanon)
A Lebanese gay couple decides to take a road trip to Ramallah. The film is recorded with their camera as they chronicle their journey. The viewers are invited through the couple's conversations into the universe of a fading city and some internalized homophobia.

So God Made A Gay Man (USA)
A touching 2 minute video by Crew Publication as a tribute to the strength of being a gay man. Beautiful!

Get Ripped (Belgium)
Although 20-year-old Niko meet his personal trainer daily at the gym, their contact remains indifferent and silent. As Niko’s efforts yield results, a game of manipulation begins to unfold.

Don't Forget About Singapore (France)
Francois works in a large banking company by day. At night, he becomes a sex worker on the pavement of Paris. A silent short.

Barbie Boy (USA)
7 year old Bobby likes to play with dolls. One day his father tells him that dolls are for girls, sending Bobby on a personal mission to find what he should be playing with. He must accept his love for dolls or conform?

Rift (USA)
A family man struggling to cope with his hidden urges has his devotion challenged by the unexpected arrival of his secret lover.

Comments

Hedgehog said…
Ive watched Filip and it’s a nice short film. Filip after knowing Sebastian is gay and he sees how other kids bullied the gay kid. He grows more sympathetic towards his brother that’s why he joins him in the bed to show he’s on his side. That’s what the ending means to me.

The Prodigal son - im kinda sad how his mother care about more about society than her son. Glad that his papi is more minded about it, that balances it out. it’s still a sad film though with truth on it.

See you soon - I agree that those men had chemistry. Hard to watch them say goodbye to each other. Him crying in the car while holding the koala stuff toy really hit me in the feels. Kinda cliche but if you really love each other you’ll surely find a way. I’m pretty sure that’s not last time they’ll see each other.
Golu said…
Actually in the Prodigal Son, I felt the mother's rections were so over the top, at one point i even laughed. It was very unreal

See you soon was just too good.

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