San Francisco Documentary Festival

Shorts: Beat of Your Own Drum

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Cow Sense
Cow Sense is an exploration of resilience, identity, and the quiet defiance of traditional gender roles in rural America. Set against the rugged mountains and open plains of southern Colorado, the film follows the lives of three sisters who challenge expectations and carve their own path within a male-dominated ranching culture. As they navigate the physical demands of the land. Cow Sense reveals an intimate portrait of strength, sisterhood, and the deep-rooted bond between identity and place.
Body of Noise
Documentary profile of Victoria Shen (a.k.a. Evicshen), an experimental musician and inventor whose improvised live shows blur the divide between audience and performer.
Q-Pop
When Indigenous Peruvian musician Lenin Tamayo fuses the global phenomenon of K-Pop with the endangered Andean language, Quechua, sudden fame forces him to balance stardom, identity, and the preservation of his ancestral tongue.
Send More Clowns
In summer 2025, amid the rise of authoritarianism worldwide, queer charismatic clown Rose led ten marginalized students through a six-week “Fool School Clown Class” in Michigan, where laughter became a bridge to connection, transformation, healing, and hope.
Too Disgusting To Be Confused
This is a story about a man who threw a party, which birthed a globally renowned event, which led to a film, which led to a lawsuit, which led to a legacy.Founded in 1972 by sculptor Andrew Logan, The Alternative Miss World is a celebration of transformation and unorthodox beauty. Starting as makeshift private parties held in his artist studio in an old jigsaw factory, the event married the Miss World competition with Crufts dog show, all with a sense of joy and humour. An instant smash hit, early judges and competitors included cultural legends like David Hockney, Derek Jarman, Zandra Rhodes & Leigh Bowery. 1978 saw them take the party public, hiring a big-top tent on Clapham Common for a circus themed extravaganza, hosted by drag icon Divine. A film about the night premiered at Cannes in 1980, and was meant to make it’s London debut on the same evening as the Miss World event. However there was an attempt to scupper this homecoming when later that year they found themselves in The Royal Court of Justice, being sued by Miss World and represented by a trainee barrister by the name of Tony Blair…
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This is a story about a man who threw a party, which birthed a globally renowned event, which led to a film, which led to a lawsuit, which led to a legacy.


Founded in 1972 by sculptor Andrew Logan, The Alternative Miss World is a celebration of transformation and unorthodox beauty. Starting as makeshift private parties held in his artist studio in an old jigsaw factory, the event married the Miss World competition with Crufts dog show, all with a sense of joy and humour. An instant smash hit, early judges and competitors included cultural legends like David Hockney, Derek Jarman, Zandra Rhodes & Leigh Bowery.


1978 saw them take the party public, hiring a big-top tent on Clapham Common for a circus themed extravaganza, hosted by drag icon Divine. A film about the night premiered at Cannes in 1980, and was meant to make it’s London debut on the same evening as the Miss World event. However there was an attempt to scupper this homecoming when later that year they found themselves in The Royal Court of Justice, being sued by Miss World and represented by a trainee barrister by the name of Tony Blair…

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • Director
    Maya Avidov
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