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Welcome
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Live Events Schedule
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Tickets
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Streaming Schedule
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Judges + Best of Festival
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Glitter & Doom
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Saturday Shorts Showcase
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Wild Fire
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The Mattchine Family
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Big Boys
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Sunday Shorts Showcase
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Our Son
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Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes
Streaming Films 30
Shorts: Men in Shorts
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Shorts: Women in Shorts
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Shorts: Queer Stories
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Shorts: Our Voices
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Shorts: World View
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Streaming Features
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Lie with Me
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F.L.Y.
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Welcome to the 23rd Annual Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival! We are thrilled to have you! As we prepared for the festival, a common theme emerged in entries we received. Family, or the concept of chosen family, has been a prominent thread throughout. Centerpiece films like Our Son and The Mattachine Family highlight the idea that we can find love, support, and acceptance in the bonds we form with those who share similar values and beliefs. These bonds can often be as strong, if not stronger, than those we are born into. This theme is an undercurrent in many of this year’s features and short films. We hope this resonates with you as much as it did with all of us. This year, we present 53 films from 20 countries, each with distinctive and genuine narrative. As you explore the various themes and stories we have selected for you, rest assured that we are staying true to our promise of showcasing the art of marginalized and underrepresented LGBTQIA+ artists. Additionally, we are excited to welcome our friends from The Kinsey Institute, who will be co-hosting our closing feature Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes. Kinsey curator Rebecca Fasman and Newfields curators Robin Cooper and Anne Young are featured in this captivating documentary and will participate in a panel discussion following the screening. Once again we present the festival as a hybrid event, featuring in-person screenings followed by a week of digital streaming. We are thrilled to return to our live event home, Kan-Kan Cinema and Brasserie on the near eastside of Indianapolis. We're grateful that we can share this movie-going experience with our film-loving community. Let's remember the benefactor of our proceeds: Indiana Youth Group, best known as IYG. It remains the longest-running LGBTQ youth organization in the entire country. For more than 30 years, IYG has provided safe spaces and vital support for thousands of LGBTQ youth in our state. To learn more about this critically important organization and why we are honored to continue to support it, visit IndianaYouthGroup.org. So, grab your popcorn, open your hearts, and prepare to be moved, entertained, and inspired by the stories of love, resilience, and connection that await you at the 23rd Annual Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival. Thank you for joining us on this cinematic journey!
Matt Mutchmore | Director Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival
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Friday, November 10 7:30PM
FANATIC GLITTER & DOOM
Saturday, November 11 1:00PM
1:00PM
REMEMBER IT’S CHRISTMAS BIG BOYS
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SUNDAY SHORTS SHOWCASE AIKÀNE A HISTORY OF SITTING IN WAITING ROOMS (OR WHATEVER LONGER TITLE YOU PREFER) AS YOU ARE TAYLOR: A PORTRAIT OF BECOMING DADDY ISSUES COMPLICATED ORDER BEYOND THE SEA
SATURDAY SHORTS SHOWCASE
COME CLEAN SLAY DISCOTEQUE BRUSH (IN)CONVENIENCE CHRISTOPHER AT SEA STAY LOST TROY
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Sunday, November 12
DADDY ISSUES THE MATTACHINE FAMILY
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Thursday, November 16 7:00PM
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TRIPPING WILD FIRE
BLOOD DRIVE OUR SON
HIDDEN MASTER: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES PANEL DISCUSSION / Q+A WITH KINSEY INSTITUTE AND NEWFIELDS CURATORS
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Live Events @ Kan-Kan November 10-12 and November 16 Film Screenings—$12 Full Festival Pass (All 8 screenings)—$75 Purchase a Full Festival Pass and get a free code for the Streaming Program ($35 Value)
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Streaming Program November 13-19
All-Access Streaming Pass—$35 50 Films—Shorts and Features: See schedule on page 7 at right.
