This massively entertaining package of gay short dramas is jam-packed with boy crushes!

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

“What are you going to wish for?”

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 (Jay Brown).

Night Swimming (19 min.) USA

Directed by Daniel Falcone

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

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

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

Oedipus N+1 (26 min.) France

Directed by Eric Rognard

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