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Because the Night
Hookups, breakups, fuckups, and all the things that happen at night collide in this wild and whimsical collection of queer stories. From steamy dating app encounters, accidental threesomes, and tales of revenge, these shorts take a playful look at what happens when you probably should have just gone to bed.
Short films showing in this program:
Aspirational Slut
A newly heartbroken woman, on the advice of a pizza guy, learns to separate love from sex, and over a series of wild random hookups, she learns to put them back together.
Beautiful Stranger
One night, in a hotel room, Romain, an overworked thirtysomething, has just been dumped by his long-term boyfriend. Seeking solace, he logs onto a dating app and is confronted by a devil-may-care operator and an obstinate Don Juan.
Hey Man
While navigating between steamy Grindr hookups and their rideshare passengers, Eli reluctantly alters their queer transmasculine identity to pass in a straight cisgender world for their physical and emotional safety.
Starfuckers
An intimate evening between a film director and an escort is disrupted when a familiar face arrives. Directed by Antonio Marziale, star of Alex Strangelove and The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo (Frameline41).
Valentine
With gender and identity in flux, Corey and Mia struggle to redefine their relationship.