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Streaming Films SHORTS Streaming November 13—19 MEN IN SHORTS
November 13—19
FEATURE FILMS THE MATTACHINE FAMILY STREAMING NOVEMBER 13-15
WOMEN IN SHORTS QUEER STORIES OUR VOICES
WILD FIRE
STREAMING NOVEMBER 13-15
LIE WITH ME
EXCLUSIVE TO STREAMING, NOVEMBER 16-18
WORLD VIEW F.L.Y.
EXCLUSIVE TO STREAMING, NOVEMBER 13-19
STREAMING ON:
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THIS TIME
EXCLUSIVE TO STREAMING, NOVEMBER 13-19
HIDDEN MASTER: THE LEGACY OF GEORGE PLATT LYNES STREAMING NOVEMBER 17-19
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S A T U R D A Y, D E C E M B E R 2 INDIANA LANDMARKS CENTER | 10AM—5PM
Celebrate the holidays with IYG and the LGBTQ+ community of Indianapolis! Join Santa Claus, La Befana the Holiday Witch, Krampus, and a host of other Old World holiday icons for a day of festive fun: A vendor market, live entertainment, character experiences, children's activities, and our ever popular Breakfast with Santa Claus.
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STEVEN STOLEN Program Host of Stolen Moments on WFYI-FM Indianapolis
SYLVIA THOMAS Poet, Writer, Actor, Blogger, Activist
ESS MCKEE Artist, Illustrator, and Creator of Things, Teacher at Regeneration Indy, and Designer/Proprietor of Inaz Dezign LLC
DR. JUAN CARLOS VENIS Medical Director of Primary Care, Damien Center
ABBY SPECHT Director of Operations Kan-Kan Cinema
These five films are our nominees for the 2023 Best of Festival Awards. The winners are selected by our panel of judges and announced at the end of the festival.
COME CLEAN
Director: Sal Bardo
AIKÀNE
Filmmakers: Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
A HISTORY OF SITTING IN WAITING ROOMS...
BEYOND THE SEA
Director: Lorena Russi
TROY
Director: Mike Donahue
Director: Hippolyte Leibovici
BRUSH
Director: Summer Sveinson
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PREMIERE NIGHT
Glitter & Doom
In this visually stunning new jukebox musical, set to the Grammy Award-winning music of Indigo Girls, two aspiring entertainers find themselves entangled in a world where dreams and challenges collide.
Ride along on a surreal, glittery musical romance, all set to the hits of the iconic, Grammy Award-winning Indigo Girls. Serious musician Doom (Alan Cammish) and free-spirited circus kid Glitter (Filipino musical superstar Alex Diaz) start a budding summer relationship filled with camping trips, late-night conversations, and plenty of song and dance. Their relationship is put to the test as they deal with trying to make it in the music biz, their mothers (Ming-Na Wen and Missi Pyle), and finding what feeds each of their souls and dreams. Filmed in Mexico City, director Tom Gustafson (Were the World Mine) mixes in a variety of visually creative performances throughout Glitter & Doom. Don’t miss this dazzling queer musical romance which showcases a star-studded queer supporting cast featuring the likes of Lea DeLaria, Tig Notaro, Kate Pierson of The B-52s, Drag Race alum Peppermint, Broadway star Beth Malone, and even the Indigo Girls themselves, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers.
Directed by Tom Gustafson USA/Mexico, 2023 116 Minutes Preceded by the short film FANATIC
Kan-Kan, Friday, November 10, 7:30pm
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Shorts
Saturday Shorts Showcase | 1:00PM | 94 Minutes
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Some of our most entertaining shorts in one delightful package.
Come Clean Director: Sal Bardo | USA | 13 Minutes A young gay man struggling with OCD white-knuckles his way through a Grindr hookup and makes a mess of things.
Slay Director: Kevin Hartford | Canada | 10 Minutes Faced with the impending departure of his BFF, Glen makes an effort to rekindle old female friendships...to varying degrees of success.
Discoteque Director: Masashi Yamamoto | USA | 5 Minutes A night of dancing becomes a trip to the disco-ball-moon. “I feel your beat, you feel my rhythm, till the end.”
