NewFest: Shorts Program 1

These two programs of outstanding recent LGBT shorts provide a humorous, incisive and downright sexy look into stories of queer identity, love and misadventures from all across the globe.

Social Butterfly
(France , USA, 2013, 14 mins)
Directed By: Lauren Wolkstein
A beautiful birthday girl confronts a sultry cat burglar. Then the party takes a sensuous turn.

Spooners
(USA, 2013, 13 mins)
Directed By: Bryan Horch
What two boys in love go through to find the perfect bed.

Gorilla
(Australia, 2013, 13 mins)
Directed By: Tim Marshall
A couple’s romantic camping trip is disrupted by an eccentric stranger.

F to 7th Family
(USA, 2013, 13 mins)
Directed By: Ingrid Jungermann
Lunch time with Auntie (Amy Sedaris) is chock full of out of control wackiness.

Elliot King is Third
(USA, 2013, 19 mins)
Directed By: Rose Troche
A dystopic tale of gender enforcement set in a not-too-distant future.

Devotion Project: Foremost in My Mind
(USA, 2013, 10 mins)
Directed By: Antony Osso
Two beautiful African American women share the story of how they met and fell in love later in life.

Ronny & I
(USA, 2013, 20 mins)
Directed By: Guy Shalem
A young man comes to terms with his sexuality and feelings for his best friend during an impromptu trip.