Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: FEAR OF FLYING
Best Long Form Short Film: THE EXCHANGE
Best Cinematography: ba•la
Best Direction: DAVID
Best Performances: COLLECTIONS
Best Documentary: RED RIBBONS OF LOVE
Best Sound & Music: AUREO & MIRELE
Best Student Film: LA PETITE MORT
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
LA PETITE MORT, 20min., USA
Directed by Philip Alexander Mills
A twenty-five year old named Allen, dissatisfied in his current relationship, begins an affair with a talking Greek statue.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE EXCHANGE, 24min., Puerto Rico
Directed by Marco Berger
Mateo and Lucas, best friends, go out to party in a hot summer night. Mateo meets Lucia, and Lucia commits an act that will change their lives. From there, Mateo and Lucas will begin a search, both physical and personal.
http://elintercambio.movie/
https://facebook.com/elintercambiofilm
https://twitter.com/el_inter_cambio
https://instagram.com/elintercambiofilm
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
FEAR OF FLYING, 5min., USA
Directed by Mykhailo Dolgin
What it’s like to live in the body of a transgender? It may break you, it may destroy you from the inside and outside. Finding the strength and courage of getting up and accepting yourself is a challenge.
https://www.instagram.com/mykhailodolgin
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
DAVID, 10min,. Canada
Directed by Matthew Forbes
Based on a true story, “David” follows the life of an openly gay HIV/AIDS activist at the peak of that nightmare pandemic, dividing his time between fighting for justice in an openly homophobic society and helping a total stranger as the virus takes his life away. Tight, compact and full of passion, “David” shows a contrast of terrible, deadly hatred and the incredible compassion that can blossom despite the hatred, if we let it.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ba•la, 13min., USA
Directed by Arti Ishak
A competitive swimmer must overcome his PTSD and learn how to swim again before the upcoming team trials.
https://www.instagram.com/ba.la.shortfilm/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
RED RIBBONS OF LOVE, 15min., USA
Directed by Pauley Perrette
Red Ribbons of Love, a film by Pauley Perrette, documents the 30-year history of the red AIDS ribbons on the tower of Hollywood United Methodist Church, located two blocks from the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1993, when salons, barbershops, schools, and churches were closing their doors to the LGBT community for fear of “catching” AIDS, this church not only welcomed the community into the church but affixed two large red ribbons of love to the sides of its tower to proclaim that all are welcome.
https://www.instagram.com/thepauleyp/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
COLLECTIONS, 10min., Canada
Directed by Felipe Urrea
Adelaide, is overwhelmed by the chaos in her own home and turns to her friend Theo for help, but as they dig deeper into the clutter, they uncover secrets and emotional baggage that Adelaide has been struggling to deal with.
https://facebook.com/collectionsmovie
https://instagram.com/collectionsmovie
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
AUREO & MIRELE, 15min,. France
Directed by Filipe Galvon
This short doc explores self-identity and gender through the eyes of a Brazilian immigrant in Paris as he organizes the arrival of a mysterious lady called Mirele.
https://finefrenzyfilms.com/aureo-mirele/
https://www.instagram.com/finefrenzyfilms
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 