Category: Short Film

Short Film Spotlight: The Call

At almost 15 minutes, The Call – a moving short film produced in partnership with the UK-based charity Switchboard LGBT+ – is not to your typical advertisement or PSA.

Directed by Jordan Rossi, the film is a carefully balanced work that shows the breadth of support the charity offers, while tenderly touching upon the experiences faced by many young queer people today.

Adam Ali stars in The Call as Amir, a prospective university student struggling with their sexuality. They end up calling Switchboard for advice and connection at three crucial moments.

With each phone call, we see Amir take steps on their own personal journey towards self-acceptance. The film also shows some of the vital work that helpline volunteers undertake daily while exploring contemporary themes surrounding LGBTQ+ culture and unravelling truths about the community from a wide range of topics.

Watch a short teaser for The Call below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.

Short Film Spotlight: Love’s Green Patch

Set over a few days during a particularly hot summer, Love’s Green Patch, a 15-minute student film from India, follows best friends Raja and Deva. The pair are so close to one another that they often find themselves sharing a twin bed.

Though their relationship is entirely platonic, they still catch some misunderstanding glances from their fellow housemates.

After rejecting the advances of a local girl, Raja finally feels comfortable enough to come out to his best friend. Though he’s initially supportive, Deva starts to worry what other people will think about their affection for one another.

Breaking away one night, he does some soul searching and realizes that it’s time to make some tough decisions. Most importantly: what color should they paint their room?

Packed with an equal amount of heart and sexual tension, Love’s Green Patch shows that true friendship can weather any storm.

Watch the trailer for Love’s Green Patch below. The short film is now available on Dekkoo.

Short Film Spotlight: The Venmo Vanisher

Creative comedy multi-hyphenate Greg Wolf wrote, directed and stars in the ten-minute short The Venmo Vanisher, a well-acted and incredibly funny parody of streaming-era true crime documentaries like The Tinder Swindler and Worst Roommate Ever.

Featuring reenactments with “hot actors,” the film follows Greg as he goes out for brunch with a few of his besties. While there, he strikes up an unexpected flirtation with Loine (Ian Peterson), an attractive casual acquaintance.

When Loine asks Greg to front the money for his portion of the bill, promising to Venmo him back later, the two end up in bed together.

Loine, however, disappears soon after, sending Greg on an obsessive, exhausting and deeply unhinged mission to track down this mysterious check-skirting mastermind and retrieve the two hundred dollars he’s rightfully owed.

Not only does his quest reveal delightfully absurd secrets, but it ends up altering the course of his life in ways he never could have imagined.

Watch a short teaser clip from The Venmo Vanisher below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.

Short Film Spotlight: Netuser

Award-winning stage and screen veteran Denis O’Hare stars in the tense 15-minute thriller Netuser as Peter Sardovski, a writer who has become obsessed with political assassinations.

Peter can’t seem to shake this recurring nightmare that a current LGBTQ+ political candidate is at risk of being targeted. Despite warnings to the contrary, Peter decides to post a video comparing his dream to the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.

The video, which ignites a media firestorm, faces fierce and brutal backlash almost immediately. With his husband and two-year-old son in protective hiding, Peter must confess the secret that has led to him being canceled – a revelation that quickly threatens his marriage and his future.

Watch a short trailer for Netuser below. The film is now available on Dekkoo.

Short Film Spotlight: People (Who Need People)

From screenwriter Eric Grant and director Omid Iranikhah, the short film People (Who Need People) follows former partners Alex and Raj (Patrick Sprague and Adron Duell), who are in the middle of a bitter divorce.

Raj has packed up most of their belongings and has one foot out the door, but Alex is nowhere near ready to move on. When Alex attempts to steal back a copy of Barbra Streisand’s album People, which was given to him as an anniversary present, it sets a major conflict into motion.

As the couple begin to argue, they discover that there are unresolved issues at the heart of their relationship… and not all of them revolve around Barbra.

Featuring game performances from the two lead actors, People (Who Need People) is a clever and bitingly funny 8-minute break-up comedy.

Check out the poster for People (Who Need People) below. The short film is now available on Dekkoo.