Showcasing the best of short films and screenplays from the LGBT community. Screenplay Winner every single month performed by professional actors. Film Festival occurs 3 times a year!
In the summer of 1971, Barbara, a devout Catholic and single mother, navigates a crisis of faith when her teenage sons, Ben and Charlie, reveal their desire to transition. In a time when transgender identity is barely acknowledged, let alone accepted, Barbara must confront her own beliefs and the conservative values of their small Minnesota town. As Ben and Charlie embark on a pioneering journey of self-discovery, becoming Brooke and Charlene, they face harassment, rejection, and the threat of being ostracized. Barbara loses her job and strains her relationship with her sister, Julia. Yet, with the support of her friend Farah, Barbara finds the strength to stand by her children and advocate for their rights. As they fight for acceptance and equality, they each discover new identities and find a sense of purpose in their quest for a more inclusive world.
CAST LIST:
Narration: Sean Ballantyne
Julia: Hannah Ehman
Barbara: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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”
LGBT Los Angeles Film Festival 