Author: lgbtlosangelesfilmfestival

A midwestern All-American man escapes his mundane and limiting world back home for a new life in Thailand, but he gets more than he bargains for when he falls in love with a mysterious restaurant owner who harbors a secret and a dangerous past that sweeps them both into the cutthroat criminal underworld of Thailand.

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Hannah Ehman
Graham: Sean Ballantyne
Graham’s Dad: Shawn Devlin

Performed by Val Cole

While trying to explore her sexuality, 17-year-old Maggie struggles with her religious OCD and comes face to face with questions that seem too hard to answer. What should we take from religion? What should we do when we feel religion is taking from us?

CAST LIST:

Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Maggie: Val Cole
Voice: Geoff Mays

A showcase of the best LGBTQ+ films in the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS: (from the Audience Feedback Festival)
Best Feature Film: Inside the Oasis: The Story of South Florida’s Gay Mecca
Best Short Film: FINDING YIYI
Best Direction: LOOK AT US NOW
Best Micro-Short Film: ANADROMOUS
Best Experimental Film: TEN POEM PROJECT (AUNTIE)
Best Performances: GIRLS NIGHT IN

Inside the Oasis: The Story of South Florida’s Gay Mecca, 47min., USA
Directed by Andy Perrott
Narrated by Emmy-winning actor Sharon Gless, INSIDE THE OASIS: The Story of South Florida’s Gay Mecca explores the LGBTQ+ community’s evolution in Broward County from the 1950s to the present. Through archival footage and firsthand accounts, the film charts the fight against discrimination, the triumph of visibility, and the fragile nature of progress as newly emboldened political forces once again challenge the community’s hard-won rights.

https://www.instagram.com/lightshipstudios/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-inside-the-oasis

GIRLS NITE IN, 7min., USA
Directed by Sarah J Simon

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-girls-night-in

Ten Poem Project (Auntie), 4min., USA
Directed by Nakoa Taggart, Gabriel Vazquez
Ten Poem Project is a hybrid dance film that brings together poetry, movement, and lived testimony to explore migration, identity, and artistic resilience. Emerging from a larger practice-as-research monograph, the film weaves choreographic performance with personal narrative, poetic text, and visual storytelling. Rooted in the experiences of migrant dancers in the United States, Ten Poem Project reflects on displacement, survival, and the transformative power of dance as both testimony and archive. The work blurs the boundaries of scholarship and art, creating a visceral meditation on how bodies remember and reimagine home across cultures.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-ten-poem-project

ANADROMOUS, 5min., USA
Directed by Ari Grubb
When they find themselves evolving out of their aquarium home, two fish set off on a musical journey of self-acceptance and queer joy, and find community in a freaky fish gay bar in the deepest depths of the ocean.

https://instagram.com/anadromous_film

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-anadromous

Finding Yiyi, 14min., USA
Directed by Kim Caicedo
After losing her grandmother’s cherished dumpling recipe, a 65-year-old woman embarks on a journey to piece it back together, leading her to reconnect with a childhood friend and explore the relationship they never had.

https://www.instagram.com/findingyiyi/

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-finding-yiyi

Look At Us Now, 5min., USA
Directed by Noelle Gentile, Kaitlyn Busbee
“Look At Us Now” is the debut music video from 10-year-old, Lulu Grey’s debut album, “Dreaming’ Grey”

https://instagram.com/@lulu.grey.music

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-look-at-us-now

A showcase of the best LGBTQ+ films in the world today.

AUDIENCE AWARDS: (from the Audience Feedback Festival)
Best Feature Film: HUMANS OF PRIDE
Best Short Film: YAGA
Best Micro-Short Film: THE CLOSET
Best Story: A PRIEST WALKS INTO A BAR
Best Romance Film: WAT DENG AEN MIR SOEN
Best Transgender Film: FORBIDDEN SOUL
Best Performances: TIL’ DEATH DO US PART
Best Direction: I KNOW WHO MY GOD IS
Best Experimental Film: OUT OF FOCUS
Best Documentary: HERFREQUENCY: A Conversation with Women of Color in Sound
Best Gender Awareness Film: PITH
Best Visual Design: HE/SHE/US

A Priest Walks into a Bar, 7min., Canada
Directed by Timothy Lenko
Scandal, grace, and mistaken identity collide when a priest approaches a man day-drinking alone.

https://www.instagram.com/heartswornfilms

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-a-priest-walks-into-a-bar

Wat deng Aen mir soen, 6min., Luxembourg
Directed by Alexandra Kurt, Joshua Thil
Nina struggles with dating as a woman who loves women until a chance encounter with an intriguing stranger by the reservoir sparks an unexpected connection.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-wat-deng-aen-mir-soen

Yaga, 12min. USA
Directed by Katy Grossman
When a woman accidentally summons an immortal witch while hiking with her girlfriend, she must learn to stand up for herself or risk losing herself forever.

https://instagram.com/katygman

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-yaga

The Closet, 5min., USA
Directed by Olivia Jean Hamilton
In 2025 we’re no longer scared to come out as Bisexual to the straights, we’re nervous to tell our judgmental gay friends. The Closet is a fun and quirky short about Olympia coming out to her closest friends.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-the-closet

Forbidden soul, 29min., Pakistan
Directed by Baidar Bakhat
The inner spiritual feelings and emotions of transgender are considered forbidden in the eyes of society.This story is based on transgender Act 2018.when a decision by the Islamic court declared such lewd feelings un Islamic.maina is a eunuch who after castration became a member of the eunuch community and lives with her mentor.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-forbidden-soul

Til’ Death Do Us Part, 14min., USA
Directed by Miranda Wear
Allison falls terminally ill, only for her wife to suddenly file for a divorce.
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https://instagram.com/shuttermommy

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-til-death-do-us-part

I Know Who My God Is, 28min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Smita Adhikary
“I Know Who My God Is” explores the role of faith within the LGBTQ+ community, delving into how belief, spirituality, and identity intersect in deeply personal and often complicated ways. For centuries, mainstream religious institutions have positioned themselves in opposition to LGBTQ+ lives, shaping a narrative of exclusion, judgment, and silence. To say that the treatment of LGBTQ+ individuals by many orthodox traditions has been “unkind” is to understate the pain, rejection, and loss countless people have endured in the name of faith.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-i-know-who-my-god-is

Out of Focus, 9min., USA, Documentary
Directed by India Martin
Blurring the boundaries between past and present, Out of Focus is an experimental film series and living archive that honors Black queer families and chosen families through a poetic exploration of memory, love, and kinship.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-out-of-focus

HERFrequency: A Conversation with Women of Color in Sound, 44min., USA
Directed by Jae Gilyard
With stories that span from childhood inspirations to professional triumphs, HER Frequency is an intimate documentary that follows a deep and sometimes hilarious conversation between Black women and women of color about their authentic experiences and artistry in Sound.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-herfrequency

Humans of Pride, 100min., USA
Directed by Kevin Coop
Humans of Pride chronicles half a century of Pride in NYC, tracing its journey from the Stonewall Riots of ’69 to the historic WorldPride celebration of 2019. When this powerful ensemble of activists step into their moments, we go behind the scenes to understand what it takes to evolve as a movement.

https://instagram.com/humansofpridee

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-humans-of-pride

PITH, 4min., USA
Directed by Olivia Tirol
This short film was initially adapted from a student poem. Pith, the white insides of an orange, reflects the author’s personal relationship with the world around them and their own gender expression.

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-pith

He/She/Us Short Film, 19min., USA
Directed by Susan Kelejian
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575877610548

https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-he-she-us