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SEARCHShorts: Cinema Non-Conforming
Aug 17, 2023
8:45 PM
Location
International Village - Theatre 8
Available Online
Aug 18, 8:45 PM - Aug 21, 8:45 PM
In this experimental shorts program, queer artists push the boundaries of mainstream cinema through considerate but playful editing, intimate renderings of sound, and Cher’s 1998 hit single “Believe.”
Content warning: Racism and racial slurs, sexually explicit content, nudity, flashing lights.
Total runtime: 77 min
MOONCAKE
Rraine Hanson
United States
2022
11 min
English with captions
An experimental meditation on genderqueerness and the blurred lines between influence, desire, and obsession. The unnamed protagonist revists a childhood memory, and fantasies that once captured their imagination re-surface.
BRIGHT HEART
Tarek Lakhrissi
France, Belgium
2023
14 min
French with English subtitles
Feeling surveilled and stalked after saying goodnight to a close friend, Jahid finds refuge in a museum where classic, almost spectral, sculptures confront him with improbable discoveries.
WORLD PREMIERE
OB SCENE (OB SCENA)
Paloma Orlandini Castro
Argentina
2021
18 min
Spanish with English subtitles
In this striking and meditative work, filmmaker Paloma Orlandini Castro categorizes her sexual history using old medical terms and comparisons to contemporary pornography.
NO ONE KNOWS I’M A DOG ON THE INTERNET
Nate King
United States
2023
4 min
English with captions
Animator Nate King unabashedly claims his space in kink in this neon, retro web surf through the private files of a queer man with a penchant for puppy play.
WORLD PREMIERE
GEN
Vivian Barton
United Kingdom
2023
10 min
English with captions
A surrealist journey begins on a dark and mysterious night in this metaphorical expression of self-discovery and rebirth.
WORLD PREMIERE
NOWHERE
Pedro Gonçalves Ribeiro
Portugal, Brazil
2022
19 min
English, Portuguese, and French with English subtitles
An instrumental remix of Cher’s “Believe” provides the score to this profound and personal essay film which explores themes of memory, identity, and queerness.
