A political look at our queer world beyond the confines of love and romance. Using performance art, theater, music, painting, and experimental filmmaking, these shorts all have something important to say about the society in which we live.

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SUN OCT 15| 2:30 PM | NORTHWEST FILM FORUM

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ENSOULED
Kamee Abrahamian; 2022; Canada; 8 min. Armenian and English, with English subtitles
In the midst of mounting pressure to join an anti-regime uprising, Badaskhan discovers coded messages from their ancestors through a mysterious plant growing in their safe house.

FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO
Jorge Cadena; 2022; Switzerland; 15 min. Spanish, with English subtitles
In northern Colombia, a group of queer activists use extravagant performative actions to denounce the disastrous exploitation enacted through the country's largest coal mine.
CONTENT WARNINGS: VULGAR LANGUAGE, IMPLIED VIOLENCE

COMMERCE
Daniel McIntyre; 2023; Canada; 7 min.
Commerce presents a first hand account of the psychic damage done by the recent spate of tech industry layoffs. Through a combination of artificial intelligence and handheld 16mm film, Commerce questions the ways in which we give authority to systems and CEOs.
CONTENT WARNINGS: NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, VULGAR LANGUAGE

THIS ONE IS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Miguel Melo; 2022; USA; 17 min.
When a young artist sets out to make a portrait of Doña Vicky, they get a lesson in the importance of community and home.

GENITAL REVEAL PARTY
Hogan Seidel; 2022; USA; 7 min.
An exploration of the gender binary, violence, climate disaster, and the second coming of Christ. A 3D spectacle for the whole family! (Note: if you have red/blue 3D glasses, that will make the viewing all the more fun!)
CONTENT WARNINGS: VULGAR LANGUAGE, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE

BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL
Achiro P. Olwoch; 2023; USA; 17 min.
Defying censorship, three LGBTQ+ playwrights from Kenya and Uganda navigate acceptance and resistance as their plays are staged at the Criminal Queerness Festival in NYC.
CONTENT WARNINGS: VULGAR LANGUAGE, IMPLIED VIOLENCE

EVAN EVER AFTER
Ariel Mahler & Radha Mehta; USA; 2022; 15 min.
Evan Bialosuknia broke barriers as Florida's first transgender homecoming queen. Now, she has to stand up for her rights in the face of Florida's Don't Say Gay bills.
CONTENT WARNINGS: DISCUSSION OF TRANSPHOBIC VIOLENCE, VULGAR LANGUAGE