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    FLICKer: Now It’s Different

    January 8, 2026 / No Comments

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


    Now It’s Different is a poignant short film about rediscovery and hope. When a writer feels lost in the chaos of city life, he pours his heart into a love letter meant for someone special, someone he’s never truly met. As he writes, he confronts his own regrets and dreams, hoping to rekindle the spark of romance. With every word, he invites the man to step out of the shadows and into the light.

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    FLICKer: Adam and Steve

    December 25, 2025 / No Comments

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


    “Adam and Steve” is a short Christmas comedy about the struggles of coming out as gay.

    Two siblings, Adam and Mary, want to bring their partners home for Christmas. The catch? They’re both gay and in the closet. The plan? To swap partners and pretend to be straight for an evening!

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    December 18, 2025 / No Comments

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


    Two fugitives, one unexpected destiny. A raw story of violence, migration, and human connection in LGBTQ+ Guatemala.

    Teo, a gay Guatemalan musician, flees a brutal homophobic attack. Ray, an American doctor, escapes his past after a fatal mistake. When their paths cross, they discover that redemption can come from where they least expect it.

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    December 11, 2025 / No Comments

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    Ofrenda follows a young woman as she prepares for día de los muertos.

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    FLICKer: Odd Bird

    December 4, 2025 / No Comments

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


    As a boy, Clark always felt like the odd bird in his conservative ranch family. To cope, he created a comic book, “The Adventures of Odd Bird,” making himself the hero of his own story. Now 19, a publisher is interested in his work and Clark needs to return home to get the comic manuscript…and tell his mom his truth. Clark fears once he tells her he’s gay, he won’t be welcome there again.

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    FLICKer: Firsts

    November 27, 2025 / No Comments

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


    After countless swipes on dating apps, a bipolar writer finally has a great date, until he’s forced to confront the stigma surrounding his condition.

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    FLICKer: Out of the Woods

    November 20, 2025 / No Comments

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


    “CONTROVERSY STRIKES when a photo of famed ghost hunters Roderick and Eric allegedly kissing hits the press. Tensions high, the boys must set aside their relationship drama once they receive an urgent call about a haunting…”

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    FLICKer: A Table For Two

    November 13, 2025 / No Comments

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


    Experience the sweet, funny, and heartfelt moments of modern love in ‘A Table for Two’, a short LGBT romantic comedy starring Rich Dee and Timmie Lee Murphy. Set in a cosy café, charming barista Harry watches romance unfold every day at his counter—but it’s his regular, Jasper, whose endless string of hilariously disastrous dates keeps him most entertained.

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    FLICKer: Cognitive

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


    Young David interprets something heard from a homophobic preacher that changes his outlook on life, playing out into adulthood. Cognitive begs the question: what if growing up in the church led you to believe you wouldn’t grow up at all?

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    FLICKer: I Hope He Doesn’t Kill Me

    October 30, 2025 / No Comments

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


    Buzz buzzes the buzzer to an unknown Grindr hookup’s apartment, imagining all the ways this night could unfold.

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neverhollowed Never Hollowed By The Stare @neverhollowed ·
19 Mar

FLICKer: Balloons #shortfilm

This is a short film about falling in love with someone who isn’t ready to be seen with you. It’s about shame, first love, public affection, and losing someone before you ever got to be real with them.

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Everyone is a little broken

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