LGBTQIA+ Archives - Directors Notes

Alex Bush Explores the Dynamic Nature of Gender Expression and the Transgender Experience in Intimate Fable ‘Thaw’

Alex Bush talks about reappropriating tropes of classic melodramas for their proof-of-concept short where two friends begin exploring their gender variance.

Live Action, Premiere

The Discovery of an Intimate Gold Mine Threatens a Couple’s Love in Krit Komkrichwarakool’s Romance Drama ‘Auganic’

Krit Komkrichwarakool walks us through how he blended magical realism with grounded storytelling to explore the complex dynamics of modern relationships.

Documentary

Tomas Kamphuis’ Poetic Documentary ‘Art Chooses Us’ Contemplates What It Means to Be an Artist in Africa

Tomas Kamphuis breaks down the free-flowing improvisational approach he used to delve into the African art scene through the eyes of four diverse artists.

Live Action, Premiere

Two Women Ruminate on the Essence of Life and the Paths They Took in Samantha Soules’ Introspective ‘Birdwatching’

Samantha Soule opens up about the necessity of harnessing nature as an essential third character in her ethereal story of a woman trying to find her way.

Animation

Naaman Azhari Explores the Gulf Between a Mother’s Expectations and Her Son’s Reality in Rotoscoped Film ‘Threaded’

Naaman Azhari champions the creative flexibility of the bare bones live action footage underpinning the rotoscoped animation of his mother/son drama.

Music Video

Ben Galster Extols the Sensuous Liberation of Gay Sex and Queer Relationships in ‘Ecstasy Homosexuality’

Ben Galster dives into blurring the lines between reality and fantasy in his music video venerating gay intimacy and the universal desire for love.

Live Action, Premiere

A Chance Encounter With a Hustler Shifts a Suicidal Young Man’s Perspective in Lovell Holder’s ‘You Say Hello’

Lovell Holder opens up on why moving to a non-linear structure during post yielded a more compelling version of his queer drama about a young man on the brink.

Live Action

Ryan Walker-Edwards Explores the Joy of Black Queer Relationships in Playful Hook-Up Short ‘MAN>CODE’

Writer/Actor Ryan Walker-Edwards opens up about working behind and in front of the camera to bring a rarely seen story of Black queer intimacy to screen.

Live Action, Premiere

An Enigmatic Dominatrix Upends a Couple’s Stagnant Relationship in Carlen May-Mann’s ‘Romance Package For Two’

Carlen May-Mann reveals the techniques she used to train a voyeuristic gaze on her alluring motel guest who quickly disrupts a couple's monotonous life.

Live Action

A Woman Finds Herself Inundated by an Overwhelming Squall of Internal Voices in Rosanagh Griffiths’ ‘Dope Fiend’

Rosanagh Griffiths speaks about the exhaustive depth of detail she undertook in the writing and layered sound design of her Film4 commissioned ADHD short.

Documentary

Gianna Mazzeo Chronicles an Unsung Symbol of Lesbian Community in Kinetic Doc ‘The History of the Carabiner’

Gianna Mazzeo details the importance of queer oral history when creating her film about a uniting and proud symbol of lesbian self-expression and community.

Live Action, Premiere

A High Schooler Has an Unusual Request for His Classmate in Christian Meola’s Drama ‘The Expanding Horizon’

Christian Meola opens up about discovering new narrative territory and a widely diverse range of responses to his emotionally intense coming of age drama.

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