Fest Selects: Best Gay Shorts
First Run Features
A cross-section of some of the best recent gay shorts culled from top film festivals including Sundance, Outfest, Frameline and more. After (13 mins, color, 2009), a film by Mark Pariselli: Three teenage boys idolize and long for the same older hunk. Inspired by Dennis Cooper's poem After School, Street Football, Eighth Grade. Bedfellows (15 mins, color, 2010), a film by Pierre Stefanos: Bobby meets Jonathan at the bar where he got his heart broken, will his one-night stand end up a nightmare or a fairy tale? Winner of Best Short Film at QFest. Curious Thing (9 mins, color, 2009), a film by Alain Hain: Interviews with several New York gay men provide the backdrop as two men - one gay, the other straight - explore their relationships past, present, and future. Gayby (12 mins, color, 2010) a film by Jonathan Lisecki: College friends Matt (gay) and Jenn (straight) decide to have a baby the old fashioned way. Gaysharktank.com (15 mins, color, 2010), a film by Guy Shalem: Twenty-five strangers seek love, lust, and the other things you might find on a random gay video chat. My Name Is Love (21 mins, color, 2008, Swedish w/English subtitles), a film by David Färdmar: Love and Sebastian share a secret. After a chance meeting in the street, their innocent flirt soon turns into a dangerous liaison. Winner of Best Short Film Image at QFest and Best Short Film/Audience Award at Nation Film Festival. Mouse's Birthday (4 mins, color & b/w, 2010) a film by Barry Morse: A visual poem with abstract and symbolic imagery of fanstasy, whimsy, and terror about a mouse, a cockroach, and a ‘gay’ man. Steam (16 mins, color, 2009), a film by Eldar Rapaport: After a brief encounter, two strangers find themselves stuck in a steam room and only their pasts to discover. Winner of the Iris Prize and Best Short Film at FilmOut. In English.