SHORTS PROGRAM | 86 MINS

Relationships become complicated by lost loves, past loves, new loves, and potential loves in this program of gay shorts. After an emotional heartbreak a young, gay Black man navigates the reluctance of falling in love again…but this time with a Latinx man in LOSING HOPE. FLAMES tells the story of two childhood friends, Ahmad, a streetwise, college-bound scholar, and Sadik, a rehabilitated hooligan grappling with his identity, who find themselves alone together in the woods. In SIX FEET APART Covid overhangs the story about a son preparing for his father’s funeral, memories flooding into his head of the contentious relationship between himself and his religious dad. A man’s search for connection is thrown off course during an uncomfortable encounter with an old flame in LET'S DO THIS AGAIN SOMETIME. In PRIVATE PHOTOS, couple Rafa and Matheus have to face the excitement and weirdness of having a third member inside their apartment. CANCR is the story of Tomas, whose world has gotten smaller since his cancer diagnosis and treatment.