SHORTS: IN YOUR FACE!

Screw respectability. These shorts are outrageous, loud, and unapologetically over the top. Brimming with style, big ideas, and even bigger characters, they’re impossible to ignore: bright-colored neo-noirs, surreal nightmares, stomach-turning comedies, and queer visions that defy categorization. They’re here, they’re queer — and unforgettable.

Are You Fucking Kidding Me?!
Dir. Zen Pace, 12 min, USA
A broke birthday party clown finds out his mother is dying during the gig from hell. CW: Disturbing images

Poreless
Dir. Harris Doran, 14 min, USA
A fabulous, queer, Muslim beauty entrepreneur competes in a SHARK TANK-like contest after suffering an untimely allergic reaction

La Dichotomie
Dirs. Suzie Toot, Dan Ingram, & Oscar Ruso, 14 min, USA
Tap-dancing sensation Suzie Toot (RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, BIG EASY QUEENS) stars in this surrealist short film presented in vivid Tech-NO-color™! While Suzie dazzles her adoring cartoon audiences, lethargic artclown Gloomie Toot gets a surprise visit that sends her down a visceral, existential spiral for Suzie’s spotlight. CW: Disturbing images

The Flamingos on the Wall
Dir. Ben Evory, 8 min, USA
At a Bushwick costume party, an uninvited “Princess Diana” seeks revenge on “Judy Garland” for past trauma involving ornithological wallpaper.

Blue Violet
Dir. Josie Charles, 10 min, UK
Blue’s gift preparations for her beloved Violet transform into something darker when reality picks up the phone.

Free the Buns
Dir. Blanche Enaka, 14 min, USA
A trio of high school friends get revenge on their racist teacher by stealing her emotional support bunny.

Nest
Dir. Willem Koller, 10 min, New Zealand
A trans body horror about a reluctant mother-to-be who, struggling to accept the pregnancy she has to endure, has a deeply shocking labour experience. But when faced with her husband’s disgust at what she has birthed, she’s forced to take drastic measures to reconcile with who she has become. CW: Disturbing images

Attagirl!
Dir. Klimovski, 9 min, USA
When a debtor tries to run off with her money, a ruthless bookie hunts him through New York’s city streets, and when she gets ahold of him, he’ll be coughing up more than just cash. CW: Disturbing images

This screening will be followed by a Q&A