Come and unwind as WQ40 showcases a diverse range of hilarious short films that will surely leave you in splits. Your pizza delivery orders will never be the same!
Purchase tickets! Post-screening Q&A. Films included in Short & Sweet Chuckles: A Comedy Reel Delight. (Above still from Goodbye Tango, featuring WIFVNE Board member Marilyn Busch, right)
Testing
Directed by Andy Reid
2023 | 9 MIN | Canada | in English | Gay
When a young gay man suspects he has an STI, he goes in for testing and discovers the older man he recently slept with is a doctor at the clinic.
(Un)Free Will
Directed by Robby Kendall
2024 | 15 MIN | USA | in English | Gay
Two gay Guardian Angels meddle with their assigned humans while bringing their past to the present.
The Eighth Day
Directed by Jonah Weinstein
2023 | 12 MIN | USA | in English | Gay
Noah and Jonah are gay Jewish husbands and new parents to a baby boy. When Noah and Jonah’s parents arrive at their home expecting a traditional bris for their grandson, Noah and Jonah are forced to reveal that they had something very different in mind for their son: no circumcision.
Open to It – Episodes 7
Directed by Tim Wardell, Jules Dameron, Frank Arthur Smith, Matt Hartman
2023 | 16 MIN | USA | in English | Gay/Lesbian
CONTINUATION OF EPISODES 1 – 6: Cam and Greg re-examine why they’re open – with lots of sexy shenanigans. Princeton gets a look in the mirror, and doesn’t love what he sees, even though it’s toned. Elsa and Reggie must figure out whether threesomes are better in theory, practice…or both!
Goodbye Tango
Directed by Jason Laurits
2023 | 15 MIN | USA | in English | Lesbian
The sudden death of Ruth’s beloved hamster reveals a decaying marriage with her curmudgeonly wife, Connie. Ruth must either accept the death of things or keep spinning the wheel.
FORAGING
Directed by Matthew Jacobs Morgan
2023 | 11 MIN | United Kingdom | in English | Gay
A bored gay couple go cruising for the first time, but when they get lost in the woods, the cracks of their relationship become chasms. A comedy short written and directed by Matthew Jacobs Morgan.
Great Canyon
Directed by ella sahlman
2023 | 7 MIN | USA | in English | Gay
Great Canyon is a live action / animated hybrid which chronicles a queer first date through the lens of the anxieties and insecurities that exude from the main character.
Complicated Order
Directed by Emmie Lichtenberg
2023 | 15 MIN | USA | in English | Lesbian
COMPLICATED ORDER follows Remy, a depressed twenty-something who’s just been dumped. When she accidentally places a food delivery order to her estranged girlfriend’s house, she must set out on a journey to retrieve it — causing her to reexamine their entire relationship, and herself, in the process.
Wicked Queer: Boston’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival (formerly the Boston LGBT Film Festival) was founded in 1984 by film programmer George Mansour. Wicked Queer is the 4th longest running LGBTQ+ Film Festival in North America and is an all volunteer organization. Our mission is to build community and to celebrate Queer storytelling and filmmaking through the uplifting of voices and stories not yet heard and to present and preserve the vibrancy of our histories.
Wicked Queer is a sponsored project of the Queer Film Institute. It takes a village to put these screenings together. WQ:40 seeks volunteers to fill many positions for the 2024 season. Email them about joining their volunteer team!
