Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Long Form Short Film: if i put the skate over my head i become the ground
Best Short Short Short Film: UP TO HIV INFECTIONS – JORIS AND AMIR
Best Performances: DAUGHTER
Best Sound & Music: IF CITIES COULD DANCE: J SETTING ATLANTA
Best Comedy: DEALING
Best Cinematography: HE WON’T BELONG
Best Story: CARELESSLY THERE
Best Student Film: MICHELLE
Best Direction: UNTIED KNOTS
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
MICHELLE, 2min,. USA, Animation
Directed by Sarena Vasquez
With the assistance of a casino waitress, Michelle moves to eliminate her next hit assignment— a perpetrator of sexual assault named Julius Lopez de Villalobos. Before Michelle can finish the job she must first get through Julius’ bodyguard. However, Julius won’t go down without putting up a fight of his own.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
HE WON’T BELONG, 22min., USA, Drama
Directed by Dominic Mercurio
In the midst of a storm on a desolate strip of California’s lost coast, Theo spots a young shivering stranger named Connor on the side of the road and brings him back to his home for shelter. While they wait for the storm to pass, they begin to uncover each others past wounds.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
DAUGHTER, 14min,. Brazil, Drama
Directed by Mariana Medeiros
Marcele (34) lives with her mother Lucia (56), who is critical of her but lenient with her younger brother, who lives far away and doesn’t give his family much of his time. Marcele feels underappreciated by her mother. Lucia’s birthday is coming up and Marcele dedicates herself to planning a barbecue party to celebrate. Marcele has a “don’t ask don’t tell” relationship with Ana (30), a pretty girl who lives in the village.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
UP TO HIV INFECTIONS – JORIS AND AMIR, 6min., Netherlands,
Directed by Sander Ligthart
Some gay men rarely or never test for HIV. This is because of shame, fear or because they are unaware of the risks.
https://www.mantotman.nl/nl/amir
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
DEALING, 12min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Kendall Alex Payne
Dealing is a stoner comedy about a 26-year-old lesbian named Kai, played by Nina Moran (Betty, HBO). After being fired and dumped, Kai takes a part-time gig delivering weed, where she is forced to reconnect with humans and learns to love life again.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
IF CITIES COULD DANCE: J SETTING ATLANTA, 5min., USA, Dance
Directed by Fr3deR1cK Jerome Taylor
J-Setting: The Acrobatic LGBTQ Dance sensation that traveled From Southern Historically Black Colleges to the Clubs of Atlanta | KQED Arts
http://tomorrowpictures.tv/
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WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
CARELESSLY THERE, 13min., USA, Drama
Directed by Rachel Deutsch
As Elaine grapples with romantic feelings for her best friend May, she begins to confront her own identity, and the lies she’s told to protect it.
http://www.racheldeutsch.com/https://www.instagram.com/racheldeutschh/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
UNTIED KNOTS, 5min., China, Romance
Directed by Claire Yland Li
A girl who constantly fantasizes about sexual intimacy and romantic encounter doesn’t know what to do when the opportunity actually comes.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
if i put the skate over my head i become the ground, 21min., Brazil
Directed by Clara Nunes, Pipa Souza
With the visions of Chuchu Kamel, Lucca Alvarenga, Kim Terra, Patty Skater, Pipa Souza, Rodrigo Kbeça Lima and Tereza Skateira, the short shines a light on the universe of queer skateboarding scene in Brazil and embraces the movement to deconstruct traditional stereotypes in the cultural movement of skateboarding . Disassociating from the traditional aggressive and masculinized format, skate practice comes to fight against different prejudices and situations experienced by the LGBTQIAP+ comunity in Skateboarding.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
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