CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
Suggested watch time: 10/20 @ 8:30 PM PDT
Live Q&A at 10:00 PM immediately following the program with curator Topher Shields and filmmakers
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One-night stands, love found and lost, or that moment when you realize you’ve finally met “the one”—this is what happens when you have a chance encounter.
BUCK
Elegance Bratton & Jovan James; 2020; USA; 14 min.
Lynn turns to debauchery to find happiness, only to find that it is more complicated than he thought.
MARCO
Saleem Haddad; 2019; United Kingdom; 22 min.; in Arabic with English subtitles
When a banker invites a sex worker to his London apartment, he finds himself coming face to face with his own past.
Fully subtitled
THE FALL
Shannon Anderson; 2019; Australia; 12 min.
An elderly man reminisces about his secret love affair with his boxing coach when he was young.
DIRTY
Matthew Puccini; 2019; USA; 11 min.
High school boyfriends Marco and Graham cut class to lose their virginities. Things do not go as planned.
OF HEARTS AND CASTLES
Ruben Navarro; 2020; USA; 15 min.
Marcus is trying to get past a bad breakup. Could a one-night stand do the trick?
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY (La distance entre nous et le ciel)
Vasilis Kekatos; 2019; France & Greece; 9 min.; in Greek with English subtitles
Sparks fly when two men meet at a remote gas station in Greece.
Fully subtitled
CONTENT WARNINGS: NUDITY, NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, DRUG USE