Jesse James Rice

Shane comes home to more than his empty apartment.

Shane comes home to more than his empty apartment.

Shane comes home to more than his empty apartment.

A male escort has an odd encounter with a mysterious John that he picks up.

A male escort has an odd encounter with a mysterious John that he picks up.

A gay recovering addict is released from rehab immediately after his sister's suicide, setting the stage for conflict with his distraught brother-in-law.

A gay recovering addict is released from rehab immediately after his sister's suicide, setting the stage for conflict with his distraught brother-in-law.

Six dark-themed gay short films, including: SPRING: A young man meets a stranger for S&M sex, an experience that will change his life forever. REMISSION: As a man awaits the results of a biopsy at his secluded cabin, his dread amplifies when he suspects that he may not be alone. WINNER TAKES ALL: The unapologetic manipulator Ryker engineers a fight between his two boyfriends ... with Ryker himself as the ultimate prize. PROMISE: Stu and Chris appear to be the perfect couple, but past indiscretions are revealed on the eve of their wedding, causing unforgivable actions that both will regret. VIDEO NIGHT: What starts out as a fun night making videos goes terribly wrong when a group of friends discover something unexpected in the raw footage. COMMUNICATION: The story of an Orthodox Jewish student who unexpectedly inherits the estate of his estranged mentor and discovers a painful truth about their relationship.

An African-American teenager grapples with his sexual identity on the night Barack Obama is elected President and Proposition 8 — the California voter initiative to eliminate same-sex marriage — is passed. When one of Jamie's friend group initiates the bullying of an openly gay classmate, Jamie uses his wits to try and prevent it, but when things don't go the way he predicted, he is forced to face his fears head on. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Short Film at Frameline35: The San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, Change is a poetic and moving film which deftly examines one young man's internal identity struggles within the context of the modern movement for LGBT rights, and a high school experience fraught with peer pressure.

What starts out as a fun night making videos goes terribly wrong when they discover something unexpected in the raw footage.