First Out: Vol. 2

A Particular Friend

2023

When Father Matthew discovers an intimacy between two of the other priests at a remote conversion-therapy centre in Northern Ireland, his attempt to do the right thing leads to a crisis of faith and feeling.

The Call

2023

Amir, a prospective university student struggling with his sexuality, calls Switchboard for advice at three crucial moments. With each moment of connection, Amir takes a step further in his journey.

The Wound

2017

Eastern Cape, South Africa. A lonely factory worker, Xolani, takes time off his job to assist during an annual Xhosa circumcision initiation into manhood. In a remote mountain camp that is off limits to women, young men, painted in white ochre, recuperate as they learn the masculine codes of their culture. In this environment of machismo and aggression, Xolani cares for a defiant initiate from Johannesburg, Kwanda, who quickly learns Xolani's best kept secret, that he is in love with another man.

The Manggis in Ah Gong's Hands

2025

A bigoted Chinese grandfather having to look after his biracial grandson at the onset of a global pandemic lockdown

Asterisk

2016

Gold Medal Olympic runner, Travis Downes is forced to confront his actions after steroid allegations surface and his agent sets up a press conference for the next day. As he is locked in a hotel room his actions become more clear and he is forced to make a choice that will forever impact his future.

By the End of the Night

2018

Karim, 30, drives every night. One day at dawn, he drives his last client - a foreign artist, the same age than him. Karim feels irresistibly attracted towards this young man. What he feels will start questioning who he thought he was.

Betrayed

2011

Doug Collins has been a highly-respected analyst at the FBI for twenty-five years. He is liked and admired by all the members of his team, but they've seen changes in Doug recently: an attractive young girlfriend, working odd hours, increased frustration at work. And then there was the time he was seen texting on his Blackberry from inside the SCIF. It's all probably nothing. They know his recent divorce has been tough on him. It's not like he's a spy. But what if he is? What is the price of silence?

Pulse

Lilly wakes up in the middle of the night. Her heart beats uneven and her pulse is lower then ever. Maybe she'll die? To survive she needs to eat, but to eat she needs to loose control. Will she dare to let go, when the anorexia makes her believe that the control is the one thing that keeps her alive?