Director Biography – Michael Guillod (PASTEL)

Michael’s background is a mix of creativity and filmmaking combined with several years of solid experience in the digital world. Having started a career as a Visual Arts Designer, he managed to follow his passion for technology by working at Apple in Geneva/Switzerland and later on in Cupertino/California, as a Creative Instructor. From 2011 he… Continue reading Director Biography – Michael Guillod (PASTEL)

Short Film: PASTEL, 16min., Switzerland, Drama

  Elisabeth catches her son James kissing a young man. She now faces a life struggle. She decides to fight for what she believes to be sickness and cure her only son from his presumed homosexuality. During the process of the conversion therapy, what she believes to be the cure, things get clearer. She begins… Continue reading Short Film: PASTEL, 16min., Switzerland, Drama

Short Film: La Ráfaga (THE GUST), 30min., Puerto Rico, Drama

  Weeks after Hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico, a lonely middle-aged man finds himself obsessing with his neighbor, a young closeted and tormented athlete who insistently pursues his attention. The movie deals with fragility issues of living in a forgotten paradise, in the world’s oldest colony, still half-torn, half-supported, with half-citizens, half-gods, and half-demons. Semanas… Continue reading Short Film: La Ráfaga (THE GUST), 30min., Puerto Rico, Drama

Director Biography – Swapnil Pagare (SOLITUDE)

Swapnil Pagare, an aspiring filmmaker based in Cleveland (previously in Los Angeles) has worked on various Short Films, Marathi Stage Plays and Music Videos. In 2014, he Wrote and Directed his first Marathi Short Film ‘Kumpan (The Fence)’ which was World Premiered in Louisville International Film Festival and travelled other film festivals. In 2015 BMM… Continue reading Director Biography – Swapnil Pagare (SOLITUDE)

Short Film: EKAANT (SOLITUDE), 6min, USA, Romance

  ‘Manasi’ a poet and ‘Sudha’ a housewife are deeply in love with each other but the restrictions of the society has put chains around their relationship. Ekaant (Solitude) is expression of their secluded extramarital lesbian affair and poetic recital of first moment of closeness. News & Reviews “Kashish Mumbai International Queer Fest” http://mumbaiqueerfest.com/alphabetical-list-2020/