26th OutSouth Queer Film Festival

CHANGING MOVEMENT INTO LIGHT - Queer Shorts

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Here is a 90-minute collection of queer shorts from around the world.


MY FAMILY: In this Southeast Asian dark dramedy, a young man is bleeding out slowly in the bathroom. Oblivious to his latest suicide attempt, his bickering family members line up for their turn outside. This is clearly an excellent time for his parents to begin openly questioning his sexuality.

MY OWN: My Own tells the story of Bianca, a nonbinary person, struggling to find the place for gender fluidity within the rigid world of ballet. Bianca finds their own voice, in this dance-filled rumination on coming out, not as one thing or another, but as something in between.

THINE OWN SELF: Through animated visuals in combination with music, this experimental short film represents a resistance to hegemonic constructions of gender, expressing a desire for collective liberation from restrictive classifications that govern identity.

STORIES UNDER THE RAINBOW: Stories Under The Rainbow will explore questions through the lives of LGBTQ individuals living in small towns in Mississippi that is often hilarious and heartbreaking.

HUGO: 6:30PM: Hugo, a young actor is asked to improvise narrating a story where he’s the actor and director at an audition. He unfolds a tale that explores sex, disease and self-emancipation.

COMPOSITIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING RELATIONSHIPS: Compositions is an experimental, animated "love letter".

LIMINAL: Steve lives both his past and present concurrently. As time is compressed and he flows through spirals of love and sexuality, Steve finds himself in a transition; stuck between a family life built on half measures and a desire for a more authentic experience.

THE UNINHABITABLE ONES: A Brazilian contemporary dance company is about to debut The Uninhabitable Ones (Inabitáveis), its newest performance that addresses black homosexuality as its theme. Running parallel to the rehearsals, the choreographer builds a friendship with Pedro, a black boy who doesn't identify as a boy. A poetic wildness of transgressive queers, of impressionist colors, of bodies that celebrate their black and latinx existences.

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Hugo, a young actor is asked to improvise narrating a story where he’s the actor and director at an audition. He unfolds a tale that explores sex, disease and self-emancipation.

In French with English subtitles.


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Director Biography - Simon Helloco, James Maciver

James and Simon met in a high school in Brittany. In addition to becoming friends there, they made their first short film. After high school, James goes to film sailboats and Simon goes to Vancouver to organize a music festival. Four years later, their paths cross again in Paris. With the friendship and passion for cinema still present, they together directed two self-produced short films and trailers for UniFrance. Hugo 18H30 is their first film produced.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    13 minutes
  • Language
    French
  • Country
    France
  • Premiere
    United States Premiere
  • Director
    Simon Helloco & James Maciver
  • Screenwriter
    Simon Helloco
  • Producer
    Alexis Diop
  • Cast
    Julien Branellec, Thomas Blanchard
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