Official Selections: 11th LA Queer Film Festival
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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Love Does Not Ask
Music Video
Los Angeles Premiere
LOVE DOES NOT ASK is a cinematic spoken-word short film that explores love as a force beyond labels, permission, or fear - an undeniable truth that exists wherever two souls find one another. Through powerful imagery and poetic narration, the film affirms that love does not ask to be understood, only to be felt.
Original Lyrics by Phillip Large, music recorded via Suno. Visuals directed scene-by-scene in Storyboard from Nano Banana 2, then brought to life in Kling 3.0, plus additional stock from Artlist. Original graphics and all editing in FCPX Pro by Phillip Large.
Director: Phillip Large
Producer: Phillip Large
Writer: Phillip Large
Editor: Phillip Large
Cinema Diverse: The Palm Springs LGBTQ Official Selection
Accolade Global Film Competition Winner Best LGBTQ+ Filmmaker
Lovers Circus
Short
West Coast Premiere
A lonely man is haunted by a soul-bound clown. After falling in love with an artist, the two begin to see eye-to-eye.
Director: Claire Kim and Javon Crawford
Producer: Claire Kim, Javon Crawford, and Morenike Aig-Imoukhuede
Writer: Morenike Aig-Imoukhuede and Javon Crawford
Cast: Jack Arrillaga, Javon Crawford, Sofia Tazi, Stephen Grigelevich, Keagan Murphy, Justin Bolsen
Cinematographer: Nathan Gold
Editor: Claire Kim and Javon Crawford
Lover's Circus is an independent student film created at Brown University.
Instagram: @cavonjrawford, @jclairkim
Midnight Boom
Short
World Premiere
When the friendship between two young fathers becomes a powerful, fragile romance, the men take refuge in a desolate car park night after night. By day, the love for their families beckons. As Aaron grapples with split loyalties, he wonders how – or indeed if – he can keep hold of it all… before he loses everything.
Midnight Bloom is an exploration of love, commitment, friendship and family told at an intimate scale. The struggles and desires of the characters transcend gender, sexuality, age and social class, instead manifesting as something innately human and universally relatable.
Director: Adam Fergler
Producer: Matthew Brewer
Writer: Jake Williams
Cast: Raphael Santiago, Tyler Astley, Claire Delplancq, Caroline Dinsdale
Cinematographer: Joshua Ighodaro
Editor: Hector Miller
Official Selections: 11th Los Angeles Queer Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival
Instagram: midnight_bloom_film