Brush Director: Summer Sveinson | USA | 6 Minutes The story of Olivia and Kristen’s romantic relationship, told through the intimate perspective of the bathroom mirror.
(In)convenience Director: Alexandra Greenspan | USA | 12 Minutes An unexpected love story develops over a box of tampons between Phoebe, a mini-mart cashier, and Kirby, a guy in transition.
Christopher at Sea Director: Tom CJ Brown | UK | 20 Minutes Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage as a passenger on a cargo ship. A chance encounter with an Engineer under moonlight waylays his hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea and sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy, and obsession.
Stay Lost Director: Chris Coats | USA | 12 Minutes A nomadic musician sets an aimless and depressed young man's life on an entirely new trajectory.
Troy Director: Mike Donahue | USA | 16 Minutes Troy has loud sex. Troy has loud sex 24-7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives...or is he saving them? A darkly comedic tale of New York neighbors, the ways in which we become interwoven with the lives of strangers, and the unexpected consequences of unasked-for intimacy.
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The Mattachine Family This nuanced, gentle, and ultimately heartfelt dramedy explores the notion of connection through the experiences of a loving gay couple who discover they have differing ideas about what makes a family. The Mattachine Family finds a fiercely in love gay couple, photographer Thomas (Nico Tortorella, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) and actor Oscar (Juan Pablo Di Pace, Mamma Mia!), maintaining their relationship through steadily remaining fiercely in love through geographical setbacks, after their foster son returns to live with his birth mother. Just as Oscar's acting career begins to rise, Thomas enters something of a pre-midlife existential crisis. As the couple begins to have differing views and desires around what a potential family looks like together moving forward, Thomas leans heavily on a close-knit core of friends for comfort and meaning through it all.
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An all-star supporting cast including Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek), Carl
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Directed by Andy Vallentine
Clemons-Hopkins (Hacks), Cloie Wyatt Taylor (Partners in Rhyme), Jake Choi (ABC’s Single Parents), and Heather Matarazzo (Welcome to the Dollhouse) round out The Mattachine Family’s queer power ensemble.
Kan-Kan, Saturday, November 11, 3:00PM
99 Minutes Preceded by the short film DADDY ISSUES
Streaming November 13-15
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Wild Fire Exploring love, lust, and loyalty through the lens of three couples of various sexualities, Wild Fire challenges traditional ideas of desire and commitment as seven acquaintances shine a light on the frightening truths, lies, and secrets in their closest relationships. After a party, seven acquaintances gather around a crackling fire. Each character arrives at a critical juncture in their lives, unaware that the night ahead will force them to confront issues they have long been avoiding. The group is drawn into an unyielding game of Truth or Dare. As the game accelerates, the exemplary couple opens up about what they’re going through—that they’re not as perfect as they seem. This sets the stage for the rest of the group to open up about their lives, unspoken desires, and secrets. The following morning, back in their bedrooms, each couple must choose a path. Will they integrate their newly exposed truth or choose to act as if nothing has changed? Wild Fire is the scintillating directorial debut of Jennifer Cooney (who also wrote, produced, and edited the film), with an engaging, talented cast whose character-driven stories of inner demons and the courage it takes to transcend them will stick with you
Directed by Jennifer Cooney USA, 2023 105 Minutes Preceded by the short film TRIPPING
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Kan-Kan, Saturday, November 11, 7:00pm
Streaming November 13-15
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Big Boys A unique blend of comedy and heartfelt drama, Big Boys challenges conventional stereotypes around body image and the sweet awkwardness of your first unrequited adolescent crush. An achingly brilliant queer coming-of-age classic. Endearing teenager Jamie can barely contain his excitement for a camping getaway with his cousins. His peppy innocence may clash with the tiresome swagger of his brother Will, but he's intent on spending as much time as possible with his favorite cousin Allie. Jamie's carefully-planned agenda of games, stories, and Ina Garten-approved cookout recipes falls apart, however, when Allie unexpectedly shows up with her new boyfriend Dan. Not only does Jamie have to compete with Dan for Allie's attention, but Dan is — like Jamie — a big boy. And when Jamie begins to have romantically-charged daydreams about Dan, it's clear that he might just be developing a thing for big boys. The film's strength lies in its nuanced portrayal of queer adolescence, focusing on Jamie's internal struggles and his journey towards self-acceptance. Co-starring
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Emily Deschanel (Bones), Taj Cross (PEN15), and Dora Madison (Friday Night Lights), this endlessly charming film is always on Jamie’s side, and with Isaac Krasner’s incredible breakthrough performance, so is the audience.
