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    FLICKer: Loving Silence

    August 6, 2026 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    An award-winning LGBTQ+ romantic drama about love, regret, and second chances, set entirely at a silent retreat.

    When Jerome runs into his old flame, Luke, at – of all places – a silent retreat, their past threatens to unravel his present.

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    FLICKer: This Is Awkward

    July 30, 2026 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    Two men. Countless awkward encounters. And neither of them can quite manage to say hello.

    This Is Awkward is a gay romantic comedy short film about two socially awkward men who keep crossing paths on their way to work and during their lunch breaks. There’s clearly a connection between them — but when you’re both painfully shy, actually starting a conversation is easier said than done.

    As the awkward encounters and missed opportunities pile up, will either of them finally find the courage to make the first move?

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    FLICKer: How The Moon Fell From The Sky And No One Even Noticed

    July 23, 2026 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    HOW THE MOON FELL FROM THE SKY AND NO ONE EVEN NOTICED is a musical drama about falling in and out of love and growing up gay in the middle of nowhere.

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    July 16, 2026 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    Rick agrees to watch over his best friend, Jack, during his first full moon as a werewolf.

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    FLICKer: Hotter Up Close

    July 9, 2026 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    A gay romantic comedy short film about insecurity, attraction, and taking chances, where a shy and awkward man is forced out of his comfort zone after catching the attention of a handsome guy.

    On the eve of his 30th birthday, Chris, an insecure gay slacker struggles with self doubt until ‘out of his league’ Aiden sparks the possibility of romance. As fear gives way to hope, an unexpected invitation to a pool party could be the first step toward finding the confidence, and love, he has been searching for.

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    FLICKer: When You Wake Up

    July 2, 2026 / No Comments

    Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it.


    When Finn, a boy from a small village, sees his best friend in drag at a party, his world turns upside down. Drawn into an unfamiliar queer nightlife, he begins leading a double life that slowly starts to collapse back into one. Along the way, he must confront not only his feelings towards his friend, but also towards himself.

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    June 25, 2026 / No Comments

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    The memories of the death of his childhood sweetheart Richard still haunt war-veteran Leonard today. To escape his pain and grief, Leonard turns to alcohol over the years. Only his new boyfriend Arthur manages for a brief moment to pull Leonard, who is inexplicably broken, out of his hole and his addiction. A relapse into alcohol and a resulting argument between him and Arthur leads him to confront his past. Will he manage to save himself and his relationship?

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    December 14, 2019

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    FLICKer: September

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    A man in a boat on Central Park Lake considers what he lost, and what he should have held onto, in the wake of the AIDS epidemic. Adapted from the poem by New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Michael Hecht.

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    November 3, 2021

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    FLICKer: Junito

    June 11, 2026 / No Comments

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    José struggles to give his effeminate son a better life after witnessing a physical assault on his gay neighbor.

    The short film JUNITO brings to life Luis Negron’s short story by the same name from his debut short story collection Mundo Cruel.

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    FLICKer: Howl If You’re Horny

    June 4, 2026 / No Comments

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    Howl If You’re Horny, a student dissertation film, explores queerness and mise en scene with a metaphorical relationship between being trapped within the closet and the werewolf exterior. Queer suppression and desire is explored within a dream sequence where posters, which were once in his room, come alive. He must decide if he wants to keep surviving or to live his first day as a human.

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    September 28, 2023
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