Shorts Programs

This collection of LGBTQIA+ short films reminds us that there is no road map or guidebook that expertly guides us through the trials and triumphs of love. All we can do is express it authentically. 

The Late in Life Guide to Modern Day Lesbianism

Directed by Emelie Claxton and Molly Rangel
USA, 8 min.
Georgia premiere

Congratulations on finally coming out! Equal parts orientation, indoctrination, and camp, this satirical, 1990s corporate-style training video onboards “late-in-lifers” with everything you didn’t know you needed to survive modern-day lesbianism. Please adjust your VCR tracking.

Producers: Emelie Claxton, Molly Rangel, Daniel Ott
Writer: Ashley Gianni
Cast: Ashley Gianni

Kiloran Bay

Directed by Michael Bruce
UK, 13 min.
Georgia premiere

Starring Alan Cumming and Jack Wolfe, Kiloran Bay is a musical short set amid the wild beauty of the Scottish Hebrides and the fierce joy of a wedding cèilidh. A moving story of queer joy and self-acceptance, it follows a man returning to his hometown, where he faces the forces that drove him away.

Producers: David Harwood, Beth Levison, Rebecca Wolff 
Writer: Michael Bruce
Cast: Alan Cumming, Jack Wolfe, Stuart Thompson, Giles Terera, David Fynn, Sammy Hayman, Jack Mooney, Nathan Lundie, David Hayman 

Perfect Love

Directed by Kelly McCready 
USA, 13 min.
World premiere

Salty, sweaty, seductive beach culture overwhelms Evelyn, a painfully inhibited young woman who visits Coney Island every weekend, entranced by the freedom and sensuality she's never allowed herself. The heat and noise send her fleeing to her car until Liora, a self-possessed young woman, interrupts and sparks something new.

Producers: Mélisa Breiner-Sanders, Kelly McCready 
Cast: Devlin Stark, Tatiana Wechsler, Sophie Kelly-Hedrick, Zoe Ann Ziesenitz 

Cheers Camden 

Directed by Joshua Black
UK, 11 min.

Theo has a secret he's never shared with his laddish football mates. On his way to their party, he steps into a lift wearing a dress and heels. As the floors rise, the journey becomes a battle between who he's been and who he truly is. 

Producer: Katie Callander 
Writer: Joshua Black 
Cast: Isaac Money, Jack Newton, Harry Carter 

The Last Day of Byron Bray

Directed by Michael Borrelli 
USA, 20 min.
Georgia premiere

Based on true events, a life-altering conversation happens in real time between two unlikely best friends: writer and director Michael Borrelli and 92-year-old Byron Bray (William Sadler), Leonard Bernstein's one-time lover and lifelong friend, on the eve of Bray’s death.  

Writer Michael Borrelli
Producers: Peter McCann, Jenn Harris, Liz Ortiz 
Cast: WIlliam Sadler, Michael Borrelli

Callback

Directed by Matthew Puccini
USA, 16 min.

Max’s acting career has hit rock bottom, but when his boyfriend nabs a callback for a coveted role, Max discovers how much lower he can go. 

Producers: Jeremy Truong, Matt Kazman
Writer: Matthew Puccini 
Cast: Justin H. Min, Michael Hsu Rosen, Brayden Raquenño 

Never Never Never

Directed by John Sheedy 
UK/Australia, 18 min.
Georgia premiere

In a quaint Welsh fishing village, aspiring drag queen Henrick secretly longs for Arwyn, a fisherman whose quietness masks a storm of emotions. As Henrick dazzles the local stage alongside his mother, Frida, their glittering acts ignite tension with his tradition-bound father, Clive. Arwyn, caught between love and obligation, wrestles with his heart.

Producers: Andre Lima, Grant Vidgen
Writer: Elizabeth Packett 
Cast: Ché, Iwan Bond