GPFF Finale 2025 - Happy Endings Short Films
Sun
11
Sun 11 May 7:30 PM
Platform Arts (Courthouse)
General Admission
Unclassified 18+
90 Mins May
A collection of short films from around the world that have positive, uplifting, cheeky or humorous outcomes for LGBTIQ+ people.
Gender Reveal
When a people pleaser and their two partners end up at a thoroughly obnoxious gender reveal party, the gathering goes in a direction no one could've anticipated.
Director: Mo Matton, Canada, 2024, 13 minutes, English and French with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Orgy Every Other Day
Bodies of diverse genders come together to relish in play, always careful to act consensually while respecting one another’s boundaries. For many genderqueer people, queer sex parties are of great importance when it comes to feeling comfortable in their own skin, discovering themselves anew.
Director: Samuel Döring, Germany, United States, 2024, 13 minutes, English, Unclassified 18+
Closet
Pablo suffers from sleep paralysis every night and always sees a monster coming out of his closet to torment him. The only way to defeat it will be for Pablo to muster up the courage to face it.
Director: Felipe De Vecchi, Mexico, 2023, 5 minutes No dialogue, Unclassified 15+
A.I. Love You
Two women meet online and don't know what to say to each other, they turn to the AI helpers on their phone for assistance.
Director: Michal Malek, South Africa, 2024, 7 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Dance with Pride - A Journey of Identity Through Movement
Colombian dancer Wendy Nedd embarks on a journey where movement becomes both refuge and revelation. Alongside fellow immigrants in Melbourne’s Latin American and Hispanic Rainbow Community, she finds strength in dance, embraces her queer identity, and shares her heritage on the stage.
Director: Javier Cataño-Gonzalez, Australia, 2024, 15 minutes, English, Spanish, Unclassified 15+
Greendr
Giorgio and Davide meet in a dating chat, they start talking, they seem to understand each other straight away, but nothing is as it seems, and behind their infatuation lies a huge misunderstanding.
Director: Luca Taiuti, Italy, 2024, 4 minutes, Italian with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Pietra
The flower - as delicate as it is revolutionary - represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighbourhood.
Director: Cynthia Levitan, Portugal, 2024, 13 minutes, Portuguese with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Unclassified 18+
Gender Reveal
When a people pleaser and their two partners end up at a thoroughly obnoxious gender reveal party, the gathering goes in a direction no one could've anticipated.
Director: Mo Matton, Canada, 2024, 13 minutes, English and French with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Orgy Every Other Day
Bodies of diverse genders come together to relish in play, always careful to act consensually while respecting one another’s boundaries. For many genderqueer people, queer sex parties are of great importance when it comes to feeling comfortable in their own skin, discovering themselves anew.
Director: Samuel Döring, Germany, United States, 2024, 13 minutes, English, Unclassified 18+
Closet
Pablo suffers from sleep paralysis every night and always sees a monster coming out of his closet to torment him. The only way to defeat it will be for Pablo to muster up the courage to face it.
Director: Felipe De Vecchi, Mexico, 2023, 5 minutes No dialogue, Unclassified 15+
A.I. Love You
Two women meet online and don't know what to say to each other, they turn to the AI helpers on their phone for assistance.
Director: Michal Malek, South Africa, 2024, 7 minutes, English, Unclassified 15+
Dance with Pride - A Journey of Identity Through Movement
Colombian dancer Wendy Nedd embarks on a journey where movement becomes both refuge and revelation. Alongside fellow immigrants in Melbourne’s Latin American and Hispanic Rainbow Community, she finds strength in dance, embraces her queer identity, and shares her heritage on the stage.
Director: Javier Cataño-Gonzalez, Australia, 2024, 15 minutes, English, Spanish, Unclassified 15+
Greendr
Giorgio and Davide meet in a dating chat, they start talking, they seem to understand each other straight away, but nothing is as it seems, and behind their infatuation lies a huge misunderstanding.
Director: Luca Taiuti, Italy, 2024, 4 minutes, Italian with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Pietra
The flower - as delicate as it is revolutionary - represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighbourhood.
Director: Cynthia Levitan, Portugal, 2024, 13 minutes, Portuguese with English Subtitles, Unclassified 15+
Unclassified 18+
May
Platform Arts (Courthouse)
Cnr Little Malop Street and Gheringhap Street
Geelong, Victoria, 3220