SHORTS: DREAM IT, BE IT
Tap into your inner child and future self with animated shorts that build fantastical new worlds. All we have to do is dream it.
Description
The whimsy and weirdness of cartoons conjures up new worlds of thought and possibility. The animated shorts in this program bring us to a liminal space of transformation, engaging with anime, classic Nicktoons, stop-motion, and real-life archival media. Together, they dream up fantastical futures and remind us who we truly are. We are lovers. We are ethereal. And sometimes we are an expired can of tuna singing in a karaoke bar.
Boygirl
Dir. Michal Heuston, 12 min, Canada
Childhood diaries from the director intertwine with prose and stream-of-consciousness poetry to tell the story of Boygirl, a genderqueer child traversing the complexity of their inner world.
My Name is Lilith
Dir. Leo Luna Robert-Tourneur, 14 min, Belgium/France
Her name is Lilith. She is the first woman, created alongside Adam. Her encounter with Eve will shatter every stereotype that we have been trapped in.
A New Creation Story
Dirs. Dane Figueroa Edidi, J Mase III, Audria LB, 6 min, USA
A retelling of the making of the universe celebrates Black trans community, journeying from before the first molecule to the moment everything came to be.
Doug + Me
Dir. Cecile Fountain-Jardim, 6 min, UK/USA
After her uncle Doug dies from AIDS in 1997, his death leads directly to the director’s birth. This is the autoethnographic story of an uncle she never met, whose legacy lives on through her.
For Small Creatures
Dir. Dylan Jeanette Albertson, 5 min, USA
In an encounter with an anomalous singularity in deep space, an astronaut gets a second chance to say goodbye.
Cephalopods
Dir. Vic Casé, 15 min, Brazil
Duda is just beginning her career as a drag queen in a vast metropolis in a distant future.
The Lovers
Dirs. Alice Mao & Sophia Paez, 15 min, USA
A reluctant seafood chef is drawn into a dangerous romance with the sirena destined to become the centerpiece of a feast at her late father’s restaurant.
Tuna Tartare
Dir. Lena Greene, 11 min, USA
In a karaoke bar in post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, an expired can of tuna and a fake Louis Vuitton purse encourage each other’s artistic voices even if the world sees them as trash.
Our Body Ours
Dirs. Sanam Sheriff & Sonali Gulati, 8 min, USA
Explore the beautiful nuances of trans self-discovery and becoming from a diasporic lens in this poetic animation.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A.
Part of the 38th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival