Shorts

Shorts

A collection of all Short Films available on Tello.

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Shorts
  • 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

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

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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...

  • I Love Her (English Subtitles)

    This movie is about two girls who both feel lonely living in the big city. One of them is a street musician who comes to play every day in the same place. And there, on the street, among the thousands of passer-bys,

  • Lucky Fish

    Two Asian-American teenagers meet in the bathroom of a Chinese restaurant while having dinner with their families.

  • 6.23 AM

    Two women watch the sunrise together as they ponder their future.

  • For One Night

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

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Zef

    ZEF follows a 21-year-old, genderqueer, skimpy bar worker through a collage of moments, sensations and memories; exploring gender, love and sexuality. An unfiltered snapshot of our desire for intimacy in its oscillating forms.

    Genderqueer / Trans / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • MAI

    Carmeta, Mari, and Pilar are three old ladies who spend every afternoon sitting on a bench, next to the main street of their village. The arrival of a mysterious pair of girls turns into the main topic of discussion among the women.

    Lesbian / LGBTQ+ / Queer Short Film

  • Alfi (English Subtitles)

    16 year old Noga is trying to write a speech for the Animal-Liberation demonstration with the help of Lea, an older activist. Noga imagines a world without oppression while struggling with her newfound desire.

  • Enomena (English Subtitles)

    During an aquarium schooltrip, two teenagers that go to the same school but come from different worlds discover that what brings them together is
    more powerful than what keeps them apart.

  • Welcome Back (English Subtitles)

    After years away, Marcela decides to return to her mother's house to tell her something new: she is going to marry her girlfriend, Bianca. Arriving there, she is surprised by other family members and memories she had been ignoring for years. The day is intense, permeated by Bianca's discoveries a...

  • I Love You Where the Sunny Days Are (English Subtitles)

    Mati leaves the country to meet Julia, her girlfriend, who currently lives in a distant and cold place. There, they face the lack of identity and the impossibility of returning home

  • Feeling Flush (English Subtitles)

    Vicki idolizes her new girlfriend Samantha, but draws the line when it comes to her time on the porcelain throne. Their small bathroom gets awkward when Samantha challenges Vicki’s definition of intimacy.

  • Placenta Pâté (English Subtitles)

    Same-sex mums, Erin and Libby, love being parents but it's quite the rollercoaster. When Erin suggests a traditional placenta remedy is the answer to Libby's breastfeeding issues, underlying tensions rise up and it's not just the kitchen getting messy.