Negotiations: AAPI Queer Shorts
We can work it out. These AAPI shorts depict LGBTQ+ people coming to terms with themselves and the society around them. [With Select Filmmakers In-Person for Q&A]
2025 | Documentary & Narrative | USA, Canada | 10000 min | English, Hawaiian, Khmer, Vietnamese w/ English Subtitles | Digital
Presented in Parnership with
Invisible to Invincible (i2i)
https://invisible2invincible.carrd.co/
Invisible to Invincible (i2i) is a community-based organization that celebrates and affirms Asian, Pacific Islander, & Desi Americans (APIDA) who identify as LGBTQ+ in the Chicago area.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
8:30 PM
Gene Siskel Film Center
164 N State St, Chicago, IL 60601
Clean Slate
Directed by Emily May Jampel
The competition for a career-making part tests the friendship between two aspiring actors.
2025 | Narrative | USA | 9 mins | English | Digital
Flat
Written and Directed by Suri Parmar
The filmmaker's double mastectomy foregrounds her lifelong questions about gender and body image.
2025 | Documentary | Canada | 6 mins | English | Digital
Goodbye Party
Directed by Sophia Lou and Nathan Pearson
A would-be astronaut has second thoughts about escaping his Brooklyn life.
2025 | Narrative | USA | 13 mins | English | Digital
Morning Coffee
Directed by Nolan Begley and Kyla Mah
A couple fights to stay together, and then wonders whether they should.
2025 | Narrative | USA | 13 mins | English | Digital
MĀHŪ
Directed by Lisette Marie Flanary
Trans Hawaiian artists offer personal reflections as they come together for a theatrical production celebrating their identities.
2025 | Documentary | USA | 30 mins | English, Hawaiian w/ English subtitles | Digital
Southeast Asian American Journeys: Between Us
Directed by Quyên Nguyen-Le
Generations of queer artists in Los Angeles bond over finding a place in their families and communities.
2025 | Documentary | USA | 16 mins | English, Khmer, Vietnamese w/ English Subtitles | Digital
After What Happened at the Library
Directed by Syra McCarthy
A drag queen finds that her traumatic viral incident is just the beginning of her problems.
2025 | Narrative | USA | 15 mins | English | Digital