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 | 3 mins
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 | 13 mins
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 | 15 mins
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 | 6 mins
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 | 17 mins
Everything you always wanted to know about your gay child…but were afraid to ask.
Bind
Directed by: Emory Chao Johnson | 3 mins
Jules gets a surprise visit from their mom…and their chest binder.
Kapaemahu
Directed by: Dean Hamer, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Joe Wilson | 8 mins
Kapaemahu reveals the hidden history of four legendary healing stones on Waikiki Beach, and the mysterious spirits within them.
