Relationship Stories
Saturday, October 5 – 4:00pm – UNCSA ACE Theatre Complex
Runtime: 108 minutes
Emerald City
Directed by Josef Steiff / Written by David Bobrow
USA / English / Narrative Short / 21 min.
Two young men cross paths on the back roads of the American Southwest and, despite their different backgrounds, find common ground along the border.
Kordovero 22
Directed and written by Gal Primack Najari
Israel / Hebrew / Narrative Short / 18 min.
Two men meet through a screen and struggle to get closer in an impossible pre-written reality.
*First-Time Filmmaker
Lee Baby
Directed by Leah Raidt / Written by Eli Sulkowski
USA / English / Narrative Short / 14 min.
Lee, a trans man, and his wife, Charlie, are smack dab in the middle of creating a family. Insecurities, hormone imbalances, loss of bodily autonomy, and the exhaustion of new parenthood test the limits of this resilient queer couple.
*First-Time Filmmaker
Coffee Grapefruit Cacao
Directed and written by Dominique Preusse
France / French / Narrative Short / 24 min.
Samuel used to form a couple with Laetitia before she left him for Gaëlle. Today he’s been invited to their home. Together, they will try to perform an act of love.
Ripe!
Directed and written by Tusk
USA/Spain / Catalan/English/Spanish / Narrative Short / 18 min.
Nothing says “it’s complicated” like breaking your crush’s arm.
See You in the Fall
Directed by Ainsley Wiseman / Written by Ambar Tavarez
USA / English / Narrative Short / 8 min.
Leo comes over to Greyson’s house for a sleepover. They enjoy each other’s company, mentioning the future of college and adulthood that is coming. When Greyson kisses Leo, he is rejected, and neither of them know what to do.
*First-Time Filmmaker / Student Film – University of North Carolina School of the Arts
The Dream: A Love Story
Directed and written by Enrique Rosario
USA / English / Narrative Short / 5 min.
Two people meet for the first time, and they get transported into the life that could be possible for them.
*First-Time Filmmaker