Opening Night Gala, Visionary Awards and Shorts Program
85 min
Outfest Fusion 2020 opens with a night of celebration: first, we meet our 2020 Outfest Fusion 2020 Visionary Awards, followed by a showcase collection of exemplary QTPOC short films by emerging artists that brim with a mastery of craft, adventurous and incisive storytelling, humor and heartbreak, and truly embrace the intersectionality of our LGBTQIA+ family. Then we move outside for a night of music, dancing, and open bar as our community connects with one another in a joyous atmosphere of inclusivity.
Playing as part of this program:
Friday, March 6th
7:30 PM
Japanese American Community Cultural Center (JACCC) Aratani Theatre
Sextpert Advice
Tobit Raphael
2019 | 8 min | English
Sweet, young Albert needs help upping his sexting game, so he calls in the services of a professional.
Bubble
Alyssa Lerner
2019 |18 min | English
A Filipina teenager is determined to avoid two unstoppable forces: her family’s home foreclosure and her creeping realization that she’s gay.
Darling
Saim Sadiq
2019 | 16 min | Urdu, Punjabi w/ English subtitles
As a new show is introduced at an erotic dance theatre in Pakistan, a sacrificial goat goes missing, a dreamy trans girl desperately tries to become a star, and a naive young boy falls in love.
Killer Workout
Sara Werner
2019 |11 min | English
As Joy tries to find purpose in training her classist, racist clients, she is plagued by unrelenting, vivid fantasies of brutally murdering said clientele.
Buck
Elegance Bratton, Jovan James
2019 | 14 min | English
Caught in the throes of a depressive fugue, young Lynn resorts to debauchery to find joy — only to discover that happiness is a much more complicated proposition.
Spilt Milk
Cierra Glaude
2019 |18 min
Single mom Ximena (Dascha Polanco) reconnects with her ex-partner, Lena (Zuri Adele), while struggling to care for the son they conceived together.