Gay Love Affairs (Shorts)

Filtra la luce (The light that comes through)
On a nudist beach, Noah unexpectedly runs into a classmate on whom he has a secret crush. One summer afternoon is enough for dreams, shame and desire to collide in the full glare of the sun.

directed & written: Mario Putti, cast: Filippo Soave, Salvatore Lauricella, Emanuela Serini, Irene Moccia, music: Mino Freda, Mino Carbone, cinematography: Mattia De Gennaro, production: Italy 2025, running time: 20 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles
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Inang Reyna (Queen Mother)
Drag, family secrets, and a night that tears open old wounds. When a mother visits her son before his performance, an ordinary call turns into an emotional reckoning over love, acceptance, and everything they have never said to each other.

directed & written: King Louie Palomo, cast: Aldrin Bundoc, Ma-Anne Dionisio, music: Amine Bouzaher, cinematography: Lester Millado, production: Canada 2024, running time: 14 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

My Age Now
One Sunday, one voice on the phone, and one “goodbye” that still echoes in his head. An intimate portrait of a boy drifting between the memory of love and the silence left in the wake of a break-up.

directed & written: Daniel Talbott, cast: Carey Cannata, Tyler Woehl, music: David Gonzalez, cinematography: Johannes Moe, production: United States 2025, running time: 15 minutes, category: feature film, Polish subtitles

Skin on Skin
Blood, steel, and the monotony of a German slaughterhouse. In this brutal world, two men find a fragile thread of solidarity between them; yet freedom comes at a price, and choices can cut deeper than a knife.

directed: Simon Schneckenburger, written: Simon Schneckenburger, Marie Wagner, cast: Jonas Smulders, Jurij Drevenšek, Christian A. Koch, Michael Morgenstern, Markus Römer, Alexander Eisenbraun, Kazim Demirbas, music: Christoph Erling, Marc Grünhäuser, cinematography: Nico Schrenk, production: Germany 2025, running time: 30 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles

Wetboy
A summer trip to the river turns into a moment no one saw coming. Beneath the water, a tension arises between two friends, surfacing in the form of shock, anger, and questions neither of them is ready to face.

directed & written: Yentl Vlachos, cast: Jeroen van Arkel, Ricky Hol, music: Anna Cuijpers, cinematography: Ruben Wijnheijmer, production: Netherlands 2025, running time: 10 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles
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What you doin’? (Wyd?)
A single brief question on Grindr sets off a date that quickly slips beyond the usual hook-up script. An awkward, funny and surprisingly tender encounter between two men as they confront their own fantasies, masculinity, and what they truly want to say.

directed: Max Kutschenreuter, written: Yan Bennink, Naomi Bechert, cast: Juan David Mendez, Marcus Munduz, music: MINQ, cinematography: Janne Ebel, production: Germany 2025, running time: 14 minutes, category: feature film, English/Polish subtitles

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