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Enjoy a sensational series of trans short films. A trans scientist rediscovers a lost satellite from her former life as a NASA engineer. In a quest to find belonging and acceptance, a young trans-Asian -American teenager yearns to become part of a tight-knit group of squeegee boys in Baltimore. A mother watches her trans daughter Srija fall in love, marry, and fight for state recognition of her marriage in a traditional small town in South India. Maya and Santiago haven’t seen each other since their explosive relationship ended years ago, so neither is expecting to be across from each other at a professional dinner with their new partners. A trans boxer wrestles with the decision to transition at the potential cost of their marriage. Fearing her mother’s disapproval, a teenage trans girl secretly sews a prom dress from her mother’s scrap fabric
35 years ago, Maya Redding, a male-presenting NASA engineer, and her best friend George, launched a satellite to study the origins of the universe. The satellite got lost in the wrong orbit, forcing Maya to leave NASA in shame. In the years since, Maya came out as trans, and has been searching for the satellite ever since. When she re-discovers the satellite, Maya is haunted by the memory of her painful, closeted past. Will she bring the satellite’s data back to NASA and return to her former life? Or will she let her past burn up, like the satellite’s re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere?
- Year2024
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereGeorgia Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorAriel Mahler
- ScreenwriterAriel Mahler, Nicholas Schmid, Kunal Sengupta
- ProducerIladya Cetinkaya
- CastDanielle Squyres, Tirosh Schneider, Robert Dowdy, Matthew Henerson, Jodi Harrison, Leon A Walker
- CinematographerMaryn McGaw
- EditorVictoria Villig
- Production DesignSarah Dawn Hamlin
- ComposerJoanna Karselis
Enjoy a sensational series of trans short films. A trans scientist rediscovers a lost satellite from her former life as a NASA engineer. In a quest to find belonging and acceptance, a young trans-Asian -American teenager yearns to become part of a tight-knit group of squeegee boys in Baltimore. A mother watches her trans daughter Srija fall in love, marry, and fight for state recognition of her marriage in a traditional small town in South India. Maya and Santiago haven’t seen each other since their explosive relationship ended years ago, so neither is expecting to be across from each other at a professional dinner with their new partners. A trans boxer wrestles with the decision to transition at the potential cost of their marriage. Fearing her mother’s disapproval, a teenage trans girl secretly sews a prom dress from her mother’s scrap fabric
35 years ago, Maya Redding, a male-presenting NASA engineer, and her best friend George, launched a satellite to study the origins of the universe. The satellite got lost in the wrong orbit, forcing Maya to leave NASA in shame. In the years since, Maya came out as trans, and has been searching for the satellite ever since. When she re-discovers the satellite, Maya is haunted by the memory of her painful, closeted past. Will she bring the satellite’s data back to NASA and return to her former life? Or will she let her past burn up, like the satellite’s re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere?
- Year2024
- Runtime16 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereGeorgia Premiere
- Social Media
- DirectorAriel Mahler
- ScreenwriterAriel Mahler, Nicholas Schmid, Kunal Sengupta
- ProducerIladya Cetinkaya
- CastDanielle Squyres, Tirosh Schneider, Robert Dowdy, Matthew Henerson, Jodi Harrison, Leon A Walker
- CinematographerMaryn McGaw
- EditorVictoria Villig
- Production DesignSarah Dawn Hamlin
- ComposerJoanna Karselis