Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today.
Audience Award Winners:
Best Short Film: CHIMERA
Best Performances: BUMPED
Best Story: IN BETWEEN
Best Direction: LOOP (It’s a matter of time)
Best Cinematography: OBJECTS OF DESIRE – BLADE
Best Documentary: BARBETTE + FONTAINE
BARBETTE + FONTAINE, 14min., USA
Directed by John-Carlos Estrada, Zak Zeh
A century apart, two Texas icons unite through art, resilience, and a shared legacy of self-expression and freedom.
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OBJECTS OF DESIRE – BLADE, 18min., USA
Directed by Alejandro Renteria
This captivating dark comedy follows the eventful journey of Jessy, a morally ambiguous young man who finds himself entangled in a web of challenges when his mother is kidnapped. To settle his debt, Jessy reluctantly sets out to seduce Carlos, an older man in a vulnerable state of decline.
Home
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CHIMERA, 18min., USA
Directed by Kryzz Gautier
“Haunted by the past, a brilliant tech-addicted developer faces an impossible dilemma: recreate her ex-girlfriend in virtual reality or hold onto the crumbling relationship with her current one.”
http://www.kryzzg.com/
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LOOP (It’s a matter of time), 15min., USA
Directed by Alejandro Pedemonte
Fausto wakes up in the middle of the night, with the news about his father dying. However, he refuses to go to him. Overtaken by his own rage, his decision causes a time loop that will eventually give him the opportunity to face his own forgiveness, loss, and life itself.
https://www.instagram.com/loopshort.film/
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BUMPED, 15min., UK
Directed by Mahaneela Choudhury-Reed
A couple confronts infidelity.
It’s been six years since Michelle and Deja fell in love and things appear to be going from strength to strength. They’re newly engaged, remain obsessed with each other and still have mind-blowing sex.
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IN BETWEEN, 14min., Canada
Directed by Christie Pawluch
In Between tells the story of Blake, who lives a happy heteronormative life with her long time partner, Eric. After some vivid unexpected dreams, she gets a visit from a love from her past life, Adeline, who shows up to her home from across the world. If your past showed up on your doorstep… what would you do?
http://chriativeproductions.com/https://www.instagram.com/chriativeproductions/
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LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 