SHORTS: DRAMA QUEENS

Outsized personalities and imaginations take center stage in this shorts program. Whether loud or quiet, these chaos agents lash with impulsive words and rash actions that they may regret later. Their emotions are easily available to them and wholly apparent to those around them, but in the end that just means they have lots of heart. Featuring an anxious trip to the movies, a hyper-domestic flight of fancy, a mad-dash across state lines to seek an abortion, and a spicy tofu recipe that’ll heighten every emotion.


SWEETGREEN
Dir. Phillip Vernon, USA, 2023, 11 min
A couple on the rocks hopes that a simple night out at the movies will help smooth things over, but they’re hangry and running late.



THESE GAMES WE PLAY
Dir. Mike Klubeck, USA, 2021, 7 min
A man goes on a quest across New York City at night: one that risks tearing his fantastical reality apart.



T-MINUS
Dir. Emily Lerer, USA, 2022, 12 min
T-Minus tells the story of Andrew, a trans mechanic, and a drag queen named Lex as they road-trip from Ohio to Detroit to obtain an abortion.



A BED FOR THREE
Dir. Jan-Peter Horstmann, GERMANY, 2023, 17 min
Fred, Timo and Jona finally want to move in together. And to live together, you need a bed. But no one expected what happens when three people want to sleep in one. This leads to a relationship crisis for the throuple and suddenly everything is upside down. 
A small, queer comedy about bedroom furniture and the question of when we actually became bougie.



IT HAD TO BE YOU
Dir. Camryn Garrett, USA, 2022, 8 min
When Cleo falls for a customer at the coffee shop she works at, she must catch his attention before her more beautiful coworker does.



100% USDA CERTIFIED ORGANIC HOMEMADE TOFU
Dir. Gbenga Komolafe, USA, 2022, 14 min
Nikki spices things up at her mom’s struggling tofu restaurant while working to afford her breast augmentation surgery.

This program will be followed by a Q&A.