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Homegrown Shorts

Including docs and narratives, this collection celebrates the works of queer filmmakers rooted in the Bay Area and Frameline herstory.

Short films showing in this program:

Babaylan

14 mins

Bay Area Filipino drag queens blend ballroom and pre-colonial Babaylan spirituality as a reclamation and celebration of queer Filipino identity.

Callback

17 mins

Max’s acting career has hit rock bottom, but when his boyfriend nabs a callback for a coveted role, Max discovers how much lower he can go.

Femme Release

8 mins

In this spin-off of Femme Rage (Frameline47), Femme Release follows Esperanza as she descends into a surreal, horror-tinged Release Realm where reality fractures into ritual, ancestral force, and embodied visions.

How to Find a Career That Loves You Back

26 mins

Khloe and Joyce, two trans software developers, work for a defense-technology corporation that monitors civilians as potential threats. When they're chosen as company representatives for a college career fair, the trip ignites a fragile romance and doubts about their work.

Infinity Mirror

13 mins

During a tense encounter in a bar bathroom, Bash gets trapped in a time loop with his ex-best friend — and his only hope of escape is to confront what tore them apart.

The Motive

14 mins

A famed Detective arrives to a remote mansion to find a Murderer standing over the body of someone he just killed. The Detective desperately tries to get the Murderer to confess his motive, but soon learns the truth is much more complicated than he anticipated.

Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival

7 mins

Participants in the very first “Gay Film Festival of Super-8 Films” (what ultimately became Frameline) — including filmmakers Marc Huestis, David Weissman, Dan Nicoletta, and Rob Epstein — share their recollections.

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Running Time
96 mins
Language
English
Section
Shorts Programs