Here is a 95-minute collection of LGBTQIA+ shorts from around the world.
JESSE JAMES: "Jesse James" traces the moments between a neighbor's phone call and the arrival of the police, when Jesse and his lover test the boundaries of their relationship and come face to face not just with what they are losing but with what they have already lost -- when Jesse can no longer save his relationship but only himself.
COCOON LOVE: A teenager is sent back to stay with her grandparents in her hometown village. As she begins a budding friendship with a classmate, she is forced to confront her past and imagine a much different future.
ANOTHER XMAS DINNER: An Afro-Latino family is challenged with seeing the youngest son for the first time in four years since his sexual transition, and meeting her new husband for the first time on the evening of their family’s annual Christmas dinner.
LAS REINAS DE LOS CUENTOS: A Latinx drag queen activist couple in San Diego uses storytelling to educate and empower children, foster community, and spread a universal message of understanding and self-acceptance. Barbie Q and Raquel Ita inspire a love of reading while teaching deeper lessons of building an equally diverse and inclusive society. We learn of the queen's backgrounds, watch their performance, hear their aspirations for using the art of drag to enrich children's lives with reading, and enter into an imaginative world of story-time via an animated sequence.
ROADKILL: Tillie's lonely life as a roadkill removal worker is destabilized when Wanda, a lively stranger, comes to town.
THE UNSURE MASSEUR: A young man considering a career as a masseur learns the sacrifices required from an experienced massage therapist.
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
A teenager is sent back to stay with her grandparents in her hometown village. As she begins a budding friendship with a classmate, she is forced to confront her past and imagine a much different future.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
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Director Biography - Xiaowen Wang
Xiaowen Wang studied Production Design at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. She also graduated from Parsons in Fashion Design, graduated from FIT in jewelry design, and spent five years in New York gaining more experience in costume and theater design, storyboard and background painting. Before coming to the United States, she joined a famous Chinese studio to learn animation production, set design and media design. Her studio experience refined her skills in production design, costume and character design, lighting design, storyboard drawing, and animation for film and television. For the past few years, Ms. Wang has been directing for film and TV.
- Year2020
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageChinese
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorXiaowen Wang
- ScreenwriterBing Li
- ProducerXiaowen Wang
- CastJuyi Zhan, Siyuan Zhang, Yonggui Wang, Xuxu Wu, Jinyuan Feng, Xiaoxu Yuan, Peng Zhang
- CinematographerMengyuan He
- EditorYujie Tang
- Production DesignXiaowen Wang
- ComposerLelia Sunier
- Sound DesignPeiqi Duan
Here is a 95-minute collection of LGBTQIA+ shorts from around the world.
JESSE JAMES: "Jesse James" traces the moments between a neighbor's phone call and the arrival of the police, when Jesse and his lover test the boundaries of their relationship and come face to face not just with what they are losing but with what they have already lost -- when Jesse can no longer save his relationship but only himself.
COCOON LOVE: A teenager is sent back to stay with her grandparents in her hometown village. As she begins a budding friendship with a classmate, she is forced to confront her past and imagine a much different future.
ANOTHER XMAS DINNER: An Afro-Latino family is challenged with seeing the youngest son for the first time in four years since his sexual transition, and meeting her new husband for the first time on the evening of their family’s annual Christmas dinner.
LAS REINAS DE LOS CUENTOS: A Latinx drag queen activist couple in San Diego uses storytelling to educate and empower children, foster community, and spread a universal message of understanding and self-acceptance. Barbie Q and Raquel Ita inspire a love of reading while teaching deeper lessons of building an equally diverse and inclusive society. We learn of the queen's backgrounds, watch their performance, hear their aspirations for using the art of drag to enrich children's lives with reading, and enter into an imaginative world of story-time via an animated sequence.
ROADKILL: Tillie's lonely life as a roadkill removal worker is destabilized when Wanda, a lively stranger, comes to town.
THE UNSURE MASSEUR: A young man considering a career as a masseur learns the sacrifices required from an experienced massage therapist.
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
A teenager is sent back to stay with her grandparents in her hometown village. As she begins a budding friendship with a classmate, she is forced to confront her past and imagine a much different future.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
WEBSITE: Click Here
FACEBOOK: Click Here
Director Biography - Xiaowen Wang
Xiaowen Wang studied Production Design at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. She also graduated from Parsons in Fashion Design, graduated from FIT in jewelry design, and spent five years in New York gaining more experience in costume and theater design, storyboard and background painting. Before coming to the United States, she joined a famous Chinese studio to learn animation production, set design and media design. Her studio experience refined her skills in production design, costume and character design, lighting design, storyboard drawing, and animation for film and television. For the past few years, Ms. Wang has been directing for film and TV.
- Year2020
- Runtime15 minutes
- LanguageChinese
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorXiaowen Wang
- ScreenwriterBing Li
- ProducerXiaowen Wang
- CastJuyi Zhan, Siyuan Zhang, Yonggui Wang, Xuxu Wu, Jinyuan Feng, Xiaoxu Yuan, Peng Zhang
- CinematographerMengyuan He
- EditorYujie Tang
- Production DesignXiaowen Wang
- ComposerLelia Sunier
- Sound DesignPeiqi Duan