Directed by Corey Sherman
Preceded by the short film
REMEMBER IT’S CHRISTMAS
Kan-Kan, Sunday, November 12, 1:00pm
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Shorts
Sunday Shorts Showcase | 3:30PM | 101 Minutes Another serving of our best shorts on the big screen.
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Aikâne Directors: Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson | USA | 15 Minutes A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man.
A History of Sitting in Waiting Rooms (or Whatever Longer Title you Prefer) Director: Lorena Russi | USA | 9 Minutes Lorena is a butch Latina fighting to find herself in the cacophony of Queens, NY in the 90s. With the help of her imaginary best friend Boo, a civil war ghost, she will poorly navigate the drawn-out pains of puberty and the grief of adulthood.
As You Are Director: Daisy Friedman | USA | 15 Minutes When an interabled queer couple spends the night together for the first time, they must confront their complex relationships with desire, sexuality, bodily autonomy, and what it means truly to love another person.
Taylor: A Portrait of Becoming Director: Sean Frost | USA | 17 Minutes | World Premiere While navigating a career in television news, a former Buzzfeed comedian confronts the reality of being gender non-conforming in the Midwest. This coming-of-identity film meets Taylor at a pivotal moment in their life; post-internet fame, dating after divorce, and their continual fight for visibility.
Daddy Issues Directors: Matt Campanella, Stephanie Chloe Hepner | USA | 5 Minutes A young dominatrix receives an unexpected client.
Complicated Order Director: Emmie Lichtenberg | USA | 15 Minutes When Remy accidentally places a food delivery order to her estranged ex-girlfriend’s house, she sets out on a journey to retrieve it.
Beyond The Sea Director: Hippolyte Leibovici | Belgium | 25 Minutes Lady Casca, a drag queen in her sixties, is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time. The next day, retirement by the sea awaits her. But her son Thomas, whom she has not seen for a long time, interrupts the festivities with disturbing news.
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Our Son Nicky (Luke Evans) lives with his husband Gabriel (Billy Porter) and their eight-year-old son, Owen. When Gabriel files for divorce, a custody battle forces both of them to confront the changing reality of their love for each other and for their son. It’s a tale as old as time: fall in love, get married, have a baby, live happily ever after? For Nicky and Gabriel, there’s an alternate ending to the 13 years they’ve spent together. Unhappy with not only his relationship but his place in the world, the only thing Gabriel is sure of is his devotion to the son he raised with Nicky. For Nicky, the news that Gabriel wants to get divorced comes as a shocking blow, forcing him to reevaluate other aspects of his life he thought he had a handle on. Like a gay Kramer vs. Kramer or A Separation, this affecting film from director Bill Oliver traces Nicky and Gabriel’s individual paths in dealing with mutual friends,
Sunday Centerpiece Feature
starting anew in their careers and romantic lives, and, above all, caring and supporting
Directed by Bill Oliver
their son through all of it. Billy Porter and Luke Evans shine as two fathers navigating the difficult journey through a messy divorce that will leave them both transformed. Featuring supporting performances from Phylicia Rashad, Andrew Rannells, Robin Weigert, Kate Burton, Isaac Powell, David Pittu, and more.
