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HIGHLIGHTS: November 2024 LA LGBTQ+ Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award:
Best Short Film: GOD’S DAUGHTER DANCES
Best Drama Film: NOTWITHSTANDING
Best Documentary: THE BOY WHO PLAYED WITH DOLLS
Best Experimental: PUT ON THE COSTUME
Best Micro-Short: BODIES
Best Direction: GOOD BEHAVIOR
Best Story: LOVE FROM THE SHADOW
Best Performances: CHEMSEX

See info for each film:

BODIES, 3min., USA
Directed by Maria Maya
After enduring a brutal homophobic attack, drag artist Pietra Parker embarks on a deeply personal journey of healing backstage, where she transforms her trauma into a stunning performance that not only reclaims her identity but also ignites a powerful message of resilience and empowerment for the LGBTQ community.

https://www.instagram.com/maria_maya

NOTWITHSTANDING, 9min., USA
Directed by Cris Castro
A death in the family ignites old memories for Adrian, overwhelming him with guilt. He falls back into old habits as he attempts to let go of the past and accept the man he has become.

https://www.facebook.com/A-Pesar-De-Que-310048572497208/

GOOD BEHAVIOR, 19min,. Brazil
Directed by Mathews Silva
Ana, a woman whose life was marked by the tragedy of losing her sister to an unknown killer, decides to introduce her girlfriend, Julia, to her family during a dinner. As the night progresses, dark secrets about her sister’s murder come to light. Confronted with the shocking truth, Ana and Julia must find strength in each other to face the past.

THE BOY WHO PLAYED WITH DOLLS, 10min., USA
Directed by Dale Guy Madison
A gay man tells the childhood memory of losing his “action figure” and how it sparked a desire to collect dolls. He eventually creates and design dolls as a business, a passion, and a form of identity expression

GOD’S DAUGHTER DANCES, 25min., South Korea
Directed by Sungbin Byun
A transgender female dancer, Shin-mi, gets a call from the Military Manpower Administration, to attend for the Military Service Examination. Shin-mi, with everything in readiness, takes her steps to the Military Manpower Administration.

LOVE FROM THE SHADOW, 20min., Chile
Directed by Ale Gálvez
Marta works as a telephone fraudster in her improvised office under a bridge, where she lives all alone. On Mother’s Day, Marta contacts her daughter Laura, but she doesn’t want to have any contact with her, so she lies to her about an illness, and they agree to meet. Marta waits until nightfall, her daughter does not arrive. Finally, she takes out her cell phone and continues to scam.

CHEMSEX, 7min., Brazil
Directed by Daniel Porto
A group of unknown gay men connect via a dating app for casual encounters. The starting point is a chemsex party, where drug use intensifies sexual experiences, but also reveals the depths of human emotions. The film explores both the fascination and liberating energy of these encounters and the emptiness and loneliness that can haunt a gay man’s life.

https://www.instagram.com/nielporto

PUT ON THE COSTUME, 3min., UK
Directed by Ian Floodgate
The transformation of a Drag Queen.

HIGHLIGHTS: February 2024 LA LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.

Audience Award Winners:

Best Feature Film: TO DIE ALONE
Best Short Film: IN MY OWN IMAGE
Best Direction: THE NIGHT I LEARNED HOW TO DANCE
Best Story: A DIFFERENTLY – CURATED WORLD
Best Student Film: INVISIBLE WALL

TO DIE ALONE, 88min., USA
Directed by Austin Smagalski
After suffering a terrible injury while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, Irving must find a way to escape the woods alive and confront her inner demons with the help of a stranger.

https://www.todiealonefilm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/todiealonefilm
https://www.instagram.com/todiealonefilm/

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

THE NIGHT I LEARNED HOW TO DANCE, 6min,. USA
Directed by William Degardin
In order to fit in his own community, a young gay man attempts the nightclub experience only to be sexually assaulted.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

A DIFFERENTLY – CURATED WORLD, 2min., USA
Directed by Kiersten White
In this age of Black nostalgia, as we see the remake of classic Black sitcoms and the reimagining of Black excellence using the tools, fashion, entertainment, and mediums of yesteryear– we find that one particular community of Blacks is missing from the mainstream conversation, the LGBTQ+ community. Reimagine, with us, a Black and Queer utopia– through the eyes of Black America’s most famous coming-of-age sitcom.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

INVISIBLE WALL, 6min., Japan
Directed by Aoi Matsumoto
Some people can easily pass through the door while others cannot pass through it. And someone wait for the door to open or force it open.

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!

IN MY OWN IMAGE, 12min,. Italy
Directed by Giuseppe Bucci
A son fails to feel sorry for the death of his father, a homophobic and bigoted man mainly due to his religious upbringing. The son has never confessed his homosexuality to his father and, desperate, he makes a very strong gesture to shout his homosexuality to God, the Vatican and his father. But resentment is not the solution. The solution is for the church to welcome homosexuals as people equal to all, and not sinners.

https://www.facebook.com/giuseppe.bucci.7
https://www.instagram.com/GiuseppeBucci5

WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!