An unexpected favour requested from a sister, a mother and son’s escape from the Soviet Union, the preparations of a young Indian man’s coming out to his parents and one young man finding his place in the world after recently transitioning are just some of the stories behind this years shorts.

SPUNKLE  LISA DONATO | USA | 2016 | 13 min A brother contemplates fatherhood when his older sister and her free-spirited wife ask him to be their sperm donor of their baby... or the uncle... or the spunkle!

ABREAST  PATRICK BRĂILA | ROMANIA | 2016 | 11 min  Two souls walk abreast along the road. Down the narrow path that forces them to interact, a change takes place as the mother-daughter relationship morphs into a rocky new mother-son tie.

MINE  MATTHEW MORGAN | UK | 2017 | 6 min  The non-donor father in a gay relationship struggles to come to terms with being the father to a child which is not biologically his.

I LIKE GIRLS  DIANE OBOMSAWIN | CANADA | 2016 |8 min Women reveal the nitty-gritty about their first loves, sharing funny and intimate tales of one-sided infatuation, mutual attraction, erotic moments, and fumbling attempts at sexual expression.

LITTLE POTATO  WES HURLEY (POTATO) | USA | 2017 | 14 min Autobiographical tale of growing up gay in the Soviet Union, only to escape with his mother, a mail order bride, to Seattle to face a whole new oppression in his new Christian fundamentalist American dad.

THE FISH CURRY  ABHISHEK VERMA | INDIA | 2017 | 12 min A young man, Lalit, decides to come out to his parents. In the hope that it will ease the news, he prepares his father’s favourite fish dish, in order to confront his sexuality over dinner.

MATHIAS  CLARA STERN | AUSTRIA | 2017 | 30 min  Mathias is more than sure about his decision to live as a man, however, he still has to find his way in his new identity especially in his new job. and also with his relationship with his girlfriend, which seems to have changed due to the transition.

LILY  GRAHAM CANTWELL | IRELAND| 2016 | 20 min  Lily, a girl with a secret on the cusp of becoming a young woman, is faced with the greatest challenge of her young life.

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19 | 5

15.30 - 17.30

350 | 300* Rubles

CREDA LOFT