Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: SKADJA
Best Direction: GORDITX
Best Production Design: MY LOVERS ARE A COLLECTION OF BOOKS I’LL NEVER GET BACK
Best Sound & Music: AN ORDINARY DAY
Best Cinematography: CHRYSALIS
Best Performances: L’APPRENANTE (THE LEARNER)
Best Experimental: VINCINT – THERE WILL BE TEARS
Best Student Film: MOONBOY
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
GORDITX, 15min., USA, Comedy
Directed by Malik Ever
As summer comes to a close, kung-fu obsessed Ursula discovers she’s not the only outcast at an exclusive country club summer camp. With the kids’ golf tournament looming, Ursula hopes to win and prove her worth with the help of Chef Cormac, the transmasculine former ladies golf pro.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MY LOVERS ARE A COLLECTION OF BOOKS I’LL NEVER GET BACK, 12min,. USA, Romance
Directed by Jess Coles
A weary actor falls for her doppelgänger at an audition.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
L’APPRENANTE (THE LEARNER), 7min., France, Drama
Directed by Angelique Kalani Axelrode
L’Apprenante is an American college student in the process of “finding herself abroad” in Paris. She takes French classes to immerse herself in the culture, even though her accent is tragique. In one particular class, she struggles to recount her weekend where she goes to a Parisian party and meets La Femme; a girl she is immediately drawn to.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SKADJA, 17min., Norway, Experimental
Directed by Eili Bråstad Johannessen
A powerful meeting between two women brings their inner forces and desires to the surface. Can they overcome their traumas? Skádja is an exploration of nature, spirituality, passion and movement. An indigenous lesbian story from Sápmi about reclaiming one’s inner witch.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
AN ORDINARY DAY, 2min,. Canada, Experimental
Directed by Afaf El Haddioui
A portrait of a non-binary person living in Montréal and their journey of self-discovery.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
VINCINT – THERE WILL BE TEARS, 3min., Experimental
Directed by Ryan E. Nordin
Musician and queer Icon Vincint Cannady touches the darkness and the the light in this dazzling mini documentary.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
MOONBOY, 21min., Canada, Drama
Directed by Rachel Kwan
Following the tragedy of their mother’s passing, class clown Aidan Lee is forced to navigate a world without her in it. Unable to identify with their traditional Chinese father and goofy high school friends, Aidan dresses up in their mother’s drag in hopes of reconnecting.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
CHRYSALIS, 9min., UK, Drama
Directed by Kate Donnelly
The unseen physical and emotional impact of separation, when parents are fighting over their own needs and wants.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 