TFF Goes Manse Pride: Echoes of Brokeback Mountain

Anna Hints & Tushar Prakash: Sauna Day (Estonia 2024, Fiction, 13 min)

SAUNA DAY invites you into the world of Southern Estonian men who go to the dark-intimate space of a smoke sauna after a hard day's work. Beneath their tough exteriors lies a desire for connection, veiled in secrecy.

Roberto F. Canuto and Xu Xiaoxi: IUS of Time (Spain 2025, Fiction, 25 min)

In a remote village in Asturias, a stormy past and an uncertain future intertwine in an encounter between two lost and lonely souls. Luca, a young photographer, arrives in the village in search of inspiration and to reconnect with his roots. He stays at the home of Xuan, a cheesemaker and former teacher, a reclusive man socially excluded, living under the shadow of old sexual rumors. Despite the initial tension between them, distrust slowly transforms into an unexpected connection: Luca’s camera focuses on Xuan’s work, and the older man begins to regain a sense of hope for life that he thought he had lost. The scars of Xuan’s past and Luca’s scattered youth challenge the meeting of two beings from completely different worlds.

Sabrina Way: Greenhorn (Canada 2024, Fiction, 22 min)

Learning that her estranged father has been in a car accident, 20-something masculine presenting Logan must return home to care for him. Preparing her father’s home for his return, Logan discovers her father’s old western wear from his time as a ranch hand. Curiosity getting the best of her, she tries it on and discovers a new-found comfort in it. Logan begins to wear it around the house and her hometown. Upon his return, what was meant to be a warm reunion turns sour as her father’s disgruntled behaviour and discomfort with Logan’s appearance begins to show through the cracks.

Jérémy Piette: The Blue Shelter (France 2023, Fiction, 26 min)

It's the end of summer, time for Arthur to leave his friends. Wishing to stay on the beach forever, this melancholic teenager, in love, will unintentionally summon some nocturnal creatures, which might help him to turn the page.

The films are screened in their original language with English subtitles.