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Photographs

Robbie, a college-aged boy, is rekindling an old friendship with Greyson. He needs a model for his portfolio and Greyson needs new photos for his dating apps to get over his ex-girlfriend. Together they explore each other's perceptions of love, friendship, and personal growth.

Lady Anna

Anna is sixteen years old and struggling to cope in a dysfunctional world. After a terrible accident, she finds refuge in a disturbing yet genuine obsession towards the figure of Joan of Arc. The situation, however, will soon get out of hand.

Esta Noche

ESTA NOCHE follows Benni, a gay, homeless, 17-year-old Latin American runaway, and his much older boyfriend, RJ/25, on the day of Benni's first drag competition — which gets turned upside down when Benni suffers a brutal assault and is left wondering whether or not he can continue doing the show... and if so, why.

Torrey Pines

Torrey Pines is a stop-motion animated feature film by director Clyde Petersen. Based on a true story, the film is a queer punk coming-of-age tale, taking place in Southern California in the early 1990's. Raised by a schizophrenic single mother, Petersen's life story unfolds in a series of baffling and hallucinated events. With a mother fueled by hallucinations of political conspiracy and family dysfunction, twelve-year-old Petersen is taken on a cross-country adventure that will forever alter the family as they know it.

El Conejo

This Too Shall Pass

Simon, a 16-year-old suffocated by his strict Mormon upbringing, rebels and crosses the border with friends for a weekend in Canada, as they individually discover more about themselves.

Scuba

An outcast student and a theater reject test their budding relationship by putting on an audacious school play.

My Art School Summer

My Art School Summer is an independent, hand-drawn animation film that follows the adventures of Carol, a young art student who wants to express her sexuality and creativity. However, she faces many challenges and distractions from the losers and horn-dogs on campus, who have little respect for her or her work.

Last Summer

One summer, a French teenager who has been living with his mother in the city moves in with his estranged father’s family in the countryside, where he clashes with his stepmother.

GTO Revival

Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member turned high-school teacher is assigned to a private academy full of troubled students. The issue at this high school revolves around an exposé-style influencer who has nearly 2 million followers who specializes in exposing and spreading rumors, causing controversies and uproar, regardless of whether the individuals involved are celebrities or ordinary people. Several teachers and students from the academy have been exposed so far, and due to being targeted so frequently, there are rumors circulating within the school that there might be a culprit impersonating the influencer. As a result, students live their school lives while constantly observing each other’s expressions, becoming increasingly suspicious and paranoid.

Who Are the Superheroes?

Melvin, 12, is a fan of superheroes. Upon receiving his classmate, Sarah, Melvin would find the strength of its heroes to confess his feelings of love. But there is no super-powers and actions for this struggle to assume desires.

Katsjing

During a night fueled by bravado and peer pressure, a lonely boy tries to prove he’s a “real man,” with devastating consequences.

Gekrabbeld in de Sterren

Beneath the stars, Stijn tries to ask Julias to be his boyfriend, but his clumsy attempt at romance slowly spirals into a painful clash about feeling truly seen and understood.

Summerween

In Newport Bay, a small California coastal town, Summerween transforms summer into Halloween with parties, music, fairs, and horror movies. But when a mysterious night leaves behind more questions than answers, a group of teenagers finds itself at the center of the mystery, turning what should have been the best summer of their lives into a nightmare of secrets, fear and horror.

I Bleed Maple Syrup

A girl and her mother try to understand her strange blood disease.

Daybreak

A beautifully thoughtful coming-of-age short, set in the Scottish countryside, exploring identity, grief, and chosen connection, through the eyes of a teenager navigating loss and identity.

Lady Macbeth Was Never a Girl

A school term, a pair of forgotten joggers, a line from Macbeth - in the ordinary spaces of uniformed days, one student starts to notice a quiet disconnect between who they are and who they're expected to be.

Hitzeflimmern

RHYTHMS

Through trials and tribulations, four unacquainted girls prove to be more connected than expected, as they slowly become united through the power of dance.

Dummy

Set in 2004, when pop-punk dominated the music charts, Dummy follows Divya, a strait-laced young Indian girl trying to find her place among pale-faced punks of this subculture.