Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Form Short Film: BOY MICHI
Best Long Form Short Film: AUGUST
Best Direction: ERASE ME
Best Performances: NOT AN OTHER ONE
Best Cinematography: HONEY BEAR
Best Sound & Music: BOLD
Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:
ERASE ME, 19min., USA
Directed by Lucas Freitas Peixoto Paz
A troubled but determined black trans woman working as a stripper to save money for her sex reassignment surgery learns that an abusive plastic surgeon is the biological father she is looking for.
http://www.lucas-paz.com/
https://facebook.com/preformase
https://www.instagram.com/lucasfppaz
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
NOT AN OTHER ONE, 8min., Columbia
Directed by Juana Jimenez
Two brothers and a very sick mother, the youngest one way or another will find a way to get money for medicines, the older brother a hitman obsessed with killing transgender girls, but his final victim will make him regret all the harm caused.
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
BOLD, 3min., Canada
Directed by Myrriah Xochitl
Myrriah Xochitl Music Video For Their single bold about bullying and mental health
http://www.myrriahxochitl.com/
https://twitter.com/myrriahxochitl
https://instagram.com/myrriahxochitl
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
HONEY BEAR, 15min., Australia
Directed by Zachary Agius
A short film about a gun, a grizzly bear, and a love that is taken for granted.
https://zacagius.cargo.site/
https://www.instagram.com/zacagius_
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
BOY MICHI, 8min., USA
Directed by Clara Charrin
An intimate conversation between Boy Michi and the camera about his sexual and gender exploration.
https://www.claracharrin.com/
https://www.instagram.com/claracharrin/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
AUGUST, 20min., USA
Directed by Logan Thomason
After the death of their father, four siblings discover the truth of the first love he never shared with them. Taking place in the present day and in the 1980s, two generations of queer youth are finally able to connect in love and mourning.
shawn – shawnryanherbst@gmail.com
LoganAThomason@gmail.com
Producer Shawn Ryan
https://www.instagram.com/theshawnryan/
WATCH HERE – The audience feedback video of the film!
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 