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Shorts: The Coast is Queer

Sept 20, 2024
9 PM

Location
International Village

Watch Online
Sept 21, 9 PM - Sept 24, 9 PM

Event Runtime
119 min

Post-screening Q&A with special guests.

Tags
Animation, Arts & Performance, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Experimental, Romance, Sports, Asexual, Bisexual & Pansexual, Gay, Lesbian, Nonbinary & Genderqueer, Polyamory/Non-monogamy, Queer, Questioning, Trans, Two Spirit & Indigiqueer
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Our signature showcase of local shorts and talent is back for its 27th year! Dive into films made by and featuring artists from your neighbourhood, including VQFF veterans like lisa g and Love Intersections (David Ng and Jen Sungshine), and familiar faces like Rose Butch (Rae Takei) and Persephone Estradiol (jaye simpson).

All films in this program will also be available to watch online.

Want to meet your hometown heroes? Join us later this evening for The Coast is Queer Reception, an industry networking event for filmmakers, movers, & shakers.

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Please note: We have sold out of advance tickets for the in-person program! A limited number of door tickets will be available, and online tickets remain available (just click “Get Tickets” and select “Online”). We encourage all pass-holders and ticket-holders to arrive early or on time, as we will release additional seats to folks purchasing tickets at the door once the program begins. Learn more about our Hope Line process.

SHORT

12 Angry Lesbians

World premiere
Director
Patrice Leung
Country
Canada
Year
2024
Runtime
20 min
Language
English

A lesbian softball team tries not to strike out as they discuss recruitment and upholding their values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

SHORT

Passiflora

Director
Gabriel Souza Nunes
Country
Canada
Year
2023
Runtime
13 min
Language
English

In a modern retelling of Brazilian folklore, nervous and insecure Theo discovers love for the first time at a fantastical, avant-garde party.

SHORT

pîķîwî

British Columbia premiere
Director
Olivia Marie Golosky
Country
Canada
Year
2024
Runtime
5 min
Language
English

The fragmented memories of a Two Spirit Métis person weave into landscapes as they imagine healing after sexual assault.

SHORT

artist / autist

World premiere
Director
lisa g
Country
Canada
Year
2024
Runtime
3 min
Language
English

Diagnosed with autism later in life, artist-filmmaker lisa g captures the sensory overload of a busy Vancouver bus stop in this multimedia video project.

SHORT

Drag is for Everyone

World premiere
Director
David Ng, Jen Sungshine
Country
Canada
Year
2024
Runtime
13 min
Language
English

In 2023, Carousel Theatre’s drag camp faced extreme homophobic and transphobic backlash. Performers, educators, and youth reflect on the many joys of drag.

SHORT

The Birdhouse

World premiere
Director
Romi Kim
Country
Canada
Year
2024
Runtime
23 min
Language
English
WATCH THE TRAILER

As the cherished local event space The Warehouse is demolished and its successor The Birdhouse is born, personal interviews reveal the untold labour and love poured into creating a haven beyond physical walls.

SHORT

Dirt Pride

International premiere

Director
Christina Rosetti
Country
United States
Year
2024
Runtime
11 min
Language
English

A community of bikepackers sets off in Washington’s Olympic National Forest to make friends, learn outdoor skills, and celebrate Pride their way.

POST-SCREENING Q/A
Patrice Leung

Director, '12 Angry Lesbians'

Patrice Leung is a Trinidad-born, Chinese, Canadian, lesbian, mother of two. For over forty years she has plied her trade as an Assistant Director in film and television. She has directed and produced a couple of documentaries. And her writing has been published in a few anthologies. Floor hockey and pickleball are au courant but for years she played third base in the Mabel League.

Gabriel Souza Nunes

Director, 'Passiflora'

Gabriel (he/they) is an award-winning gender-queer Brazilian Writer-Director based in Vancouver. Their work is frequently inspired by Latin American folklore, Magical Realism and Queer expressions, exploring themes like nostalgia, acceptance and diasporic relationships. In 2022 their short film “I Remember Everything” won the Best Latin Canadian Short at Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.

Olivia Marie Golosky

Director, 'pîķîwî'

Hailing from nistawâyâw, Olivia is a Two-Spirit Michif Screenwriter, Director, Production Coordinator and Producer. Olivia’s passion is to empower Two-Spirit, Queer, and Trans Indigenous voices through a lens of radical self-love and joy. In their solo work, they anchor their voice around displacement and rebuilding their world as a Survivor. Their works have screened at festivals and galleries across Turtle Island. They are currently in development for their first feature film, Rhinestone Cowboi.

lisa g

Director, 'artist / autist'

lisa g is a queer artist/filmmaker living on the unceded and stolen territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and Sel̓íl̓witulh Nations. They combine animation, analog film and digital media to create work that has historical reference, social relevance & humour. They work independently, with other artists and within communities.

Chris Reed

Cast, 'The Birdhouse'

Chris Reed (Continental Breakfast) is a non-binary multidisciplinary artist, event curator and director of media production company, Queer Based Media. They are Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree and are a settler on the stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. They are a member of the Darlings, a non-binary drag performance art collective in so-called Vancouver.

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