Frameline49: Outside Voices: New Leaders in Queer Cinema Supported by Colin Higgins Foundation

For the first time, this special presentation will celebrate the Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Grants program and the success of its recipients by showcasing films from past and present grantees.

Short films showing in this program:

Baba I’m Fine
13 mins
Karina Dandashi

When Sama’s girlfriend blows off their Friday plans, the teen copes with romantic rejection by blasting music in her room. When her dad suggests hanging out, she agrees. Their evening takes an unexpected turn as a message forces her to choose between authenticity and keeping up appearances.

Barbie Boy
15 mins
Remi Gabriel

Simon reflects on the shared tenderness and tumultuousness of a fall day living with his Abuela. Painful memories both real and heightened surface, as he tries to reconcile the woman who loved him deeply with the one who left so much unsaid.

A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian
8 mins
AJ Dubler and Carmela Murphy

After a mysterious girl shows up at Gray’s doorstep holding the corpse of a bird that had just cracked her window, an impromptu bird funeral changes the way Gray views herself and her lesbian identity.

Unholy
13 mins
Daisy Friedman

Unholy follows Noa, a young adult with a complex gastrointestinal disorder, as she attends her family’s Passover Seder for the first time since being put on a feeding tube. There, she is confronted by pushy family members, malfunctioning medical devices, and a room full of food she cannot eat.

Expected Guests

AJ Dubler
Director (A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian)

Carmela Murphy
Director (A Bird Hit My Window and Now I’m a Lesbian)

Karina Dandashi
Director (Baba I’m Fine)

Remi Gabriel
Director (Barbie Boy)

Daisy Friedman
Director (Unholy)