Coming Soon to
Palm Springs Cultural Center
Coming Soon to
Palm Springs Cultural Center
Shorts Set: Coming of Age
5 Woman and Me (20 min.) A young boy finds refuge from his troubled home life when he discovers the magic of television. Along the way, he meets 5 extraordinary women.
Bigfoot Forever (11 min.) Fear of rejection propels Scout into the woods, where she finds what she’s really been looking for all along...could it be...Bigfoot? If he's real, then is love real too?
Body of Christ (12 min.) After receiving his first communion from his hands, Pablo, an innocent young man, idealizes Sebastián, the beautiful altar boy of the village. With the intention of seducing him, Pablo becomes an altar boy. However, our virginal protagonist will discover the hard way that love is not always reciprocated, after all, it's hard to compete with God, he's super hot.
Butterfly (16 min.) Renee and Mary explore their sexuality and their futures.
Crystal: Story of A Girl from Texas (11 min.) Crystal is your typical ten-year old little girl. She loves geography, dancing, squishmallows and video games. But Crystal was born a different gender than she identifies. Crystal's family and friends all love and accept her for who she is, but the state of Texas does not.
Girly boy (11 min.) Girly Boy is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age film that draws inspiration from personal experiences and interactions with the director’s estranged aunt. Set against the backdrop of a suburban summer day, the story follows 11-year-old, Connor, as he learns the art of self-assertion under the supervision of his abrasive aunt, all the while conquering his fear of the deep end of the pool.
I Like Sitting With You (6 min.) This coming-of-age story focuses on Sean, a neurodiverse cisgender young man, and Kendra, a confident transgender woman, on their fifth date in a park, yet they have never kissed before. Kendra wants Sean to give her a kiss, yet his limited dating experience makes him freeze.
TOTAL TIME: 89 min.