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Parking : a compelling short LGBTQ film from Iran
Parking is a very rare breed as it is one of the few Iranian LGBTQ movies ever made, This 9 minute short directed by Ahmad Seyfipour is the tale of a burglary that goes wrong. When a man is stealing from a garage he comes across two men having sex on the back seat…
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Sunset : It’s never easy to say goodbye
Made in 2017 this gay short story is about a reluctant parting between a soldier about to head off to War (WW2) and his drag-queen lover who had been rejected for military service on the grounds that he was a ‘sexual psychopath’. The couple had just made love and Peter (NIccolo Walsh) was trying to…
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I Am Syd Stone : and I’ve still got the hots for you
Canadian queer filmmaker Denis Theriault’s 11 min short is a tale of regret about choices you make at school. This is the story of Syd Stone (a hunky Gharrett Patrick Paon) who has come back to his hometown school reunion after a 10 year absence. He’s not exactly been idle in this time as…
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HOLD ON : a stark choice between Faith and Sexuality
Queerguru talks with young American/Chinese queer filmmaker Haiyang Yu about his new short film HOLD ON which had us in tears. It is the story of a devout Catholic mother who is the caregiver for her disabled gay son and has to choose between her faith and her son’s happiness To find out where the film is screening…
