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34th
CONNECTICUT
LGBTQ
FILM FESTIVAL
JUNE 4 – 13, 2021
Thank you to our sponsors!
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The Edward C. & Ann T.
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F O U N D A T I O N
PLATINUM
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Supported in part by the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign
with major support from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
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Welcome from the Festival Co-Director
Hello Friends, and welcome to the 34th Annual Connecticut LGBTQ Film
Festival! Though I have been involved with the Festival for five years, this is my
first as co-director of Out Film CT — and what a year it has been!
This time last year, we were figuring out whether or not hosting a festival was
feasible in the midst of a global health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic forced
us to re-imagine what our festival would look like given the new and necessary
Rising
restrictions.
Despite those challenges last year, we persevered in bringing you the most
films we have ever programed! Using our new virtual platform, we were able
Star
to expand our audience base far beyond the Hartford area, even to some
surrounding states. Now that great strides have been made in managing the
COVID-19 crisis, we are able to take the virtual and socially distanced delivery
Award!
of last year’s festival and combine it with our traditional, in-person style to bring
you a truly hybrid film festival — with in-person screenings at Cinestudio and
online via the Eventive platform.
I am proud and humbled by the Festival Committee’s efforts in making this
Since 1988, Out Film CT has showcased the films of happen. We continue to tell our community’s stories through the best in queer
up-and-coming filmmakers during the annual LGBTQ cinema, and we do so by allowing you to enjoy those films however you chose.
Film Festival. As a way of highlighting and rewarding new We continue growing as a film festival, and we pledge to always bring you
talent, this year we are proud to announce the Rising Star cinema that accurately, honestly, and compellingly depicts our struggles and
celebrations, the beauty of our complex lives, and illustrates who we are and
Award in memory of Pam Connelly. Pam was a longtime how our history has evolved.
volunteer and supporter of Out Film CT, and her love
Before I end this note, I would like to again recognize the Black Lives Matter
for film and the LGBTQ community was a fundamental movement, and honor the roles Black voices have played in the LGBTQ fight
part of her being. This award seeks to inspire a new for equality as part of our community, and as allies. The LGBTQ community’s
history is rooted in fighting for social justice, and as a LGBTQ organization,
generation of artists and enthusiasts. Through the Rising
we are committed to telling our collective stories through film and digital
Star Award, we hope to honor her legacy by investing in media. This year’s program includes a diverse set of stories that represent
the community she considered her family. BIPOC individuals from across the spectrum. We are all the richer for these
perspectives.
Thank you for your support, and I look forward to seeing you at the movies!
In community,
Jaime Guadalupe Ortega, Co-Director
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2021 Friends of the Festival
Take in STUDIO BOSS DIRECTOR (continued)
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Ovide Cadran & Jae Fradette Dan Millett
David Cash Gary Norman
Brad & Flint Kleinerman-Gehre Jaime Ortega
Randall Madore & Anthony Coschigano David Alan Shaw
Mark Slitt Carol Walter
Stephen Woods
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Justin Zartman
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Steve Chapron
Shane Engstrom CAST
Robert C. Neuman John D. Allen & Keith Hyatte
Jason Pratt & Enrique Ramos-Smilgus Bob Belliveau
Robert Black & Elliott Fredouelle
PRODUCER & Gary Knoble
Chuck Cleary Bailey Brenn
Carol Gale Frank Chiaramonte
Todd Gordon & Susan Feder Ronald E. Coons
James Hanley & Norman Garrick Douglas Eldred & Anthony Wetmore
Erik Hennen Art Feltman & Dale Wallington
Keith Jackson Charmaine Harkins
Chuck Kinney & Rob Duncan Patricia Miller
David Kirk Jody Mock & Beth Kerrigan
Jason McDermott Dalia & Mary Panke
Arthur E. Webster Trevor Reynolds & Michael Morgan
Dave Willson Chris Spalding
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Categories don’t exist – you can Tim Kendrick & Matthew Waterhouse Bob Linderman
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be who you want to be.” Jean-Paul LeBlanc Doug Stewart
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THANKS TO OUR DEDICATED COMMITTEE!
THANKS TO OUR DEDICATED COMMITTEE!
DEDICATED COMMITTEE!
2021 Festival Committee
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Andrew Abate Kara Bonsack David Cash Shane Engstrom*
Josh Gordon Charmaine Harkins* John Jevitts Tim Kendrick
Bill Loehr Jaime Ortega* Jim Rogers* Beth Scanlon
Mark Slitt Carol Walter Aidan Whittel Marina Yurieva*
Not pictured: Dave Kenison Jennifer Wilson
* BOARD MEMBER
HONORARY MEMBERS:
James Hanley Keith Jackson Dan Millett Suzanne Shayer
Special Thanks
Artwork & Graphic Design:
Todd Brandt & Taylor Goodell Benedum
Marketing Director:
Jen Kaplan
Public Relations & Social Media:
Jacques Lamarre & Enrique Rincón, BuzzEngine
Cinestudio Projection:
Nick Perez, Erik Bowen & Peter McMorris
Party Host:
John Pepe at Chez Est
Face Mask Branding:
Alex Bowen at Barker Specialty
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Potato Dreams of America
OPENING
FRIDAY, JUNE 4 • 7:30 PM FEATURE
DIR. WES HURLEY • 2021 • 96 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
Lena and her nine-year-old son, a blossoming gay boy affectionately known as
Potato, use American films to escape the harsh reality of their life in Vladivostok
after the fall of the Soviet Union. Dreaming of a better life, Lena becomes a
mail-order bride so she and Potato can move to the U.S., but when they arrive
in Seattle, they discover that Lena’s new husband and life in America aren’t
quite what they expected. This autobiographical story blends dark humor,
satire, and comedic surprises into a feel-good coming-of-age story full of heart.
