Film Details
Genre: Drama, Lesbian, Romance
IN PERSON & VIRTUAL
SEASICK
Director: Lindsey Ryan, 12 minutes, USA, 2021
Ferry deckhand Sadie is in disarray as she tries to delete a love-confessing text to her coworker.
ABBY AND EMILY GO TO PALM SPRINGS
Director: Hellin Kay, 14 minutes, USA, 2021
Two women try not to kill each other on a road trip to Palm Springs: aka a modern Queer love story.
GOSPEL ISLAND
Director: Rebecca Goodman, 10 minutes, USA, 2021
Born and raised in the south, Mare is a young queer woman unpacking generational trauma in hopes of leading her most authentic life. Now living alone, she begins to organize her internal account of past relationships, while simultaneously preparing for a cross country move. Through uncomfortable and incredibly intimate dreams, Mare's younger self literally revisits past moments, piecing together the fragments that are responsible for how she moves through the world today. Mare begins her long journey to a totally unfamiliar landscape and is now open to the vast possibilities that ultimately open to those who search for more.
BRIDESMAID’S TALE
Directors: Eliana Ghen and Jennifer Joy O'Grady, 8 minutes, USA, 2021
Two bridesmaids attend their best friends' dream wedding that turns into a chaotic mess when one of the bridesmaids has a meltdown.
MAR I ANA
Director: Mar Novo, 10 minutes, In Spanish with English subtitles, Mexico, 2021
Mar and Ana, best friends since childhood, look for the perfect place where Ana will get married; not before reviving their love and repressed desire for years.
BRACHA
Directors: Aaron Geva and Mickey Triest, 13 minutes, In Hebrew with English subtitles, Israel, 2021
During the covid 19 curfew, Bracha is wandering in the middle of the night, holding a mattress over her head, in the empty streets of Bat Yam. Her anxious mother, Nitzi , is surprised to find her at her doorstep, and has a hard time welcoming her into her home. In a delusional, tedious night, they are dragged into an argument that brings up old baggage - and wakes up the neighbors.
THE WASH – IN LOVE (COLADA)
Director: Ibon Hernando, 9 minutes, No Dialogue, Spain, 2020
María is in love with her neighbor Susana. She wants to make her fall in love, but she only meets her on the landing, where they tend the laundry. Told without dialogue, the looks, glances, and colorful backdrop say all that needs said.
NOVA
Director: Luca Meisters, 10 minutes, In Dutch with English subtitles, Netherlands, 2020
When Nova (15) brings her little sister to soccer practice, she exchanges a glance with the new coach, which results in a feeling she can't seem to put a finger on.
BREAK IN
Directors: Alyssa Lerner, 16 minutes, USA, 2020
What’s more embarrassing than writing erotic fiction about your crush? Writing erotic fiction about your crush and then accidentally texting it to her. When this very thing happens to Nousha, she enlists the help of her best friend, Oliver, and they set out on a mission to delete the text. By any means necessary.