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Love Lies Scheming Shorts

This shorts program reveals stories of secrets and lies transitioning to the love and trust that unites us all. With appearances from Lux Pascal, Cole Doman, and Star Amerasu, this program contains queer highlights from Sundance, SXSW, and Tribeca. Click here for the streaming version of this shorts package.

Short films showing in this program:

After Hours

6 mins

Two transwomen chance encounter in the club bathroom, one at the end of her rope, one at the end of her break working at the bar. Multidisciplinary artist Star Amerasu directs and stars opposite local performing artist Muñeca in this San Francisco tale, executive produced by Elliot Page.

Burrow

14 mins

Believing himself to be one of the last survivors left in the wake of human extinction, an ex-war soldier finds unexpected comfort with the arrival of a weary traveler.

Bust

10 mins

A trans girl cop with the NYPD goes undercover to make a drug bust. Starring Lux Pascal and Cole Doman, Bust had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Kai Hali’a (Sea of Memory)

9 mins

Through layers of space, time and memory across the ocean and ʻāina (land) on Maui, a diasporic Kānaka (Hawaiian) remembers how to connect back to themselves, their family and their lover.

Kasbi

12 mins

A middle-aged Pakistani housewife, in search of herself, hires a young, self-assured sex worker to keep her company for the night.

The Robbers

15 mins

Three trans women meet in a country house to plan a robbery. The trick of the heist is that, in order to create a false trail, they disguise themselves as men.

Stranger

18 mins

For the past 548 days, A has been absent from her own life, unable to feel anything. One night, J appears and takes her along with her, looking for ways to make her heart beat again. Starring Jehnny Beth and Agathe Rousselle, Stranger is a musical tale, the story of an awakening.

The White Crows

17 mins

Vlad, a young closeted Russian homosexual, returns to his small hometown from Moscow. His brother Liokha has arranged a surprise for him: an evening in the sauna with a female sex worker.

Expected Guests

Star Amerasu
Director, Actor (After Hours)
Muñeca
Actor (After Hours)
Leaf Lieber
Director (Burrow)
Farah Jabir
Director (Kasbi)
Arielle Friedman
Producer (Kasbi)

Please Note: Bust, The Robbers, Stranger, and The White Crows will only screen with the Love Lies Scheming Shorts program in-person on June 29. They will not be a part of the streaming program.

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