Frameline29: It’s a Family Affair

This program looks at the relationships we have with our families and with ourselves. From self-love to the love of your deceased grandma, this collection of shorts will have you in your feels.

Short films showing in this program:

Correct Me If I’m Wrong
23 mins
Hao Zhou

In a struggle of love, legacy, and belief, a southwest Chinese family tries to purge an unwanted entity from their queer heir.

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
19 mins
Chheangkea

During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman.

Tara
23 mins
Ashutosh S. Shankar

A Dalit, transwoman puts herself out in the dating pool of Bombay as she tries to navigate through her queer and caste identities.

Who Raised You?
23 mins
Dani Guzman

An unyielding attachment to the partner he lost in the AIDS crisis of 1980s New York propels a lonely gay man to connect with his estranged family.

You Don’t Have to Like Me
10 mins
Safiyah Chiniere

You Don’t Have to Like Me strives to open a poignant window into the lives of masculine-presenting women and the burdens they’ve born from societal norms.

Expected Guests

Chheangkea
Director (Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites)

Ashutosh S. Shankar
Director (Tara)

Zena Sagar
Producer (Tara)

Dani Guzman
Director (Who Raised You?)

Safiyah Chiniere
Director (You Don’t Have to Like Me)

Content Advisory: Homophobia.