Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: PACEMAKER
Best Long Form Short Film: CURVE
Best Performances: ANGEL
Best Direction: THE VENMO VANISHER
Best Cinematography: BETTER THAN A HARLEY DAVIDSON
Best Sound & Music: HEIRLOOM
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
PACEMAKER, 9min., UK, Animation
Directed by Brian Vincent Rhodes, Christopher Lennertz
An animated musical about a lonely widower awaiting a Pacemaker to save his life who gets his real second chance at true love by opening his heart and accepting his grandson’s identity.
https://instagram.com/pacemakermusical
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
THE VENMO VANISHER, 10min., USA
Directed by Greg Wolf
The Venmo Vanisher is an investigative crime mockumentary set in Los Angeles and centers around Greg who goes on a desperate search for Loine, after he goes missing but still hasn’t paid Greg back from brunch.
https://instagram.com/venmovanisherfilm
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
BETTER THAN A HARLEY DAVIDSON, 23min,. South Korea
Directed by Seung Yeon You
Young Joo’s heart beats whenever she sees a motorcycle. However, it is not easy to ride a motorcycle in the atmosphere of the family that ignores Young Joo just because she is a daughter. One day, Yong Seok, Young Joo’s father, recklessly buys “Harley Davidson” and brags to Young Joo. Being upset with his boast, Young Joo buys a motorcycle secretly from her family and is placed in unexpected situations…
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
ANGEL, 14min,. Mexico
Directed by Hoze Meléndez
Ángel, a lonely sexual worker, has become the object of inspiration for Lu, a young, homosexual plastic artist. Her unexpected crush becomes a painful goodbye that teaches Lu that letting go is the purest act of loving.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
CURVE, 30min., China
Directed by Dan Zeng
As a campus bully, He Zhenye has long been involved in a campus bullying campaign against Lin Sheng based on gay discrimination. However, unlike other bullies, He Zhenye has a secret in his heart that he, like Lin Sheng, is a gay man. During the confrontation with Lin Sheng, He Zhenye achieved self-identity and rescued Lin Sheng from various dangers. In the end, the two successfully resisted oppression in their respective ways and achieved two-way redemption.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
HEIRLOOM, 11min., Canada
Directed by Marilyne Lamontagne
Etienne confronts the crushing pressure of generational expectations and masculinity of their inheritance home as they seek emancipation in the wilderness. Etienne’s trans identity is an experiential audible journey amidst chaos and spontaneity.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 