USA, 2023 104 Minutes Preceded by the short film BLOOD DRIVE
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Documentary
Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes Hidden Master features a stunning collection of photography from the 1930s-50s, uncovering the life of Lynes less known: his gifted eye for the male form, his long-term friendships with Gertrude Stein and Alfred Kinsey, and his lasting influence as one of the first openly gay American artists. Photographer George Platt Lynes achieved renown during his lifetime for his innovative celebrity portraits and striking fashion photography. However, his best work and greatest passion was for the explicit male nudes he made of his lovers, friends, colleagues, dancers, models — and any other handsome man he could
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persuade to disrobe in front of his camera. This articulate, wide-ranging, fabulously
96 Minutes
gossipy documentary brings to life the charming, complex man who wielded his
Discussion + Q/A with
good looks, natural talent, and massive ambition in pursuit of artistic creation and sexual pleasure. Showcasing a dazzling amount of Lynes’ photographs (including some rarely seen to this day), Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes mounts a convincing case that Lynes not only deserves rediscovery, but should be
Kinsey Institute and Newfields curators following the screening
remembered as one of the great masters of 20th century photographic art.
Kan-Kan, Thursday, November 16, 7:00pm
Streaming November 17-19
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Men in Shorts
Come Clean
Director: Sal Bardo | USA | 13 Minutes
A young gay man struggling with OCD white-knuckles his way through a Grindr hookup and makes a mess of things. Also screens in Saturday Shorts Showcase
Slay
Director: Kevin Hartford | Canada | 10 Minutes
Faced with the impending departure of his BFF, Glen makes an effort to rekindle old female friendships...to varying degrees of success. Also screens in Saturday Shorts Showcase
Daddy Issues Directors: Matt Campanella, Stephanie Chloe Hepner | USA | 5 Minutes A young dominatrix receives an unexpected client. Also screens in Sunday Shorts Showcase
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Discoteque Director: Masashi Yamamoto | USA | 5 Minutes A night of dancing becomes a trip to the disco-ball-moon. “I feel your beat, you feel my rhythm, till the end.” Also screens in Saturday Shorts Showcase
At Lucy’s Last Night Director: Ethan Roberts | USA | 17 Minutes The morning after hooking up, two recent college grads wrestle with their feelings for each other while a strange and inexplicable phenomenon creeps up in the background.
Christopher at Sea Director: Tom CJ Brown | UK | 20 Minutes
Christopher embarks on a transatlantic voyage. A chance encounter under moonlight waylays his hopes of finding out what lures so many men to sea and sets him on a journey into solitude, fantasy, and obsession. Also screens in Saturday Shorts Showcase
Fanatic
Director: Taran Killam | USA | 16 Minutes Charlie and Gerald reunite their failed 2000's boy band for a competition whose prize money could remedy all of their financial woes. What could go wrong? Also screens before Premiere Night film Glitter & Doom
Stay Lost
Director: Chris Coats | USA | 12 Minutes
A nomadic musician sets an aimless and depressed young man's life on an entirely new trajectory. Also screens in Saturday Shorts Showcase
Troy
Director: Mike Donahue | USA | 16 Minutes
Troy has loud sex. Troy has loud sex 24-7. Troy shares a wall with Thea and Charlie. Troy is ruining their lives, or is he saving them? A darkly comedic tale of New York neighbors, the ways in which we become interwoven with the lives of strangers, and the unexpected consequences of unasked-for intimacy. Also screens in Saturday Shorts Showcase
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Remember It’s Christmas Director: Sam Kite | USA | 21 Minutes Between a longtime career of playing Santa at private parties and working a second job as a caregiver, a working class actor decides to hang up his red suit for good. Also screens before the film Big Boys
The Haunted Baby Carriage from Hell Director: JT Seaton | USA | 8 Minutes Spencer and Cameron move into a new house that just so happens to be haunted by an old baby carriage. As the carriage endeavors to scare the couple, the attempts ultimately fail because the couple just doesn't care...at all. Featuring cult actress Kelli Maroney (Night Of The Comet, Chopping Mall, Fast Times At Ridgemont High). Also screened before our Halloween film Dr. Jeckyll and Sister Hyde on October 17.
