It’s not easy to be a young, gay man in these haunting shorts about dreaming, danger, violence and love.

In Deep Red, from Israel, Gur and Yuval will stop at nothing to make enough money for a fresh start in Berlin. But as they approach their goal, their tension grows until an unexpected event causes Gur to question their plan. For one Small-Time Revolutionary, Margaret Thatcher’s controversial 1988 legislation banning promotion of sexual minorities in local councils pushes him too far. He’s helping prepare for a protest, but first he has some unfinished business to deal with — namely, his Thatcherite mom and his stamp-collecting father. A Brit’s twenty-first birthday turns topsy-turvy when his best mate tries to draw him out of the closet with the help of two drag queens and two high-class hookers in Gently. In Animal Drill, a son must prove his manhood to his father by trying out for a high school basketball team. Despite pressure from his washed-up father and the intense tactics of his coach, he fights through many kinds of pain to affirm his true self. My Name is Love is the gut-wrenching story of discovery for a young man whose first flirtation with a guy soon turns into a dangerous liaison.