Uncharted Desires
- Sun, Apr 13
Run Time: 103 min.
Women’s Shorts
In Uncharted Desires, eight dynamic short films explore the twists and turns of longing, identity, and connection—with a mix of intensity, heart, and humor. From deep yearnings to unexpected encounters, these stories capture the raw emotions that drive us, whether through quiet reflection or laugh-out-loud moments. Love, lust, and self-discovery take center stage, sometimes with awkward, hilarious, and tender results. Whether it’s the thrill of first attraction, the chaos of bad decisions, or the absurdity of desire itself, these films embrace it all. Bold, heartfelt, and often delightfully unexpected, they remind us that the path to what we want is rarely a straight line. Get ready to laugh, sigh, and feel it all.
Programmed by Katie Shannon and Sofia Wickerhauser
Brattle Passes Not Accepted
Seagulls Cut Through the Sky
2024 • Mariana Bártolo, Guillermo García López • 19 min • Portugal • Portugese with English subtitles
Dense atmosphere of change and union strikes in Porto’s harbor. Clara, owner of a fishermen’s bar threatened by closure, finds in the arms of Raquel, waitress on cruise ships, the only shelter to express her fears and contradictions.
Morgen Doen We Het Beter (Tomorrow Will Be Better)
2024 • Jottum Kok • 21 min • Netherlands • Dutch with English subtitles
After the relationship with her girlfriend turns sour, Jona moves back in with her mother Mirjam. Their loving relationship is occasionally plagued by miscommunication and when Mirjam is secretive about her daughter’s queer identity, the tension mounts. In Tomorrow Will Be Better, filmmaker Jottum Kok proposes a vision of generational conflict that can be overcome.
Composure
2024 • Grant Windy Raun • 12 min • USA • English
An engagement photographer and a bride-to-be are stuck together when the groom-to-be doesn’t show up to their photoshoot.
Before I Do
2024 • Gitika Buttoo • 9 min • UK • English
On the morning of her wedding day, Mona, a non-monogamous British-Indian woman, questions her rushed marriage and reflects on a period of self-discovery from her past.
Dandelion
2024 • Fiona Obertinca • 20 min • USA • English
In 1970s Los Angeles, a rebellious queer teen gets thrown out of yet another foster placement and finds herself in the company of a mysterious social worker who’s tasked with finding her a new home before the break of dawn.
Baby Gay
2023 • Arielle Frances Bagood • 9 min • USA • English, Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles
Desperate to finally prove her bisexuality, Stevie Lee bluffs her way into a lesbian threesome thinking she’ll “figure it out” when she gets there. She does not figure it out when she gets there.
F*CKED
2023 • Sara Harrak • 9 min • UK • English and Mandarin Chinese with English subtitles
What exactly are the rules in an open relationship? With no rulebook, it’s down to the couple to draw their lines… So when Dani tells Jess she might be interested in sleeping with guys again and it doesn’t go down too well, it looks like they might’ve hit their first hurdle. But with the world drowning in labels, why are people still expected to stick to their lane?
Fish
2024 • Ian Yarwood • 10 min • UK • English
After coming out as bisexual a little late in the game, a usually confident woman is plunged into new experiences. It feels like she’s losing her virginity all over again, but she slowly discovers her sense of self and how to wear it with ease.
