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HELTER SHELTER

Filmmakers in attendance. Film program will be followed by Q&A.

Storms threatening. Coming down fast. Bargain for salvation. These stories give grace and hold space, for those who have it and for those who need it.

In this program


Bobo in Bliss

Directed by Vivian Ip

Confronted with a visit by her traditional parents and younger sister to her boarding school, a Singaporean teenager attempts to reconcile the differences between their values and her affirming self-discoveries. 

Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites

Directed by Chheangkea

During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife after overhearing that her queer grandson is about to get engaged to a woman.

Newbies

Directed by Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence, Megan Trufant Tillman

Two broken strangers wrestling with their queer identities meet on the subway just after midnight. A poignant, poetic journey through the past few hours of their night reveals how they got here, and what broke them.

Saint Vegas

Directed by Samantha Herrera

A young woman adopts a new life in Las Vegas following the loss of her mother.

Witness

Directed by Radha Mehta, Saif Jaan

A revered small-town imam faces a crisis of faith when he must choose between upholding the values of his mosque or protecting the safety and spiritual belonging of a trans man congregant.

Yú Cì (Fish Bones)

Directed by Kevin Xian Ming Yu

Bowen, a nonbinary Asian-American from Queens, tries to connect with their estranged father and help him deal with a poisonous fish bite.

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