SHORTS: KILL YOUR DARLINGS

Don’t you wish sometimes they would just… drop dead? These shorts indulge the bloodthirsty fantasy of getting rid of someone who no longer serves you—an old identity, a sexual rival, someone who caught your eye but you could never pursue. In real life, we don’t act on our killing instincts, but all is fair in film. Because if you can’t have them, nobody else should.


I’m Gonna Kill You
Dir. Andrew Chappelle, 14 min, USA
In a futuristic colony of gay men, Cal and Spector have been paired to carry on humanity as we know it… even if it kills them.

Kill The DJ
Dir. Clementine Narcisse, 20 min, USA
Diamond, a fierce underground DJ, gets an impromptu gig at a mysterious nightclub owned by the suspicious Miss Linda.

The Act of Cutting Away
Dir. Hayden Celentano, 11 min, USA
A transmasc college student, struggling to find gender-affirming care, is left with a harrowing choice when he learns a classmate has been conducting illegal dissections and surgeries.

In Her You’ll Find Sanctuary
Dir. Isabella Garcia, 10 min, USA
After the arrival of a nun with mystical visions, Sister Miriam becomes envious of her rival’s sudden notoriety and begins falsifying miracles in a grotesque game of cat-and-mouse.

Matches
Dir. Jake Delaney, 15 min, USA
After matching with a famous actor on a dating app, Ryan is invited to a party at his mansion where he is unexpectedly thrown into a cutthroat competition for the actor’s heart.

Camp Oleander
Dir. Alyssa Aldaz, 14 min, USA
At Camp Oleander, two girls’ forbidden connection is tested by a seductive ritual.

Hvac
Dir. Jackson McKeehan, 11 min, USA
In a blue-collar Missouri town, a 13-year-old HVAC apprentice grappling with confusing desires becomes entangled in a surreal, dangerous encounter at the local theatre.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A.

Part of the 38th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival