SHORTS: DYKE NYTE RETURNS!

Step into a vibrant celebration of the sapphic experience that honors love, longing, and connection in all its forms. This block of short films brings together an extraordinary lineup of queer voices, weaving between the sweet and the unapologetically sexy to deliver rich, authentic stories of women loving women.

Join us after the screening for our annual Dyke Nyte Party at G Lounge in Chelsea. Access to the party is for SHORTS: DYKE NYTE RETURNS! ticket-holders only.


Supported by Contributing Partner

 

I Like The Way You Taste
Dir. Maya Williams, 5 min, UK
Witness the beauty and complexity of queer relationships in an emotionally resonant film that celebrates love in all its forms.

Cathexis
Dir. Libe Barer, 6 min, USA
In a forgotten Florida panhandle town, a lonely young woman responsible for a murder becomes fixated on inhabiting the mind of the case’s detective as fantasy and reality begin to blur.

Pangea
Dir. Mimi Davila, 15 min, USA
Rita spends her last day in the city trying to resurrect the artist her ex-lover used to be.

Hummingbird
Dir. Lorena Gordon, 7 min, USA
It’s 2009 in Queens and high school senior Lola is caught between her devout mother’s expectations and a truth she can no longer deny.

Mayflies
Dir. Lydia McNulty, 16 min, UK
When their pet rabbit dies, uni friends Cath and Willow reunite to say one last goodbye, but, after years of muddled affection, can they finally be themselves for each other?

Purple Lingerie
Dir. Jiayi Li, 6 min, USA
A single mother raising her child alone encounters a piece of purple lingerie that awakens her long-suppressed desire for intimacy, leading her to reclaim an identity beyond motherhood.

High Voltage
Dir. Hannah Whisenant, 11 min, USA
Over the course of a single night in the Far Rockaways, two teenage girls drift toward an intimacy that neither can fully name, blurring the line between friendship and desire.

Wholesome
Dir. Kimmy Campbell, 13 min, USA
When two friends accidentally break into their favorite deli after they find it closed without notice, they attempt to recreate the home they once found.

Lesbian Mud Wrestling
Dir. Kirsty Wilson, 15 min, Australia
Kit battles for the Golden Strap, the prize for Lesbian Mud Wrestling, an event held regularly to raise funds for gender-affirming surgeries for legends like Kit.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A.

Part of the 38th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival