Gay Stories (Shorts)

All About My Son
A very tense meeting: a conservative Taiwanese mother and a British man, who knew her dead son better, than she would have liked it. Mourning, secrets and culture on a collision course.

directed & written: Gin Huang, cast: Rob Hughes, Chizuko Baynard-Smith, music: Ian Chen, cinematography: Aleesha Rane, production: Taiwan, United Kingdom 2024, running time: 10 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

Apnea
Confessions to AI or himself? Teo seeks the courage to come out, but does artificial intelligence know the way to freedom?

directed & written: Fabio Patrassi, cast: Davide Calgaro, Federica Minia, cinematography: Mirko Ciabatti, production: Italy 2024, running time: 12 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles

Chosen (Escolhidos)
Behind the innocent game lies silent suffering. Who is watching and who is really seeing? Missionaries become witnesses to a hidden judgement.

directed: Pablo Diego Garcia, written: Tiago Pessoa, cast: Sara Tardivo, Davi Tardivo, Paulo Tardivo, Thiago Pessoa, André de Paulo, Marcela Arribêt, Felipe Lacerda, Mariana Faloppa, João Fenerich, cinematography: Pablo Diego Garcia, production: Brazil 2025, running time: 9 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles

Fairview Park
Dublin, 1982: a brutal attack becomes the spark of a revolution. A true story of Declan Flynn – a victim, who changed the fate of the Irish LGBT+ community.

directed: Ellie Hodgetts, Aymeric Nicolet, written: Ellie Hodgetts, cast: Denis Grindel, Amanda Hurwitz, Robert Thompson, Michael Óg Lane, James Martin, music: Katie Phillips, cinematography: Ronnie McQuillan, production: United Kingdom 2024, running time: 14 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

Found Family (尋找家人)
Family is more than just blood bonds. Christian, a gay man of Filipino-Australian origin, discovers the truth of queer life in the antipodes.

directed: Ying Chu, written: Ying Chu, Gabrielle O’Keeffe, cast: Christian Kurt Mendoza, Matthew Kalmund, cinematography: Billy Neville, production: Australia 2024, running time: 9 minutes, category: documentary, Polish subtitles

Not Just Another Pageant
Bears, beards and self-confidence – plus-size bears compete for the title of Mr. Bear International in Bangkok. Brotherhood and masculinity in every form!

directed & written: Larry Tung, cast: Jurgen Claus, Oswaldo Madrid, Newsan Nadol Na Bangchang, Tar JW, Dave Nguyen, J-ho, Donald Lapez, Dean Buiza, Shuto, Addy Keomanithong, Hsieh Tzu-lu, Chan Lone, Vachira Somlim, Chandra Wan, Mitchell Brown, Yanna Xian, Itthipat Semarat, cinematography: Larry Tung, production: Thailand 2024, running time: 15 minutes, category: documentary, English/Polish subtitles

The Horrors of The Common Man
A right-wing politician, a perfect life and a nightmare, that doesn’t end after you wake up. German expressionism in the service of timeless satire.

directed & written: Katarzyna Siewarga, cast: Ente Breed, Frank Röhrig, Marina Fragkopoulou, Angela Zandbergen, Sanne Masselink, Viktor Ficner, music: Julian Boullon, cinematography: Alexandros Theodorakis, production: Netherlands 2024, running time: 8 minutes, category: feature film/horror, Polish subtitles