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Black Tea
An artist and a collector argue over an antique teacup. They make their cases over a cup of tea and a crush develops.
Letters to Nowhere
In Letters to Nowhere, we see that sometimes, friendship breakups happen in the middle of the work week. Crashout status: imminent.
2 of Hearts
In 2 of Hearts, Alzira, a retired seamstress, starts having intense, passionate dreams when her gambling partner stops showing up to their games.
Edges of the Earth
Edges of the Earth shows us a place where TCM and BDSM collide.
Waste Time: A Complicated Love Story
Waste Time follows a queer couple, a Black woman and an Indian woman, through the fragments: first date, first kiss, first fight. When one woman looks back on what they had, the film shifts into a music-driven sequence asking whether love is worth coming back to.
Cockroach
In Cockroach, a Black transgender man plans to exchange sex for top surgery money with an older gay man, until the night takes a turn involving an actual cockroach, an unexpected conversation, and a reckoning with what he’s afraid of.
Pink Oz's
In Pink Oz’s, Khris, a shy lesbian working at an art gallery, is desperate to get closer to a co-worker. One problem: every time she almost gets the kiss, a Greek chorus of judgmental church ladies in her head erupts to mock and shame her. When the gallery’s featured artist starts pursuing the same woman, Khris has to fight on two fronts, the rival in the room and the voices that won’t let her want what she wants.
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Watch anytime between September 11-21. Friendship breakups that hit mid-workweek. Passionate dreams that arrive when you stop expecting them. A cockroach that changes everything. Church ladies who live in your head and will not shut up. These films are about queer desire in all its mess, the wanting, the shame, the reaching, and the moments where you finally reach back.

Through a series of intimate vignettes, we follow a queer couple , a Black woman and an Indian woman, as they experience the beauty and fragility of love. From the spark of their first date to the quiet tenderness of their first kiss, and finally, the ache of their first fight, their story unfolds in fragments of memory and emotion. The film culminates in a music-driven sequence where one woman reflects on what was lost and questions whether love is worth returning to. Blending narrative cinema with music video elements, this short explores the rhythm of heartbreak, memory, and rediscovery through a deeply personal lens.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    0:07:58
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Genre
    Narrative, Music Video, Narrative/Drama
  • Subtitle Language
    English Open Captions
  • Content Warning
    Flashing images, Emotional distress in a relationship
  • Director
    LIVt
  • Screenwriter
    LIVt
  • Producer
    LIVt, Elise Walker
  • Cast
    Devika Vyas, Olivia Thomas
  • Cinematographer
    Sandra Garcia
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