BEST OF FEST FILMS FALL 2025

QUEER EXPRESSION FILM FEST — FALL 2025

Presented by Open Space Arts Press Release – October 21, 2025

Streaming Programs: 

Shorts Program A (Nov 5–18) 

Shorts Program B (Nov 12–25) 

Mid-Length Films (Nov 19–Dec 2) 

Feature: Tripoli / A Tale of Three Cities (Nov 26 to Dec 9)

Feature: An Ordinary Couple 2.0 (Dec 3 to 16)

Tickets $12 available on openspacearts.com

Shorts Program A — Streaming November 5–18, 2025

Alzheimer’s: A Love Story (USA, 15 min, dir. Michael Horvich) — A tender documentary chronicling the final weeks of a long-term gay couple facing Alzheimer’s together. 

Fadeaway (Canada, 14 min, dir. Brendan Prost) — A closeted bisexual man confronts loss and regret after discovering a former hookup’s overdose. 

Girly (Australia, 11 min, dir. Ruby Cichero) — A young girl resists her mother’s rigid ideas of femininity and finds liberation through self-expression. 

I Like The Way You Taste (UK, 5 min 24 sec, dir. Maya Williams) — A sensual ode to Black queer love through touch, rhythm, and vulnerability. 

I ONLY Like You (France, 14 min 55 sec, dir. Camille Landraud) — A closeted police officer must face her feelings when she’s reunited with her ex. 

The Act (Portugal, 16 min 44 sec, dir. Nikita Loyk) — A mysterious meeting between two men blurs the line between truth and performance. 

The Ride (Canada, 9 min 19 sec, dir. Zack Hamm) —  A late-night drive has Sean and Louis reflecting on their journey through surrogacy. 

Shorts Program B — Streaming November 12–25, 2025

A Ghosting Story (Spain, 8 min, dir. Iñaki Goldaracena) — A man catfishes his ex to steal back closure, discovering more than he expected. 

Book Cute (USA, 9 min, dir. Emily Claibourne) — Panic, poetry, and sapphic awkwardness bloom inside a queer bookstore. 

Dance With Me (USA, 5 min, dir. Gabriel Diamond) — Blindfolded, a man invites strangers to dance, exploring trust and vulnerability. 

Evil Guilt (Denmark, 10 min 27 sec, dir. Søren Green) — Two men share one night that both remember very differently. 

How to Remember (USA, 14 min 52 sec, dir. Tyler Parrish) — A man uses AI to revisit — or rewrite — his lost love. 

I Don’t Know If I’ll Have to Say Everything Again (Brazil, 14 min, dir.  Vitória Fallavena & Thassilo Weber. ) — A son keeps coming out to his mother with Alzheimer’s — does she forget, or deny? 

Too Much (USA, 5 min 20 sec, dir. Gabriel Diamond & Candice Holdorf) — Strangers react emotionally to a song about vulnerability and survival.

Mid-Length Program — Streaming November 19–December 2, 2025

Circle of Shame (USA, 19 min, dir. Ambe J. Williams) — A funny, fearless look at intimacy and boundaries through a night of daring vulnerability. 

Flaming Match (USA, 30 min, dir. Alan Natale) — A middle-aged gay couple takes a road trip that becomes a reflection on love, ambition, and self-worth. 

Nobody Will Ever Be You (Mexico, 26 min, dirs. Rubén Torres López & Julius Vázquez Ruiz) — Two strangers see the story of their future relationship and must decide whether to live it.

Feature Film Showcases

Tripoli / A Tale of Three Cities (Lebanon, 88 min, dir. Raed Rafei) — A queer filmmaker returns to his hometown to reimagine belonging and queerness in a city that once rejected him.

An Ordinary Couple 2.0 • (USA, 77 minutes,  dir. Jay Gianukos)   — First they had their funeral, they had their wedding,  A breathtaking documentary that follows Bernardo and Orin, a couple together since 1982, through four decades of love — from the AIDS epidemic to marriage bans, from activism to illness to deep, enduring joy.