SHORTS: WOMEN’S NIGHT OUT REMIX

This compilation of short films range from surprising to sizzling, and are all directed by women and nonbinary filmmakers. Get out and get your groove on in celebration of our community’s expansive sapphic stories — featuring two lovers on the outs, mothers who discover their baby makes gold, a chance encounter with an ex, a sweet romance, and some ghostly fun.

Join us following the screening + Q&A for our Women’s Night Out Party (sponsored by Max), where we’ll take over the SVA Theatre!


A HISTORY OF SITTING IN WAITING ROOMS
Dir. Lorena Russi, USA, 2022, 9 min
A History of Sitting in Waiting Rooms is the coming of age story you never knew you wanted. Meet Lorena: a rambunctious six-year-old with six cavities. One for each of the letters in her name no one can pronounce. Lorena is a butch Latina fighting to find herself in the cacophony of Queens, NY in the 90s. With the help of her imaginary best friend, Boo, a civil war ghost, Lorena will poorly navigate the drawn-out pains of puberty and the grief of adulthood.



AS YOU ARE
Dir. Daisy Friedman, USA, 2023, 15 min
When an interabled queer couple spends the night together for the first time, they must confront their complex relationships with desire, sexuality, bodily autonomy, and what it means truly to love another person.



DEAR VANESSA
Dir. Roku Jingwen Long, USA, 2023, 14 min
Amidst a heart-wrenching night out in NYC, two Asian girls, Lucy and Vanessa, unexpectedly discover love in each other’s arms. Lucy envisions a film that tells their story, and in secret, she resolves to turn that dream into reality.



WONDERS
Dir. Huriyyah Muhammad, USA, 2023, 17 min
Two hard-working moms are struggling to make a better life for themselves and their toddler, but their luck turns around when their baby gives them an unexpected gift.



COUSINS
Dir. Karina Dandashi, USA, 2022, 13 min
Two cousins born in separate countries reunite in Brooklyn when a run-in with an ex turns the night even more chaotic.



SIS
Dir. Miranda Haymon, USA, 2023, 13 min
In this surrealist black comedy, a woman’s curiosity in her ex-crush’s new girlfriend complicates after their cosmic meet cute at a Brooklyn rooftop party.



ROMANCE PACKAGE FOR TWO
Dir. Carlen May-Mann, USA, 2022, 14 min
The monotonous life of Cleo and Judy, a queer couple who run a kitschy love motel, is thrown into disarray when Cleo falls for a visiting dominatrix.

This program will be followed by a Q&A.

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