Starring Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years), lesbian icon Lea DeLaria (Orange is
The New Black), and Jonathan Bennett (Mean Girls).
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OPENING SHORT:
REPUGNANT
DIR. KYAN KRUMDIECK • 2018 • 12 MIN. •
NEW ZEALAND • ENGLISH
Grace must prove that her pray-away-the-gay
therapy for dogs isn’t a sham, but Fergis the pug
isn’t making it easy for her.
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PROGRAM 11
Beautiful Dreamer
FRIDAY, JUNE 4 • 7:30 PM
East Coast Premiere
DIR. AMY GLAZER • 2020 • 94 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
In this charming, light-hearted contemporary dramedy, a group of Bay Area
friends in their early 40s navigate life’s challenges together. Whether planning
more happy a lesbian wedding, expecting a baby through surrogacy, or coping with
crippling writer’s block, these friends rely on each other for mutual support,
while testing the boundaries of love, friendship and bioethics. Starring Erin
in your home Daniels of The L Word.
OPENING SHORT:
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USA • ENGLISH, ARMENIAN
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A 30-year-old woman clashes with her traditional
Armenian mother after coming home late from a
night out with her girlfriend.
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PROGRAM 13
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Summertime
CELEBRATING THE UNIQUENESS IN EACH OF US.
SATURDAY, JUNE 5 • 2:30 PM
DIR. CARLOS LÓPEZ ESTRADA • 2020 • 95 MIN. •
USA • ENGLISH
Over the course of a hot summer day in Los Angeles, the lives of 25 young
people intersect in clever and surprising ways. A skating guitarist, a tagger,
two wannabe rappers, an exasperated fast-food worker, and a limo driver all
weave in and out of each other’s stories. Through poetry that is sometimes
soulful and sometimes painful, they express life, love, heartache, family,
home, hope and fear. One of them just wants to find someplace that still
serves good cheeseburgers.
OPENING SHORT:
APRIL’S LAST MEMORIES
East Coast Premiere
DIR. NANCY CRUZ OROZCO • 2020 •
21 MIN. • MEXICO • SPANISH
Camila and April are best friends who grew
up together in a small town on the coast, and
there’s an obvious and uncomfortable attraction between them. When
At The Hartford, we believe each person’s differences make us all stronger – April’s family moves to the city, neither one knows how to say goodbye to
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PROGRAM 15
Tove SATURDAY, JUNE 5 • 7:30 PM DIR. ZAIDA BERGROTH • 2020 • 100 MIN. • FINLAND, SWEDEN • SWEDISH, FINNISH, ENGLISH, FRENCH Set in bohemian Helsinki between 1944 and 1956, this Swedish-language film shows how the bisexual Swedo-Finnish painter Tove Jansson found worldwide success from an unexpected side project, in the midst of artistic struggles and an unconventional personal life. Unknown to most Americans, Jansson was one of the world’s most productive queer artists who created the cult children’s book series, The Moomins. In all, the series included nine books and five picture books, plus a comic strip released between 1954 and 1993 that was syndicated to 120 newspapers in 40 countries, reaching 20 million readers daily. PRESENTED BY OPENING SHORT: SQUARE ONE DIR. EMILY JO SARGENT • 2019 • 12 MIN. • UK • ENGLISH A semi-autobiographical film about the experiences of being in a closeted relationship. And using fishing as a way to avoid sex. VIRTUAL IN-PERSON AT PROGRAM 17
Beyto SATURDAY, JUNE 5 • 7:30 PM DIR. GITTA GSELL • 2020 • 98 MIN. • SWITZERLAND • SWISS GERMAN, TURKISH Beyto is a hot, young, athletic Turkish-Swiss man who helps out in the family restaurant and falls in love with his swimming coach Mike. Beyto’s parents lure him from Switzerland back to their Turkish village and force him to marry his childhood friend. The situation tears Beyto apart as he struggles to remain loyal to his family while wanting to find love and happiness with Mike. OPENING SHORT: ARE WE HERE YET? New England Premiere DIR. SOLOMON CHIDI AMADIUME • 2020 • 10 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH A couple moving in together discover they don’t know as much about each other as they thought. VIRTUAL PROGRAM 19
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DIR. VALERIE BISSCHEROUX • 2018 • 65 MIN. • NETHERLANDS • DUTCH
Your 20s can be tricky, especially when you’re easily distracted like Anne. But
if she can navigate her turbulent love life and balance girlfriends, ex-girlfriends,
friends, and career, she might be able to master adulthood.
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her down memory lane pedestal but could never she wasn’t completely
as she reminisces their quite pin down. Then sure of her sexual identity.
stable but predictable came Esther, an older Now, back to present day,
relationship. Then came woman and her former Anne is on her own. But
Janna, who was the polar boss, who wanted more will she stay single long
opposite: wild and wildly than an illicit workplace or will someone come
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VIRTUAL
PROGRAM 21Born This Way: MY BROTHER IS A
MERMAID
TRANSGENDER SHORTS DIR. ALFIE DALE • 2019 • 20 MIN. •
UK • ENGLISH
SUNDAY, JUNE 6 • 7:30 PM | ONLINE FROM JUNE 4 - 20 A social realist fairytale about a
transfemme teenager, as seen through
Powerful and affirming stories about the experiences of transgender people, the eyes of their seven-year-old brother.
told with honesty, integrity and heart.
