“I looked into your eyes / I thought that I could see a whole new world” - SOPHIE

See into the radical possibilities of queer futures through these sci-fi, futurist,
and magic-centered films!

OCT 16 | 12:00 PM | ERICKSON THEATER
AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY OCT 13-23

I CAN'T FORGET HIM

Kevin Kai Wing Yiu; 2022; Hong Kong; Cantonese with English subtitles

A young rent-boy goes on vacation to Lamma island, but the trip takes a turn after a date with a mysterious and legendary poet from 2,000 years ago,Qu Yuan.

CONTENT WARNINGS: NUDITY, EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS, DRUG USE

RECKLESS SPIRITS

Vee Hua; 2022; USA; 13 min.

A gender-fluid Latine performance artist and a neurotic Asian American therapist find themselves in a world of chakras, spirits, and cult leader fanaticism after an uncanny chain of events.

SUCCESSFUL THAWING OF MR. MORO

Jerry Carlsson; 2021; Sweden; 14 min; Ganda & Swedish with English subtitles

Mr. Moro finds out that his ex-partner, Adrian, who has been cryopreserved for the past 43 years, will be thawed and brought back to life. Is he ready for Adrian to return?

KEEP/DELETE

Kryzz Gautier; 2022; USA; 19 min.

In a future where memories are stored like files on a computer, two lovers decide to undergo a procedure to have their entire relationship wiped from their brains.

BUILD OR DESTROY

Rashaad Newsome; 2021; USA; 5 min.

Amidst fiery urban wreckage, a blazing and bedazzled figure explores how Black trans femme performance offers space for creation and detonation.

QUEER SCIENCE

Nicole de Meneses; 2022; USA; 7 min.

A scientist accidentally shrinks her comedian girlfriend right before her big gig!

THE TOWER FALLS

Ylva Mara Radziszewski & Kiki Robinson; 2022; USA; 7 min.

A film that uses the Major Arcana Tarot card, The Tower, to ask what holds us back from our sensuality and raw expression? What cords that hold us to this world are ready to be sacrificed? The Tower gathers these inner feelings as catalysts for change; a rupturing of structure and status quo.

CONTENT WARNINGS: NUDITY

KISS

Tung-Yen Chou; 2021; Taiwan; 13 min.

A portrait of rare intimacy in a post-apocalyptic, gay sauna.

CONTENT WARNINGS: NUDITY, NON-EXPLICIT SEXUAL SITUATIONS

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