RAINBOW MOTHERS
Elle Luan, USA/China, 30 Minutes
Sesame and Bean, a Chinese lesbian couple, had to travel thousands of miles away from home to get married and again to get pregnant because both are illegal for same-sex couples in their own country. Now they are determined to create a more rainbow-friendly society for their babies.
GIRLS WEEKEND
Kyra Sedgwick, USA, 11 Minutes
Directed by Kyra Sedgwick and starring Ali Liebegott (who also wrote the short), Amy Landecker, and Linda Lavin, Girls Weekend centers around a painfully awkward—and then surprisingly touching—reunion between an estranged lesbian and her not-so-accepting family back home.
SAY GRACE
Phil Hawkins, USA, 17 Minutes
Teresa, now a nun, never got over the woman who broke her heart twelve years before, Grace. But when Grace shows up in church, Teresa has a life-changing choice to make.
ENCLOSURE
Tingting Li, USA, 11 Minutes
A quiet girl begins to question the choices that her authoritarian mother and family have forced upon her.
SEEING GLORY
Rick Hamilton, USA, 15 Minutes
Gloria prepares a feast of the senses for the rapidly ailing Eva in an attempt to share a perfect evening and be seen for the woman she truly is. Writer-director Rick Hamilton’s newest film is a bittersweet story of fine wine, dementia and the immortal words of Virginia Woolf.
BUTCH
Harry Lloyd, Australia, 11 Minutes
After a lousy breakup, a dog named Butch must do his best to reunite Tiff and Gem, even if it means a trip to the vet.