SABA
U.S. Premiere
DIR. MOHAMMAD REZA KHAVARI •
BEFORE THE ERUPTION 2020 • 13 MIN. •
New England Premiere ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN • PERSIAN
DIR. ROBERO PÉREZ TOLEDO • 2020 • When an Iranian father encourages his
10 MIN. • SPAIN • SPANISH daughter to dress as a boy so she can
Although volcanoes can erupt without sneak into the soccer stadium where
any advance notice, they usually issue women are not allowed, a long-hidden
a warning before blowing their top. We family secret is revealed.
barely saw it coming.
SHEER QORMA
EYES DOWN Sneak Preview
DIR. FARAZ ARIF ANSARI • 2020 •
New England Premiere
30 MIN. • INDIA • ENGLISH/HINDI/URDU
DIR. CHARLOTTE DANIEL • 2020 •
A resilient, queer Muslim women of color
7 MIN. • UK • ENGLISH
chooses to embrace the love that exists
A newly out, middle-aged trans woman
beyond their personal beliefs and social
takes her first journey on a Glasgow Bus.
moralities in this story of belonging,
acceptance, identity and family.
GOD’S DAUGHTER DANCES
DIR. SUNGBIN BYUN • 2020 • 25 MIN. • VENTURE OUT
SOUTH KOREA • KOREAN DIR. PALMER MORSE, JAMIE DINICOLA,
Shin-mi gets a call from the Military MATT MIKKELSEN • 2020 • 15 MIN. •
Manpower Administration to appear for USA • ENGLISH
the military service examination. But Shin- A story about overcoming odds, the power
mi is a transgender female dancer, and of resilience, and ultimately, the ever-lasting
she does not intend to hide her identity. effects of LGBTQ community building.
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PROGRAM 23THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE Non-profit 501 (C) (3)
Sirley
JUNE 25 @ 7:30 PM JUNE 27 @ 2 & 5 PM
MONDAY, JUNE 7 • 7:30 PM
JULY 16 @ 7:30 PM OCTOBER 8 & 9 @ 8 PM New England Premiere
DIR. ELISA AMORUSO • 2020 • 90 MIN. •
ITALY • ITALIAN, FRENCH
Nina is 13 years old with an incredibly messy family. Her entire world is
suddenly disrupted when they move from the center of Rome to a grey,
dingy suburb where the boys ride on scooters and act tough. Then she
meets Sirley, a lonely and rebellious girl from French Guyana who lives in
OCTOBER 21 @ 8 PM OCTOBER 22 @ 8 PM the next building. They develop a strong and intense friendship that will
change Nina’s life forever.
OPENING SHORT:
PEACH
Northeast U.S. Premiere
OCTOBER 27 & 28 @ 8 PM NOVEMBER 6 @ 8 PM DIR. SOPHIE SAVILLE • 2020 • 8 MIN. •
AUSTRALIA • ENGLISH
A socially anxious young woman lands a hot
date. There’s just one problem: She’s not sure
if it’s actually a date.
NOVEMBER 7 @ 7:30 PM NOVEMBER 19 @ 8 PM
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PROGRAMWe Know What Boys Like: IT’S JUST IN MY HEAD
“Physical” World Premiere
DIR. MARIUS GABRIEL STANCU • 2020 • 17 MIN. •
GAY SHORTS ITALY • ITALIAN
Andreas and Alessandro have known each other since
MONDAY, JUNE 7 • 7:30 PM | ONLINE FROM JUNE 4 - 20 childhood. Although they study at university in different
cities, they always spend the summer together in the
seaside resort where they were born. Summer is
With hot guys, lonely guys, strangers and old friends, on a beautiful beach or
coming to an end, but before they part, Andreas gives
in a verdant field, these stories of love, longing and connection are all about Alessandro a surprising gift.
the guys.
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN
US AND THE SKY
New England Premiere
S.A.M. DIR. VASILIS KEKATOS • 2019 • 9 MIN. •
DIR. LLOYD EYRE-MORGAN & NEIL ELY • FRANCE • MODERN GREEK
2020 • 16 MIN. • UK • ENGLISH Two strangers meet at an old gas station at night on
Two teenage boys, both named Sam, meet at the the national road. One has stopped to gas up his bike,
swings each week to escape their dysfunctional while the other is just stranded.
homelives. Slowly they fall in love.
OF HEARTS AND CASTLES
LAST SUMMER WITH New England Premiere
UNCLE IRA DIR. RUBÉN NAVARRO • 2020 • 14 MIN. •
USA, SPAIN • ENGLISH
DIR. GARY JAFFE, KATIE ENNIS • 2020 • A man struggling after a breakup hooks up with
13 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH another man for one night. Those few hours together
It’s the summer of 1991 and closeted teenager Daniel soothe their emotions and create feelings that will stay
is about to leave for his last season at summer camp. with them forever.
His mother nudges him to share a few moments and
a glass of lemonade with his Uncle Ira, who is dying
from HIV/AIDS.
CLOSETS KEEP SUBURBAN
BOYS HOME
ESCAPING THE FRAGILE DIR. MATT MITCHELL • 2020 • 7 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
Two boys struggle with love and heartbreak in closeted
PLANET suburbia.
