SHORTS: FRISKY FRIDAY EPISODICS

Vibrant storytelling and desire are the key in our annual showcase of short episodics. Sex parties, sex workers, thirst traps, and a bit of sweet surreal romance sprinkled in for flavor: We are all connected by the constant quest for pleasure and validation like the characters in this collection of scintillating series. Discover your new binge watch and come #NewFestandChill.


HOW TO HAVE SEX IN A PANDEMIC: Episode 2
Dir. Michael Leibenluft, USA, 2023, 19 min
A Brooklyn dungeon hosts NY’s quirkiest, most inventive Queer parties, after restrictive laws drove them underground in the 1980s. When COVID arrives, party organizers strive to keep communities safe without replicating the stigma, past and present.



PRO
Dir. Sarra Ryma, France, 2023, 7 min
In PRO, we’ll get a peek in the world of a 20 something full service sex worker named Lou while she manages her love life, personal life and work life.



THE UNIVERSE CONSPIRES (Episode 7)
Dir. Leonardo Pintos, Uruguay/Argentina, 2022, 15 min
Montevideo, gay pride day and a group of young people in their twenties trying to find a direction in that stage of life where everything is usually uncertain. Love, bonds, friendship, work, the future. In this context of partying and chaos, there seems to be no chance for Bruno and Bruno to meet. However, the universe conspires.



S&M RECORDS (Pilot)
Dirs. Drew Bolton, Jose Alvarez, USA, 2022, 17 min
An anthology drama series unveiling conventional people’s unconventional sexual desires.



I HATE PEOPLE, PEOPLE HATE ME (Episodes 1 & 2)
Dir. Blake Mawson, Canada, 2023, 28 min
Perpetually disturbed by the world around them, two friends navigate their lives as outliers in the queer community.

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