Shorts: Rainbows in a Desert

Follows Cihan, a gay and Kurdish asylum seeker in the US, as he goes through a series of intense encounters on the same day as his immigration case hearing.

Brampton-based Safa’s annual family trip to the Jummah turns into an awkward confrontation with her ex-girlfriend Maha.

Tia, a lonely teen who lives in a rural Chinese mining town, seeks refuge in her online persona as Michael Jackson’s doppelgänger.

An erotic thriller that captures the dying charm of Thailand’s stand-alone cinemas which also serve as cruising sites for closeted gay men.

A jaded petty thief in Pune, India, unexpectedly stumbles into profound intimacy with a college student, awakening a new hunger that rips open an unspeakable social chasm.

A short documentary with striking visuals of nature and folk imagery, performance art, and oral storytelling by three men living with HIV who, upon immigrating to Ireland, received free access to life-saving treatment.