East Coast Premiere
DIR. THANASIS TSIMPINIS • 2020 • 17 MIN. •
GREECE • MODERN GREEK
MAGNETIC HARVEST
New England Premiere
A boy-meets-boy tale unfolds, just a few hours before DIR. MARINE LEVÉEL • 2019 • 24 MIN. •
the world ends. (DISCLAIMER: This work of fiction FRANCE • FRENCH
was shot in July 2019. Any similarity to the Covid-19 Mickaël is a pig farmer in rural France. His search for
pandemic is purely coincidental.) an amorous connection is disrupted by the sudden
return of the charming and youthful Paul. Meanwhile,
Mickaël’s best pig is on the lam.
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PROGRAM 27Little Girl
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 • 7:30 PM
DIR. SÉBASTIEN LIFSHITZ • 2020 • 90 MIN. •
FRANCE, DENMARK • FRENCH
Seven-year-old Sasha has always known she was a little girl, even though
she was born a boy. As society refuses to treat her like the other children,
her family fights a constant battle to make her difference understood
and accepted. Sasha will win your heart in this inspiring story of love,
determination, perseverance and courage.
OPENING SHORT:
NOW, DAPHNE
DIR. JOHANN G. LOUIS • 2019 • 20 MIN. •
GREAT ART FRANCE • FRENCH
A young woman, Daphne, drives through
Close to Home desert landscapes at night. Along the way, she
meets people who seem to know her without
being able to give her a name. Who is Daphne? Could it be a ghost who
Free Admission through June 2021 came to walk in the footsteps of her past?
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VIRTUAL
PROGRAM 29Kiss the Girl: THE QUIETING
East Coast Premiere
DIR. ALI LIEBERT • 2020 • 15 MIN. • CANADA • ENGLISH
LESBIAN SHORTS On the night before an important date, the newly queer
Maggie confronts her crushing anxiety and internalized
homophobia.
TUESDAY, JUNE 8 • 7:30 PM | ONLINE FROM JUNE 4 - 20
From the laundry room to the waiting room, these stories of lesbian life and love GIRL NIGHT STAND:
in the 21st century are filled with humor and surprises. CHAPTER TWO
“Physical” World Premiere
DIR. JENNA LAURENZO • 2020 • 9 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
A woman craving connection during the Covid-19 pandemic
THE TEST awkwardly reaches out to her ex-girlfriend. When they get
together, they have to figure out how to hang out or make
DIR. JESSICA SMITH • 2020 • 8 MIN. • out, while quickly deciding if they’re ready to reignite their
AUSTRALIA • ENGLISH romance.
Hoping to take the next big step in their life together, two
women await the results of a test that could not only put an
end to their plans, but perhaps even their relationship. WHAT IF?
DIR. TERESA GARRATTY • 2020 • 10 MIN. •
LEO & ALEX IN THE MIDDLE OF UK • BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE
After a bad break-up, Jess focuses on rebuilding her life and
THE 21ST CENTURY boosting her self-esteem. Dating someone new might help,
but what if it all goes wrong? There’s only one way to find out.
DIR. EVA LIBERTAD, NURIA MUÑOZ • 2020 • 7 MIN. •
GIRLS SHOULDN’T WALK
SPAIN • SPANISH
Alex wakes up in her bed after a night of partying. Next to her
is Leo, her roommate, who doesn’t remember how she ended
up there. It seems like this has happened before. ALONE AT NIGHT
Eastern U.S. Premiere
DIR. KATERINE MARTINEAU • 2020 • 17 MIN. •
I KNOW HER CANADA • FRENCH
Delphine and Chantal are stranded late at night on a remote
DIR. FAWZIA MIRZA • 2019 • 3 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
In the afterglow of an amazing hookup, two women who feel beach, where they bare their feelings to one other.
they are fated to be together realize that they may have a little
too much in common.
THE WASH (IN LOVE)
New England Premiere
THE SONG WE SANG DIR. IBON HERNANDO • 2020 • 9 MIN. •
SPAIN • NO DIALOGUE
“Physical” U.S. premiere
DIR. AARTI NEHARSH • 2019 • 20 MIN. • María is infatuated with her neighbor Susana. She wants to
INDIA • ENGLISH, HINDI make Susana fall in love, but they only meet on the landing,
Krishna and Alia meet at a cultural event and decide to ditch where they tend the laundry. Now every day is laundry day.
it. They walk around the city, talking about love, home, religion
and fears while falling for each other as the night passes. Every
choice made is another choice forgone, leading to a different
FRIENDS LIKE THAT
DIR. FRANCESCA DE FUSCO • 2019 • 8 MIN. •
reality -- a reality where this night might not have happened.
USA • ENGLISH
After getting dumped, Maia seeks solace by crashing with her
best ex Alex.
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PROGRAM 31No Ordinary Man
CENTER-
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 • 7:30 PM PIECE
DIR. AISLING CHIN-YEE & CHASE JOYNT • 2020 • 84 MIN. •
CANADA • ENGLISH
In this brilliantly crafted documentary, the legacy of American jazz
musician and trans icon Billy Tipton is brought to life by a diverse group of
contemporary transgender artists. Tipton gained musical fame in the 1940s
and 50s, but his transgender identity was not revealed publicly until after
his death in 1989. This groundbreaking film shows what is possible when a
community collaborates to honor the legacy of an unlikely hero.
