Tickets | $10
Festival Pass | $45
8/19/2019, MONDAY @ 7PM
Hosted by Cecilia Gentili
Self Portrait | Written & Directed by Faun Harjo
Struggling with gender identity, sexual orientation, and cultural identity has been a normal aspect of my life. Now I explore my relationship with my culture by decolonizing myself and others by sharing my identity openly and honestly.
The Family Album | Written & Directed by Anthony Chapman
A teenage home health care worker in the deep south forms a special bond with her first client, a trans man in the final months of his life.
The Sun Shines at Night | Written & Directed by Carey Kight, Trailer
When Ian finds himself disinterested in having sex with his girlfriend, Claire, after she’s been away for work, tensions flare and emotions get raw.
Uniform | Directed by Ellie Foumbi, Michael Niederman Written by Jeffrey James Keyes Trailer
Parents are at odds with what to do when their 6-year old son is sent home from school for wearing a dress.
8/20/2019, TUESDAY @ 7PM
Hosted by Courtney Webster
Come at Me, Bro | Written & Directed by Ethan Fuirst
Two gay men find a creative way to release their pent-up aggression.
My Dad and Bob Todd | Written & Directed by Mark Clauburg, Trailer
Rebecca is supposed to meet her father for a quiet dinner to catch up, but things take a turn when he brings a guest.
Foreign | Written & Directed by Mark Pinkosh, Trailer
Ruby Welles (stand-up comedienne Suzi Ruffell in her acting debut) navigates the streets of London’s Soho, a first date, a secret struggle and the challenge of being a single thirty something lesbian buffeted by the sounds and bustle of the West End in Mark Pinkosh’s first film. With Jessica Murrain and Jenny Bede.
Queen for a Day | Written & Directed by Savannah Rodgers
Queen for a Day is a short comedy about drag queens and marriage. This film shows the joy of the LGBTQ+ experience through the lens of a presumably heterosexual married couple from the suburbs.
Shopping For Love | Directed by Mark St. Cyr, Written by Alex Holland
A noncommittal gift store clerk has a new chance at love when an unassuming customer walks in the door. Will he finally take life by the horns and commit to asking for what he wants?
Sammy The Salmon | Written & Directed by Jake Shannon, Trailer
Unable to pluck up the courage to tell his girlfriend he’s gay, Spencer comes across Sammy – a talking salmon who offers to get his love-life back on track.
8/21/2019, WEDNESDAY @ 7PM
Hosted by Melanie McReynolds-Waldron
Same Same and Different | Written & Directed by Seok Wun Au Yong, Trailer
A docu-dramedy four-part short series of a young international film student from Thailand discovering her sexuality in a 21st century’s U.S college setting.
Searc(her) | Written & Directed by Colleen Labella, Olivia Saccomanno, Trailer
A short film about soulmates and missed opportunities.
Dress Code | Written & Directed by Melanie Notinger, Trailer
Dani, an introverted poetry student, experiments with her image in an effort to be seen.
Dressed | Written & Directed by Katie Schiller
On the day of their oldest sibling’s wedding, Alex challenges the expectations of being a flower girl.
In Time | Directed by Madeleine Smith, Written By Madeleine Smith & Pearson Kunz Trailer
Surreal circumstances infiltrate the mundane of a disappointing birthday when a lonely girl comes across a phone that allows her to call herself 20 years in the future.
Time & Again | Written & Directed by Rachel Dax, Trailer
Eleanor and Isabelle meet again, sixty years after their relationship break up.
8/22/2019, THURSDAY @ 7PM
Hosted by Adriana Jones
Traces | Written & Directed by Janne Ebel, Trailer
An artist and curator are forced to work together for an exhibition the next day. Their relationship is tested and truths are revealed.
Ruok | Written & Directed by Jay Russell
Best friends, Alex & Bryan, have a bitter fight entirely via text message, when one of them sleeps with the other one’s crush. But, just as things seem to settle, an unexpected development may lead to yet another rift.
Limp | Directed by Stephen Riscica & Sean Leviashvili, Written by Sean Leviashvili
LIMP follows Sean, a young gay man with cerebral palsy as he navigates dating with a disability in New York City. After meeting a man he believes is a perfect match, he decides to lie about his disability, saying he sprained his ankle at the gym. This white lie leads to series of events and missteps that make Sean examine the way he presents himself and his condition to the world.
