US PREMIERE Tobi is a 16-year- old Hungarian teen who recently came out as a transgender man to their supportive family. As they start to look beyond the gender binary, Tobi’s mother Éva struggles to comprehend new LGBTQIA+ identities. What matters most is how the family grows from their awkward missteps through caring communication. Alexa […]
2020 SHORT LIST: PRODUCING AWARD Oscar-nominated filmmaker David France (How to Survive a Plague, DOC NYC 2012) delivers a suspenseful real-life thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. Inspired by The New Yorker reporting of Masha Gessen, the film follows a courageous team of Russian activists who operate an underground railroad to help LGBTQ […]
This inspiring and vital film follows lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union as they battle the Trump administration over cases of immigration, abortion, LGBTQ equality, and voting rights. We watch the lawyers in action as they meet with desperate clients and plot legal strategies for critical cases including one that goes to the Supreme […]
WORLD PREMIERE | Abigail Child has been at the vanguard of experimental media since the 1980s. In her latest project, she offers viewers an eerie and exciting look into the present and future of artificial intelligence through the perspectives of robotics scientists, entrepreneurs, and a Black lesbian robot named BINA48. Exploring AI’s design, potential medical […]
The 1969 police raid of New York City’s Stonewall bar sparked the queer rights movement. What will the next 50 years of queer liberation look like? Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Samuel Douek (Director), immediately following the film. This film is part of the shorts program SHORTS: SPEAK UP, STAND UP
Disrupting the system. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 83 MIN) Oil and Water | Director: Anjali Nayar The women of a northern Kenya community that has been exploited for oil unite to fight greed, patriarchy, and corrupt politics. (Canada, 14 MIN) Stonewall 2069 | Director: Samuel Douek The 1969 police raid of New York City’s Stonewall bar sparked the queer […]
An exploration of who we are and where we come from. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 79 MIN) Motherland | Director: Ellen Evans Two young men are forcibly returned to Jamaica after a lifetime in Britain, as part of a controversial government policy on national identity. (UK, 13 MIN) Crescendo! | Director: Alex Mallis Acclaimed operatic tenor Michael Fabiano […]
Individuals and their circumstances illustrate the universal need to connect. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 76 MIN) Huntsville Station | Directors: Jamie Meltzer, Chris Filippone Inmates released from Huntsville State Penitentiary take in their first moments of freedom with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the nearby Greyhound station. (USA, 14 MIN) Tumbling Towards Home | Director: Imelda […]
Frank, a retired Long Island accountant married for nearly 50 years, comes out in his late 60s. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Dan Hunt (Director), immediately following the film. This film is part of the shorts program SHORTS: ALL ALONE TOGETHER
Acclaimed operatic tenor Michael Fabiano faces concerns about living openly as a gay man within the traditionally conservative culture of his field. Included with the screening ticket is an exclusive pre-recorded Q&A with Alex Mallis (Filmmaker), immediately following the film. This film is part of the shorts program SHORTS: ROOTS