VISIBILITY IS RESISTANCE

Tessitura

Directed by Lydia Cornett, Brit Fryer - 18:00

Tessitura explores the entangled ways that voice, character and gender are continuously reformulated in opera by those who contend with these connections daily.

Dancing in Tomorrowland

Directed by Jakob Roston - 15:40

A young '80s activist cements himself as a Disneyland history hidden gem when he stands up against the Magic Kingdom to lift the park's ban on same-sex dancing.

Mommy

Directed by Manon Praline, Evie Snax- 8:40

Six years after her bottom surgery, Manon Praline shares a moving testimony of the challenges and joys she encountered on that journey.

Dive Into the Current - October 4th, 2:00 PM

Kingdom

Directed by Poppy Bullard - 19:03

Kingdom is a short documentary about the drag kings of London: their performances, their community and their history.

Orgy Every Other Day

Directed by Gal Samuel Doring - 13:19

Set in New York City’s queer underground sex party scene, Orgy Every Other Day is a bold exploration of the importance of creating space for all the letters of the queer alphabet to express and explore sexuality and desire next to one another with abandon and always careful, respectful consent.

Lesbians in Boystown

Directed by Betsy Kalin - 25:31

Lesbians in Boystown honors queer women who have contributed to West Hollywood while also asking questions around how to build and maintain community. The documentary looks at lesbians’ involvement in business, politics, arts/culture, and health from the 1980s.

Good Service

Directed by Junda Wu - 15:13

A newcomer relies on his apartment's AI to navigate life and find love but must choose between it’s guidance or the beauty of real connection.

Match Dot Mom

Directed by Taza Parian - 13:00

Cass, a queer teen not yet out to her parents, stumbles on her very-married-mother’s secret TindHER profile late one night. When she accidentally swipes right, she not only outs herself, but must grapple with the uncertainty of who her mom really is.

Goodbye Party

Directed by Sophia Lou, Nathan Pearson- 13:02

Newly broken up with and over everything, Rowan throws himself a goodbye party before he blasts himself out of Brooklyn - literally.

THIS MODERN WORLD - October 4th, 7:00 PM

Poreless

Directed by Harris Doren - 13:11

A fabulous, queer, Muslim beauty entrepreneur competes in a Shark Tank-like contest after suffering an untimely allergic reaction.

Blood Boys

Directed by Jordan Hahn - 15:42

In a cutthroat competition for the coveted position as a billionaire's Blood Boy, Sam faces off against top-dog candidate Charlie, pushing Sam to confront the dark underbelly of his aspirations.

The Eating of an Orange

Directed by May Kindred-Boothby- 7:29

In a large manor house identical figures eat the same, move the same, look the same. But everything will change for one woman when she gets given an orange by an unknown figure.

Gender Reveal

Directed by Mo Matton - 13:05

People pleaser and their partners attend an obnoxious gender reveal party which spirals out of control in Mo Matton's anarchic satire.

Space Daddy

Directed by Stephen Carruthers - 10:31

Space Daddy is a comedy about a hook up between twenty-something year old twink Andy and a mysterious hunk he meets on the dating app 'Strangr' - with some... out-of-this-world consequences...

Sunday Sauce
Directed by Matt Campanella - 14:25

A repressed father. A buried secret. A chaotic family dinner. As tensions rise, Catholic guilt warps reality—and his hidden desires erupt into something surreal.

Everything's Fine

Directed by Sterling Christina Hulen - 14:07

A young woman suffering from trauma induced memory loss finds herself spiraling dangerously out of control as the impending anniversary of the event nears, threatening to destroy her carefully crafted veneer of normalcy, her relationships and her life.

XY

Directed by Stephen Fleet 12:16

XY is the story of a repressed convenience store clerk named Y and a trans cam girl named X whose lives tragically intersect at a bleak strip mall in today’s America.

Time to Murder and Create - October 5th, 2:00 PM

Girlfriend, Girlfriend

Directed by Sara Werner -5:11

A queer woman's mind is blown by her new coworker's bold question in this experimental short film.

Chico

Directed by Theo Abadie - 23:02

Jojo, a clumsy and bumbling young gay squatter, sets out to repair a washing machine in order to satisfy Lucien, whom he desires. He roams Brussels in a frantic quest, ready to take any risk to achieve his goals.

The Fangs I'm After

Directed by Rebecca Chivers 3:01

After finally being presented with the opportunity, a vampire hunter realizes killing the vampire she has been chasing all these years may not be what she wanted after all

Family Descent

Directed by Brodi-Jo Scalise

A young man returns home after the passing of his estranged father only to become entangled in a sinister family plot centered on preserving their bloodline at all costs.

MascLooking

directed by Jonathan Brandon Hammond 8:52

After two friends banter over the pros and cons of using Grindr, one is left chatting with a mysterious stranger. And he's getting closer...

Automagic

Directed by Ashok Vish - 12:30

On his return home, androgynous-looking Madhu attempts to seduce Ratnakar, his rickshaw driver, who is practicing celibacy in preparation for a religious pilgrimage.

One Day This Kid

Directed by Alexander Farah - 17:27

Even in a strictly repressed society, some young people find support. Here, a young man has to endure a repressive father to discover who owns his life.

Pairing Up - October 5th, 7:00 PM

Two Black Boys in Paradise
Directed by Baz Sells - 8:54

Eden and Dula are two Black boys on a journey of self-acceptance. Their love for each other, and their refusal to hide it, lands them in a paradise free from shame and judgement. Based on the poem by Dean Atta.

Mannequin

Directed by Hein Maung - 15:00

A homeless man on a drug delivery meets an old gay man who coaxes straight men to do gay porn

Feral

Directed by Matthew Leahy - 3:10

Feral follows an anthropormphic cat-like clubbing newcomer transfixed with the party underground. After meeting their platonic ideal of a night rat, the two revolve around each other as the creature attempts to embody everything they aren’t.

Pace

Directed by Beck Williams - 15:13

While struggling with dysphoria, a transmasculine boxer, Remy, wrestles with the decision to transition at the potential cost of their marriage. When a shy trans boxer, Joey, returns to the gym post-transition, he avoids interactions for fear of being judged by his former boxing community.

Dragfox

Directed by Lisa Ott - 8:10

Sam's search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ. Animated, with Sir Ian McKellen in the title role!

Fan Letter

Directed by Zeb Daemen - 15:31

Set in the glamorous 1950s, Fan Letter follows Ricky, a renowned singer at the height of his fame. One evening, before another sold-out show, Ricky receives a letter from someone he thought was lost to time—his first love, whom he hasn't heard from in years.