BIPOC TRACK
SCREENING VIRTUALLY (MAY 5-8)
Experience all of the BIPOC shorts at the festival, all in one place!
BIRTHDAY BOY
Judith Corro; Panama; 2020; 7 min.
Spanish with English subtitles
César tackles his biggest question yet; what does he really want to wear to his birthday party?
DON'T TEXT YOUR EX
Jo Güstin; 2021; Canada; 14 minutes
POV: You’re a heart-broken camera operator sometime in the hopefully not-too-distant future where prisons and gendering babies are both illegal.
HOW NOT TO DATE WHILE TRANS
Nyala Moon; 2021 (need to confirm); USA
A young, Black, trans woman breaks it all down in this grim comedy: dating, romance, and the fourth wall.
JTHIII
Alan Amaya; 2021; USA; 5 min
This fantastic music video queers time and seeks to embody the pain experienced by trans people as they are simultaneously desired and rejected because of their identity.
LUV, ME
Nicolas Jara & Yen Dinh; 2022; USA, 9:23
Thanh, a non-binary gaming and anime nerd, has just discovered their roommate has made them a dating profile, showing a total misunderstanding of their affinity to romantic relationships and sexual intimacy. In the wake of this harrowing conflict, the two friends face a push and pull dilemma as Thanh realizes the only way to stop this is to stand up for themself.
MOTHER OF PEARL
Moonyeka; 2022; USA; 7 min
Moonyeka's self-proclaimed visual and embodied labyrinth is a picturesque short film that elucidates the sacramental process experienced by shelled creatures, particularly mollusks, oysters, and abalones, as parasitic energies encroach upon their environment.
MY BODY IS A PLACE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
Petra Totten; 2021; USA; 33 min.
Set against the stunning American Southwest, this documentary is a poetic meditation on embodiment and the trans experience.
ONE LIFT AT A TIME
Flo Singer& Ben Dame; 2022; USA; 9 min.
A self-coached, nonbinary weightlifter navigates the very binary world of professional weightlifting.
PINK LIPS
Nicky Miller; 2021; Germany; 4 min
On a routine graveyard shift, a night-watcher stumbles upon a pair of dead bodies, blindfolded and locked in a kiss. Profoundly fascinated and liberated by their presence, he undergoes a complete transformation right before his eyes.
PRAYERS FOR SWEET WATERS
Elijah Ndoumbe; 2021; South Africa; 16 min. English, Kirundi, and French with English subtitles
Miraculous and tender, this short shines a light on the lives of trans sex workers in South Africa, presenting the power and possibility of world-building within the margins.
SHEA BY NASRA
Effy Adar; 2021; Canada; 3 min.
A visual poem about a displaced family exploring new pieces of home and self with love and joy. A celebration of intergenerational Black/African peoples that defies the myths of space, time, and separation from one’s ancestors.
T4T
Emma Frankland, Rosie Powell; 2021: United Kingdom; 3 minutes
Two trans people celebrate their love in this playful, sexy, and romantic musical short, set to “Get Cute” by Screaming Toenail.
THE AQUARIUM
Fatemeh Askarpour, Elyas Askarpour; 2021; Iran; 10 minutes
A quiet and unsettling story of two trans people in love who have to find subtle forms of connection to validate their experiences at their workplace until they are able to escape and be
THE DUCHESS OF GRANT PARK
Brandon Mitchell & Ava Davis; 2020; USA; 19 min.
A Black trans woman takes her self-proclaimed duchy of the Grant Park neighborhood in Atlanta very seriously. She graces her subjects with her kindness, compassion, and a fabulous array of tiaras.
THE VASE
Ryan Baker; 2021; USA; 2 min
Ryan Baker's experimental film unravels the intricacies of passing as a transgender man and biracial person, all while navigating the contradictions between the two worlds.
TO THE FUTURE WITH LOVE
Shaleece Haas (she/her); USA; 6 min.
Hunter “Pixel” Jimenez, a 19 year old, nonbinary, Guatamalan just wants to live happily ever after with his long-distance boyfriend in this endearing animated self-portrait.
WECKUWAPASIHTIT (THOSE YET TO COME)
Geo Neptune & Brianna Smith; 2022; USA; 12 min. English and Passamaquoddy
This documentary follows young Peskotomuhkati people as they reclaim the practice of athasikuwi-pisun or “tattoo-medicine,” illuminating ancestral memory and Native identity.
Total running time: 146 min.
CONTENT WARNINGS: NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, IMPLIED VIOLENCE, NUDITY, DISCUSSION OF DEPERSONALIZATION/DISSOCIATION, GRAPHIC VIOLENCE, DEPICTION OF MURDERED TRANS WOMAN, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, DISCUSSION OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST SEX WORKERS, MILD VULGAR LANGUAGE