PRESENTED BY
OPENING SHORT:
SOLE MIO
DIR. MAXIME ROY • 2019 • 23 MIN. •
FRANCE • FRENCH
Daniel runs a father/son plumbing business
with his father, who is preparing for gender
affirming surgery. Daniel is deeply upset that
they’ve been hiding the truth from his mother for four years.
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PROGRAM 33Love, Spells and All That
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9 • 7:30 PM
Northeast U.S. Premiere
DIR. ÜMIT ÜNAL • 2019 • 96 MIN. • TURKEY • TURKISH
Once upon a time, when they were teenagers on an island near Istanbul,
Eren and Reyhan had a love affair. When Eren’s powerful family discovered
the relationship, they forced the girls to separate. Twenty years later, Eren
finds Reyhan and tells her that she never loved anyone else the way she
loved her, and is still in love with her. Reyhan, who is now living with a man,
believes that this forbidden love can’t be real and that it’s all because of a
foolish love spell she had cast on Eren years ago. The two embark on a
day-long journey to find someone who can lift the spell, while taking a trip
down memory lane. Charming hijinks ensue, but what about love?
The Edward C. & Ann T.
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OPENING SHORT:
BECCA
DIR. NANCY WEBB • 2020 • 12 MIN. •
CANADA • ENGLISH
Max and Daphne share a lovestruck
evening while a bizarre secret looms, in this
contemporary queer interpretation of Daphne
du Maurier’s Gothic novel “Rebecca.”
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PROGRAM 35Sublet
Proud to support
THURSDAY, JUNE 10 • 7:30 PM
the 34th Annual DIR. EYTAN FOX • 2020 • 89 MIN. • USA, ISRAEL • ENGLISH, HEBREW
Connecticut Michael, a New York Times travel writer in his mid-fifties, visits Tel Aviv to
research his latest article while taking a break from his husband after they
experience a tragedy that leaves him emotionally exhausted. He sublets an
LGBTQ Film apartment from Tomer, an attractive, young, gay Israeli, who takes Michael
under his wing and shows him around the city. As they spend time together,
Festival
Michael experiences Tel Aviv’s youthful energy. Seeing Tel Aviv through Tomer’s
eyes changes Michael’s perspective, and he finds the inspiration he needs to
embrace life again. Will he return to his life in New York, or make a new one in
Tel Aviv with Tomer? Enjoy this latest film from Eytan Fox (Yossi & Jagger, The
Bubble), featuring film, television and Broadway star John Benjamin Hickey.
PRESENTED BY
OPENING SHORT:
THE NIGHT TRAIN
East Coast Premiere
DIR. JERRY CARLSSON • 2020 • 15 MIN. •
SWEDEN • ENGLISH, FRENCH, SWEDISH
Oskar is on the night train, heading home after an
interview in Stockholm. With a long night ahead
of him, he makes eye contact with Ahmad. For the first time he meets the gaze
of someone who feels the same desire as he does.
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DIR. KELLY WALKER • 2021 • 87 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
Initial Visit
Jane and Fiona have been best friends for life and have done everything
together since kindergarten. When Fiona mysteriously commits suicide,
Jane is left devastated and adrift. The only way to find meaning and comfort
is to help Fiona’s widow Gemma care for their young son. Jane and Gemma
are polar opposites who have nothing in common except their shared grief
and love for Fiona. Gemma is drawn to Jane and intimacy builds between
them. But is their attraction enough to mend broken hearts, and can Jane
continue to live vicariously through Fiona’s family?
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DIR. APRIL MAXEY • 2019 • 9 MIN. •
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Andrea meets up with her ex-girlfriend to
retrieve a few last belongings. They are
suddenly surrounded by each other’s
familiarity, but also reminded that this is likely the last time they will see each
other.
VIRTUAL
PROGRAM 39Summer of 85
June, 2021
West Hartford Pride
More Than A Party!
FRIDAY, JUNE 11 • 7:30 PM
Join us for in-person and virtual events DIR. FRANÇOIS OZON • 2020 • 100 MIN. •
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throughout the month of June! When 16-year-old Alexis accidentally capsizes his boat off the coast of
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Alexis feels he has just met the friend of his dreams. Or has he? Will the
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DIR. OSCAR RENE LOZOYA • 2021 • 12 MIN. •
USA • ENGLISH
All Eric ever wanted was a friend. He just never
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DIR. PATRICIA VIDAL DELGADO • 2020 • 84 MIN. •
TIM E AS USA • SPANISH, ENGLISH
Crushes. Quinceañeras. Teachers. Activism. Violence. Welcome to Compton
High School in 2019. Newly enrolled Aleteia has the grit, intelligence and
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Having Sex? searing immediacy and energy, and an ending you won’t see coming,
Put your Aleteia fights for her right to stay in America while risking her family,
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DIR. MICHAEL SELIGMAN & JENNIFER TIEXIERA • 2020 • 100 MIN. •
USA • ENGLISH
A box of letters, held in secret for nearly 60 years, opens a chapter of LGBT
history that has been sealed for decades. The letters, written in the 1950s by
a group of New York City drag queens, resurrect a forgotten world, where
being yourself meant breaking the law, and where the penalties for men
“masquerading” as women were swift and severe. This stylistically inventive
documentary uses original interviews, never-before-seen archival footage
and photographs, and innovative recreations to portray the pre-Stonewall
era these drag queens lived in. Now in their 80s and 90s, they reveal how
they survived and somehow flourished at a time when the government
sought to destroy them, and then history tried to erase them.
