Saturday, June 15, 2024, 7:00 PM, Presidio; total run time: 90 minutes
all films are fully open captioned in English, with audio description available
⚠️Content Warning: several of the films have content warnings; see below
- Rachel and Raha by Nedda Sarshar, 2023 Canada, 16 min., in Spanish, Farsi and English π
- La Lectura by Nova Duarte Martinez, 2023 USA, 10 min., in English and Spanish π
- w(HO) by Candace Ho, 2021 USA, 5 min. π
- Would You Be Down to Study Sometime? by Sofia Fabio Mendieta, 2024 USA, 4 min., no dialogue π
- Nice to See You by Caitlin Barlow, 2024 USA, 4 min. π«€
- Criss Cross by Zahira C., 2024 USA, 6 min. π
- Falling in Love with the Feeling of Drowning by Freddie Segura Glavey, 2024 USA, 6 min. π«€
- Lucid by Tierra Frost, 2023 USA, 5 min. π
- Love’s Lyric by Maria Celia Garcia, 2024 USA, 5 min. π
- Handle with Care by Kelsey Dang, 2024 USA, 4 min., no dialogue π
- F**ked by Sara Harrak, 2023 United Kingdom, 6 min. π
- Kiss + Tell by Jazleen “JLEAN” Senshi, 2023 USA, 2 min. π
- Can I Have Her Number? by Keely Liles, 2023 USA, 4 min. π
- Prendas Delicadas (Delicate Clothes) by Ana Lucia Ramirez Mateus, 2023 Argentina/Chile/Colombia, 14 min., in Spanish π
Rachel and Raha by Nedda Sarshar, 2023 Canada, 16 min., in Spanish, Farsi and English π
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Rachel and Raha |
Latinx and Iranian ex-best friends converge in a tidal wave of surprise.
Bio: Nedda Sarshar is an emerging Irani-Canadian filmmaker who centers queer women of color and immigrant families.
Rachel and Raha went to high school together, but then Raha moved away and didn’t keep in touch. Now she’s back for a visit. The sexual tension builds steadily: will they rekindle their friendship into something more? Highly recommended.
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker [note: https is not working; use http] • Twitter: @antoinedda • Instagram: @nedsjan • Facebook • preview • watch online [caution: unvetted website] •
La Lectura by Nova Duarte Martinez, 2024 USA, 10 min., in English and Spanish π
⚠️Content Warning: Coming out
Bio: Nova Duarte Martinez is a lesbian filmmaker from Alaska currently studying cinema at City College of San Francisco.
Abuela (grandmother) does a tarot reading for her teenage granddaughter, touching on something she’s been keeping a secret. She finally confides the truth in her abuela, who surprises her with her reaction. Highly recommended.
• IMDb • TMDB • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram: @NovaDuarteMartinez • Facebook • preview • watch on YouTube •
w(HO) by Candace Ho, 2022 USA, 5 min. π
⚠️Content Warning: Bullying, Racism, Strong Language
Bio: Candace Ho is a Taiwanese American filmmaker based in Los Angeles who received her bachelor’s degree from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television.
Kids will make fun of almost any name, but some names just leap out in that regard. This film is a well-done exploration of the impact of having a name that kids incessantly ridicule. Highly recommended.
Would You Be Down to Study Sometime? by Sofia Fabio Mendieta, 2024 USA, 4 min., no dialogue π
A shy Asian girl adrift in her studies finds an inspiration beyond books.
Bio: Sofia (Fabio) Mendieta is a Native artist from Chicago and dreams of a better world for QTBIPOC through art.
There is no dialogue at all, but sometimes a glance can speak volumes, especially in a library. It’s funny, sweet, and poignant, definitely a MUST SEE.
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram: @Fine.Fab.Art • Facebook • preview • other •
Nice to See You by Caitlin Barlow, 2024 USA, 4 min. π«€
⚠️Content Warning: Unwanted attention
Bio: Caitlin Barlow is a Chicago based filmmaker with interest in cinematography and editing.
This one really didn’t make sense to me at all. We start with a repetitive series of scenes in the cafΓ©, with the main character taking orders, wiping down tables, and other ordinary tasks. Then there is a “blink and you miss it” encounter outside the cafΓ©, lacking any context. If I hadn’t read the program description, I wouldn’t have known that it was a walk home, much less an uncomfortable one. I’ll give this one a “recommended, I guess.”
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram: @BarlowVideo • Facebook • preview • YouTube channel @BarlowVideo11 •
Criss Cross by Zahira C., 2024 USA, 6 min. π
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Criss Cross |
Bio: Zahira is a Pakistani documentary filmmaker from Ohlone Lands with a love of the ocean, cooking in the forest & crafting with friends.