The Boy and the Balloon | Written & Directed by Kyle Glasow, Trailer
A socially awkward young man’s insecurities torment him when an unwanted visitor arrives at his boyfriend’s birthday party.
*8/22/2019, THURSDAY @ 9PM
REQUIEM, an original PERFORMANCE ART MUSICAL
by New York City Composer and Performance Artist MUR
*Tickets for this performance are $25
In the age of “Ghosting” Culture, REQUIEM is a thirty minute musical repose for the souls of the living dead. One day you’re lying in bed talking about a future, the next day you’re blocked on social media and being ignored over text. Over 80% of Millenials have admitted to being ghosted; a digital and disturbing death. This funeral is for them.
REQUIEM features a new original score by MUR that follows the Kübler-Ross model of grief, taking you on a musical journey from denial to acceptance to get the closure you deserve. A Dramedy.
REQUIEM features
MUR, STAR AMERASU, AISHA CARPENTER, TEMPLE HAMMEN, SARAH STEWART CHAPIN, RYAN FROSTIG, DAVID NAGY on bassoon
DIRECTED BY JONATHON LOY of THE METROPOLITAN OPERA.
SPONSORED BY SUSAN ALEXANDRA
8/23/2019, FRIDAY @ 7PM
Hosted by Tyler Byrnes
Chandelier | Written & Directed by Antonis Glaros, Trailer
Menis Nolakis, an army officer, is trapped in a dark box. Soon he will realize that it is his coffin, on his funeral day. He will inevitably come face to face with all the important people of his life for the final encounter… and the twists and turns are just around the corner … of Hades.
Kiko’s Saints | Written & Directed by Manuel Marmier, Trailer
Kiko, a Japanese illustrator on assignment in France, gets suddenly overwhelmed by a strange inspiration, while she realizes she’s been spying on a gay couple on the beach next to the chapel where she’s working. Obsessed by such a vision, she will spy on those men and draw them secretly. This will slowly push her towards an encounter that will change her life and breaks her social rules.
Come In | Written & Directed by Matt Emert
A faceless stranger lures 3 gay friends to an eerie, vacant house under the guise of a hookup app, resulting in a terror no one had anticipated.
The Curse | Written & Directed by Dave Berenato
While at a Halloween party preparing for the online hookup of a lifetime, things get a little weird after Kyle bumps into a witch in the bathroom.
Second You | Written & Directed by Mikey Harmon, Trailer
Dissatisfied with the solitude of life in New York, Liam creates a clone of himself that he soon begins to fall in love with.
8/23/2019, FRIDAY @ 9PM
Hosted by Tyler Byrnes
Where We Go From Here | Written & Directed by Anthony Meindl, Trailer
In three separate stories, the love and lives of ordinary people are torn apart by terrorist attacks. In Binghamton, an ESL teacher dealing with domestic abuse finds even greater violence at her school. In Orlando, two lovers drifting apart may be separated by the hate of another. In Paris, friends on an introspective night out are caught up in a brutal madness.
8/24/2019,SATURDAY @ 7PM | MUSIC VIDEOS
Hosted by Vivica Galactica
Better Things To Do | Directed by Jared Swanson
Silver Light| Directed by Brad McDermott
Anna Tivel – “The Question” (Official Music Video) | Directed by Sarah Whelden, Robin Vada
Pink | Directed by Luke Faulkner
Kiddy Smile – Slap My Butt | Directed by Pierre Saba-Aris
In The Dark | Directed by Rory Midhani
Cousin John – The Arrival | Directed by Tom CJ Brown
AWARDS PARTY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
With a special performance of Verbal Altercations, themed “Summer in the City”, Is a whole new kind of drag show that features Drag artists from all over the city in celebration of talent that lays outside lipsycing other peoples words in dimly lit bars at all hours of the night. By taking the performers out of the bar and into the theater onto the stage, Verbal Altercations celebrates anything BUT lipsycing. Our artists will feature such talents as stand up, live music, acting, poetry and so much more! Our event will be Hosted by Vivica Galactica, and the cast features Viva Vidalia, Whendy Whaxwood, Olivia Lux, Mr Miss Adrian, Chloe Fox, Makon Mayhem, Novaczar, Toxic Shock, and more!
