Shorts

Shorts

A collection of all Short Films available on Tello.

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Shorts
  • Italian 101

    Jen, a shy university student, falls for her cool and confident classmate, Riley. When partnered up for a class project, Jen must decide whether or not she can gather up the courage to ask Riley out on a date.

  • MC Jess (English Subtitles)

    Jessica has to face everyday prejudice. She seeks in art a way of expressing herself and overcoming her insecurities.

  • Moïra (English Subtitles)

    Moïra finally meets Sacha after several exchanges on the Internet. But she only has one idea in mind: find the Devil.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Mum Singh (English Subtitles)

    Mum Singh is the story of a family that is confronted with the daunting choice of supporting a parent as part of the household or move them to an old folks home. The grandmother Mum Singh thrives being part of her daughter's family, particularly bonding with her granddaughter Norah. What will hap...

  • Night Waking (English Subtitles)

    NIGHT WAKING is a dark sci-fi/drama centered on a queer family. The core of the story is the conflict between Ari and her wife Miriam: as the moms of two young children, they grapple with how to best be true to themselves, each other and their kids as they face an existential threat.

  • One Third (English Subtitles)

    The story is based on real events taking place in a seaside city on the Russian-Chinese border portraying a relationship between a mother, a daughter and her girlfriend.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Orange Blossoms (English Subtitles)

    Emily suffers in a toxic relationship but things begin to change when a mysterious woman suddenly appears in her life.

  • Peach

    A socially anxious young woman lands a hot date. There's just one problem: she's not sure if it's actually a date.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Persephone Mara (English Subtitles)

    Memory, love, and mental health are explored in this hybrid-fiction-cinema-play about two adolescents named Persephone and Mara, who decide to escape from the world around them by none other than locking themselves away in an old projector room at the Cinematheque.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short...

  • Queen Emma (English Subtitles)

    Paris, nowadays. Single, waitress, 24, kind Emma is often bullied by her entourage. She only finds confidence in herself when she is with her imaginary friend, Queen Margrethe of Denmark. Emma’s life changes when one day, she finds a crown…

  • Same Boat

    Elizabeth has been in love with Irwin for 35 years, but they have been married for 47. Inspiration comes when a musical pair of lesbians arrive at their little island bed & breakfast.

  • Sleeping Silence

    Before the premiere of Helen's opera performance, she learns that her mother is at the hospital. Her dresser Joanna accompanies her. Will this visit clarify their ambiguous relationship?

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Sottovoce (English Subtitles)

    Anna is fed up with the flatness of the city and decides to take a journey back in time. She convinces two of her colleagues to go with her to the place where she used to spend every summer when she was a child: Sibari Lakes. On this occasion, she’ll meet a girl who seems to be hiding something a...

  • Stagger (English Subtitles)

    During a heated argument with her younger lover over a sudden departure, Olive falls into the memories that originally drew them together.

  • The Birthday (English Subtitles)

    Two Taiwanese girls, Ron and May, are living in Berlin. As Ron’s birthday approaches, the different love that they feel for each other places them in front of a meaningful change.

  • Taste of Love (English Subtitles)

    "What is the taste of love?"

    Could it be sweet, sour, bitter or even salty? A girl embarks on an aromatic journey of love, stimulating her taste buds to the point of climax. With all senses, she explores the various forms love can take on. "Love is as diverse as our sense of taste."

  • The Corner (English Subtitles)

    Tired of waiting, Veronika tries to give her girlfriend direction over the phone, but Susan gets more and more confused with every word.

    The Corner is a 5-minute-long, one-shot-film, and it’s a story about communication and the sense (or non-sense) of direction.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • The Night That Holds You (English Subtitles)

    A young woman is obsessed by memories of her vanished lover.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • The Pick Up

    A sullen teen, resentful of her divorcing parents, doesn't like their controlling ways. So when her mom picks her up late from swim practice and gets a flat tire along the way, she sulks. That is, until a mysterious and intriguing stranger comes to help.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • The Princess of Love O Love

    Can a princess be in love with a prince and a princess at the same time?

    Bisexual / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Java

    A handsome artist realizes the consequences of her daily obsession with a coffee addict.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • 45 Weeks Later

    Holly, a woman in her thirties living in Edinburgh, struggles with sex and love addiction. While on her path to recovery, she makes a challenging encounter.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Polygraph

    Based on a true story, Yasmine (37), an openly lesbian Arab nurse living in Tel Aviv, finds out that her lover, Or (26), an intelligence officer in the Israeli army has been reporting on their relationship. Their liaison is further strained by the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict and by Yasmine’s sister...

  • Arrivederci Rosa (English Subtitles)

    Andy is gay, Rosa isn’t. School and college friends from Rome, Andi loves Rosa in all her beauty and life-force. When Rosa arrives in London for the week end to visit her friend, Andi, remembering the many nights she sat wallflower- like in straight clubs accompanying Rosa, decides her old friend...