Laugh Proud

A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.

Nathan Lee, an AAPI teenager, finds out that he has brain cancer right before he turns 18 and vows to live the remains of his life with passion… And refuses to die a virgin. Knowing that his gay best friend, Dash, wants to become a filmmaker, Nathan offers himself as a documentary subject to Dash, who is also in love with Nathan. Nathan and Dash decide to document as much of his remaining life as possible.

When Nick, who has Asperger's syndrome, struggles to carry on after the death of his brother Chaz, Chaz's best friend Randy takes Nick under his wing.

A married woman, who's been getting seductive phone calls from a lesbian, and a man, who believes he might be a werewolf, are about to find out who they deep down really are.

In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.

A sexy, delightful short film about a mother & daughter who discover each other's secrets through a comedy of errors, and learn to accept themselves and each other.

After being kicked out of his house for being gay, Ethan returns home to steal and ends up holding his family hostage on a fateful Thanksgiving Day.

A sex-addicted woman who finds herself with an unplanned pregnancy and needs to figure out who the baby daddy is.

A gay man breaks up with his lover after meeting a college student at a party.

Freshman Year brings a romance between two very different young men.

A playful narrative that explores a queer menage-a-trois between a gay Chinese boy, a bisexual half-white-half-Asian boy, and a straight Korean girl.

Little Love is a ten minute short that explores the complications of friendship and relationships. Set in contemporary Los Angeles.

Four women are confronted by a mysterious young man who knows a dark secret from their past.

Gay Hollywood Dad chronicles the first six months of single gay dad Quentin Lee juggling between raising his newborn baby by himself and making his means as an acclaimed independent filmmaker in Hollywood.

In front of a live studio audience, host David C. Jones interviews three different panels of film industry professionals about the trials and tribulations for proudly queer and out actors.

A dancer returns home to care for his estranged father with terminal cancer and finding redemption, healing, and purpose by mentoring a diverse community dance class – including a transgender teen struggling to live authentically.