A smart, varied, rare and risky collection of the best queer short films from around the world this year.
Aikane
Directed by: Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson | 2023 – 14 mins
A wounded island warrior falls into a mysterious underwater world and is rescued by a valiant young man.
Greetings From Washington DC
Directed by: Rob Epstein, Frances Reid, Greta Schiller and Lucy Winer | 1981 – 28 mins
A kaleidoscope of music, dance, stories and laughter shared at the first gay and lesbian rights march on Washington.
Mama Doesn’t Want to Go to the Beach
Directed by: Ana Belén Barragán Castañeda | 2023 – 16 mins
A transgender mother resumes her hormone treatment while her daughter begins puberty. Their bodies’ changes make going to the beach a new chore.
Y
Directed by: Matea Kova | 2023 – 6 mins
An empty paper depicts a struggle between artistic composition and decomposition a woman reminisces on her tumultuous relationship with a former girlfriend.
Stone
Directed by: Jake Graf | 2023 – 14 mins
A young woman’s discovery that her father was a transgender woman makes her rethink her childhood.
Apayauq
Directed by: Zeppelin Zeerip | 2023 – 17 mins
Apayauq Reitan’s journey of gender, mental health, and purpose on her way to become the first out transgender woman to complete the legendary Iditarod sled dog race.
