Multisexual, bisexual, pansexual, polyamorous – these topics even the LGBTQ cinema hasn’t really explored yet in depth.
Here are some very well made short films on the subject – two from the USA, two from Poland and one from Ireland.
Duration: 85 minutes
Director: Andrew D Bourne
Script: Andrew D Bourne, Matthew Romansky
Producer: Jaeyln Ellis
With: Espen Brante, Kyra Johnson
USA, 14 minutes, 2022, English with Hebrew subtitles
Josh, a gawky camp counsellor who puts the `bi` in Bible Camp, teeters on the edge of coming out to the entire camp.
Director: Stacey Rushchak
Script: Stacey Rushchak
Producer: Maciej Slesicki, Warsaw Film School
With: Monika Szwajnos, Karolina Rzepa, Beata Bandurska
Poland, 27 minutes, 2022, Polish with English subtitles
Maja, a waitress in a small village, aimlessly floats through life, while trying to come to terms with a much different past; until one day a strange woman, who is waiting for someone, comes into Maja’s place of work.
Director: Mary Angelica Molina
Script: Mary Angelica Molina
Production: Mary Angelica Molina, Gia Rigoli, Jake Murphy
With: Lorena Russi, Rad Pereira, Portland Thomas
USA, 12 minutes, 2021, English with Hebrew subtitles
An angry Latinx dyke in her twenties wants to make the world a better place, but can barely keep her own life together. Fernanda and her friends deconstruct their lives, fuck them up, and then continue to deconstruct them.
Director: Krzysztof Pacewicz
Script: Krzysztof Pacewicz
Production: Krzysztof Pacewicz
With: Krzysztof Pacewicz, Wiktoria Kruszczyńska, Jacek Poniedziałek
Poland, 8 minutes, 2023, Polish with English subtitles
When Narcissus’ girlfriend refuses to fulfil his sexual fantasy, Narcissus falls into an autoerotic trap. The film is a modern take on the myth.
Director: James Fitzgerald
Script: James Fitzgerald
Production: Simon James Doyle
With: Diarmaid Murtagh, Tue Lunding, Kelly Gough, Mia Glancy
Ireland, 21 minutes, 2022, English with Hebrew subtitles
Festivals:
Galway Film Fleadh 2022
Newport Beach Film Festival 2022
After a one night stand with another man, a married farmer attempts to hide the affair from his family as the truth drives him to breaking point.
Creators in attendance. Q&A session after the screening.
A feature documentary filmed over 21 years, follows Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s epic journey as the dynastic heir of 38 generations of Orthodox rabbis including the
Winner of the Best Film award at the 2010 TLVFest, this is one of the most powerful films you’ll see this year. Director Mladen Djordjevic
21yo Dylan is a day laborer and a farm hand who works hard to support his family and be a father figure to his younger
