A colorful collection of short films, representing a wide spectrum of queer and trans experiences, from around the world. Our 2023 Shorts Programs are made possible through the generosity of long-time ImageOut supporters David D. Emert and Jon P. Templin.

A nonbinary Filipinx person is packing up their late father’s apartment when they are interrupted by a friendly stranger at the door.

English

Apartment 605

Every Music Theory class, Mark and Boris playfully taunt each other in the back row, hidden from the teacher's gaze. One day, during a listening session of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake," the teenagers' customary teasing unveils a deeper truth about their feelings for one another.

Music Theory

A second-generation Vietnamese-American teen must navigate the familial challenges of coming out despite being unable to speak the same language as her grandma.

Hyphen

The morning after hooking up, two recent college grads wrestle with their feelings for each other while a strange and inexplicable phenomenon creeps up in the background.

At Lucy's Last Night

A closeted Arab wholesale perfume seller, attempting to mask his identity with excessive amounts of Polo Sport Adjacent cologne, is knocked off centre when a charming customer sees through his act.

EITR

Sanaa has been working as a city guide in Berlin-Wedding for years. But work alone is not enough for her. She is stubborn and trans. Her passion for the migrant men in the neighborhood keeps her really on her toes.

Sanaa, Seductress of Strangers

“Moving” is a queer dramedy short film about Sean and Max, a gay couple in an open relationship, and what happens when Max’s hot hookup, Kai comes to lend a hand with their move.

Moving

A 10-year-old boy reveals his true gender identity to his father while his heartless mother is in denial of her son's truth.

I Am Poem

After the divorce, Meysam and Shideh arranges a date together in their grandfather's villa, which is full of childhood memories and their shared life, to create a shared memory there for the last time, they want to live their true selves together on this day.

The Crows

In the last years, Carmen has dedicated herself body and soul to caring for her wife Rosa, who suffers from Alzheimer's. In each gesture, Carmen maintains the hope that Rosa will look at her as she used to do when they were younger.

The end (FIN)

After 30 years at a white collared-job an introverted man is thrown into the isolation of retirement. This re-surfaces suppressed desires of homosexuality and he must battle this thoughts or face his iron-willed wife.

Happy Retirement Mr. Pickering

"Bay Creek Tennis Camp" is a timely and refreshing take on the cross-generation disconnect around gender inclusivity. In the film, Coach Charlie has been doing things his way for decades. But the Generation Alpha kids who join his camp this year won’t stand for being split by gender—and they decide to teach him a lesson in a charming and amusing way.

Bay Creek Tennis Camp

Between a lifelong career of playing Santa at private parties, and working a second job as a caretaker for a forgetful sundowner, a working class actor decides to hang up his red suit and make this his final holiday season. On his last day before retirement, a sweet non-binary kid reminds him the spirit of the holiday.

Remember It's Christmas

New York

"Rainbow Sprinkles" Shorts Program

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