SHORTS: Moonlight Desires: Fairy Tales After Hours

presented by
Calgary Queer Arts Society

Indulge in a tantalizing journey with this electrifying shorts package, where darkness unveils provocative tales that titillate and terrify in equal measure. From spine-chilling horror shorts that haunt your dreams to seductive and steamy narratives that ignite passion, each film promises a mesmerizing odyssey into the shadows, where desires and fears intertwine.

AMŒBA (2023)
Ian Fallon / 16m / Ireland

After surviving a brain eating parasite, Levi, a young queer man, is invited to his secondary school crush Roan’s house for the weekend. Waking from an intoxicated night of reconnecting, Levi becomes convinced Roan kissed him. As Levi seeks the truth of what happened that night, his grip on reality loosens.

Producer: Thomas Purdy

Key Cast: Owen Warren, Jack Mett, Aoife MacNamara, Eoin Gleeson

Editor: Sthiti Padhy

Cinematographer: Ailill Martin

Music: Reuben Harvey

Other Credits
Production Designer: Ellen McHugh; Costume Designer: Lily O’Neill; Hair, Make-up & SFX: Ellie Mulligan; Sound Recording & Design: Liam Prenter Morris; Sound Design & Mix: Kevin Gleeson

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BODY OF CHRIST / MI PRIMERA COMUNIÓN (2023)
Ángel Villahermosa / 11m / Spain

After receiving his first communion from his hands, Pablo, an innocent young man, idealizes Sebastián, the beautiful altar boy of the village. With the intention of seducing him, Pablo becomes an altar boy. However, our virginal protagonist will discover the hard way that love is not always reciprocated, after all, it’s hard to compete with Jesus. He’s super hot.

Producer: Roberto Mansilla

Cinematographer: César D. Lerma

Key Cast: Pablo Martín, Lucas Alcázar, Luismi Torrecillas

Editors: Luis Martín García, Lanlin Wang

Music: José Román

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CATBOY (2023)
Cristian Sitjas / 13m / Spain

Marc, after receiving several racist and xenophobic comments from a gay dating app, receives a message from his trans friend, Cacao, inviting him to a vogue ball. Marc decides to go, and there he is surprised by the freedom and diversity of the environment.

Cacao encourages Marc to walk that night, and once the Catboy Sex Siren category arrives, Marc is put face-to-face with his fears, and desires.

Producer: Erika Lust

Key Cast: Panterino, Javier Des Leon

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GILIPOLLAS (2023)
Joan Bentallé, Pol Diggler / 7m / Spain

Old acquaintances, Lolo and Dick, run into each other at a bar one night. As they catch up, both are surprised to find that old feelings between the two start to come back.

Writers: Carlos Be, Joan Bentallé

Key Cast: Joan Bentallé, Miquel Nevado

Editor & Cinematographer: Pol Diggler

Music: José Román

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I SEEK YOUR HELP TO BURY A MAN / PROCURO TEU AUXÍLIO PARA ENTERRAR UM HOMEM (2023)
Anderson Bardot / 20m / Brazil

Brazil, 1870. Gita is a transgender woman doomed to die or suffer the consequences of her traditions. The half-breed soldier is fated to uphold and serve the unjust laws of his country. The old woman in black needs to save her indigenous son from the claws of the Brazilian Empire. The child claims that the purpose of love, the greatest universal law, is the breaking of the cycle of all tragedies.

Key Cast: Leona Jhovs, Fagner Soares, Margareth Galvão, Miguel Muhd, Guaja, Erik Martincues, Higor Campagnaro

Cinematographer: Willian Rubim

Other Credits
Sound Editor: Marcus Neves; Sound Record: Gisele Bernardes; Art Director: Djanira Bravo; Film Editor: Anderson Bardot

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NEUTRALIZER (2023)
Shan Leigh Pomeroy / 1m 44s / Canada

A meditation on gendered washroom anxiety.

Key Cast: Shan Leigh Pomeroy

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PUP PERFECT (2023)
Henry Baker / 16m 48s / United States

Explore the world of queer human Pups.

Key Cast: PUP ACELA/LEGEND, HANDLER BEARBONE, CORTEZ/PUP FRANKIE, PUP DEMOS, THE MASTER ELI RA, PUP FURY, KITTEN FELINYX, PUP KILO, PUP KYBER, PUP MOOSE, PUP MOWGLI, PUP PLUTO, PUP R3VNGE, PUP SIRIUS, PUP SOLI, PUP TREBLE, PUP ZANDERWOODZ

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THREADS (2023)
NOFAC3 / 3m / Canada

THREADS is a harrowing tale of a seamstress’s desperate battle against an insidious parasite that threatens to consume her from within.

Director: NOFAC3

Producer: NOFAC3

Writer: Khrysta Lloren

Key Cast: Caitlyn Lee

Music: Sainerine

Other Credits: Nick Park

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TRANSICIÓN / TRANSITION (2023)
David Velduque / 16m / Spain

Angela lives by herself. At least, so far. One morning, she wakes up startled by a weird knocking on her door. There is a stranger in her house and although the young woman claims to be her caretaker, Angela mistrusts her because she does not recognize her. Is she really losing her mind or something dark is trying to invade her home?

Producer: Hannah Mitchell

Writers: David Velduque, Marco Laborda, Ana Pizarro

Editor: Víctor J. Alvarado

Key Cast: Celeste González, Zack Gómez, María Pizarro, Pilar Castro

Music: Martín Jiménez Sánchez

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YOUR SCISSORS NEAR MY EARS / TU TIJERA EN MI OREJA (2023)
Carlos Ruano / 12m / Spain

Desperate for a last minute haircut the night before his wedding, a well-to-do client enters a cheap barbershop. But he soon gets more than he bargained for when the barber recognizes him as a significant person from his past.

Producers: Darío Madrona, Giovanni Maccelli, Carlos Ruano

Writer: Darío Madrona

Editor: Borja Muñoz Gallego

Key Cast: Miguel Ángel Muñoz, Kuni Tomita