SAT NOV 7, 2026 2:30 PM (Un)Requited Love: Block #6 $15.00 (member) ; $20.00 (general admission) Ticket prices include a $2.00 online booking fee. Culver Theater Aud. 1 | ‘PROOF Film Festival 2026’ PROOF All-Access Badge holders get free access to this event! Not a badge holder? Check out badges for purchase here!
ABOUT THE EVENT: These are not your typical films about love. These films discuss the complicated nuances in communicating, having a crush and even betrayal. We think you’re really going to fall head over heels for these films! ABOUT THE FILMS: NOTICE ME Director: Amy Leonard Producers: Emily Sky Hickin, Pucci Productions, Good Thing Going Productions Writer: Jody Wiltshire United Kingdom | 18min @amyleighleonard @jodywiltshire @pucci.productions When charmingly awkward Em arrives in London, freshly fired and desperate for a do-over, she’s floored by her first sighting of AJ, the impossibly cool neighbor next door. Three seconds of prolonged sapphic eye contact later, Em plunges into a full queer spiral: chaotic DIY outfits, tragic first impressions and a mission to decode whether AJ’s eyes are flirting, or just, you know, open. Sauna Sickness Director: Malin Barr Producers: Barr Pix Writer: Malin Barr Sweden | 15min @malinbarr Cleo agrees to a romantic New Year’s Eve with her boyfriend Tobias at her mother’s remote mountain cabin. But when they’re accidentally locked out of the main house after having sex in the sauna, Tobias immediately turns on her, pushing Cleo into a night riddled with emotional landmines. She’s Nonbinary Director: Jess McLeod Producers: Erin Purghart, Eva Tavares, Jess McLeod Writer: Jess McLeod Canada | 11min @itsjessmcleod Nonbinary Max and their straight, cis boyfriend, Jake, spiral into a cataclysmic identity crisis when Max reveals they’re off the waitlist for top surgery. Mienteme Director: Nico Blanco Producers: Concord Originals, Charles Hopkins, Celine Bava Helms, Yuky Shen, John Lozada Writer: Nico Blanco USA | 13min @thisisnotnico, @concord_originals, @yukyshen, @celinebavahelms, @johnjlozada, @oli_segarra, @sendinosaurs, @angeltrinidadrossell, @vicenteperdomo_, @carmen_flood_ At a sun-drenched poolside celebration for their upcoming wedding, Catalina and Felipe appear to be the perfect couple, stylish, affectionate and adored by everyone around them. But the unexpected arrival of Martin, Catalina’s estranged childhood friend, quietly unsettles the harmony of the day, and as the afternoon unfolds through dancing, old love songs and intimate glances, buried feelings and unresolved desires surface.