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DIR. SARAH SMITH • 2019 • 15 MIN. •
USA • ENGLISH
Shmuel is a pious Hasidic man, but when his
family leaves town for a few days, he steps out
of his simple life into a more complex world.
VIRTUAL
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EMBRACING GOD’S PRESENCE
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SERVING Destination DIR. SHIREL PELEG • 2020 • 101 MIN. •
BUILDING OUR HERITAGE
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Sparks fly when two families from wildly different cultural backgrounds try to
plan a lesbian wedding that the brides themselves maybe aren’t quite ready
for. In this screwball romantic misadventure that feels a bit like an Israeli
YOU CAN
My Big Fat Greek Wedding, love knows no borders. While Shira has fallen
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What happens when lovers don’t fit but do belong together? Madcap chaos
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DIR. ERIN BROWN THOMAS • 2020 • 10 MIN. •
financial needs, just as we always have. USA • ENGLISH
Vicki idolizes her new girlfriend Samantha,
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PROGRAM 47A Good Man SUNDAY, JUNE 13 • 2:30 PM “Physical” U.S. Premiere DIR. MARIE-CASTILLE MENTION-SCHAAR • 2020 • 108 MIN. • FRANCE, BELGIUM • FRENCH Aude and Benjamin have been in love for six years and desperately want to have a child together. Aude is a professional dancer who gave up her career to move to a small island off the coast of Brittany so Benjamin could start life anew as a trans man. When Aude is unable to conceive, Benjamin agrees to postpone his gender confirmation surgery and become pregnant. This sets in motion a series of challenges and conflicts with family, friends, villagers, and one another. Can love conquer all? OPENING SHORT: NICKI U.S. Premiere DIR. SAMAN HAGHIGHIVAND • 2020 • 19 MIN. • ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN • PERSIAN A trans woman is on her way to a job interview in Tehran when something traumatizing happens. VIRTUAL IN-PERSON AT PROGRAM 49
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DIR. TODD STEPHENS • 2021 • 105 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
What do you do when you’re an aging hairdresser stuck in a nursing home
waiting to die? You break out and run around town gathering supplies
so you can style a dead woman’s hair for her funeral, of course! Mr. Pat
was once the go-to hairdresser for Sandusky, Ohio’s elite women, until a
protégé betrayed him, set up shop across the street, stole his clients and
pushed him out of business. Mr. Pat is determined to overcome all obstacles
LIVINGSTON, ADLER, PULDA, so he can have his last hurrah, as he wanders around the gritty streets
MEIKLEJOHN & KELLY, P.C. of Sandusky in this funny, quirky, heart-warming tale. The film is the third
part of writer/director Todd Stephens’ “Hometown Trilogy” after Edge of
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“Physical” East Coast Premiere
DIR. MATT PORTER • 2020 • 16 MIN. •
• Representing employees and labor unions for 39 years USA • ENGLISH
• Promoting employee rights, civil rights & workplace fairness Charles explores the gray areas of his own
• In solidarity with the struggle for real social change sexuality after going through an unexpected breakup.
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East Coast Premiere
DIR. M. H. MURRAY • 2020 • 11 MIN. •
BIPOC SHORTS CANADA • ENGLISH
Benjamin is ghosted by his lover.
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this diverse selection of films highlighting queer communities of color.
THE LEAF
Eastern U.S. Premiere
DIR. WILLIAM J. ZANG • 2021 • 4 MIN. •
USA • CHINESE, ENGLISH
CHASIN’ This personal and poetic documentary
explores the experiences of a gay immigrant
International Premiere
DIR. LEE MATTHEWS • 2021 • 8 MIN. • filmmaker during the Covid-19 pandemic.
AUSTRALIA • ENGLISH
When they hook up in the middle of a
summer’s night, two guys experience more MORA & CHENCHI
than they were expecting. Northeast Premiere
DIR. DIEGO TOUSSAINT • 2020 • 20 MIN. •
MEXICO • SPANISH
2 DOLLARS A magazine writer returns to her hometown
DIR. ROBIN CLOUD • 2019 • 15 MIN. • for a funeral where she crosses paths with
USA • ENGLISH her high school best friend for the first time in
Syd works at one of the worst property 11 years. As they pass the day together and
management firms in the city and deals with reflect on their past, old feelings resurface.
daily slights from ignorant co-workers and an
oblivious boss. A winning lottery ticket might
just be the way out and enable Syd to pursue BLUE SUIT
their dreams. DIR. KEVIN NGUYEN • 2020 • 16 MIN. •
USA • ENGLISH
THE PASSIONATE PURSUITS When a surprise party interrupts his plans,
an anxious young man has to find a private
OF ANGELA BOWEN moment to confess his true feelings to his
close friend before moving away the next day.
DIR. JENNIFER ABOD • 2020 • 25 MIN. •
USA • ENGLISH
A window into the fascinating life of Dr. Angela
Bowen, from her inner-city Boston origins to
FREE TO BE
DIR. UGENIA STOKES • 2020 • 13 MIN. •
her multi-faceted career as a classical ballerina, USA • ENGLISH
legendary dance teacher, and black-lesbian- Four individuals who identify as members of
feminist activist, organizer, writer and professor. the LGBTQIA+ community struggle for social
justice and racial equality.