Blood Drive
Director: Gurinder J. Singh | USA | 13 Minutes
A newlywed gay couple's world shatters when one spouse's life hangs in the balance. As one partner confronts the harsh reality of a still-unfair world for gay men, he embarks on an emotional journey to fight for their love and the right to save each other. Also screens before Our Sons
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Women in Shorts
Brush
Director: Summer Sveinson | USA | 6 Minutes
The story of Olivia and Kristen’s romantic relationship, told through the intimate perspective of the bathroom mirror. Also screens in Saturday Shorts Showcase
As You Are
Director: Daisy Friedman | USA | 15 Minutes When an interabled queer couple spends the night together for the first time, they must confront their complex relationships with desire, sexuality, bodily autonomy, and what it means truly to love another person. Also screens in Sunday Shorts Showcase
Laughing Again Director: Sarah Knapp | USA | 10 Minutes
A couple grieving in different ways is pulled apart.
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Tripping Director: Amelia Xanthe Boscov | USA | 11 Minutes A flirty-butch, lesbian mom (Dot-Marie Jones, Glee, Bros), goes on a road trip with her pregnant high schooler daughter in order to get an abortion at the nearest women’s health clinic.
Lovie Dovie Director: Francesca Brescia | USA | 4 Minutes Marine life enthusiast Dovie St. James must come to terms with her sexuality when she is unexpectedly charmed by the new girl in her class.
Queerfully Departed Director: Trent Nakamura | USA | 10 Minutes
When Mimi Pascual dies in the middle of a hysteroscopy, her queer archangel reveals that her soulmate is the doctor who accidentally killed her. As Mimi realizes she hasn't done much in life, she fights for a second chance.
L’apprenante (The Learner) Director: Angelique Kalani Axelrode | France/USA | 7 Minutes An American college student takes French immersion classes in the process of “finding herself abroad” in Paris.
A History of Sitting in Waiting Rooms... Director: Lorena Russi | USA | 9 Minutes Lorena is a butch Latina fighting to find herself in the cacophony of Queens, NY in the 90s with the help of her imaginary best friend Boo, a civil war ghost. Also screens in Sunday Shorts Showcase
Complicated Order
Director: Emmie Lichtenberg | USA | 15 Minutes
When Remy accidentally places a food delivery order to her estranged ex-girlfriend’s house, she sets out on a journey to retrieve it. Also screens in Sunday Shorts Showcase
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Queer Stories
Aikâne
Directors: Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson | USA | 15 Minutes
A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man. Also screens in Sunday Shorts Showcase
Bay Creek Tennis Camp
Director: Michele Meek | USA | 9 Minutes Coach Charlie has been doing things his way for decades. But the Generation Alpha kids who join his camp this year won’t stand for being split by gender—and they decide to teach him a lesson in a charming and amusing way.
A Spot for Frog Director: Evan Bode | USA | 16 Minutes
Locked out of the school art room, a creative nonbinary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about an artist's search for identity, belonging, and expression on the margins.
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(In)convenience Director: Alexandra Greenspan | USA | 12 Minutes An unexpected love story develops over a box of tampons between Phoebe, a mini-mart cashier, and Kirby, a guy in transition. Also screens in Saturday Shorts Showcase
Soft Sign Director: Victoria Uchitel | Israel | 24 Minutes Natalie (17), a Russian immigrant and her friend Amir (19), a Palestinian director, are engaged in art, identity, and sexuality. As they work on a TV report about the upcoming '96 elections, two young Russians offer new insight as possibilities arise.
Dilating For Maximum Results Director: Nyala Moon | USA | 14 Minutes
A wack, irreverent comedy about a black trans woman who tries to dilate, after four years of not dilating, to hook-up IRL with her online boyfriend. A new film from Nyala Moon, winner of a Best of Festival Award in 2022 for How Not To Date While Trans.
The Exchange (El Intercambio) Director: Marco Berger | Puerto Rico | 24 Minutes Mateo and Lucas, best friends, go out to party in a hot summer night. Mateo meets Lucia and the strangest night of their young lives begins. A film that shows the beauty of sex, love, friendship, and innocence.
