A visually sumptuous exploration of the drag persona of model Shea Couleé, this short film is an arresting display of dance, music, and fashion. When high end fashion model Miss Couleé discovers evidence that her powerful husband, Mr., isn't the faithful man she thought she married, she teams up ...

A writer-director struggles with her profound sense of loss after the sudden death of her father, who dies while visiting his homeland of India. Hena wrestles with coming to terms with their strained relationship, by the only way she knows how: making a film.

Dharamshala International Film Festi...

Lisa B offerS a rare alternative of her incredibly popular, Unpolitical Woman Comedy Show, called the VERY POLITICAL WOMAN Comedy Show. The live show was during Black History Month, 2023.

Powered by lululemon and #blkcreatives, Lisa Beasley, brings her comedic prowess to Tribe Supper Club to ma...

Short film created by Lebanese-born, Paris-based filmmaker and visual artist Hadi Moussally as a part of #BraveFutures Barcelona with the film prompt: "Cultivating a Protopia — Imagining and creating a future where technology serves the collective good, not just the privileged few."

Abjad Ḥawaz...

Lee, a trans man, and his wife Charlie are smack dab in the middle of creating a family. Insecurities, hormone imbalances, and the exhaustion of new parenthood test the limits of this resilient queer couple.

The Exorcism of Mary Magdalene: A Divine Intervention is an exploration of belonging, through a liminal state of placelessness. Through the iconography of Mary Magdalene and their narrative contextualities, I resurrect the archival yet contemporary transgenerational reckonings & beckoning's of di...

Woman faces aspects of her grief while driving through Chicago.

Short film coming by Florencia Manóvil.

A cranky Gen X butch is forced to spend time with a disaffected zoomer who seems to represent everything that bugs her about "kids today".

Pablo is in love with his best friend Héctor, but must console him for a breakup and be his shoulder to cry on. This story is familiar to Alam, who seeks to prevent his friend from falling into a game that seems to repeat itself frequently.

Flock is a trans-created dramatic thriller about a man traveling to Maine to rescue his lover from a lethal cult.

TRANSFINITE is a sci-fi omnibus feature film composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.

Award-winning TRANSFINITE (2019) has screened worldwide in 80+ festivals and educati...

By A Thread is a film that chronicles our nonbinary hero’s frustrating journey through a new, bustling city. Characterized by short interactions with a variety of characters and a soaring moment of release, the piece juxtaposes the harsh reality of the world with the magical expanse of the main c...

Experimental narrative by Leo Kinsler.

When Sey wakes up for the first time as a fully formed adult, they venture out into the world in search of what it means to be a person.
Through performance and play, this film examines how language, personal experiences, and gender expectations shape our ...

A voice bigger than the stage, Andrew Sa has been surprising audiences in small clubs for years but what he has planned for a Millennium Park debut is even larger. As part of the city’s Year of Chicago Music, and the Millennium Park Music Series, CIVL (Chicago Independent Venue League) has invite...