Arthur Ave

Director: Joey Medina

2025 • USA • 9 min. • English

In a Bronx bar, a clash between traditional Italian-American “wiseguys” and the LGBTQ+ community leads to a confrontation that challenges the characters’ preconceptions and the dynamics of power.

Trigger Warning: Racism, homophobia, physical violence.

A Year Without Shadow

Director: Luis Fernando Midence

2025 • Guatemala • 16 min. • Spanish with English Subtitles

After the end of a ten-year relationship, Matí­as navigates the stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and, finally, acceptance. Through visual metaphors and encounters with key characters, he will discover that losing his shadow wasn’t the end, but rather the beginning of a new light. An intimate story about how the love that passes away leaves room for the one to come.

Trigger Warning: Sex and nudity.

Scattered Pictures

Director: Ibai Vigil-Escalera & Jose Andre Sibaja

2025 • USA • 8 min. • English

Through the grainy nostalgia of 8mm film and the intimacy of voice-over narration, Gabriel takes us on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery.

Trigger Warning: Discussions of sex, nude images.

Stateside

Director: Dennis Shinners

2025 • USA • 12 min. • English

A shy American teenager and an outgoing French exchange student form an unexpected intimate connection on Halloween night.

Parallel Lines

Director: Danny Wascou

2025 • USA • 16 min. • English

Over the course of one night, two strangers meet in line at a bar and embark on a journey of discovery — exploring missed opportunities, fate, and the strange twists of destiny.

Trigger Warning: Discussions of homophobic violence.