Queer Date Night Shorts: Queer Film Series

Get ready to celebrate Valentine's Day with this collection of short films from past screenings at TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival and Translations Film Festival! Bring a date, a friend date, a few dates, or just yourself!
Total run time: 88 minutes
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THE FIRST SESSION (Ryan Logan; 2015; US; 6 min) Two desperate and adventurous women in search of relationship help visit a new therapist for their first session.

HONEYMOON (Ronit Meranda; 2015; UK; 10 min; in English and Sign Language with subtitles) Lucy and Johanna are on their honeymoon when tensions turn into a full-blown public, yet private, quarrel. 

PARTNERS (Joey Alley; 2016; US; 7 min) Partners Kate and Leigh face the fact that there is such a thing as being *too* close. 

POP-UP PORNO: M4M (Stephen Dunn; 2014; Canada; 4 min) On a business trip to New York, a man has a Grindr chat that goes horribly wrong.

DREAM DATE (Diana Juhr-De Benedetti & Andromeda Godfrey; 2012; UK; 3 min) Two ladies have been eagerly anticipating a special night out, but their idea of a good time has a twist. 

A LIFE ALONE (Adam Osgood; 2012; US; 2 min) A young man attempts to nagivate life, love, and first dates, but the boys in the bar scene make him feel old.

TIDES (Brittany Alsot; 2016; US; 5 min) With every first impression comes potential for something more. 

OUT AGAIN (Greg Chu, Tai Payne & Emma McKittrick; 2014; US; 5 min) Sam attempst to come out to his crush, Jordan. After failing, he discovers he can time-travel and fix his mistakes in order to have the "perfect" coming out.

ANOTHER TEENAGE LOVE STORY (Andrew Cali, Sydney Pennington, Ana Walker & Maya Vasquez; 2015; US; 6 min) High school dating isn't always without its secrets. 

SAY U WILL (Chris Cruse; 2016; US; 11 min) A New Year's Eve celebration provides the perfect setting to try something different. 

W AND Z (Emil Ray & Ronny Almog; 2012; Israel; 15 min) Not making assumptions is the best way to start off a date!

DATING SUCKS: A GENDERQUEER MISADVENTURE (Sam Berliner; 2013; US; 12 min) An animated documentary web-series about the successes, failures, and incredible confusion trying to date as a genderqueer/trans person.