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ORIGINAL FILMS

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STATESIDE

(Short / 2025) A shy American teenager and an outgoing French exchange student form an unexpected intimate connection on Halloween night.

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BEST MALE SHORT - FilmOut San Diego Film Festival

ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING - Bridgeport Film Festival

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS - LINK USA Reel Queer Shorts Program

 

“Director Dennis Shinners tells a tender coming-of-age story that  balances vulnerability, longing, and quiet hope with elegant  restraint.  With subtle direction, thoughtful pacing, and a sensitive  portrayal of  first attraction, Stateside is a gentle, affecting short  that resonates  long after its 12-minute runtime.”​

 

- Belgrade International Film Festival

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BARRIO BOY (Feature)

(2023)  A Latino barber in a macho world faces a tough road ahead when he finds himself developing feelings for a handsome stranger during a hot and sweaty summer in Brooklyn.

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WORLD PREMIERE - The Iris Prize Film Festival, Cardiff WALES 2022

USA PREMIERE - The New York Latino International Film Festival 2023​​

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“Indie films like Barrio Boy are thankfully pushing those boundaries
and encouraging studios to take chances on compelling projects like  these.”  - Pride.com​​

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BARRIO BOY (Short)

(2014)  A Latino barber quietly falls in love with a handsome Irish stranger over the course of a haircut during a hot and sweaty summer afternoon in a macho Brooklyn neighborhood.

  • AGLIFF - Austin

  • Barcelona International LGBT Film Festival

  • Baruch College LGBT Screening Series

  • Bloomington Pride Indiana

  • Boston LGBT Film Festival

  • Brisbane Queer Film Festival

  • Charleston Pride

  • Cinequest

  • Cinhomo 2015 Spain

  • CMG Short Film Festival Los Angeles

  • Dayton Ohio LGBT Film Fest

  • DC Shorts Film Festival

  • Frameline San Francisco

  • Freiburg Gay Film Festival, Germany

  • Fresno Reel Pride

  • Fusion UK 

  • Gaze International LGBT Film Festival, Dublin

  • Hamburg International Q Film Fest

  • Image & Nation Montreal

  • Image Out Rochester 

  • Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival

  • International Film Festival LGBTIQ Can[Be]Gay

  • Katra Flim Screening Series NYC

  • Lesgaicinema Madrid

  • Long Beach Qfilm Festival

  • Long Island LGBT Film Fest

  • Louisville LGBT Film Fest

  • Melbourne Queer Film Festival

  • Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

  • Milwaukee LGBT Film Fest

  • Mix Mexico

  • My People Film Series

  • Newfest NYC

  • Newport Beach Film Festival

  • North Carolina Gay Film Festival

  • NYC LGBT Expo 

  • Olso LGBT Film Fest

  • Out At The Movies

  • Out Film Connecticut

  • Out On Film Atlanta

  • Outfest Fusion

  • Outfest Los Angeles

  • Outfest Peru

  • Outrageous Films Fest Santa Barbara

  • Palm Springs International Short Film Festival

  • Pride Pictures Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Karlsruhe Germany

  • Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Puerto Rico Queer Film Fest

  • Queens World Film Festival

  • Queer Media Festival UK

  • Queer Vision UK

  • Queersicht Switzerland

  • Reel Affirmations Washington DC

  • Reel Q: The Pittsburgh LGBT Film Fest

  • Reeling: The Chicago LGBT International Film Festival 

  • Rhode Island International Film Festival

  • Roze FilmDagen Amsterdam

  • San Antonio Pride Qfilm Festival 

  • San Diego Latino Film Festival

  • San Joaquin International Film Festival

  • San Pedro Int'l Film Festival

  • Santo Domingo Outfest

  • Southwest G&L Film Festival

  • Starz Denver Film Festival

  • Tampa LGBTQ Fest

  • The Iris Prize, Cardiff, Wales

  • The Sarasota Fabulous Independent Film Fest

  • Three Dollar Bill: The Seattle LGBT Film Fest

  • TLV Festival Israel

  • Urbanworld Film Festival 

  • Vancouver Queer Film Festival

Festivals

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GO-GO

(Short) A good-looking DJ and a handsome go-go boy experience the night before and the morning after...

AREA X

(Short)  A young man on the run from home encounters a charming hustler in a dicey bar beneath New York City's notorious Port Authority Bus Terminal.​​​

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