LIVING, BECOMING & THRIVING

KEKRE
Dir: Umut Derin Eroglan / 23 min / 2021 / Documentary Short / Turkey / Arabic, Turkish

Through the voices of a group of Turkish Transmen, the documentary Kekre focuses on the experiences of masculinity performances positioned as “other” against the hegemonic understanding of masculinity, and aims to reveal the construction of dominant masculinity performance in society.

SOMEONE ELSE
Dir: Luke McCarthy / 17 min / 2021 / Narrative Short / Australia / English

Katie is a young, confident queer woman. After finding herself attracted to a man for the first time in her life, she must decide whether the complicated nature of the relationship is worth pursuing.

LEAVE
Dir: Sioly Amundarain / 14 min / 2020 / Narrative Short / Venezuela / Spanish

Laura and Federica, who are vulnerable to a past in common, which little by little reveals that it was much more than a friendship. A story set in Venezuela at the end of July 2017, right in the middle of a somewhat difficult social situation, and where feelings are on the surface among young Venezuelans.

BETWEEN US
Dir: Cailleah Scott-Grimes / 17 min / 2020 / Narrative Short / Canada, Japan / Japanese 

Kei is a transman who longs for a “normal” life in his rural Japanese hometown. Erin, his Canadian partner pushes for them to move to Tokyo, where they can live openly and freely. But for a transgender man who is jobless in his own hometown, getting to normal is one steep climb.

Featuring trans actor Chihaya “Sho” Kadota (as Kei) and queer actor Mariella “Kai” Pacey (as Erin).

BING! BANG! BI!
Dir: Jessica Huras / 10 min / 2020 / Narrative Short / Canada / English

A comedy about a struggling actor who takes a stance on her bisexuality at an inopportune moment.