SHORTS: BESTIES BRUNCH

Grab your best buds and join us at our annual Brooklyn Brunch as we celebrate the vibrant and vital role friendship plays in our queer lives. Good Judy’s unite around a collection of hilarious and huggable stories that feature a dream blunt rotation, transmasc skater bois, a wacky motel stay, havoc in the Hamptons, a flirty Friendsgiving meal and more! Teamwork makes the dream work, and we all need to get by with a little help from our friends.
The in-person screening of this shorts prorgram will be followed by a Q&A*


CITY OF DREAMZ
Dir. Imani Celeste, 12 min, USA
Four Black art students tell stories of community, divine intervention, and the artistry that led them to this very moment…smoking weed in a cramped apartment trying not to get caught.


DARK ROAST
Dir. Mark Marquez, 9 min, USA
When a small, Queer/Trans-BIPOC Cafe, ran BY the community FOR the community is being threatened to be evacuated by a Monstrous Franchise, it is up to our Baristas to keep their lights and bites in business before construction starts…by any means necessary.


SYDNEY AND KIM
Dir. Hazel Katz, 16 min, USA
After 25-year old Sydney is released from the hospital following a major facial surgery, her best friend Kim cares for her at a motel during her recovery. As Kim’s flirtation with the motel manager escalates, Sydney’s resentment begins to boil over.


LOST BOIS
Dir. Devyn Galindo, 4 min, USA
Lost Bois is a hedonistic and gritty exploration into the lives of three rebellious trans bois. Buckle up, and embrace chaos.


HONEYMOON
Dir. Alkis Papastathopoulos, 24 min, Greece/France/Cyprus
After a traumatizing event involving the cops, Fay is leaving Greece for good. Sandra accompanies her to the bus station, taking this time as a chance to say goodbye. As they are traveling by bus across the country, a transphobic attack by two co-passengers leaves them stranded on a highway in the middle of nowhere.


AND THEN THERE WAS HER
Dirs. Alexander King, Nyala Moon, 9 min, USA
In a heartwarming Friendsgiving dinner, two women from different worlds, one masculine and one transgender, find love and acceptance amidst the holiday chaos. Sometimes, the most beautiful connections happen when we least expect them.


FISHBOWL
Dirs. Isabel Perry, Adam Yates, 15 min, USA
Two late-twenty-somethings — and former high school theatre department legends — house-sit in the Hamptons, where they try their best to avoid their exes and keep a goldfish alive for the weekend.

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