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DIR. FAWZIA MIRZA • 2019 • 3 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
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COMEDY SHORTS they are fated to be together realize that they may have a little
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DIR. ROBIN CLOUD • 2019 • 15 MIN. • USA • ENGLISH
If laughter is truly the best medicine, this collection of knee-slappers is just the
Syd works at one of the worst property management firms in
elixir you need to cure everything from hangnails to seasonal allergies. Side the city and deals with daily slights from ignorant co-workers
effects may include giggles, guffaws and general merriment. (Includes several and an oblivious boss. A winning lottery ticket might just be
the way out and enable Syd to pursue their dreams.
comedy short films from other film programs across the festival.)
FEELING FLUSH
DIR. ERIN BROWN THOMAS • 2020 • 10 MIN. •
FLEX USA • ENGLISH
Vicki idolizes her new girlfriend Samantha, but draws the line
“Physical” East Coast Premiere when it comes to sharing bathroom space while occupying
DIR. MATT PORTER • 2020 • 16 MIN. • the porcelain throne. Samantha has other ideas.
USA • ENGLISH
Charles explores the gray areas of his own sexuality after
going through an unexpected breakup. PEACH
Northeast U.S. Premiere
DIR. SOPHIE SAVILLE • 2020 • 8 MIN. •
THE TEST AUSTRALIA • ENGLISH
A socially anxious young woman lands a hot date. There’s
DIR. JESSICA SMITH • 2020 • 8 MIN. •
just one problem: she’s not sure if it’s actually a date.
AUSTRALIA • ENGLISH
Hoping to take the next big step in their life together, two
women await the results of a test that could not only put an
end to their plans, but perhaps even their relationship.
6:23 AM
New England Premiere
DIR. GEOFFREY BRETON • 2019 • 4 MIN. • UK • ENGLISH
CRUSH Two women who met in a club early that morning are now
watching the sun come up together. One of them suddenly
DIR. LEELA VARGHESE • 2020 • 7 MIN. •
realizes something that could ruin everything.
AUSTRALIA • ENGLISH
An obsessed Lizzy hopes she can ask out the girl of her
dreams, a gorgeous retail worker, before she buys every
novelty candle in the store.
BING! BANG! BI!
East Coast Premiere
DIR. JESSICA HURAS • 2020 • 10 MIN. •
REPUGNANT CANADA • ENGLISH
A struggling actor takes a stance on her bisexuality at an
DIR. KYAN KRUMDIECK • 2018 • 12 MIN. •
NEW ZEALAND • ENGLISH inopportune moment.
Grace must prove that her pray-away-the-gay therapy for
dogs isn’t a sham, but Fergis the pug isn’t making it easy
for her.
DOUBTS
DIR. PEDRO RUDOLPHI • 2019 • 6 MIN. • SPAIN • SPANISH
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Arthur is an 80-year-old retiree who lives
in a modest home in Vienna while caring
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These stories remind us that romance can find us at any age, life is always filled
with possibilities, and the best may indeed be yet to come. attractive young male caretaker arrives,
so do long dormant feelings.
THE MISTRESS
JULKA AND JULIE DIR. PATI CRUZ • 2019 • 11 MIN. •
USA (PUERTO RICO) • SPANISH
DIR. GLORIA STERN • 2020 • 30 MIN. •
During her husband’s funeral, Maritere
GERMANY • GERMAN
receives an unexpected visit from
Two women meet again after 59 years
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apart in this poetic love story that
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encourages starting over again, even in
old age.
ENCOUNTER SUNDOWN
DIR. IVAN LÖWENBERG • 2019 •
DIR. ERIK GERNAND • 2019 • 10 MIN. •
18 MIN. • MEXICO • SPANISH
USA • ENGLISH
A sudden event creates an unexpected
An elderly man gets a visit from his
connection between an elderly lesbian
childhood best friend, who appears to
and a young man struggling with his
him as a teenager.
identity.
WINGS
New England Premiere
DIR. JAMIE WESTON • 2020 • 18 MIN. •
UK • ENGLISH
This heart-warming love story spans six
decades and follows the relationship
between two Land Army girls who met
during World War II.
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New England Premiere
DIR. SHIN SEUNG EUN • 2019 • 24 MIN. •
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS I SOUTH KOREA • KOREAN
A Korean mother stops by her daughter’s
room to drop off some Kimchi and walks
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in unexpectedly on her daughter’s female
friend. Mother is alarmed by the girl’s
Take a whirlwind trip to five continents, where you’ll discover that everyone has a presence, but all of that begins to change
story to tell no matter what language they speak. after cooking a meal.
MEMOIRS OF THE (NON)
EXISTENT ME
TRIBUNAL DIR. THIAGO KISTENMACKER • 2020 •
DIR. MASON FLEMING • 2019 • 15 MIN. • 15 MIN. • BRAZIL • PORTUGUESE
AUSTRALIA • ENGLISH AND PERSIAN Marina’s death transforms her past into
In this darkly comic drama inspired by actual heritage. Her family clings to the beloved
Australian court proceedings, a gay Afghan boy they once knew. Her transgender friends
asylum seeker facing a hostile tribunal finds struggle to honor the woman she became.
that his fate is in the hands of his interpreter.
NOT THAT KIND OF GUY
A COHABITATION New England Premiere
Northeast Premiere DIR. SARAH AL ATASSI • 2020 • 26 MIN. •
DIR. TUNG WEI YE • 2019 • 18 MIN. • FRANCE • FRENCH
MALAYSIA • CHINESE Léto is a gay transgender male in his early
A gay couple in Taipei just moved in together 20s who enjoys working at the cinema. But
but are at a turning point. One of the men is his life feels hopeless. He desperately wants
Malaysian, has HIV and is facing deportation. to find love and his neighbors are constantly
bullying him. Things start to look up when he
HEY YOU meets the handsome Hamza who works at
the local ice-rink.
