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International Shorts: Conflicts of the Heart

Image: Beyond the Sea, VIFF 2023

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This program of short films offers a range of LGBTQ2S+ lives and experience stories, from youthful romance to estranged seniors.

 

October 2 & 4: Q&A with the film teams

 

This short film program includes the following films:

Beyond the Sea
Hippolyte Leibovici, Belgium/France (25 min)

When older drag queen is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time her estranged son unexpectedly shows up threatening to derail the evening.

 


An Ordinary Day
Ju-yeon Gim, South Korea (20 min)

On a day when a comet is about to strike the Earth two young women who do not know each other well, one blind and one paraplegic, decide to spend their last hours together.

 


Almost Fall
Margot Pouppeville, France (23 min)

Love for the same woman tore a sister and brother apart, now in old age they reconnect but is reconciliation possible?

 


Headdress
Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire, USA (10 min)

When a Queer Native person sees a Non-Native person wearing a ceremonial headdress, they retreat into their mind to find the perfect response.

 


Youssou & Malek
Simon Frenay, France (28 min)

Two late teen boys are in love with each other and the utopian world they live in, but tomorrow heartbreak looms as one is leaving for university.

 

Community Partner

 

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Various

Year

2022-2023

Series

International Shorts

Language

Various with English subtitles

18+
106 min
Shorts

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