Queerness thrives in the spaces between: the ruptures, the margins, the cracks where boundaries slip and borders blur. These shorts trace lives lived beyond the binaries, finding beauty in the unstable, the fluid, and the in-between. Together they form a portrait of queer possibility—tender, unruly, and unapologetically alive.

It’s been four days since Sophie came out as trans to her partner Jess. Together they seek a place away from it all for Sophie to take her first steps out in the air as a woman: a gas station outside of the city. Based on true events.

Miss

It’s been four days since Sophie came out as trans to her partner Jess. Together they seek a place away from it all for Sophie to take her first steps out in the air as a woman: a gas station outside of the city. Based on true events.

"Hold Me Close" explores the unique power and complexity of the relationship between two Queer Black womxn, Corinne and Tiana. Utilizing audio the couple self-recorded every day over the course of a season, Corinne and Tiana experience cycles of life’s joys and pains together in the home they share. Depicted through elegantly composed tableaus of domestic scenes of the couple shot on super 16mm film, paired with searingly intimate documentary audio of the womxn from life within their home, the film bears witness to the distinct constitution of their love.

Hold Me Close

A chronicle of the power and complexity of the relationship between Corinne and Tiana, two Queer Black womxn who experience cycles of life's joys and pains together in the home they share.

In an industrial slaughterhouse in Germany, Jakob works as a security guard while Boris from Bosnia slaughters pigs. Amidst the cold brutality of their surroundings, the two men form a quiet, unspoken bond, united by a shared longing for freedom. When Jakob helps Boris retrieve his conﬁscated passport, they ﬁnd themselves caught in a dangerous spiral of power and helplessness, forcing them to confront fateful choices that will change their lives forever.

Skin on Skin

Two men displaced in the hell of the German meat industry. Something lies between them. Something makes them dream again.

Two broken strangers wrestling with their queer identities meet on the subway just after midnight. A poetic journey through the past few hours of their night reveals how they got here, and what broke them.

Newbies

Two broken strangers wrestling with their queer identities meet on the subway just after midnight. A poetic journey through the past few hours of their night reveals how they got here, and what broke them.

Tensions arise amidst the heat of a busy British Pakistani takeaway.

Magid / Zafar

Tensions arise amidst the heat of a busy British Pakistani takeaway.

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