A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father’s values.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
A closeted County Music Star on the verge of being outed is forced to make an impossible choice when both his career and love hang in the balance.
Director: Jeremy Leroux
A split-screen film telling two versions of the entire story of a relationship. Each memory becomes intertwined with all the others: the firsts, the lasts, the middles, each of the small nothing moments that add up to something in the end.
Director: Robert W. Gray
A struggling musician moves in with his gay best friend in order to restart his life only to find himself falling in love with their lesbian roommate.
Director: Hayden Woodhead
A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with a regularly-abled man for the first time since his accident.
Director: Sherren Lee
Stars: Prince Amponsah, Jesse LaVercombe, Alice Snaden
A character study of a reclusive, self-fulfilling young graduate student who has fallen into a pattern of disassociation and chronic masturbation. During the course of his routines this student begins to encounter a woman who resembles a familiar figure from an online adult video. Initially shocked by this revelation, he becomes transfixed by the potential implications.
Director: Brendan Prost
Alex is a young addict who sells his body in Montreal (Canada). He’s flanked by Bruno, Simon, Jeanne, Eric and Velma, all of them caught in the same spiral of compulsion. Hostage to society’s market logic, they are the fallen angels of a dark and violent time.
Director: Rodrigue Jean
A young man is ostracized from his social group on the grounds that he might not be gay.
Director: David C. Jones
One man is initially unhappy when his partners temporarily ends up with custody of an eleven year old orphan, but it soon turns out that the child is exceedingly flamboyant.
Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Ben Shenkman, Noah Bernett
A lifelong friendship is set ablaze when two friends confront their past unveiling a provocative secret.
Director: Joshua Hinkson
An unlikely friendship forms over the fall when two boys meet under strange circumstances.
A coming (out) of age short film about first love.
Written and Directed by Joshua Chislett
Set one evening in present-day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultra-nationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia’s LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret.
Stars: Alex Ozerov, Max Rositsan, Juliana Semenova
After a long time abroad, a young man returns home and reunites with friends. A sensual game amongst them forces him to confront deep conflicts within himself that lead to a powerful awakening.
Director: Patricia Chica
An insecure gay brooder puts his lack of social charm to the test with the support of a pizza man turned therapist and his two best friends.
Director/Writer: Donovan Banks
Stars: Aaron Bynum, Hunter Clarke, Ethan Schulze, Gwyneth Strope, Celia Marsh
Documentary film about Brendan Gilmore Burke (December 8, 1988 – February 5, 2010) young gay athlete and student manager at Miami University for the RedHawks men’s ice hockey team.
Two best buddies from Sudbury, Ontario take a road trip to Toronto that will change their friendship forever.
Director: Adam Santangelo
Stars: Nigel Smith, Michael Majeski, Taylor Trowbridge, Joanna Haughton
A drama focusing on a group of friends in their late 20s.
Director: Xavier Dolan
Stars: Harris Dickinson, Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval
Dave and Andrew reach a new level of closeness in their relationship when they share their personal experiences with self-harm.
Director: Kyle Reaume
Colt, (Evan Spergel) a struggling aspiring writer collects money after having sex with a complete stranger. Soon after the stranger is gone, an unexpected knock comes. Fearful for his safety, he makes a run for it.
Director: Francis Luta
After his family falls apart Joshua is forced to move to Canada to live with his estranged father. It is there he meets Jay, a local tattoo artist. The two becomes closer despite the negativity that surrounds them.
Stars: Aaron Ellis, Hunter Page, Jamie Knox
