Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Feature Film: THE JESSICA CABIN
Best Short Form Short Film: DICK
Best Long Form Short Film:
Best Performances: TWIXX
Best Direction: HORNBEAM
Best Cinematography: THE LONELY DORYMAN
Funniest Film: THE LODGE
Best Sound & Music: BLACK CHURCH
Best Production Design: THE JESSICA CABIN
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
THE JESSICA CABIN, 73min., USA, Horror/Comedy
Directed by Daniel Montgomery
A heartbroken young man finds himself trapped in a remote rental with two lonely souls
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
JESSE JAMES, 20min., USA, Drama
Directed by Josef Steiff
“Jesse James” traces the moments between a neighbor’s phone call and the arrival of the police, when Jesse and his lover test the boundaries of their relationship and come face to face not just with what they are losing but with what they have already lost — when Jesse can no longer save his relationship but only himself.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
TWIXX, 10min., USA, Drama
Directed by Martin Olloren
A struggling drag queen meets a persistent houseless man while en route to her show.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
BLACK CHURCH, 3min., USA, Poem
Directed by Nichole Marie Lim
A trans poet laments about his life in the black church, being a father and an outcast.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE LONELY DORYMAN, 24min,. USA, Drama
Directed by Noah Duarte
In 1960s Portugal, a fisherman finds himself stranded on a mysterious island and learns what it means to be truly alive against all odds.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
HORNBEAM, 16min., UK, Drama
Directed by Mark Pluck
Under cover of darkness, two strangers bond over a shared secret. But how well do they really know each other?
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
DICK, 7min., USA, Experimental
Directed by Kevin McLellan
DICK is a homoerotic short that mashes-up public domain sources (three 1940’s educational films starring Dick York, a 1940’s anti-gay propaganda film, music from different decades, and a quote from David Wojnarowicz) to survey representations of gayness from different lenses. A version is available with burned in subtitles.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE LODGE, 29min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Pam Walton, Ruth Carranza
The facts about LGBTQ residents in conventional/heterosexist retirement communities are grim. 1/3 of LGBTQ people over 50 fear they will be forced back into the closet when they retire. The Lodge takes us inside Fountaingrove Lodge, the first of its kind LGBTQ retirement community, created specifically for LGBTQ seniors and their allies.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 