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HEART OF GOLD (Narrative Shorts #2)

From awkward first encounters to committed relationships, from friendships to situationships, this collection of narrative short films captures the raw, honest (and sometimes desireable) connections of its protagonists.

In this program


Joan

Directed by Kirsten Hoàng

The morning after a one-night stand takes an emotional turn.

MIDDLING

Directed by Naomi Eidinger

Through a series of vignettes, two class (and soul) mates unravel across time, space, and mediocre diner french fries.

One More Spin

Directed by Maurice Victor II

In a laundromat, two strangers silently wonder what would happen if they spoke—spinning through wild, romantic, and awkward “what ifs” from both perspectives.

Private Browser

Directed by Sebastian Zufelt

Jane questions her boyfriend’s attraction to her after seeing porn on his phone.

Magan’s Fare

Directed by Chris Knoblock, Dana White

A ride-share driver takes an older woman back to her nursing home on a cold December day, to discover that the facility has given up her bed. He must now figure out what to do and decide how far he will go to help her.

SUMMER TRIANGLE

Directed by Ali Babaei, Mraryam Esmaeili

A young girl goes to the rooftop to find her cat and discovers a boy who is attempting suicide. She forces the boy to search for her cat with her in the last moments of his life.

Full Fat

Directed by Louisa Connolly-Burnham

Grace and Bels live together, do everything together, have slept together – but Grace is queer, and Bels is not, so when faced with Bels’s new boyfriend, how long before she just loses it.

Confessions

Directed by Alejandra Perozo Borges, Rocco Shapiro

When a young woman confesses her lust for a man devoted to the church, her priest’s guidance blurs into provocation when he believes the confession is meant for him.

In Between Your Hands

Directed by Tyler Garcia

Two young men form a connection after hooking up in a local cruising spot.

Tandem

Directed by Darryl Jones

When two strangers cross paths biking through Raleigh, NC, their chance encounter sparks a romance that changes them both forever.