Superfest 2022 Introduction with Director Emily Beitiks

A young couple with Down's syndrome must overcome prejudice and danger, to try and save the AI baby they want to adopt. Poster alt text: Poster for Bebe AI. Pink futuristic text reads the film title, with bright blue text of the film credits. The image is of a young woman with Down Syndrome cradling a baby. They are both bathed in neon teal light.

Bebe AI

A young couple with Down's syndrome must overcome prejudice and danger, to try and save the AI baby they want to adopt.

Every season a young mole visits his blind grandfather, who lives deep underground in a comfortably decorated burrow. As the two grow older their relationship becomes more intense and important questions arise. Poster alt text: Poster for In the Upper Room. Yellow text reads the film title and credit. The poster is an animated drawing of an underground mole den, with one adult mole wearing glasses and a yellow arm band with three black dots on it. Sitting in front of him is a younger, naked mole.

In The Upper Room

Every season a young mole visits his blind grandfather, who lives deep underground in a comfortably decorated burrow.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Aimee and Victoria, two deaf women of color, find their relationship tested. Separated on their anniversary, Aimee is shaken out of her self-imposed apathy as she demonstrates her love to Victoria. Poster alt text: Poster for Aimee Victoria. White text reads the film title in the middle and credits at the bottom. Two images of the main characters, two women of color who are smiling at each other from different angles.

Aimee Victoria

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Aimee and Victoria, two deaf women of color, find their relationship tested.

A magical-realist window into a man's experience of chronic illness, mixing paintings with live-action documentary footage to explore his inner world and relationship with his partner. Poster alt text: Poster for The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms. Large text reads the film title and credits. Two people with light skin sit on the floor and are touching hands as they pass each other a paintbrush.

The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms

A magical-realist window into a man's experience of chronic illness, mixing paintings with live-action documentary footage to explore his inner world and relationship with his partner.

"Here/Not Here" combines elements of dance, especially Krump and hip hop, with football, BSL and Visual Vernacular (VV), a poetic and choreographic form of sign dance. In a run-down space that three different groups think of as their own, the characters find a common language through movement to communicate and collaborate. Poster alt text: Still from Here/Not Here. Two black men lean with their foreheads together. One have a beard, an earring, and is wearing a bandana on his head. The other has light facial hair and is wearing a red and black beanie.

Here/Not Here

Here/Not Here combines elements of dance, especially Krump and hip hop, with football, BSL and Visual Vernacular (VV), a poetic and choreographic form of sign dance.

By autistic filmmaker Blaise Borrer, “Between The Lines” offers an impressionistic glimpse into the lives and relationship of a mother and her twelve-year-old autistic son as the newly added pressures of high school begin to strain their already limited communication with each other. Poster alt text: Poster for Between the Lines. White text reads the film title and credits. A young boy with light skin and a pensive expression can be seen through his mother's arm and shoulder.

Between The Lines

By autistic filmmaker Blaise Borrer, “Between The Lines” offers an impressionistic glimpse into the lives and relationship of a mother and her twelve-year-old autistic son.

Charlie Ekomiak, an Inuk man from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, invites us into his world through filmmaking. Shot by Charlie on his birthday, this contemplative documentary stresses the power of friendship. Poster alt text: Still from Charlie by the Sea. Charlie, an Inuk man, sits on a beach with a large camera, with his walker next to him.

Charlie by the Sea

Charlie Ekomiak, an Inuk man from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, invites us into his world through filmmaking. Shot by Charlie on his birthday, this contemplative documentary stresses the power of friendship.

A movie theater projectionist with dwarfism has a fateful, frightening reunion with the famously voyeuristic photographer, Diane Arbus. Poster alt text: Poster for Seeing Diane Arbus. White text reads the title and film credits. A white woman with black round glasses pushes her glasses further up her face, her mouth slightly open.

Seeing Diane Arbus

A movie theater projectionist with dwarfism has a fateful, frightening reunion with the famously voyeuristic photographer, Diane Arbus.

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