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