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
on Cinesend Watch portal, SQFF Facebook, and youtube

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