PRIDE CINEMA SUMMER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Showings

Cinema Arts Centre - Cinema 1 Tue, Aug 27 7:30 PM

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Pride Cinema
PRIDE CINEMA SUMMER SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

Tuesday, August 27th at 7:30 PM
Cocktail reception out on the patio. Wear your funkiest shorts and win a prize!

$16 Public | $10 Members

Join us for a selection of hilarious short films celebrating diverse voices and unique stories from the LGBT community.

Featuring:

 

El Dance Off (Argentina, 13 mins) By a gas station in rural Argentina, a young kid, ERNESTO, secretly dreams of becoming a dancer. However, in the patriarchal world he lives in, dancing isn't really a career option. It's only after a dance off with RUBY, a broken-hearted drag queen, that he finds the courage to follow his dreams.

Testing (Canada, 9 mins) A bad day gets worse when Ethan suspects he has an STI, and goes in for testing, only to find his doctor is the older man he recently slept with.

The Eighth Day (USA, 12 mins) Noah and Jonah are gay Jewish husbands and new parents to a baby boy. When Noah and Jonah's parents arrive at their home expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, Noah and Jonah are forced to reveal that they had something very different in mind for their son: no circumcision.

Open to It – Episode 7 (USA, 16 mins) Open to It follows a loving gay couple experimenting with becoming a hot gay throuple. But threesomes and open relationships come with more complications than extra limbs. In this episode, Cam and Greg find a third who's oddly similar to Greg: disturbing Greg; delighting Cam. Elsa is excited, while Reggie is unnerved, for their first ever threesome, with Kat. Princeton invites over Kenny, who completely objectifies him... which isn't as hot as it sounds. Guest Starring Manila Luzon from RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE! "

Goodbye Tango (USA, 15 mins) The sudden death of Ruth's beloved hamster reveals a decaying marriage with her curmudgeonly wife, Connie. Ruth must either accept the death of things or keep spinning the wheel.

Daddy Issues (USA, 5 mins) A young dominatrix-in-training receives an unexpected client.

Homecoming (USA, 7 mins) When a college sophomore returns home to share some important news with his parents, things don’t go as they were expected