Wild & Untamed Things Queer SHORTS BLOCK # 2

A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian

Directors Carmela Murphy, AJ Dubler

Animated Short, 8min, United States

After a mysterious girl shows up at Gray's doorstep holding the corpse of a bird that had just cracked her window, an impromptu bird funeral changes the way Gray views herself and her lesbian identity.

Elijah

Director Razid Season

Narrative Short, 19min, United States 

Haider, a Bengali Muslim taxi driver in New York, watches his version of the American Dream fall apart. As financial pressures mount, his daughter Shoshi begins her transition in a culture that rejects her identity. Struggling to understand but unwilling to lose her, Haider is forced to confront his beliefs and find a new way forward for them both.

Cowboy Boots

Director Eric K Delehoy

Narrative Short, 13min, United States

Jack, a gay cowboy from Nebraska, finds anything but the promised land he envisioned when he visits a San Francisco gay club for the first time.

The Rentals

Director Nick Andre Thompson

Dark Comedy Short, 16min, United States

The Rentals is a dark satire about Fred, a gay, older wealthy white man whose weekly escort, a young black man, stops seeing him.

Holy Rollers

Director Grace Pritchard

Made in Georgia, 17 min, United States

In the Deep South, a love between queer-presenting Eve and her religious best friend struggles to blossom inside the confines of a tight-knit church.