Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Film: THE OTHER SIDE OF CLEAN
Best Short Form Short Film: MEASURE
Best Performances: CROSS
Best Direction: YOUR SHADE OF BLUE
Best Cinematography: PASSAGES
Best Sound & Music: NEW MOON
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
BLEH, 7min., USA, Drama/Comedy
Directed by Megan Chumbley
Grace and Sam stumble into a room at a party, smooching it up. Everything is going according to plan, until Grace mentions her romantic past with the boy whose house party they’re at. Virginity, bisexuality, and the concept of not wanting to be someone’s “first try” all clash together. Will they be able to reconcile their blossoming lust?
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MEASURE, 3min,. Canada, Experimental
Directed by Matthias Falvai
Utilizing Angelo’s monologue from Act Two, Scene Two of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, three lonely souls discover a perceived “flaw” within themselves and navigate its meaning.
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NEW MOON, 11min., France, Animation
Directed by Jeff Le Bars, Jérémie Balais
An imaginative surrealist journey of young Jay Jay and his mother Edie. Their inner city dreams are illuminated by the New Moon accompanied by magic of Aretha Franklin playing on a summer’s eve on a transistor radio in a backyard in West Philadelphia.
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PASSAGES, 14min., USA, Drama
Directed by Jenna Ricker
/?pasijs/ noun: the act of moving past something on the way from one place to another.
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THE OTHER SIDE OF CLEAN, 18min., USA, Drama
Directed by Chris Guzzo, Jonathan Tierney
Two people, filled with guilt and indecisiveness, must make a decision about their relationship and how it will effect those close to them.
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CROSS, 16min., USA, Drama/Family
Directed by Hyunjin Lee
A Korean immigrant mom in the US goes through a journey against her religious faith to embrace her only son who is discovering his sexual orientation.
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MARIAM, 12min., USA, Drama
Directed by Reem Jubran
Zaid, a young Arab-American amateur drag queen has to confront his conservative father and Alzheimer’s grandfather about his identity.
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YOUR SHADE OF BLUE, 16min., South Korea, Drama
Directed by Emily Park
A closeted Korean woman gets an unexpected visit from her estranged niece.
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THE LAST GIFT, 5min., USA, Drama
Directed by Alex Preston
When Jamie brings a special gift to his ex-boyfriend’s college graduation, he learns that loving someone also means letting them go.
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LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 