Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Film: BERLIN
Best Dance Film: BONHEUR / HAPPY PLACE
Best Documentary: IDAHO BABE
Best Direction: SHEDDING
Best Romance Shorts: SLEEPLESS IN SAIGON
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
BONHEUR / HAPPY PLACE, 4min., Canada, Dance
Directed by Maxime Beauchamp
With the right people, a happy place is only relative.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SLEEPLESS IN SAIGON, 9min., USA, Drama
Directed by Minnie Nguyen
Saigon, Vietnam – 1972 – Two men who come from two backgrounds fall in love at first sight – a love story between a Vietnamese tailor and an American customer.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
SHEDDING, 5min., Canada, Documentary
Directed by Tziara Reyes
This short documentary follows a individual’s journey of shaving their head for the first time; exploring the complex relationship between hair and identity.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
BERLIN, 16min,. USA, Drama
Directed by Sea Shimooka, Ian M Adelson
Deserted by a close friend, a young backpacker tries to find her way home after a dark night in Berlin.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
IDAHO BABE, 8min,. USA, Documentary
Directed by Arlie Sommer
Idaho Babe is a short, poetic, documentary about the Idaho Buckaroo legend, Babe Hanson. Using collage animation, archival photos, and contemporary video of oral history interviews with and about Harriet “Babe” Drake Hanson, a queer woman who ran the Sawtooth Lodge and the beginning of the 20th century.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 