METAMORPHOSIS (Original Title: Metamorfosi) Dir: Pietro Porporati 12 min / 2023 / Italy / Italian / Narrative Short
Francesco, trapped inside a blossoming female body, harbors a secret he only shares with his mother.
KALÃ (English Title: Skill) Dir: Arshad Khan 12 min / 2023 / Canada / English, Hindi / Narrative Short
A South Asian mother finds herself immersed in a profound state of mourning after discovering that her beloved son identifies as gay. The unyielding barrage of taunts from her acquaintances forces her to confront the decisions she made during her younger years.
WILL YOU LOOK AT ME (Original Title: Dang wo wang xiang ni de shi hou) Dir: Shuli Huang 20 min / 2022 / China / Chinese / Experimental Short
A young Chinese filmmaker returns to his hometown in search for himself. Along due conversation with his mother dives the two of them into a quest for acceptance and love.
TUĪ NÁ (Original Title: 推拿) Dir: William Duan 15 min / 2022 / Australia / English / Narrative Short
David struggles to reconcile his burgeoning queer identity with his filial duties and expectations from his Chinese immigrant mother.
LEO BY NIGHT (Original Title: Leo La Nuit) Dir: Nans Laborde–Jourdàa 23 min / 2021 / France / French / Narrative Short
Paul can’t say no. He goes from job to job, from man’s arm to man’s arm, without knowing what tomorrow will bring. This Wednesday, he has to look after his eight–year–old son, whom he did not raise and whom he had with Assa, a surgeon older than him.
ZINDAGI DOBARA – LIFE AGAIN Dir: Amritpal Kaur 15 min / 2022 / USA / English / Narrative Short
Zindagi Dobara is a short narrative film centering a young South Asian teen who is forced to live with her distant aunt she’s never met or heard of before when her parents died in a car accident. The two are forced to embark on a lifelong journey to coexist and perhaps one day, love one another.