DAY THREE
AUGUST 27
6 PROGRAMS
22 SCREENINGS
12:30 PM – 6:00 PM
FROM ASIA WITH LOVE
PROGRAM 10
12:30 PM - 115 MIN.
#LOOKATME
DIRECTED BY
KEN KWEK
When teenagers Sean and Ricky are invited to attend church with Sean’s girlfriend, they are treated to an Evangelical rock concert capped by a searing anti-LGBTQ sermon. Sean, a Youtuber, soon gets into trouble for dropping an outrageous video lampooning the megachurch’s pastor. He is widely condemned and prosecuted for flouting Singapore’s strict laws on public expression. As Sean descends into near-madness in prison, his gay twin brother, Ricky, gains prominence as a LGBTQ activist. Both find themselves at the heart of a culture war that spills out from social media into the real world.
RUNTIME: 110 MINUTES
FEATURE
PROGRAM 11
1:00 PM - 105 MIN.
SHADOWS IN MIND
DIRECTED BY
MARK SCHWAB
A race-against-time thriller that highlights the potentially darkest sides of the social media phenomenon. Jaded by the job of managing an LGBT crisis line, Simon (Corey Jackson) finds that most of his callers are using the service for reasons that would qualify as being certainly less than a crisis. That all changes when he gets a call from Danny (Christian Gabriel) who says he is in the process of killing himself. Instantly gripped by his first real case, Simon does his best to connect with Danny and find out why he has come to consider such a drastic action. As the tale of Danny's journey is unraveled through the use of flashback sequences, we discover a young romance, a troubling network of individuals, and a dark secret.
RUNTIME: 90 MINUTES
SMALL BITES
16 MIN & UNDER SHORT FILMS
PROGRAM 12
2:30 PM - 115 MIN.
AND WHAT IF I AM?
DIRECTED BY
BRYAN POWERS
Bullied by classmates and lacking support from his parents, Tim is suspended from school and left at home alone. Rebelling against his mother's instructions, Tim chooses to spend the day with Josh, a mysterious new student in his class.
RUNTIME: 16 MINUTES
I IDENTIFY AS ME
DIRECTED BY
TINA COLLEEN
MONICK MONELL
I Identify as Me is a character-driven experimental short film that highlights Trans, gender-diverse people and masculine-presenting women who are Black and Brown.
RUNTIME: 11 MINUTES
THE HAUNTED BABY CARRIAGE
DIRECTED BY
JT SEATON
In this LGBTQ+ Comedy Horror Short Film, Spencer and Cameron move into a new house that just so happens to be haunted by an old baby carriage. As the carriage endeavors to scare the couple, the attempts ultimately fail because the couple just doesn't care... like... you know... at all.
RUNTIME: 9 MINUTES
SEPARATE
DIRECTED BY
KESTRIN PANTERA
Separate is a post-apocalyptic survival story. When the Supreme Court rolls back marriage equality and orders couples’ lawful children to be taken and placed with “traditional” families, a daughter and dad flee their home, dodging citizen bounty-hunters, to find refuge in a gay-ballroom safe-house across the border.
RUNTIME: 6 MINUTES
SHIKATA GA NAI (IT CANNOT BE HELPED)
DIRECTED BY
KEVIN KODAMA
A fantasy romance set in the ruins of a Japanese American internment camp where a young couple attempts to reconcile their relationship as ghosts.
RUNTIME: 12 MINUTES
THIS IS GOODBYE
DIRECTED BY
KEITH TANG
After a devastating breakup, a young woman wants closure with the one who hurt her.
RUNTIME: 8 MINUTES
ORAL HISTORY
DIRECTED BY
VAUGHN TRUDEAU SCHOONMAKER
The true love story behind New Orleans' last remaining gay leather bar.
RUNTIME: 16 MINUTES
DON’T TURN OFF THE GHOST LIGHT
DIRECTED BY
ALLISYN SNYDER
Every stage actor knows the old theatre lore. At night, after rehearsal, after the show, you leave the ghost light on - or else. Poor Terrence. He should have been more careful - because now he's about to find out that some performances never die.
RUNTIME: 11 MINUTES
OUT OUT
DIRECTED BY
SARAH LOUISE WORTH
OUT OUT is a bold new dance film that unlocks the voices of Coventry’s LGBTQIA+ community. Bringing to the mainstream voices that are often hidden, in a celebration of togetherness and coming out. Created using a verbatim script based on real stories, contributed by 14-30 year olds in Coventry’s LGBTQIA+ community.
RUNTIME: 10 MINUTES
GAYPROOFING
DIRECTED BY
SAMM HILL
After a closeted gay man dies, his friends gather to rid his house of anything that would reveal his secret before his family arrives.
RUNTIME: 3 MINUTES
WebOUT with @Reelkev
WEB-SERIES
PROGRAM 13
3:00 PM - 110 MIN.
Our very own Kevin M. Thomas has been introducing web series to the LGBTQ+ community for years and for the second year in a row, we will screen some of his favorite series. From the award winning "Status Updates" to the hilarious antics of "The Home Sapien Experience," Kevin will host a program that includes webisodes involving conversion therapy, "daddy" dating and life being not so straight in Silver Lake. ReelKev showcases these web series from YouTube, TikTok and exclusive web platforms.
RUNTIME: 110 MINUTES
THE HOMO SAPIEN EXPERIENCE
HERE TV
EXCLUSIVE PROGRAM FROM OUR MEDIA SPONSOR
PROGRAM 14
5:30 PM - 100 MIN.
JACKED
DIRECTED BY
BILLY CLIFT
Forced out of home by his religious mother for being gay, Ethan leaves Michigan for Hollywood to pursue his acting dreams. But after being misled by people with bad intentions, he soon finds himself spiraling into drugs, prostitution, and homelessness.
RUNTIME: 53 MINUTES
NOW WHAT?!
DIRECTED BY
DAVID MILLBERN
Searing with realism and playing in real time, these personal exposés begin at the moment of climax and reveal the unique nakedness of après sex pillow talk, which leads to the inevitable...Now What?!
RUNTIME: 28 MINUTES
WORLD’S APART
CO-PRESENTED WITH PARIVAR BAY AREA
PROGRAM 15
5:30 PM - 95 MIN.
EVEN IF SOMEDAY I’M GONE
DIRECTED BY
ROBERTO ADRIAN CARLOS CABALLERO
Roman remembers his moments with Andres. He has daydreams of their past together. Andres disappeared. Roman is desperate for an answer.
RUNTIME: 12 MINUTES
UNNAMED
DIRECTED BY
IRANMEHR SALIMI
Zainab is a successful girl who supports her family financially, but considers herself a boy in spirit, and now she has decided to undergo gender transition, but in addition to her family's opposition and the society's inappropriate view of this issue, she has more difficulties.
RUNTIME: 13 MINUTES
BLUE FLOWER
DIRECTED BY
SUNIL BABU PANT
PRADHUMNA MISHRA
A gay Nepali man in a rural setting is forced to marry a girl by his family. How do the couple navigate social pressures as well as take care of their needs?
RUNTIME: 40 MINUTES