SHORTS: WOMEN’S NIGHT OUT (Screening + Party)
Seven sapphic short films, followed by our annual Women’s Night Out Party
Description
Women’s Night Out is back! Get ready for seven sapphic shorts by women and nonbinary directors, featuring a stuck snowbank, fraying friendship, hellish driving lesson, self-assured sex worker, sari store clerk, hot summer heat and the realities of a fading memory at the end of a long-lived life.
The in-person screening of this shorts program will be followed by a Q&A*
Join us after the screening for our annual Women’s Night Out Party, held at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar and Lounge (Moxy Times Square) with music by HIGHGNX – show your ticket from the screening to get a free drink!
SHE KEEPS ME WARM
Dir. Lee Rach, 8 min, USA
Trapped in a snowbank, a recently broken-up couple find solace in a tender moment of intimacy before their rescue.
BRAIN FREEZE
Dir. Kelsey Comeau, 15 min, USA
Lifelong friends, Carrie and Rae grapple with their gray area friendship as they navigate coming of age apart.
KASBI
Dir. Farah Jabir, 12 min, USA
A middle-aged Pakistani housewife, in search of herself, hires a young, self-assured sex worker to keep her company for the night.
REALLY GOOD DRIVER
Dir. Alex Song-Xia, 8 min, USA
An Asian American mom teaches her grown-up child how to drive, forcing both to confront parts of the car, and themselves, they never have before.
ZARI
Dir. Shruti Parekh, 19 min, USA/India
American teen Neelu feels like a fish out of water amidst preparations for her sister’s wedding in Delhi until she forges a brief and unexpected connection with Zeyb, a quiet sari store clerk with a secret.
NIGHT SWIM
Dir. Grace & Emily Potter, 6 min, USA
Night Swim is a soft and sweet love story, set against the hot summer heat in Austin, Texas.
LOVIN’ HER
Dir. Day, 15 min, USA/Canada
A mature trans woman navigates the complexities of a fading memory, delving into the intricacies of love and the burgeoning of her evolving gender identity.
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