Small Packages – Big Stories is HRFFʻs free streaming program of short queer films. The program goes live on September 20, so come back then, and come back often. The shorts will continue to stream through September 27.
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: 3OTH ANNIVERSARY RESTORATION
DEATH IN VENICE, CA
Directed by P. David Ebersole
1994 / 2024 RESTORATION | 30min | Narrative | United States | English
EKG
Directed by Allan Brocka
2024 | 15min | Narrative | United States | English
With the help from the gaysian world, Hao Ling, an emergency doctor, takes actions to bring his and his father’s walls down while learning valuable lessons on relationships.
EMERALD CITY
Directed by Josef Steiff
2024 | 21min | Narrative | United States | English
Traveling the back roads of the American Southwest, two young men develop a tentative friendship that gradually becomes more.
GOLD FISH
Directed by Bryant Staff Jr.
2024 | 17min | Narrative | United States | English
Freshly heartbroken, 16-year-old Darren Williams must confront lingering feelings before saying goodbye to his best friend.
IT’S A MATCH
Directed by Michelle Mary Schaefer
2024 | 13min | Narrative | United States | English
A hearing bi-curious woman is hopeful after matching with a Deaf lesbian on a dating app, but must also contend with the fear that lurks beneath the surface.
LARRY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
Directed by David Sonnenborn
2024 | 24min | Narrative | United States | English
With a little help from a friend, a gay man reconnects with his uncle who died of AIDS in the ’90s.
LONELY COUNTRY
Directed by James Perry
2024 | 15min | Narrative | Canada | English
In 1950’s rural Ontario, a closeted gay man offers a dangerously handsome young hitchhiker a place to spend the night.
LUCKY FISH
Directed by Emily May Jampel
2024 | 8min | Narrative | United States | English
Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.
MOUILLER
Directed by HEAVY BOOTS (Angelique Kalani Axelrode, Layne Paradis Willis, Anna Tse)
2024 | 3min | Narrative | United States | English
A wet dream, reimagining queer intimacy.
NOBODY’S HOME
Directed by Ryu Hyeong Joon
2023 | 30min | Narrative | South Korea | Korean (with English subtitles)
Trans woman Mirae, who just can’t live with her family, tries to get a house by assault settlement.
OUT OF THE DARK
Directed by Sarah Klein & Tom Mason
2024 | 8min | Documentary | United States | English
Cal Calamia, a transgender marathon runner, finds the support necessary to become a surviver, a winner and an advocate for inclusion.
SAFETY STATE
Directed by Jeanette L. Buck
2024 | 16min | Narrative | United States | English
In the dystopian near future, a gay and a lesbian couple form an unlikely friendship as they flee the midwest for safety in New England.
SHORTEST DAY, LONGEST NIGHT
Directed by JP Habac
2024 | 20min | Narrative | Philippines | English, Tagalog
Barry and Tony are each struggling in their own ways, but when the longest night finally rests, the first light breaks through their vulnerability and loneliness.
THEIR UNIVERSE
Directed by Han Jeong-gil
2023 | 17min | Narrative | South Korea | Korean (with English subtitles)
Jun, who passed away in an accident a year ago, comes to Earth as a ghost to say goodbye to his lover, Hyun.
UNTIL THE DAY WE CALL HER OUR SON
Directed by Ayumi Kurokawa
2024 | 25min | Narrative | Japan | Japanese (with English subtitles)
Shota, who lives as a man, has become estranged from her father; questioning the forms of family accepted by modern society.
