US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

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Love, Lust & Lost Causes

A Collection of International Shorts

Sunday

Apr 13, 2025

@

5:00 pm

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91
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CONTENT WARNING:
This film is presented in with English subtitles.
Desire, deception, and disastrous decisions collide in this bold and unpredictable selection of international shorts. On a remote Mediterranean island, a young man risks everything for unspoken love, while in a quiet German forest, intimacy and grief intertwine in an unexpected way. A scorned ex in France attempts an unconventional act of closure, and in the UK, a trans man gets the last laugh after being forced out the back door by a closeted celebrity. Meanwhile, a hopeless romantic in Spain still believes in fate, and a struggling Belgian gym owner’s financial woes take a surprising turn when an unexpected attraction throws him into an identity crisis. From sun-drenched longing to dark humor and emotional reckonings, these stories prove that when it comes to love and lust, nothing ever goes as planned.
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Carpobrotus

CONTENT WARNING:
It's summertime, and three friends - Maxime, Yann and Laura - are spending a few days on a wild Mediterranean island. Maxime loves Yann passionately, but doesn't know if his feelings are shared. It's in this quest for love that Maxime immerses himself, at the risk of losing himself, between dream and desire.

Wet Hair

CONTENT WARNING: Urine play
Two young men meet in the forest to have sex. While they wait for one to piss on the other, a tender conversation about loss, violence and a shared past unfolds. Both are looking for comfort in the fetish.

Coffee Grapefruit Cacao

CONTENT WARNING:
Samuel used to form a couple with Laetitia before she left him for Gaëlle. Today he’s been invited to their home. Together, they will try to perform an act of love.

Pillow Chocolate

CONTENT WARNING:
For transman Jamie, a one-night stand is more than just sex, it's a question of self-worth. We meet transman Jamie and his celebrity one-night stand Vince the morning (well, afternoon - they overslept) after the night before. They're affectionate, happy. But they honeymoon period is especially short here with Vince asking Jamie to leave the hotel room out the back door. Not because he's a man, no. Because he's trans. And TERFs can destroy Vince's career. Stunned at Vince's lack of self-awareness, Jamie agrees. Vince scrawls his number on his own headshot and gives it to Jamie, thinking they'll make up later. However, Jamie has other intentions for that phone number.

Don't go

CONTENT WARNING:
It's never too late to believe in destiny... or so Maika thinks.

Flex

CONTENT WARNING:
Jimi, the owner of Fit-Life gym, is visited by a bailiff. He has one week to pay €50,000, or he will have to close his gym. Jimi is determined to keep this a secret. He makes several attempts to raise the money but fails each time. Meanwhile, his worries escalate when his great love, Liene, the Zumba instructor, brings her friend Roy to the gym. Jimi immediately dislikes Roy's perfect smile. Liene, on the other hand, would love for Roy and Jimi to get along. Jimi’s world collapses when Roy reveals Liene’s secret and by the end of the day, Jimi has lost more money than he has gained and is at his wit's end. However, when Liene discloses that Roy comes from a wealthy background, Jimi finds a glimmer of hope. Jimi hatches a plan, but the tables turn when he discovers that Roy has a crush on him, and Jimi’s physical reaction to this is impossible to ignore, leading to an identity crisis.

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