Queer Voices: NYC Film Festival 2025

Block 5: "Lover and A Fighter"

Expired October 11, 2025 3:59 AM
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10 films in package
Acá Arriba (Up Here)
A week after his breakup, Venecio, decides to visit the bar he used to go to with his ex-partner. While drowning in his sorrows, he meets a young man who changes his solitary night.
For Small Creatures
In an encounter with an anomalous singularity in deep space, an astronaut gets a second chance to say goodbye.
It Happened in August
Aim (Aimme), a Thai immigrant navigating grief and lost dreams, returns to New York after her mother’s passing and is surprised by the sudden reappearance of her ex, Sandra, on a quiet August evening.
Jamaal
A couple invites an android robot into their home.
Last Day in Florida
Two queer people meet up in Brooklyn after years of not talking to each other and reminisce about dating (as each other’s beards) during high school back home in Florida.
Quinceañera
After being forced to have a quinceañera, a raging teenager is faced with joy and confusion when she meets a shy girl at dance practice.
SALTY
After a breakup hibernation, KeKe — a Black trans woman — is coaxed into a night out, where she unexpectedly connects with a sweet stranger and must decide between a fresh start or clinging to the past.
Side Roads
Franco and his boyfriend's nomadic life in an RV is interrupted by Franco's widowed mother's unexpected visit. Franco fabricates a groomed lifestyle to satisfy her expectations, much to his boyfriend's chagrin, only to discover that his mother may not be the same person he once knew.
The Last Goodbye
After a breakup, Nic and Kitty reunite at a park to clean up loose ends. Sometimes, relationship changes aren’t for better or worse—it’s just different.
UPSTAGE
Two dancers with contrasting styles butt heads, but when they become face to face their contention is overcome with a powerful sensation.
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It Happened In August is a romantic drama that follows Aim, a Thai immigrant, and her younger brother as they return to New York City after the loss of their mother and the collapse of Aim’s artistic dreams.


One evening in late August, while working at a Thai restaurant, Aim is stunned when her ex-girlfriend Sandra, now an acting coach, walks in unannounced. Their unexpected reunion stirs buried emotions and draws Aim into a quiet reckoning with grief, love, and the creative fire she thought she had lost.


As old feelings resurface, Aim finds herself torn between her family responsibilities and the pull of rediscovering her true self. Through a quiet act of courage, she begins to step forward, opening herself once again to love and art.


Aim walks into Sandra’s workshop. Their eyes meet across the room, and in that silent moment, both know this could be the beginning of something new.

  • Runtime
    15:00
  • Language
    English, Thai
  • Country
    United States, Thailand
  • Premiere
    NY Premiere, International Premiere, US Premiere
  • Director
    Artima Sakulkoo
  • Screenwriter
    Artima Sakulkoo
  • Producer
    Artima Sakulkoo, Nicholas Kennedy, Nyeem Greenwood
  • Filmmaker
    Artima Sakulkoo
  • Cast
    Artima Sakulkoo, Linsy Segarra, Marvin Moser, Nitinun Punprapai, Valeria Aceves, Erin Morris, Mia Reece, Wutthinan Meetian, Asake Sakulkoo
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