Farcical, Aesthetic & Comedic Stories
Sunday, October 6 – 5:00pm – UNCSA ACE Theatre Complex
Runtime: 69 minutes
Happy BirthGay (Homoledet)
Directed and written by Niv Manzur
Israel / Hebrew / Narrative Short / 16 min.
A mom throws her son a grandiose surprise BirthGay party, celebrating a year of his coming out of the closet.
*First-Time Filmmaker
Matinee Baby
Directed and written by Thom Hilton
USA / English / Narrative Short / 19 min.
In this raunchy and outlandish queer comedy, best friends Robby and Noah-Lee— employees at Portland’s historic Clinton Street Theater—find themselves confronted by a parade of increasingly wacky, genre-tinged suitors.
Non Slut
Directed and written by Shehryar Mir
USA / English / Narrative Short / 12 min.
An insecure man attempts to ride out an unusual dating experiment, surrounded by the temptations of a raunchy queer party.
Easy Way Out
Directed and written by Camryn Garrett
USA / English / Narrative Short / 6 min.
Twenty-something New Yorker Grace frequently lies about being a lesbian in order to deflect catcalls or unwanted pickup-lines.
Half Moon Motel
Directed by Camilla Zaidee Bennett
USA / English / Narrative Short / 16 min.
Two guests at a small-town motel, a cam girl with an unrequited crush on her best friend and a hopeless romantic excited to meet his online girlfriend, find their lives crossing paths as they try to navigate the messy new world of online love.
*Student Film – University of North Carolina School of the Arts