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For many gay men, feelings of guilt and shame follow bouts of confidence like clockwork. These shorts are as much about treading carefully with negative self-doubt as they are about assessing risky scenarios. In each of these sweet, sexy, and sometimes unsettling films, empowerment arises only out of tough internal battles faced by men, young and old, from various walks of life. Showcasing new work from exciting voices in queer American film, this assured collection of dramatic narratives mines the battlefield of romance, sex, and self-destructive impulses and unearths powerful examples of perseverance.

Short films showing in this program:

Baby

8 mins

Set to a dreamy song and shot with fresh vérité vision, Baby follows a young man through the Bronx on a Saturday and quietly builds into a beautiful ode to first love.

First Position.

20 mins

When a young dancer moves to San Francisco in the early 1980s, signs of a sickness test his relationships, as well as his lifelong dream in this strikingly photographed and stirring portrait.

Interested In: Episodes 1, 2, & 3

13 mins

The painful, sexy, fumbling encounters of gay college life are brought joyfully to life in Michael Witkes' sweet and insightful new web series, Interested In.

Lavender

11 mins

A young gay man (Michael Hsu Rosen) grows increasingly entangled in the marriage of an older gay couple (Michael Urie and Ken Barnett) in the newest short film from gifted filmmaker Matthew Puccini.

Stranger Out of You

17 mins

After a chance meeting with an attractive stranger, a spellbound admirer returns to the same bar and tries to recreate his first encounter. With each nightly visit, a far more sinister and surreal pattern emerges beneath this man’s naïve attempts.

XaveMePlease

11 mins

Down-and-out Xavier seizes an opportunity with an older man on a lonely night in New York City in this exceptional short directed by actor Wesley Taylor.

Expected Guests

Jessie Levandov
Director (Baby)
Nina Reyes Rosenberg
Producer (Baby)
Michael Elias Thomas
Director (First Position.)
Ellen Schwartz
Editor (First Position.)
Michael Witkes
Actor/Creator (Interested In)
Blayze Teicher
Director (Interested In)
Matthew Risch
Director (Stranger Out of You)
Wesley Taylor
Director (XaveMePlease)
Isaac Powell
Actor (XaveMePlease)
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Running Time
80 mins
Program Note Writer
Harry Vaughn
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