SHORTS: DREAM A LITTLE DREAM WITH ME
Description
Nightmares, daydreams, and fantasies collide in this otherworldly genre shorts program best enjoyed with the lights firmly flipped off. From vibrant visions of the future to contemporary anxieties coming to life, this collection promises to surprise, delight, befuddle, and bewilder unlike anything you've seen before. Welcome to the queer imagination!
DISSONANCE
Dir. Kim Garcia, USA, 2020, 13 mins
A group of young queers navigate bars, friendships, abandoned warehouses, and a room where dreams are recorded on VHS tapes.
THE PUPAL STAGE
Dir. Tee Jaehyung Park, USA, 2020, 7 mins
A newly-out trans woman is thrust into a coming out party by her friends, which starts as a cheerful celebration of life but slowly transforms into something else.
ELAGABALUS
Dir. Xanthe Dobbie, Australia, 2020, 17 mins
Burdened by a prophecy that dooms them to a violent death, Elagabalus, a genderqueer Roman Emperor, embraces excess much to the dismay of their controlling mother.
MR. MARE
Dir. Luca Tóth, Hungary, France, 2019, 19 mins
Love appears out of thin air like a tumor in the chest.
HEKADEMIA
Dir. Gloria Mercer, Canada, 2020, 16 mins
Marion begins opening up to a new friend at their virtual reality high-school.
JAZZBERRY
Dir. Maxwell Nalevansky, USA, 2019, 17 mins
A fantastical adventure playfully dealing with sexual politics, men’s rights groups, and good old-fashioned girl power, JAZZBERRY is a tale of the twisted tragedy that suddenly befell the bizarre city of Beeftown.
IN ORBIT
Dir. Soham Chakraborty, Hanxu Chen, Meton Joffily, Justin Polley, Julia Trouvé, France, 2019, 5 min
In the far future, Sonia is about to be transferred to a new space station. While everything appears to be going well, her mind is elsewhere, disturbed by a past not far behind.
Part of The 32nd Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Presented in partnership with Nightstream