Shorts

Shorts

A collection of all Short Films available on Tello.

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Shorts
  • Butch Pal for the Straight Gal

    In a world where societal pressures often force women to act, dress and conform to unrealistic feminine stereotypes, five queer women, each with their own specialty, help straight women re-discover their true identity. With areas of expertise including Fashion, Grooming, Cooking, Design, and Cult...

  • NOSOTRXS (English Subtitles)

    A blank set. A woman holds a sign with a question while a hooded character resists to answer it. This question turns into other questions. A family stages for a family portrait surrounding the father figure. Venus stares at her reflection in the looking glass, asks for herself. An omnipresent voi...

  • No One Misses Me!

    Since Evelin’s amputation of both legs, friends abandoned her. She is stuck in her apartment for years now, moving only between the kitchen, computer, TV and bed. Discovered old videotapes show her previous life as a man 25 years ago: the GDR no longer exists, but not everyone manages to gain a f...

  • Für Eine Nacht (English Subtitles)

    When she discovers that Diana cheated on her, Caterina decides to end their relationship. Saying goodbye will be harder than expected.

  • The Ones We Choose (English Subtitles)

    Elora Bertrand: "a documentary about my chosen family. The ones I decided to walk through life alongside with. First taking the form of a family video ; this documentary takes us from the intimate to the collective, from the intimate to the political."

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Acesso (English Subtitles)

    5 places in the memories of 5 LGBT people from São Paulo, Brazil are revisited through Google Street View during the pandemic.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Butch

    Through intimate portraits, candid moments, and heartfelt interviews, “BUTCH”, seeks to redefine and expand the understanding of masculinity.

  • Autarky

    A young artist and her girlfriend are forcibly locked at home by an unspecified threat, which puts their feelings to the test.

  • Beş (English Subtitles)

    Asli, a young, Turkish, lesbian woman, returns to the village where she was born to attend the henna-party of her childhood friend. She fears not being accepted, but when she sees her old friends again, she comes to realize that she herself has the biggest prejudice.

  • Pagota

    Jo is living with Alkis when she meets her queer neighbor and discovers she is into girls all thanks to an ice cream (pagoto).

  • Yellow Polka Dot

    During the summer of 1962, Barbara and Sandra are spending a very warm day at the beach with their partners. They discuss the evening before when they all went out to a nightclub, the men drank and talked, at the other side of the table the women were getting closer.

  • Scented Tea (English Subtitles)

    Classmates A-hua and A-cha climbed over the school wall to skip classes in order to find A-hua's missing boyfriend. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a love trap set by A-Cha.

  • Play House (English Subtitles)

    Xiao Lin and Chuan Yu are lesbian lovers who work in the soft porn industry. One day a man hires them to act as his wife and daughter. The relationship among them gradually grows tense.

  • Bathroom Break

    Mari secretly prefers to spend their night out in the club bathroom, where they connect with many strangers and eventually themself.

  • Petrushka

    A girl meets a mysterious stranger at her father's grave and suddenly feels an inexplicable attraction to her. However, it seems that the stranger brings not only passion to the beloved's house, but also a kind of "shadow", which has a different view of their union. But is it for sure
    that this "...

  • Adeline

    Adeline, a stubborn woman, is spending her final days in an end-of-life care home where visitors and few and far between. Before passing, Adeline opens up to her caretaker and shares a story she has never told before. She recounts a tale of youth, forbidden love, and a lost girl. Moved by Adeline...

  • Treacle

    When friends Belle & Jessie go away for the weekend and drunkenly hook up, what seems like an awkward slip up to firmly hetersexual Jessie is in fact an incredible betrayal to bisexual Belle.

  • Light In Dark Places

    In this short film, A mother makes a shocking discovery when she’s left to pack up her daughter’s house after a tragic car accident.

  • Come Around

    A Filipino family deals with the aftermath of her daughter Bela coming out as gay. Bela’s parents must learn to accept her sexuality before their relationship is permanently strained. Through their interactions in the kitchen, they gradually grow apart but eventually find their way to each other.

  • The Half Wall

    A couple's lunch break does not go as planned as they engage in a discussion about how they can renovate their cabin bathroom. They suddenly find themselves in a heated argument which leads to a series of misunderstandings.

    Based on a conversation the director had with her wife, The Half Wall te...

  • Instance

    A police detective's life unravels following her involvement with a school shooting and a twist of fate that places her back in a similar situation.

  • Life in Love pt II with Robyn and Cinthia

    'Life in Love' explores love, sex, and relationships from the perspective of a young couple. Through second dates and mind-expanding sex, frank conversations, and clubbing, each episode seeks to understand what Gen Z wants and needs from love with each of the three couples revealing intimate and ...

  • Eva

    Raised in an evangelical home, Eva has a crush on Bel, her college classmate. Faced with the latent
    sexual desire for her colleague and the fear of being discovered by her father, Eva starts to have intense
    dreams and nightmares.

  • Nightcap

    A stalker sets his sights on the wrong victim and gets more than he bargained for.