Shorts Program: Youth In Revolt

If there is no right way to be me, it will have to be wrong. These stories follow the younger queer generations as they fight and rebel to find themselves and their communities. FIVE YEARS IN 8MM (dir. Cody Stickels; U.S.) documents the filmmaker’s gender transition through 8mm film, tracing a journey where joy emerges as a radical antidote to pain. Raemond, a high school senior, creates wearable art to express how it feels to be transgender in HOW YOU SEE ME (dir. Dave Monahan, Raemond Monahan; U.S.). In WHEREVER YOU ARE (dir. Ryan Michael Hoskins; U.S.), a closeted teen on a romantic lakeside getaway with his boyfriend, detects a presence looming in the darkness: one that’s always watching, always judging, and ready to swallow them whole. During a typical dust storm, Antônio vomited his insecurities into a trunk and locked them away. Finally, he realized that to be happy he would have to confront them in A DAY OUT OF TIME (dir. Augusto Brasil; Brazil). IN VIVID MEMORY, COME AGAIN (dir. Satarie Bennett; U.S.) follows a heartbroken teenage girl who revisits the bittersweet moments of her previous relationship before finally letting go of the past. Ten-year-old Pablo loves spending time at his granny’s countryside home, but everything changes when his friend Martín pressures him to betray his family, leaving Pablo to question where he truly belongs in GALLINA (dir. Fernando Reinaldos; Spain). To top it off, in TALK STRAIGHT, DUDA (dir. Eduardo Maia; U.S.) a gay filmmaker seeks advice from the queer community before coming face to face with his father about their painful past, grappling with the question: why is it so hard for us to connect? Iona Bodem will moderate an exclusive conversation with director Eduardo Maia of Talk Straight, Duda.