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Experimental Shorts

On Queer Utopias

Monday

,

Jul 27

@

4:00 pm

With in person.

Wicked Queer 36

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WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

Experimental Shorts

On Queer Utopias

Monday

Jul 27

@

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End Of Story

12
min 
Content warning:
Part introspective free-fall, part homage to the filmmakers who nurtured me, this movie uses several series created in the last two years as material to consider the powers of context, order, and sensory overload in considering a story. Directed by Frankie Symonds | 2019 | 12 min | United States | English
DIRECTOR
Frankie Symonds
COUNTRY
United States\t
LANGUAGE
English\t

eadem cutis: the same skin

6
min 
Content warning:
„I just want to be seen as the one I am today“ – In this experimental animated documentary John takes the viewer with him into the world of body and identity. Directed by Nina Hopf | 2019 | 6 min | Germany | German with English subtitles
DIRECTOR
Nina Hopf
COUNTRY
Germany
LANGUAGE
German with English subtitles

RUN!

11
min 
Content warning:
RUN! is a queer, experimental, anti-war film. Production began in the summer of 2017, during Trump’s escalation of nuclear war and shortly after he announced his transgender military ban. While many mainstream LGBT organizations and their allies committed to fight against the trans military ban, RUN! is aligned with radical queer activists who have responded with critiques of the US military for their violence around the globe, destruction of the environment, and the trauma inflicted on service members and veterans. (https://queertranswarban.wordpress.com). Directed by Malic Amalya | 2019 | 11 min | United States | English
DIRECTOR
Malic Amalya
COUNTRY
United States\t
LANGUAGE
English

Closeted Lesbian

6
min 
Content warning:
This is a late apology, a late loveletter, a late goodbye. Directed by Bia Lee | 2020 | 6 min | Brazil | English, Portuguese with English subtitles __WARNING: Viewer discretion advised.__
DIRECTOR
Bia Lee
COUNTRY
Brazil\t
LANGUAGE
English, Portuguese with English subtitles\t

His Eyes Behind Mine

6
min 
Content warning:
Based on a personal story. An emotional journey through love, sex, obsession, and violence. Directed by Ziwei Qin | 2019 | 6 min | United States | English
DIRECTOR
Ziwei Qin
COUNTRY
United States\t
LANGUAGE
English\t

Roses

2
min 
Content warning:
In “Roses” director João Queiroga merges performance and documentary media to poetically tell the story of his first sexual experience as a young teenager in performative documentary film. Directed by Joao Queiroga | 2019 | 2 min | United States | English
DIRECTOR
Joao Queiroga
COUNTRY
\tUnited States\t
LANGUAGE
English\t

The Fathers Project: What if AIDS never existed? Episodes 1-5 (Uncensored Version)

40
min 
Content warning:
Fathers is a sci-fi short docu-series that imagines the world if AIDS never happened and a generation lived to change the world. A queer utopia named Stonewall Nation has been founded by a generation of activist and artists, Vito Russo has become our first gay president, the Gay Mens Health Force has invented poppers that cure STD's, and gay Mardi Gras Krewes have provided care for LGBT elderly. By 2020, a new queer religion has been created. Directed by Leo Herrera | 2019 | 40 min | United States | English
DIRECTOR
Leo Herrera
COUNTRY
United States\t
LANGUAGE
\tEnglish
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Toshio Matsumoto
Japan
1969
105
 min