11:00 Our Shorts are Showing​

Heads Up

When another random hookup leaves Ethan with more than he bargained for, he’s forced to face the unfortunate realities that come with anonymous, unprotected sex: HIV. Once he is diagnosed, his life is flipped upside down as he learns to cope with his HIV diagnosis and the stigma it carries.
Dir. Alex F McFry

Coming of Age

​The loss of innocence can come at any age. In the afterglow of sex, a generation gap opens between two men as they struggle to define trust in the age of open marriage and NSA hookups.
Dir. ​Doug Tompos

This is my Love Song for You

A short film about love. If love is unconditional then to be able to love openly must be a given. Yet, somehow, this expression of love eludes many only because who we love is not what the majority would consider acceptable. The pain of love lost is perhaps even more excruciating if it is a forbidden love.
Dir. ​Nickson Cheng

Positive

An honest look at the life of seven gay men from different backgrounds, discussing their experiences dealing with HIV - getting tested, living with HIV and health scares.
Dir. ​Roberto Nascimento

Foxy Trot

​A married couple unexpectedly face their relationship issues when they take ballroom dance lessons in a very heteronormative class.
​​Dir. Lisa Donato 

Evoke

Despite how pure love can be, relationships don’t always end so perfectly. The evolution of Hailey and Emma's relationship is explored through their collective memories as the girls retrace their times together. After their relationship ends, Hailey goes to a desperate length to be with Emma again.
​Dir. Asia LeMasters | WEBSITE | TRAILER

Pre-Drink

Alexe is a young trans woman, and Carl, a gay man. Best friends since forever; an evening spent together destabilizes Alexe when both decide to have sex together for the first time.
​Dir. Marc-Antoine Lemire | WEBSITE | TRAILER

Getting Started

​After meeting online, Tori and Joy finally have their first date. Chemistry ensues immediately, but will their mutual attraction be enough to overcome some of the challenges presented?
Dir. Andrea Meyerson
Alex McFry, writer and director of Heads Up and Andrea Meyerson, writer and director of Getting Started will be in attendance.

1:00 #ForeverAlone

​Armando is a 30 something gay man with a rather poor love life, Fabian his best friend asks him for help to prepare his gay wedding. Armando dies of jealousy since he doesn't even have a formal boyfriend.
Dir. Mac Arellano | WEBSITE | TRAILER
Mac Arellano, writer / director of #ForeverAlone, started acting at the age of 8, His previous work "La empatía del Psicópata" won best screenplay in the UnderGround FilmFest in Italy. #FOREVERALONE is his first feature film. Both Arellano and Soltero will be in attendance.
Mauricio Soltero, painter, engraver, plastic artist, singer and actor, will be in attendance. His work has been shown in México, Monterrey and Paris, France. #ForeverAlone is his first work as a professional actor.

2:30 Dykes, Camera, Action!​

​Lesbians didn't always get to see themselves on screen. But between Stonewall, the feminist movement, and the experimental cinema of the 1970s, they built visibility, and transformed the social imagination about queerness. Filmmakers Barbara Hammer, Su Friedrich, Rose Troche, Cheryl Dunye, Yoruba Richen, Desiree Akhavan, Vicky Du, film critic B. Ruby Rich, Jenni Olson, and others share moving and often hilarious stories from their lives and discuss how they've expressed queer identity through film.  
Dir. Caroline Berler | WEBSITE | TRAILER

6:30 Beaver​ at Botanic Garden

Redneck women search for love and sanity in Beaver, Oklahoma. All female roles are played by biologically born men (a mix of drag and trans talent). 
Dir. Israel Luna | WEBSITE

Preceded by:
Its Not Over Yet

There were over 27 trans murders in the United States alone in 2017, with very little mainstream press. This film stars trans actress Krystal Summers as Karen, a trans woman on her last day alive.
Dir. Cinna Monroe
In attendance will be Israel Luna (pictured above), director of Beaver, Cinna Monroe (pictured to the right), director of Its Not Over Yet, and writer for both Beaver and Its Not Over Yet, and local cast and crew members.

8:15 Killer Unicorn at Botanic Garden







​​After a tragic event last year at Brooklyn's Annual Enema Party, a group of queer friends is stalked by a unicorn masked killer out for revenge, taking down one drag queen at a time.
Dir. Drew Bolton | WEBSITE | TRAILER

Preceded by: 
He Drinks

​​With their relationship in peril, Chris and Bram decide to seek out the aid of a respected couples therapist. However, as she digs into their case, the good doctor discovers that their problems may be far more complicated than she initially thought.
Dir. Michael Varrati
The director Drew Bolton and writer Jose Alvarez Posada for Killer Unicorn will be in attendance. ​