2022 Festival

October 21-23, 2022

Film Block 1

Unicorn | Dir. Matt Porter | Short, 14 min
A bisexual man meets an attractive couple to explore the possibilities of life as a ‘unicorn.’– a drama free, emotionally non-threatening third.

Night Waking | Dir. Shoshana Rosenbaum | Short, 8 min
At home one night with their two young children, Ari and her wife Miriam face an existential threat.

What Being a Woman Means to Me | Dir. Ezra Brain | Short, 28 min
A journey to capture what discovering your transgender identity feels like from the inside, including the horror, anxiety, and eventual freedom.

Birthday Parties | Dir. Preston Powell | Short, 6 min
Birthday parties are commonly seen as a cheerful celebration, but they also dredge up feelings of self-worth, forgiveness, and discomfort.

Synonymous With | Dir. Thom Hilton | Short, 12 min
A student’s increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host to take a vulnerable turn. What starts as a spooky mockumentary veers into a discussion about creativity, loneliness, and intergenerational queer mentorship.

Franceska | Dir. Alberto Cano | Short, 7 min
Victor, the scientist willing to challenge science, sets out to carry out his most ambitious plan: bring his admired Franceska back to life. With the help of Igor, his invaluable and loving assistant, Victor will face the greatest challenge of his career.

The Cost Of Living | Dir. Alice Trueman | Short, 13 min
Disconnected, neurotic fitness-freak Lily has a brush with death and comes face-to-face with her worst fear. But DEATH appears to Lily as a femme fatale and Lily finds herself unexpectedly giddy with desire. Soon the fear gives way to rapture and a desire to transcend… Lily embraces Death, and in doing so experiences a ‘petit mort’, which reconnects her with what it is to be truly alive.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ 9:00 P.M. | A/PERTURE CINEMA
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 1:00 P.M. | ONLINE

Film Block 2

Gonna Haunt | Dir. Jen T. Stoughton | Short, 11 min
A self-entitled ghost embarks on a petty crusade to “haunt the shit” out of her roommate who refuses to glorify her post-death.

Mystery Solved | Dir. Tim Connolly | Feature, 94 min
As his town falls upon the 20th anniversary of its most notorious serial killer’s murder spree, Oliver reluctantly attends a murder mystery party at the former home of the very same killer. But as the night turns to more murder than mystery, it becomes clear that the killer, who disappeared 20 years ago, has come back to finish what he started… And he wants his house back.

Saturday, OCTOBER 22 @ 4:00 P.M. | A/PERTURE CINEMA
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 4:00 P.M. | ONLINE

Film Block 3

Water Rose | Dir. Sunmin Kim | Short, 4 min
Set in historical Korea, a village woman in an abusive marriage falls into the arms of a curious, femme nonbinary river spirit.

MEMENT | Dir. Aaliyah-Janay Chevalia Williams | Short, 14 min
Ezra is looking forward to completing her teletherapy. Or at least, she was until learning her ex girlfriend is her new therapist.

Give It Back | Dir. Andy Scott | Short, 5 min
Two siblings pack up their childhood home and rediscover a memory that wants something back.

All the Way Down, This Time | Dir. Michael Rogerson | Short, 20 min
A budding artist reluctantly follows her friends into the wilderness, where they stage a New Moon ritual hoping to unleash creativity. In the aftermath of the disastrous evening, she finds herself caught between her humanity and her ambitions. 

Sundown Town | Dir. Mylo Butler | Short, 10 min
Bryce and Mitchell’s trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town.

Here | Dir. Lucas Liu | Short, 8 min
Will experiences a strange day following his roommate’s murder. As Will loses grasp with reality, he is forced to remember the true identities of his strange girlfriend, his dead roommate, and himself.

The Devil Inside Me | Dir. Gabriel Arrahnio | Short, 5 min
A grieving mother believing her son to be possessed by the devil, forces him through a spiritual-religious cleansing. 

Twin | Dir. Mark J. Parker | Short, 12 min
A young couple checks into a rental cottage at the end of the vacation season and finds a mysterious twin bed inside that wasn’t mentioned in the online listing.

#NOFILTER | Dir. Nathan Crooker | Short, 13 min
Beth, an insecure twenty-something, becomes obsessed with an insidious filter that causes her to question what true beauty is.

MonsterDykë | Dir. Kaye Adelaide & Mariel Sharp | Short, 4 min
A transgender sculptress who is unhappy with her experiences dating men, has a lesbian awakening when a monster sculpture she is making comes to life and rocks her world.

Saturday, OCTOBER 22 @ 8:00 P.M. | A/PERTURE CINEMA
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23 @ 7:00 P.M. | ONLINE