07 May QSFF18 Short Films Available to Stream
Ranging from laugh-out-loud hilarity through to thought-provoking intrigue, the shorts packages from Queer Screen Film Fest 2018 included some truly unmissable cinema.
With highlights including the darkly funny morgue antics of Sam Did It and the cross-generational connection underpinning the bittersweet Marguerite, these are some of the short films from QSFF18 that we’re all lucky enough to have available to us with just the click of a button.
Click here to see some of the equally must-see features from the same festival.
Transgender Shorts
Do I Have Boobs Now?
Dir. Milena Salazar & Joella Cabalu, 2017, 7min, Canada, English, Transgender Woman, Documentary Profile
A trans activist’s journey to challenge Facebook and Instagram’s censorship policies.
Available to stream on the National Film Board of Canada website
Lesbian Shorts
Dyke Bars Never Last
Dir. Stacy McKenzie, 2018, 6min, USA, English, Lesbian, Musical
In the wake of dyke bars and queer spaces closing, a lonely queer in San Francisco sits outside of the now closed Lexington Bar, and follows a trail of signs, motorcycle babes, and femme dommes/leather daddies to the Last Dyke Bar on Earth.
Available to stream on YouTube
Instinct
Dir. Maria Alice Arida, 2017, 18min, USA, English, Lesbian, Horror/Thriller
A psychosexual thriller about Isabelle, a lonely gallery owner who meets a dangerously seductive performance artist and discovers they have more in common than expected. Will Isabelle allow herself to let Camila in without giving in to her true nature?
Available to stream on YouTube
Marguerite
Dir. Marianne Farley, 2017, 20min, Canada, French with English subtitles, Lesbian, Drama
An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.
Available to stream on Vimeo
The Morning After
Dir. Tricia Hagoriles, 2018, 18min, Canada, English and Spanish with English subtitles, Lesbian, Drama
Two women, in the middle of their own life-crises, try to find physical reprieve in each other, only to have an emotional one night stand.
Available to stream on Tello Films
Salamagan
Dir. Elisa Oh, 2018, 13min, USA, English, Lesbian, Dramedy
Ana fears that coming out to her Filipino Catholic mother would break her heart. But when her mother needs help cleaning a hoarder house, Ana enlists her secret girlfriend for the job.
Available to stream on Vimeo
Yo También
Dir. Sonia Sebastian, 2018, 16min, Spain, Spanish with English subtitles, Lesbian, Dramedy
Lina has been diagnosed with hepatitis. Following the instructions of her doctor, she must contact her past sexual partners so they can get tested for the infection.
Available to stream on YouTube
Gay Shorts
Matt & Dan: Sex Notes
Dir. Will Gordh, 2018, 4min, USA, English, Gay Man, Comedy
Matt and Dan just had seemingly satisfying sex, but soon Matt tells Dan he “just has a few notes”…
Available to stream on YouTube
Sailor’s Delight
Dir. Louise Aubertin, Eloïse Girard, Marine Meneyrol, Jonas Ritter, Loucas Rongeart & Amandine Thomoux, 2018, 6min, France, Gay Man, Animation/Comedy
A mermaid is going to try to seduce two sailors but everything is not going to happen as expected…
The Things You Think I’m Thinking
Dir. Sherren Lee, 2017, 15min, Canada, English, Gay Man, Drama
A burn-survivor and amputee brings a guy back to his place after a date, where he faces his demons as he attempts to experience intimacy for the first time since his accident ten years before.
Available to stream on Vimeo
Wren Boys
Dir. Harry Lighton, 2017, 11min, UK, English, Gay Man, Drama
On the day after Christmas, a Catholic priest from Cork drives his nephew to prison.
Available to stream on Kanopy or to rent or buy from Vimeo OnDemand
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