THE FIRST TIME: A chance meeting, a first date, a first kiss, a new awakening. Enjoy these films about the surprises of finding love.

Tom, a young accountant, explores the world of online dating as he meticulously records, tracks, and categorizes every woman he meets in a spreadsheet. After hundreds of different faces, the excitement wanes and Tom finally confronts the question, “What are you looking for?” after it comes from a young woman he can’t seem to categorize.

Database

For Steve, it's just another day working at his mom's candy store in Montauk. That is, until the girl of his dreams suddenly walks in. She doesn't seem like one for small talk as she walks up to the counter and bluntly asks Steve for skittles, but Steve is visibly rattled by her uniqueness. Will he work up the courage to ask her on a date?

Candied Lips

A man and a woman meet in a bar for the first time. Does romance ensue?

Honeymoon

In early 2000s, old China Town, Los Angeles, when introverted and unsociable sixty-five-year-old Chinese man, Wan falls in love with a man who is nearly 30 years younger than him, Wan struggles to embrace his homosexual identity which he has suppressed for his entire life, and simultaneously confronts his guilt towards his long deceased Chinese wife. (Brief nudity.)

After Sunset, Dawn Arrives

A young girl gets in big trouble for kissing her friend on the cheek at school during the pandemic.

There are Bunnies on
  Fire in the Forest

Cintia and Alegria, friends and classmates, are having a study session for Literature but, at 17, it's hard to focus, especially when one of them has such important news.

I Love Every Atom of Your Body

An animated short film that follows the journey of two raindrops, and how they come to terms with what it means to be alive.

A Fleeting Moment

In the shadows of an empty office, the poetry of an unlikely kiss helps a modern-day Cyrano and a mid-life cynic discover a love lost and a love never found.

Dotting the "I"

Do you believe in love at first sight or do you think that love is simply a scientific question? Accompany Alex and Marta through their doubts, their stages, theories, laughter, discussions... A dopamine story that lasts 3 minutes. A love story that lasts a lifetime.

7 doses of dopamine

The First Time: A program of shorts

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A Festival devoted to romance, romantic comedies and the complexities of love. International competition films from around the world.

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