SHORTS SHOWCASE
SHORTS SHOWCASE
Another serving of some of our favorite shorts on the big screen.
Kan-Kan, Sunday, November 10 | 3:30PM | 97 Minutes
GRACE
Director: Natalie Jasmine Harris | USA | 13 Minutes
Sixteen-year-old Grace prepares for her baptism in the rural 1950's South. When she learns she must repent before the ritual, Grace contemplates her romantic feelings toward her best friend Louise.
SKIN
Director: Leo Behrens | USA | 7 Minutes
A poetic exploration of identity and self-discovery, using visual symbolism to depict a woman's transformation into a man.
SATURDAY RITUAL
Director: Sydne Horton | USA | 12 Minutes
High School soccer players Cammie, Em, and Kara have a tradition of visiting a psychic after every match. Cammie soon discovers she is in over her head when this psychic unveils an unknown secret in front of her two best friends.
WHITEWASH
Director: Jerry Hsu | USA | 13 Minutes
After being accepted into the ‘Ivory Estates’, a queer Asian man moves in with his new fiancé and discovers that he’s the only person of color in the neighborhood—among the estates' other secrets.
INSTITUTION
Director: Jonathan Wysocki | USA | 3 Minutes
A filmmaker contemplates his same-sex marriage, his parents’ “traditional” marriage, the Apollo 13 space mission, and a debate against a marriage equality bill.
A BIRD HIT MY WINDOW AND NOW I’M A LESBIAN
Directors: Carmela Marie Murphy, AJ Dubler | USA | 8 Minutes
After a mysterious girl shows up at protagonist Gray's doorstep holding the corpse of a bird that had just cracked her window, an impromptu bird funeral changes the way Gray views herself and her identity.
MAURICE’S BAR
Directors: Tzor Edery, Tom Prezman | France | 15 Minutes
In 1942, on a train to nowhere, a former drag queen remembers a night from her past in one of Paris’ first queer bars. Remnants of customer gossip recall this mythic bar and its mysterious owner.
MUSCAT
Director: Philippe Grenier | Canada | 16 Minutes
Samir, a 16-year-old Moroccan fisherman, discovers his attraction towards men when he meets Louis, a tourist traveling with his wife. When Louis faces the worst, Samir is the only one who can help him.
STUD COUNTRY
Directors: Lina Abascal, Alexandra Kern | USA | 10 Minutes
Stud Country, the largest queer country western line dancing event in America, was created to preserve Los Angeles' little known 50+ year queer line dancing tradition. Despite its success and fiercely committed community, the event is set to lose its venue due to gentrification.