Queer Student Shorts

Frameline40 (San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival) in partnership with SF State's Queer Cinema Institute presents: Queer Student Shorts! Films: PINK BOY dir Eric Rockey USA 15 min BITTERSWEET dir Allen Martsch USA 5 min DO NOT THINK FOR A MOMENT dir Adria Siu & Vivian Wang USA 3 min PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY dir Natalie Tsui USA 16 min VESSELS dir Arkasha Stevenson USA 15 min VERACITY dir Seith Mann USA 20 min Curated by SFSU Cinema graduate and QCI member Karly Stark "The strength and resilience of the queer community and family is at the fore of this diverse program of shorts. Pink Boy showcases the love between a butch mother and her feminine son, in one sense opposites, but united by a determination to be who they truly are. An anxious high school student scrambles to get back the love note he accidentally sent to his crush in Bittersweet. Three Asian American women share their experiences, frustrations, and identity amid the backdrop of San Francisco’s Castro District and other neighborhoods in Do Not Think For a Moment. In the experimental sci-fi short Persistence of Memory, a reserved programmer grapples with the loss of her beloved as she begins employment at a controversial tech company specializing in artificial companions. A young transgender woman considers a dangerous black market procedure that may be her only way to gain a more feminine body, in Vessels. Written by Janaya Green when she was a high school senior in Chicago’s South Side neighborhood, Veracity explores the tensions and stigma of being queer in the Black community, as well as the ways in which we save each other. With special thanks to the Queer Cinema Institute at San Francisco State University." — Karly Stark