Here is a 143- min collection of this year's OutSouth Jury Award winners for Best Shorts.
MY OWN: My Own tells the story of Bianca, a nonbinary person, struggling to find the place for gender fluidity within the rigid world of ballet. Bianca finds their own voice, in this dance-filled rumination on coming out, not as one thing or another, but as something in between.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT: Suspicious that her son is gay, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise, the boy's father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. After all, why was she the last to know?
CYNTHIA: A dinner party with old friends takes a shocking turn as wounds are exposed, revelations are made, and the past resurfaces. Over one tense evening, Cynthia learns that some things can never be unsaid. An emotionally bold and uplifting story about truth, love and finding the strength to move on.
SHEER QORMA is a story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family, and how it comes together under one roof, as resilient, queer Muslim women and non-binary characters of color, choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities. (Best Long-Form Narrative Short)
SUNDOWN TOWN: Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town. (Best Horror Short)
BEFORE THE ERUPTION: Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming. (Best Young Adult Short)
STAND UP STAND OUT: Stand Up, Stand Out: The Making of a Comedy Movement tells the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. (Best Long-Form Documentary)
WINNER! 2021 OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST LONG FORM-NARRATIVE SHORT
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Sheer Qorma is a story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family, and how it comes together under one roof, as resilient, queer Muslim women and non-binary characters of colour, choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities.
In English, Hindi, and Urdu with English subtitles.
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Director Biography - Faraz Arif Ansari
Faraz Arif Ansari started their film career as a co-writer with Mr. Amole Gupte (Writer & Creative Director of ‘Taare Zameen Par’ or ‘Stars on Earth’) Faraz was the Associate Director & Executive Producer on Fox Star’s ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’, released in May, 2011. Faraz worked as the Associate Director & Casting Director on Karan Johar’s ‘Gippi!’. When not working behind the camera, Faraz conducts cinema and theatre sessions for the underprivileged children across the slums of Mumbai and trains them to write screenplays and direct their own short films along with film appreciation sessions. Faraz has also been conducting free acting workshops for the Indian transgender & queer communities, across Mumbai & Delhi. Faraz runs a charitable initiative called ‘Gift A Meal’ which works at the grassroots level and provides meals to the street children across Mumbai & Delhi.
- Year2021
- Runtime30 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Urdu
- CountryIndia
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorFaraz Arif Ansari
- ScreenwriterFaraz Arif Ansari
- ProducerMarijke de Souza
- CastShabana Azmi, Divya Dutta, Swara Bhasker, Kalyanee Mulay, Priya Malik, Jitin Gulati
Here is a 143- min collection of this year's OutSouth Jury Award winners for Best Shorts.
MY OWN: My Own tells the story of Bianca, a nonbinary person, struggling to find the place for gender fluidity within the rigid world of ballet. Bianca finds their own voice, in this dance-filled rumination on coming out, not as one thing or another, but as something in between.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT: Suspicious that her son is gay, Joana shares her doubts with her husband. To her surprise, the boy's father knows much more about the subject than she imagined. After all, why was she the last to know?
CYNTHIA: A dinner party with old friends takes a shocking turn as wounds are exposed, revelations are made, and the past resurfaces. Over one tense evening, Cynthia learns that some things can never be unsaid. An emotionally bold and uplifting story about truth, love and finding the strength to move on.
SHEER QORMA is a story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family, and how it comes together under one roof, as resilient, queer Muslim women and non-binary characters of color, choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities. (Best Long-Form Narrative Short)
SUNDOWN TOWN: Bryce and Mitchell's trip home is disrupted after making a pit stop in a mysteriously unwelcoming town. (Best Horror Short)
BEFORE THE ERUPTION: Although a volcanic eruption can occur without any prior signal, volcanoes will most likely issue different types of warnings before the eruption begins. We barely saw it coming. (Best Young Adult Short)
STAND UP STAND OUT: Stand Up, Stand Out: The Making of a Comedy Movement tells the story of a unique brand of activism belonging only to San Francisco--where three gay teachers’ fight for equal rights during the burgeoning Gay Liberation Movement of the 1970s, led to the blossoming of the Valencia Rose Cabaret, Café, and Restaurant, believed to be the first and only gay-owned and operated comedy club in the USA. (Best Long-Form Documentary)
WINNER! 2021 OUTSOUTH JURY AWARD: BEST LONG FORM-NARRATIVE SHORT
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
Sheer Qorma is a story of belonging and acceptance, identity and family, and how it comes together under one roof, as resilient, queer Muslim women and non-binary characters of colour, choose to embrace love that exists beyond their personal beliefs and social moralities.
In English, Hindi, and Urdu with English subtitles.
FACEBOOK: Click Here
Director Biography - Faraz Arif Ansari
Faraz Arif Ansari started their film career as a co-writer with Mr. Amole Gupte (Writer & Creative Director of ‘Taare Zameen Par’ or ‘Stars on Earth’) Faraz was the Associate Director & Executive Producer on Fox Star’s ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’, released in May, 2011. Faraz worked as the Associate Director & Casting Director on Karan Johar’s ‘Gippi!’. When not working behind the camera, Faraz conducts cinema and theatre sessions for the underprivileged children across the slums of Mumbai and trains them to write screenplays and direct their own short films along with film appreciation sessions. Faraz has also been conducting free acting workshops for the Indian transgender & queer communities, across Mumbai & Delhi. Faraz runs a charitable initiative called ‘Gift A Meal’ which works at the grassroots level and provides meals to the street children across Mumbai & Delhi.
- Year2021
- Runtime30 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Urdu
- CountryIndia
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorFaraz Arif Ansari
- ScreenwriterFaraz Arif Ansari
- ProducerMarijke de Souza
- CastShabana Azmi, Divya Dutta, Swara Bhasker, Kalyanee Mulay, Priya Malik, Jitin Gulati