In the conservative Kingdom of Tonga, the last remaining monarchy in the Pacific, traditional culture clashes with modern religious zealotry. From the filmmakers of Kumu Hina (Frameline38), this short follows a fiercely determined young leiti as she sets off on a journey to become her true self—with a little inspiration from Tina Turner along the way.

A potty-mouthed octogenarian in an assisted living facility gets a big-time surprise engineered by his daughter, in this funny and endearing sketch directed (and with a delightful cameo) by Danny DeVito.

In the music video for L|M|T’s Born to Love You, directors antone + bambi explore themes of conflict, connection, and memory through modern dance choreographed by Shaunna Vella. When opposites attract, the results can be explosive.

Imagine Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid retold by Tom of Finland, and throw in an homage to early gay erotic films, and you get the artful Rusalka, set to the music of Antonín Dvořák’s opera of the same name and starring burlesque icons Luminous Pariah and Chris Harder.