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Our Voices
“I Identify As Me”
Directors: Tina Colleen, Monick Monell | USA | 10 Minutes
Through the intimate lens of eight black and brown trans, gender-diverse people, and masculine-presenting women, the social concept of gender is challenged.
Still the One
Director: Taisiya Zaretskaya | USA | 3 Minutes From StoryCorps: After 10 years of marriage and two children, Les and Scott were struggling. Les had a secret that caused him to fall into a deep depression, pulling away from his family. Finally, Scott confronted Les, and their family changed forever.
Skating Free Director: Audra Skuodaite | USA | 15 Minutes
Elizabeth and Lauren find a safe and accepting community amongst roller skaters in Michigan. Welcoming of women and LGBTQ+ community, roller derby and feminist quad skating clubs carve out spaces for belonging, self-expression and the challenging of societal norms.
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Finding Jackie Director: Alan Freedman | USA | 14 Minutes Beloved San Francisco dog walker and artist John Beauparlant channels his love of Jackie Kennedy into collages that help him reconnect with his mother and the woman he might have become.
There Are Things To Do Director: Mike Syers | USA | 18 Minutes Urvashi Vaid, an outspoken immigrant, lesbian and woman of color was an LGBTQ+ superhero who helped shape the modern day gay rights movement. The film features Urvashi’s 34-year relationship with partner Kate Clinton, and inspires us that the best place to build community and work towards equality starts at home.
Taylor: A Portrait of Becoming
Director: Sean Frost | USA | 17 Minutes
While navigating a career in television news, a former Buzzfeed comedian confronts the reality of being gender non-conforming in the Midwest. This film meets Taylor at a pivotal moment in their life; post-internet fame, dating after divorce, and their continual fight for visibility. Also screens in Sunday Shorts Showcase
Stonewall Post Action Network Director: Sarah Elizabeth Drummond | UK | 12 Minutes
Austin Allen ran one of the UK's largest postal LGBT action networks from his bedroom in the 1990s. Get to know Austin's activism, his campaigns, and the packing up of his life work for an archive as he contemplates his legacy from his new home in rural Wales.
Izzy Aman: The Joy of Drag Director: Isabella Kaya Walton | UK | 13 Minutes This film explores the expressive world of drag king Isabel Adomakoh Young, known as Izzy Aman. We witness a gender bending revolutionary performance alongside a candid and powerful conversation about how we can create social change with drag.
Alfie Director: Alexandra Nadeau | Canada | 12 Minutes Settling in Montreal for two years, Alfredo is integrating himself into his new city through his passion: burlesque.
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Beyond The Sea
Director: Hippolyte Leibovici | Belgium | 25 Minutes
Lady Casca, a drag queen in her sixties, is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time. The next day, retirement by the sea awaits her. But her son Thomas, whom she has not seen for a long time, interrupts the festivities with sad news. Also screens in Sunday Shorts Showcase
The Cutest and Funniest Animals in the World
Director: Renato Sircilli | Brazil | 24 Minutes
Jorge is 70 years old and is one of the most capricious and dedicated janitors at the Paradise Motel, except for a single detail: He secretly records the audios of the room’s guests. Selling these audios to Alberto earns him an extra income as well as affection, even though Jorge no longer remembers what his own pleasure sounds like.
Happy BirthGay Director: Niv Manzur | Israel | 16 Minutes
A supportive mom throws her son an over-the-top surprise BirthGay party, celebrating a year of his coming out of the closet. But her enthusiam—and the party—are stifled when her mother stops by unannounced.
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Plastic Touch Director: Aitana Ahrens | Spain | 12 Minutes A sex doll called Lucy lives with Mina in a doll brothel. Together they watch TV: their window to the real world. They imagine themselves living far away. Lucy wants to escape, but has to choose between freedom and the doll she is in love with.
Stone Director: Jake Graf | UK | 13 Minutes When Tess learns of her estranged father’s death, she travels to the funeral hoping for nothing more than some closure. Immediately blindsided by the revelation that her father was a transgender woman, Tess must challenge not only everything she has been told about her childhood but, most importantly, her understanding of what it meant to be a father.
