Global Shorts Vol 2
Title: The Audition (SHORT)
Directed by: Chels Morgan
Starring: Caroline Marshall, Valentina Echeverri, Star Amerasu, Kailaya, Misheel Erdenetsogt, Nabillah Nahim and Victor Brew
Production: Chels Morgan, Sunny Davis
Year: 2023
Country: United States
Language: English
Length: 15 mins
Genre: Short, LGBTQ+
Synopsis: A young, beautiful 20-something woman, walks into a local strip club after her plans for moving to a new city prove to be less than profitable. There, she is met with a myriad of personalities including 3 veteran dancers who fail to give her the warm welcome she’d hoped for. After making some rash assumptions about girls and crushing any chance at a good first impression, our protagonist quickly is put in her place. In the end, her name is called and she is left in the dressing room to contemplate the future of her own story.
Title: Boléro (SHORT)
Directed by: Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Starring: Francois Chaignaud, Muriel Laborde-Jourdàa, Mellie Laborde-Jourdàa
Production: Margaux Lorier, Francesco Melzi d’Eril
Year: 2023
Country: France
Language: French
Length: 17 mins
Genre: Short, LGBTQ+
Synopsis: Fran is in his hometown to rest and visit his mother. Following the jerky rhythm of Ravel’s Bolero, this journey along the paths of memory and desire will lead him and the whole village to a joyfully chaotic climax.
Title: Stranger (SHORT)
Directed by: Jehnny Beth, Iris Chassaigne
Starring: Jehnny Beth, Agathe Rousselle, Finnegan Oldfield
Production: Xavier Arias, Anita Lamanna
Year: 2023
Country: France
Language: French
Length: 18 mins
Genre: Short, LGBTQ+
Synopsis: For the past 548 days, A has been absent from her own life, unable to feel anything. One night, J appears and takes her along with her, looking for ways to make her heart beat again. Stranger is a musical tale, the story of an awakening.
Title: The Pass (SHORT)
Directed by: Pepi Ginsberg
Starring: Angus O’Brien, Paul Bomba, JaQwan Kelly. Blanche Akonchong, Joseph Longo, Haddie Maude Bostic. Mary Trier
Production: Pepi Ginsberg, Joseph Longo, Maria Akay
Year: 2022
Country: United States
Language: English
Length: 15 mins
Genre: Short, Drama, LGBTQ+
Synopsis: On holiday, Ben declines an offer from a handsome man, Sam, to go to a private beach, The Pass. There, Ben meets Christopher who grows aggressive as he struggles to mask his desires for Ben, leaving him afraid to get out of the water.
Title: Aribada (SHORT)
Directed by: Natalia Escobar, Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau
Starring: Andrea Nembareyama, Bella Wuasorna, Beroniga Tascon
Production: Natalia Escobar, Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau
Year: 2022
Country: Germany, Colombia
Language: Embera
Length: 30 mins
Genre: Short, Drama, Avant-Garde, LGBTQ+
Synopsis: In the middle of the Colombian coffee region, Aribada, the resurrected monster, meets Las Traviesas, a group of indigenous transwomen from the Emberá tribes. The magical, the dreamlike and the performative coexist in their unique world.
Title: Area Boy (Short)
Directed by: Iggy London
Starring: Mensah Bediako, Joshua Cameron, Malcolm Kamulete
Production: Natalia Escobar, Simon Jaikiriuma Paetau
Year: 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Length: 19 mins
Genre: Short, Drama, LGBTQ+
Synopsis: Area Boy tells a poignant tale of one boy’s attempt to cut off a part of himself in the wake of his baptism.
These films are only available via the Every Colour In Between festival.
