
Here is a 143- min collection of this year's OutSouth Jury Award winners for Best Shorts.
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.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT: Suspicious that her son is gay, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise, the boy's father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. After all, why was she the last to know?
CYNTHIA: A dinner party with old friends takes a shocking turn as wounds are exposed, revelations are made, and the past resurfaces. Over one tense evening, Cynthia learns that some things can never be unsaid. An emotionally bold and uplifting story about truth, love and finding the strength to move on.
SHEER QORMA is a story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family, and how it comes together under one roof, as resilient, queer Muslim women and non-binary characters of color, choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities. (Best Long-Form Narrative Short)
SUNDOWN TOWN: Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town. (Best Horror Short)
BEFORE THE ERUPTION: Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming. (Best Young Adult Short)
STAND UP STAND OUT: Stand Up, Stand Out: The Making of a Comedy Movement tells the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. (Best Long-Form Documentary)
WINNER! 2021 OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
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OFFICIAL SELECTION!
OUTshine Film Festival
2021 Love Actually Int'l Storyteller Showcase
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Bendigo Queer Film Festival
7 Kaleidoscope LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Director Biography - Robero Pérez Toledo
Roberto Pérez Toledo was born in Lanzarote, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for the films "Six Points about Emma" (2012), "The Weird Friends" (2014) and "Like Foam" (2017). He has also written and directed a lot of short films, such as "The Screamers", awarded at festivals around the world. Roberto Pérez Toledo is an activist in favor of the LGBTQ+ and disabled collective, and is followed by hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
- Year2020
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountrySpain
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorRobero Pérez Toledo
- ScreenwriterRobero Pérez Toledo
- ProducerRafael Alvarez







Here is a 143- min collection of this year's OutSouth Jury Award winners for Best Shorts.
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.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT: Suspicious that her son is gay, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise, the boy's father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. After all, why was she the last to know?
CYNTHIA: A dinner party with old friends takes a shocking turn as wounds are exposed, revelations are made, and the past resurfaces. Over one tense evening, Cynthia learns that some things can never be unsaid. An emotionally bold and uplifting story about truth, love and finding the strength to move on.
SHEER QORMA is a story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family, and how it comes together under one roof, as resilient, queer Muslim women and non-binary characters of color, choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities. (Best Long-Form Narrative Short)
SUNDOWN TOWN: Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town. (Best Horror Short)
BEFORE THE ERUPTION: Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming. (Best Young Adult Short)
STAND UP STAND OUT: Stand Up, Stand Out: The Making of a Comedy Movement tells the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. (Best Long-Form Documentary)
WINNER! 2021 OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST YOUNG ADULT SHORT
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
FACEBOOK: Click Here
OFFICIAL SELECTION!
OUTshine Film Festival
2021 Love Actually Int'l Storyteller Showcase
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Bendigo Queer Film Festival
7 Kaleidoscope LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Director Biography - Robero Pérez Toledo
Roberto Pérez Toledo was born in Lanzarote, Spain. He is a writer and director, known for the films "Six Points about Emma" (2012), "The Weird Friends" (2014) and "Like Foam" (2017). He has also written and directed a lot of short films, such as "The Screamers", awarded at festivals around the world. Roberto Pérez Toledo is an activist in favor of the LGBTQ+ and disabled collective, and is followed by hundreds of thousands of followers on social media.
- Year2020
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageSpanish
- CountrySpain
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorRobero Pérez Toledo
- ScreenwriterRobero Pérez Toledo
- ProducerRafael Alvarez