Strange Director: Ken Ochiai | Japan | 15 Minutes
One evening a shy suburban Tokyo high school student, Odeko, meets a tearful Kuma dressed in drag in a park. As their earnest friendship develops, Kuma's struggle to live confidently with himself changes Odeko's timidity as well.
I Seek Your Help to Bury a Man Director: Anderson Bardot | Brazil | 20 Minutes In the tradition of Jodorwsky, a visual feast: Brazil, 1870. A queer indigenous body slowly dies on a cross while a transgender gypsy woman is banned by her people. A half-breed soldier stands in the middle. A child and an old woman cross their stories like destined lines on the palm of a hand. A joining of trans, queer, and indigenous spirits who manage to overcome their oppressors.
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Lie with Me The sensual yearning of Philippe Besson’s award-winning novel Lie with Me is writ large in director Olivier Peyon’s achingly tender adaptation. When celebrated author Stéphane reluctantly returns to his rural French hometown to accept an award, he’s forced to confront skeletons left in the closet decades ago. Upon agreeing to be the brand ambassador for a famous cognac celebrating its bicentennial, novelist Stéphane Belcourt returns to his hometown for the first time in many years. There’s something familiar about his ostensible tour guide, Lucas (Victor Belmondo, grandson of French acting legend Jean-Paul), something that stirs his memories of his first teenage love, Thomas (Julien de Saint Jean). With its bucolic rural European setting and parallel narratives set in the author’s youth as well as today, Peyon’s film combines the passion of Call Me by Your Name with a Proustian reflective wistfulness. However, Lie with Me stands on its own, a miraculous feat of adaptation with an uncommon understanding of queer sex and desire in both the spring and autumn of life.
Streaming Feature Directed by Olivier Peyon France, 2023 98 Minutes French and English dialogue
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F.L.Y. F.L.Y. is a queer romantic comedy about two exes who get stuck living together. Things get off to a rocky start as Max navigates the situation with Raf, who just moved to LA with the dream of becoming the next drag superstar. Queer filmmakers Rafael Albarrán and Trent Kendrick wrote and directed the movie, aiming to uplift and inspire by showcasing the heart, dynamism, and diversity that makes the queer community so vibrant. “We dreamed up the movie we wished we could watch – a queer romantic comedy that helps us remember to laugh and love where we are. A film that shows us there are opportunities for healing when we pause and look inside.” About the cultural and political relevance of the film, the filmmakers said: “In our film, one of the lead characters is non-binary and dreams of becoming a drag superstar. Today, almost three years after we began writing the script, our countryʼs politicians have intensified their villainization of our community. Fear is the driving force of their rhetoric because drag represents everything they are not – joyful and free.”
Streaming Feature Directed by Rafael Albarrán, Trent Kendrick USA, 2023 105 Minutes
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This Time Closeted sixteen-year-old Grace Walker is trapped in her very suburban, Christian existence. When news of her estranged biological father’s death, along with his belongings, make it to her stepfather’s funeral home, she discovers drawings, a burned music CD of his favorite songs, and a letter from his close friend Liza Minnelli. On the eve of her mother and stepfather sending her off to conversion therapy, she steals the funeral home’s hearse setting out on a road trip to deliver her father’s ashes to Liza—where she believes her father wanted them to go. Unbeknownst to Grace, in the back of the hearse is passed out, alcoholic, failed father figure, Vietnam vet, sixty-six year old Red—who works at the funeral home. Not having a driver’s license, Grace blackmails Red into driving her to LA. What Grace doesn’t know is that Red has struck a side deal with her stepfather and is planning on delivering her to the conversion therapy center.
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Along the way, an unlikely friendship forms and Red encourages Grace to be herself and to come to terms with her past so she can forge a future. In the tradition of Little Miss Sunshine, This Time is a heartfelt journey of discovery, acceptance, unconditional love and allyship.
Directed by Robert George Vaughn Canada, 2023 102 Minutes
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