Momster
United States / 11 min. / English
Directed by Drew Denny
When notorious bank robber the Momster (Amanda Plummer) catches her daughter Angel (Brianna Hildebrand) mid-gunfight, Angel thinks she’s being rescued… until she realizes she has to do the saving.
Reviving the Roost
Canada / 7 min. / English
Directed by Vivek Shraya
Filmmaker and bestselling author Vivek Shraya’s ode to a popular Edmonton gay bar that closed in 2007. With pulsating neon-light animation, Reviving the Roost is a story about community complexity and longing, and an elegy to a lost space.
On the Ride
United States / 14 min. / English
Directed by Jen McGowan
On the Ride tells the story of a man’s morning bike ride, which takes an unexpected turn and lands him at the door of a stranger intimately connected to his darkest trauma.
A Normal Girl
United States / 14 min. / English
Directed by Aubree Bernier-Clarke
1.5% of people are born with anatomy that doesn’t fit typical definitions of female or male. It is common practice for doctors to perform genital surgeries on intersex infants–often with disastrous results.
Sweetheart Dancers
United States / 14 min. / English
Directed by Ben-Alex Dupris
Sweetheart Dancers is a story about Sean and Adrian, a Two-Spirit couple determined to rewrite the rules of Native American culture through their participation in the “Sweetheart Dance.” This celebratory contest is held at powwows across the country, primarily for men and women couples. Until now.
Misdirection
United States / 14 min. / English
Directed by Carly Usdin
Misdirection is a coming-of-age queer comedy about a college freshman who falls in love with close-up magic as an escape from her unrequited crush on her roommate and her recently-diagnosed OCD.
Stonewall: The Making of a Monument
United States / 19 min. / English
Directed by Cheryl Furjanic
Ever since the 1969 riots on the streets outside New York City’s Stonewall Inn, LGBTQ communities have gathered there to express their joy, their anger, their pain and their power.
