Program 2

When two lazy sisters argue about whose turn it is to replenish the snacks, they are transported to a fantastical boxing ring to duke it out over a thumb wrestling match.

Paper Eyes is a experimental short film about the collage artist and how the world influences their artwork. In particular it showcases the creative process of queer collage artist Gerald Blanchard. Furthermore, it is a piece about mourning. Mourning the loss of life and the loss of paper.

Roe was written and shot the day before the Supreme court decision on Roe v Wade was leaked in May, 2022. Bodily autonomy is a human right. This film celebrates the rights of autonomy to be queer, to be non-monogamous, and to make your own reproductive decisions. 

As a relationship reaches a turning point, one person's fragile understanding of control begins to haunt their dreams.

Cat, a transgender woman in Tennessee who has been institutionalized since she was four years old, got off parole in 2020. This film documents her first months of freedom.  Cat shares stories from her childhood and her life inside men's prisons, including her relationship with her husband and former cellmate Doc who remains incarcerated.

A young woman falls in love with a waitress in a greasy-yet-nostalgic Hong Kong-style cafe, but a language gap divides the two - or is there something more?

A honeymoon in the desert turns sour when two lovers' acid-dipped raspberries bring them on a trip from which there is no return. 

MK, a 40-something trans-masc lesbian, is struggling to come to terms with their suburban life. So, they choose delusion over reality. When MK finds the opportunity to make their fantasy life an actuality, they take it - no matter how many lies they have to tell. An absurd and satirical look into a mid-life crisis waiting to happen, this film raises the question, is a fabricated reality a safe place to build a home? If so, who would you choose to build it with?

A woman in the midst of a breakup tries to paint her living room wall. 

A queer documentary filmmaker explores gender identity and queer bodies through the lives and works of other queer artists.

A queer woman's instructional haircut video is taken over by an unconscious exploration of her gender identity.

Kirby (he/him) is a trans man in his mid-twenties. During his early months on testosterone, he still has his period. He heads to the local convenience store in San Francisco to pick up tampons, which is where he meets Phoebe (she/her), the sociable cashier. She is pleasantly surprised and intrigued at the scene she perceives: A man secure enough to buy tampons for his girlfriend? In the heat of the moment, Kirby doesn’t correct her. He does, however, keep coming back to the store. Will he ever tell Phoebe the truth? If he does, how will she react?

"This film is about my life since starting testosterone, the joy and comfort I have felt since then. It is made entirely on fabric, which I have sewn into a quilt. ​"

A short, poetic documentary reflection about seven iconic, formerly queer spaces in Los Angeles that are no longer what they once were. From a longstanding lesbian community haven to the custom-built home of America's first well-known drag performer, this film asks what queer space looks like–and might mean–today. 

Zoe is making a movie about a woman who is making a movie. In it, her character has to kiss a woman.