

Nine queer short films walk into a bar — only one has an Oscar. Chaos ensues.
Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young lad in an underpass, only to be threatened with a break-up the following morning. Passive and submissive roles are tackled and tugged in gay graffiti tale VANDALS and Icelandic grapple-fest WRESTLING, while POSTMORTEM, MY NAME IS LOVE, and Iris Prize-winner STEAM look at promising encounters that turn awry. Rounding out the collection are HEIKO, an alternative ode to foot fetishes, BREATH where 12-year-old Erik swims out to sea to make a daring move on his best friend's father, and the crème de la crème from this collection TREVOR, which won multiple prestigious awards from Sundance, Berlinale, and even The Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Short Film.
Writing
Trevor's Oscar-winning script still devastates thirty years later
Acting
Tittensor's underpass electricity in the title track
Director
David Färdmar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Trevor's Peggy Rajski had to fight to keep its 23-minute runtime; AMPAS later changed short film rules because of it.
This 2010 collection accidentally captures pre-Grindr queer cruising — underpasses, bathrooms, stolen glances — already becoming archaeology.
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