Lex Vaughn

In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.

An incomplete document of a music scene

When a trans guy is faced with difficult life circumstances, he has to find a new way to express old feelings.

The Lollipop Generation tells the story of Georgie, a teenager who is forced to run away from home after coming out to her parents, and the homeless queer youth and other people she meets on the streets.

The autobiopic "My Life in 5 Minutes" tells a life story with a bittersweet song, animation and family snaps. Some photos hold painful or awkward members for the artist; through computer animation, she enlarges her own eyes to blink the pain away.

In the second instalment of the "Doppelganger" series, the dance hustler duo make their way, unfettered, through the subways stations of midday Toronto.

Enduring a dysfunctional family requires stamina, wit and sharp survival instincts, as demonstrated in this anguished ode to family peculiarity. A pixelated tale of a girl whose off-kilter parents become lost in a mission to nurse a raccoon - an unfortunate road-kill victim.

A candyland town kicks up its sugary heels for a midday parade.

Sometimes topical treatments aren't enough to cure love's infections.