Queer Futures: LGBTQ Shorts
- Short Film Programs
- 66 mins
How do you use imagination to survive in this time of uncertainty? In this program, documentarians and narrative characters explore brighter futures through humor, education, resistance, letting go, self-discovery, and thinking far outside the box.
This film program is available internationally.
Q&A LIVE on 11/14 at 7:30 P.M. EST
In this program
Gay As In Happy: A Queer Anti-Tragedy
Directed by Jordana Valerie Allen-Shim
An experimental auto-ethnographical documentary about queer joy, resistance, and resilience in the face of abuse, trauma, and transphobia.
The Mood in the United States Today
Directed by Ward Kamel
A young, immigrant live-in caretaker gets roped into a green-card marriage with her elderly patient and must navigate the ensuing shifting dynamics of their relationship.
Blue Suit
Directed by Kevin J. Nguyễn
When a surprise party interrupts his plans, an anxious man has to find a moment to confess his feelings for his friend before he moves away the next day.
Graduation
Directed by Robin Wang
Following a graduation celebration, four Chinese must navigate their relationships’ future as dictated by the circumstances of life and their families.
Parental Guidance Suggested
Directed by Dane Neves
Everything you always wanted to know about your gay child…but were afraid to ask.
Bind
Directed by Emory Chao Johnson
Jules gets a surprise visit from their mom…and their chest binder.
Kapaemahu
Directed by Dean Hamer, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Joe Wilson
Kapaemahu reveals the hidden history of four legendary healing stones on Waikiki Beach, and the mysterious spirits within them.