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Directors Alex Cardy, Tali Polichtuk, Kitty Chrystal | 2021 | Australia | 6 Minutes
Forced into isolation during Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdown, Jamie begins having sexual delusions involving their favorite queer characters.

My Aunties

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Director Richard O’Connor | 2020 | USA | 3 Minutes
Stefan Lynch was raised by gay parents in the early eighties. He was cared for and loved by a group of adults, largely gay men, who he called his “aunties.” Stefan remembers the succession of AIDS-related illnesses in his family, including the death of his father in ‘91. Even in the face of terrible sickness and loss, his aunties showed him how to survive and care for one another.

Eyes and Horns ( 눈과 뿔)

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Director Chaerin Im | 2021 | South Korea/Germany/USA | 6 Minutes
Exploration of masculinity begins with the Minotaur, a mythical creature Picasso used to portray himself in his etching print series. The Minotaur goes through a violent struggle between being male and female. Finally, lines blur and boundaries of sexes disappear.

Together Again

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Director Stuart Ruston | 2021 | USA | 14 Minutes
Roger Banks is a 26-year-survivor of HIV. While quarantined in his NYC apartment, during the first COVID-19 outbreak in NYC, Roger reflects upon a lifetime spent searching for answers. Roger’s fear and isolation provoke spirits of friends and family to visit him while he experiences intense flashbacks of his youth and the AIDS crisis.

Jupiter and Europa

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Director Milo Keetz Ferguson | 2021 | USA | 2 Minutes
Living on Jupiter’s moon Europa isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. One day, on a boring maintenance mission, Owen breaks free from routine with someone who makes outer space feel a little warmer.

Fluid Bound

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Director Rob Fatal | 2020 | USA | 8 Minutes | English and Spanish with English subtitles
An experimental gender fluid, mestize-Indigenous film that uses text, sound design, crude animation, and bondage rope to meditate on the complex, generations-old relationships and battles between our skin and our souls.

Our Bed Is Green

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Director Maggie Brennan | 2021 | USA | 7 Minutes
Grappling with a disorienting world and an intense fixation, Cecily finds herself visiting Realm--a virtual reality facility that allows clientele to create virtual facsimiles of real-life places and people.

The Crown with a Shadow

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Director JB Ghuman, Jr. | 2021 | USA | 11 Minutes
A recent OUTFEST premier: A mixed-media animated film based on the real-world gender morphing Pink Skunk Fish. The story is led by a male fish (Paul Reubens / Pee Wee Herman) who transforms during the film and learns from his mother (Geri Halliwell / Ginger Spice) the logic of a shared universe in the face of a bully shark (Tatum O’Neal / Oscar winner). With an original score via the writer/director using vocal beat-boxing and actual recordings of his heartbeat for bass lines, the film flows along a unique wave of storytelling.

Mother Bunker

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Director George Metaxas | 2021 | Australia/USA | 6 Minutes
Set during the robot-human war, a military robot begins to self-express by dressing in human drag and performing to a robot army.