Well-done exploration of the experience of “queer platonic partners,” an under-represented subject. MUST SEE.
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram • Facebook • preview • other •
Falling in Love with the Feeling of Drowning by Freddie Segura Glavey, 2024 USA, 6 min. π«€
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Falling in Love with the Feeling of Drowning |
⚠️Content Warning: Grief and Flashing Images
Bio: Freddie is a choreographer and filmmaker interested in describing the hard to express onscreen or onstage.
This one left me saying, “Huh??” I can’t tell you what happened or what this film was about, because I was honestly left wondering. If I get the chance, maybe it will make more sense seeing it a second time, but I couldn’t find it on YouTube or Vimeo. Another “recommended, I guess.”
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram: @Freddie.Isnt.Here • Facebook • preview • other •
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Lucid |
A Vietnamese woman’s heartfelt revelation ebbs into a chilling ordeal.
⚠️Content Warning: Grief, Emotional pain
Bio: Tierra Frost is a Black queer female writer-director from Seattle, Washington.
At the heart of the story is a psychedelic mushroom trip, but is the trip itself even real? On the trip, the main character is talking with someone, struggling to tell her something important. There is plenty of humor with some poignant moments. Highly recommended.
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram / YouTube: @TTFrostCreates • Facebook • preview • watch on YouTube •
Love’s Lyric by Maria Celia Garcia, 2024 USA, 5 min. π
⚠️Content Warning: Grief
Bio: Maria is a Cuban-born lesbian in her 60s.
Four-plus years after losing her partner, a woman begins exploring dating sites specifically geared towards older lesbians, but she must come to terms with moving on from her grief. It’s beautiful and poignant, with a few laughs to lighten things up. Definitely a MUST SEE.
• IMDb [director?] • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram • Facebook • preview • other •
Handle with Care by Kelsey Dang, 2024 USA, 4 min., no dialogue π
⚠️Content Warning: Emotional pain
Bio: Kelsey is a Bay Area based artist and creative.
I never got any sense of the context of what was going into the box or why it occasionally came back out again, so it really didn’t make sense to me. Another “recommended, I guess.”
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram • Facebook • preview • other •
F**ked by Sara Harrak, 2023 United Kingdom, 6 min. π
Bio: Sara Harrak is a British-Moroccan director with over 10 years experience in the industry as an Assistant Director. When developing other projects, she also shoots music videos.
A married thirty-something lesbian couple have decided to open up their relationship, but one of them is shocked to hear how the other one wants to explore that. It’s funny, particularly the interaction with other shoppers in the small grocery store where the discussion takes place, but also thought-provoking. MUST SEE.
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram: @SaraHarrak • Facebook • preview • watch on UK Channel 4 • Iris Prize • YouTube channel: @SaraHarrak2810 •
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Kiss + Tell |
A Black woman’s day starts with a toothpaste tablet and ends with love.
Bio: Jazleen “JLEAN” Senshi was born and raised in Chicago, IL who began their career directing adult film. They are now getting into more narratives in Los Angeles.
This film is only just over two minutes, but it’s very well done. Highly recommended.
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram: @jlea.n • Facebook • preview • YouTube channel: @JLean3362 •
Can I Have Her Number? by Keely Liles, 2023 USA, 4 min. π
Bio: Keely Liles is an LGBTQ, multi-disciplinary artist with an emphasis in media and film production.
This film is a music video for the song “Can I Have Her Number” by Nobody’s Girl. It’s a fun, sexy homage to lesbian desire, and also was the clear audience favorite of this program. MUST SEE.
• IMDb • Official website • Filmmaker • Instagram: @Lovelight.Media • Facebook • preview • the song on YouTube • Artist Nobody’s Girl on YouTube •
Prendas Delicadas (Delicate Clothes) by Ana Lucia Ramirez Mateus, 2023 Argentina/Chile/Colombia, 14 min., in Spanish π
A Latinx trans person wades through love in a laundry backroom.
⚠️Content Warning: Nudity
Bio: Ana is a pansexual activist and community filmmaker who focuses on autobiographical narratives and transfeminist queer cinema in Latin America.
Miguel and Lu flirt over washing clothes, something to the effect of “I’ll wash your clothes. Go ahead and take them off.” [not a quote] It’s sexy and very much genderqueer-affirming. MUST SEE.
• IMDb [director?] • Official website [es] • Filmmaker • Instagram: @AnaLuchx • Facebook • preview • YouTube channel: @AlBordeProducciones •
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