Wicked Queer 38

US PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

Queer Documentary Shorts

Friday

Apr 22

@

12:00 am

With in person.

Wicked Queer 38

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

Queer Documentary Shorts

Friday

,

Apr 22

@

12:00 am

With in person.

Wicked Queer 38

US PREMIERE

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

Queer Documentary Shorts

Friday

Apr 22

@

12:00 am

Xerb.tv

With 
 in person.
Director
Year
Run Time
min
Country
Language
PROGRAM Time
minutes
Content warning:
This film is presented in
with English subtitles.
We always love to bring you the true stories of people from our community. This year we have everything from a look back at the amazing Barbara Hammer, to queer comic book creators, to a heartwarming story about an artist and the joy she brings to her community. Whatever true stories you like, we have them here for you.
Wicked Queer is proud to co-present this program with

Presented with...

Program includes...

This short film program includes the following films:

Love, Barbara

15
min 
Content warning:
Love, Barbara is my attempt to be evangelical about the deep imprint Barbara Hammer left behind -- on the world of lesbians searching for life and language, on women in the arts creating imagery that rings true to lived experience, on innovators challenging accepted norms, and on me personally.
DIRECTOR
Brydie O'Connor
COUNTRY
USA
LANGUAGE
English

Reborn

8
min 
Content warning:
In a climate of political turmoil for the approval of Zan bill to protect the LBTQIA+ community against hate crimes in Italy, four people decide to narrate their stories. They are respectively a non binary person, a transgender person, a cis gay man and a cis black lesbian. They recount their coming out stories and the impact with the hostile environment, with a happy and empowering ending.
DIRECTOR
Ary Maudit
COUNTRY
UK
LANGUAGE
Italian

The Announcement

8
min 
Content warning:
Last December, in full lockdown, I decided to call my mother in Russia to talk about this day, almost 5 years ago, when I came to tell her that I was ill.
DIRECTOR
Denis Liakhov
COUNTRY
France
LANGUAGE
French

Mellow

4
min 
Content warning:
Some people choose to be an activist, for others, it's an ongoing fight for survival. This is a 'moving portrait' of Mellow, a trans, non-binary activist in Los Angeles. The story of moving out of darkness into the light, turning hardship into positivity.
DIRECTOR
John Tsiavis
COUNTRY
Australia
LANGUAGE
English

Uncovered: All Cunts are Beautiful

5
min 
Content warning:
UNCOVERED: All Cunts Are Beautiful explores how the heteronormative media has damaged the idea of vulva, and subsequently the self-image of people with vulvas. Uncovering the myth of the "perfect" vulva caused by the heteronormative media’s deceptive nature, the film aims to spread an awareness of how all shapes and forms of vulvas are beautiful. The film addresses issues such as gender identity, body image, and anatomy, these having been largely misrepresented in mainstream media aimed at cis-het-white men.
DIRECTOR
Gio Formenti
COUNTRY
Brazil
LANGUAGE
English

Faraway

18
min 
Content warning:
After being estranged from his family for his homosexuality, we observe a young Arab man over four seasons and from far away as he navigates his solitude - all the while attempting to reconnect with his mother.
DIRECTOR
Aziz Zoromba
COUNTRY
Canada
LANGUAGE
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew

Ourselves, in Stories

24
min 
Content warning:
In the last 25 years, the independent comics community made deliberate efforts to be inclusive and elevate under-represented voices. This is the story of how the community has changed over those years and evidence that if you want to change a culture, you need to change its stories, starting with the storytellers.
DIRECTOR
Marjee Chmiel
COUNTRY
USA
LANGUAGE
English

Powers

24
min 
Content warning:
An artist in her 60s spreads joy in her urban community by hanging sculptures on telephone poles with positive messages. Worried that it may be illegal, she wears a disguise and hangs them anonymously. Through her random acts of kindness she makes peace with her troubled past and discovers her own self-worth. This heart-warming story reminds us that it’s never too late to discover one's true passion.
DIRECTOR
Paige Morrow Kimball
COUNTRY
USA
LANGUAGE
English