East Coast Premiere
DIR. JARED WATMUFF • 2019 • 5 MIN. •
UK • ENGLISH SKUMJAS
When two men use a dating app to hook up, New England Premiere
are questions about who’s on top all they DIR. YASSIN KOPTAN • 2020 • 15 MIN. •
should be worried about? How much do we EGYPT • ENGLISH
really know about the person behind their After six years of being in a long-distance
profile pic? How much do we want to know? relationship, Sandra travels to the Middle
How much should we know? East to see her girlfriend and ask her the big
question.
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INTERNATIONAL SHORTS II TURKEY • ARABIC, TURKISH
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-- a trans woman just trying to stay alive, a woman
escaping domestic violence, and an undocumented
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SPRING IN AUTUMN
DIR. GHASIDEH GOLMAKANI • 2020 • 8 MIN. •
ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN • PERSIAN
FAIRYOCIOUS An Iranian woman leaves her husband and travels
DIR. FABIEN ARA • 2019 • 13 MIN. • to Russia. Memories of past travel come back to her,
FRANCE • FRENCH revealing an uncomfortable secret.
Eight-year-old Simon wants to be a girl and dress up
like a fairy to go to school. His mother turns to the
neighbors for help and soon the whole building is UNLONELY
debating Simon’s gender identity. East Coast Premiere
DIR. NATALIA LAMPROPOULOU • 2021 • 9 MIN. •
GREECE • MODERN GREEK
LINES An unemployed actor finds work at an online
U.S. Premiere companionship service during the pandemic
DIR. KYLE JUMAYNE FRANCISCO • 2019 • 10 MIN. • lockdown. A lonely middle-aged gay man calls him
PHILIPPINES • TAGALOG looking for redemption. Things don’t turn out as either
A dysfunctional father and son, one still coping from one expected.
a loss, the other with a highly stigmatized illness, are
compelled to talk to one another to make ends meet
and heal the wounds of their relationship. THE FABRIC OF YOU
DIR. JOSEPHINE LOHOAR SELF • 2019 • 11 MIN. •
UK • ENGLISH
THE ACT Michael is a gay, twenty-something mouse who hides
Northeast Premiere his true identity while he works as a tailor. When Isaac
DIR. THOMAS HESCOTT • 2020 • 18 MIN. • enters the shop one day, he offers the escapism and
UK • ENGLISH love that Michael craves.
One young man faces up to the joys and perils of
living a gay life amid the sexual repressiveness of pre-
1967 London. SOUP
New England Premiere
DIR. INGA SUKHORUKOVA • 2020 • 11 MIN. •
RUSSIA • RUSSIAN
Sometimes a bowl of soup is more than just a bowl of
soup.
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DIR. JOJO ERHOLTZ • 2020 • 13 MIN. •
USA • ENGLISH
TEEN AND YOUTH SHORTS A 16-year-old ice hockey player on an all-girls high
school team tries to repair her relationship with her
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For younger people seeking stories that reflect their life and aspirations, or for the
young at heart, this program has something for everyone. THE NAME OF THE SON
DIR. MARTINA MATZKIN • 2020 • 13 MIN. •
ARGENTINA • SPANISH
Lucho is a 13-year-old trans boy who doesn’t usually
CRUSH share much time with his father. When they go on
vacation with Lucho’s younger sister, the new family
DIR. LEELA VARGHESE • 2020 • 7 MIN. •
AUSTRALIA • ENGLISH closeness puts their relationship to the test.
An obsessed Lizzy hopes she can ask out the girl of
her dreams, a gorgeous retail worker, before she buys
every novelty candle in the store.
JULIET
DIR. IRINA STOROZHENKO • 2020 • 15 MIN. •
USA • ENGLISH
LIT Serena is extremely shy and always stays in the
DIR. EMMA MIRANDA MOORE • 2019 • 1 MIN. • background, but she dreams of playing the female
UK • ENGLISH lead in her school’s production of Romeo and Juliet.
Tension and excitement run high as a clandestine game When she signs up to audition, it unleashes a torrent
of spin the bottle has unexpected consequences. of teasing, bullying and sabotage.
FROM A TO Q IN BETWEEN
Northeast U.S. Premiere
DIR. EMMALIE EL FADLI • 2021 • 19 MIN. • DIR. BEN REINGOLD • 2020 • 5 MIN. •
UK • ENGLISH USA • ENGLISH
Figuring out you have feelings for your best friend is Mel Fine is a singer/songwriter who never felt like
half the battle. a girl. Or a boy. Mel has always felt somewhere in
between. Mel explores what that means in this music
BABYDYKE video collaboration with Ben Reingold.
Northeast U.S. Premiere
DIR. TONE OTTILIE • 2020 • 20 MIN. • ...AND THEN SHE KISSED ME!!
DENMARK • DANISH New England Premiere
When teenaged Frede begs her older sister to let DIR. ALEXIA KHODANIAN • 2019 • 2 MIN. •
her tag along to the queer club, she has an agenda: USA • ENGLISH
impress the girl she’s crushing on. But she’s afraid that A bold re-interpretation of the classic rock song, “And
being labeled “Babydyke” won’t help matters in what Then He Kissed Me” is the backdrop for this love story
will be a pivotal rite of passage. between two girls who find happiness in each other.
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