Famous Diamonds (2016)
Director: Daniel McIntyre


"A kaleidoscopic search for desire trapped inside a volcano, Famous Diamonds is a short film that studies lies, love, and desire by weaving together a diary narrative and an exploding icon within the walls of a volcano.”



  • Presented at 45th International Film Festival Rotterdam, January 2016
  • Presented at 30th British Film Institute Flare Film Festival, March 2016
  • Presented at Depth of Field, Jackman Hall at the Art Gallery of Ontario, April 2016
  • Presented at 11th XPOSED International Queer Film Festival, Berlin, May 2016
  • Presented at 26th Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, June 2016
  • Presented at 4th Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, June 2016
  • Presented at Out East Film Festival, Halifax, June 2016Presented at Rio Gender & Sexuality Film Festival, July 2016
  • Presented at Art on the Big Screens, Mississauga Art Gallery, August 2016
  • Presented at Sziget Festival, Magic Mirror Stage, Budapest, August 2016
  • Presented at 6th Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Durban, South Africa, August 2016
  • Presented at Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival, Oslo, September 2016
  • Presented at 20th Queer Lisboa, International Short Film Competition, September 2016
  • Presented at 13th Queer City Cinema International Film Festival, Regina, September 2016
  • Presented at 31st MIX Copenhagen LGBTIQ Film Festival, October 2016
  • Presented at Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg, Germany, October 2016
  • Presented at 19th Antimatter [Media Art], Victoria BC, October 2016
  • Presented at Asterisco International LGBT Film Festival, Buenos Aires, November 2016
  • Presented at Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires, November 2016
  • Presented in It’s Queer Up North, Colectivo Toronto at CCM, Buenos Aires, December 2016
  • Presented at Reelout Queer Film and Video Festival, Kingston, January 2017
  • Nomination, Best Short Film / Lili Prize, Famous Diamonds, MIX Copenhagen, October 2016
  • Nomination, Best Short Film, Famous Diamonds, Queer Lisboa 20, 2016
  • Nomination, Best Short Film, Famous Diamonds, Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival 2016
  • Honourable Mention from Jury, Oslo/Fusion International Film Festival, September 2016