short film
SHOWER : a short film about repressed sexuality
After being shortlisted for the prestigious IRIS Prize four years ago, this controversial Norwegian short film directed by Henry K. Norvalls has been playing the Film Festival circuit, but is now available to view free online for the first time. It’s a story about the consequences of repressed sexuality after a man overhears…
Arrival : a touching animated coming-of-age tale
Arrival is a stunning new animated short film that tells a vivid and poignant tale of a young man’s close relationship with his mother and his struggle to reconcile it with his newly-embraced gay identity as he starts a life in the big city. The two have always had a special bond communicated through the…
The Iris Prize Festival blooms again.
One of queerguru’s very favorite Film Festivals kicks open tomorrow Wednesday 7th October in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The centerpiece of the Festival is the Iris Prize, known to film aficionados as the Gay Short Film Oscars, as it is the world’s largest short film prize with a whopping £30,000. Funded by the Michael…
Dylan: a positive trans experience
It really is quite refreshing and still somewhat surprising that so many positive images revolving around the trans community that are just surfacing now have in fact been works in progress for some years. One perfect example of this is a new short movie from writer/director Elizabeth Rohrbaugh that is based on a theater piece…
