Shorts: BOLD

This selection of shorts highlights the love and connection that can be found anywhere: a lover, a stranger, a friend, the world around you. Dive into the worlds of these stories created by Black filmmakers as they challenge you to reevaluate your own approach to love, intimacy, and even the mythical.

Guests: Halen King, Ryan Walker-Edwards, Myah Jeffers, Victoria Bavister

This program has 7 films.

May 29, 2024 9:00 pm
TIFF Lightbox 2
350 King Street West
Toronto ON

Digital Screening Available on May 30

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*Please note, Inside Out digital screenings are GEO-BLOCKED to ONTARIO, you must be in Ontario to access digital programming.

Sponsors

Leadership Circle | Jill Andrew & Aisha Fairclough, Body Confidence Canada

Community Partner

Man>Code

Adrian Gardner

Adrian Gardner

Director

Computer techie Lucas invites Theo around for what he thought would be no-strings-attached fun, but things take an odd turn when his ex-girlfriend returns home early.

Country

United Kingdom

Year

2023

Duration

14 mins

Interests

Black, BOLD, Gay, Romance, Sexy

Grace

Natalie Jasmine Harris

Natalie Jasmine Harris

16-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the 1950s rural South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, Grace contemplates her romantic feelings toward her best friend, Louise.

Country

United States

Year

0

Duration

14 mins

Interests

Black, BOLD, Family, Lesbian, RE:Focus

Sponsor

MnM

Twiggy Pucci Garçon

Twiggy Pucci Garçon

Director

An exuberant portrait of chosen sisters Mermaid and Milan, two emerging runway divas in the drag ballroom community.

Country

United States

Year

2024

Duration

15 mins

Interests

Black, BOLD, Non-Binary

Bathsheba

Myah Jeffers

Myah Jeffers

A widow struggling to readjust to a life of grief unexpectedly meets a woman whose presence is transformative.

Country

United Kingdom

Year

2024

Duration

13 mins

Interests

Black, BOLD, RE:Focus

Black Trans Miracle

Tinaye Nyathi

Tinaye Nyathi

Lindani, a neurotic young trans man, struggles to tell his partner, Tam, that he loves them after a random encounter with a stranger shakes his self-confidence.

Country

Australia

Year

2022

Duration

18 mins

Interests

Black, BOLD, RE:Focus, Romance, Trans

The Way She Sounds

Halen Llewellyn King

Halen Llewellyn King

Director

A love letter to oneself and the journey to becoming who you are.

Country

Canada

Year

2024

Duration

3 mins

Interests

Asian, Black, BOLD, Family, Trans

La Ultima Ascensión

Kevin Osepa

Kevin Osepa

Director

Rowin, a 22-year-old fisherman from Banda Abou, Curaçao has little luck catching fish until he encounters a mysterious young man who will change everything.

Country

Netherlands

Year

2022

Duration

23 mins

Interests

BOLD, Family, Indigenous

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