This massively entertaining package of award-winning gay short dramas is jam-packed with crush-worthy boys!

Summer (10 min.) Great Britain, Directed by Hong Khaou

Jury Award, Best Short Film: Turin and Ibiza G&L Film Festivals

This intricately crafted short delicately explores the ache of unrequited love as Leung (Peter Peralta) reveals his true feelings for his beefy straight pal Will (the crush-worthy Jay Brown).

Night Swimming (19 min.) USA, Directed by Daniel Falcone

Jury Award Best Male Short Film: Long Island L&G Film Festival

Best Student Director Award: Breckenridge Festival of Film

Best Director Award & Best Film School Production Award: Ivy Film Festival (Brown University)     

This terrific bittersweet teen drama depicts that perennial gay dilemma: falling for straight boys. Young Otter idolizes his alpha-male buddy Darby who just might have similar feelings for him. This exquisitely crafted story unfolds on a road-trip to New York City.

Running Without Sound (13 min.) USA, Directed by Judd King

A deaf teen with a crush on his pal grapples with confusing emotions and tensions with his fellow cross-country runner team-mates in this finely crafted gay jock story.

Out Now (20 min.) Germany, Directed by Sven J. Matten

Small town shy teen Tom is tormented by his high school classmates while he pines over the blond boy at the candy kiosk. German, with English subtitles

The Bridge (8 min.) Australia, Directed by George Barbakadze

Emerging Filmmaker Award, Best Australian Short Film: Melbourne Queer Film Festival

A foreboding dramatic snapshot of a bi-national gay couple who just want to be together in Sydney.

Hitchcocked (8 min.) USA, Directed by David M Young

Best Short: Fire Island Film Festival, Lisbon G&L Festival, CineKink/NYC

This smart, sexy, scary short gives new meaning to the term: “shower scene.”

Oedipus N+1 (26 min.) France, Directed by Eric Rognard

Jury Award, Best Short Film: Connecticut G&L Film Festival

Knockout French phenom Jalil Lespert (Tell No One, De Sade) stars as Thomas, a gay man who dies and then awakens as a clone in a terrifying sci-fi future (shades of Gattaca) only to have his mother deny him access to his boyfriend as she attempts to “cure” his sexual preference. French, with English subtitles