26th OutSouth Queer Film Festival

WE, THE JURY - Jury Award-Winning Shorts

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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! OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST SHORT FILM

NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!

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.


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OFFICIAL SELECTION!

Kerry International Film Festival

Newport Beach Film Festival

The Richard Harris International Film Festival


Director Biography - Jack Hickey

Jack is an actor and award winning writer / director based between London and Dublin. He is currently director of Copper Alley Productions. Most recently he starred in Neasa Hardiman’s Sea Fever which premiered at TIFF in 2019. His credits as an actor for screen include Penny Dreadful (Showtime),Vikings (History Channel/Take 5), Jericho (ITV), Rebellion (RTÉ), Emmerdale (ITV), Game of Thrones (HBO) and feature films Mary Shelley and The Light of Day. Cynthia is his first film.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    17 minutes
  • Language
    English, Irish
  • Country
    Ireland
  • Premiere
    North Carolina Premiere
  • Director
    Jack Hickey
  • Screenwriter
    Jack Hickey
  • Producer
    Lara Hickey
  • Cast
    Valerie O’Connor, Peter Campion, Caoimhe O’Malley, Moe Dunford
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