Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP)
in association with YBCA presents the 8th annual
Queer Women of Color Film Festival
schedule
BY TITLE
Overview Calendar Films Directors Stills Events Performers Panelists
Alien from Earth Too
Navigating the worlds of poverty and public services can make anyone feel like an ALIEN FROM EARTH TOO.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
THE ARRIVAL
Bells chime and herald THE ARRIVAL of queer Asians in Church!
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
Bloodlines
A lyrical view on Chinese BLOODLINES affected by Angel Island imprisonment.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
Chicks and Love
A queer Asian efficiency expert focuses on CHICKS AND LOVE to get betrothed by her next birthday.
FEATURED SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 7PM
COMING IN AMERICA
Queer Africans COMING IN AMERICA share their personal journeys across continents to preserve culture and create community.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
Corazón de Melón
A queer Mexicana couple journey through online dating and across borders to find their CORAZÓN DE MELÓN.
Subtitled in English
FEATURED SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 7PM
COVER MY HEAD: OPEN MY HEART
A dreadlocked cyclist finds the perfect fit to COVER MY HEAD: OPEN MY HEART.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 1PM
Craigslist Chronicles
Apartment hunting is filled with horrors and hilarity in the CRAIGSLIST CHRONICLES.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
CROSSING BARRIERS: TO RE-GAY OURSELVES
LGBTQ people of color are CROSSING BARRIERS: TO RE-GAY OURSELVES as they navigate identity and acceptance.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
DE COLORES SPIRIT WARRIORS
Ceremony, rituals and healing are honored by DE COLORES SPIRIT WARRIORS.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
DRUM LOVE JOY
For 40 years, a legendary drummer has infused her percussion with DRUM LOVE JOY.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
Dyke Central
Best friends in Oakland bring all the grrls and bois through DYKE CENTRAL.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
EL DESPERTAR A UNA REALIDAD MULTICOLOR
A young bisexual wakes up to a bright multi-colored life through the love of her little sister, mother and grandmother in EL DESPERTAR A UNA REALIDAD MULTICOLOR.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 2PM
FAMILY BLESSINGS
Queer Asian Pacific Islander women and their children see their FAMILY BLESSINGS shine through everyday.
FEATURED SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 7PM
FAMILY VALUES
Good ole FAMILY VALUES bring two women, a baby and a shotgun down the aisle.
FEATURED SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 7PM
HER PATH HOME
Intrigue and love merge when a restaurateur finds HER PATH HOME.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 1PM
I'll Take It From Here
A high schooler survives heartbreak and decides I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
It's Complicated
After the hot and heavy honeymoon stage, IT'S COMPLICATED for couples navigating lust, love and friendship.
FEATURED SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 7PM
IT GETS MESSY IN HERE
IT GETS MESSY IN HERE with the bathroom stories of masculine-identified and transgender folks of color.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
THE LAST TIME
An abusive relationship hinges on THE LAST TIME.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 1PM
LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF EXCLUSION
Long-time Bay Area couples step out from LIVING IN THE SHADOWS OF EXCLUSION and bring their love into the light.
FEATURED SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 7PM
Loka Loka Loka
For a transgender woman in LOKA, LOKA, LOKA, education and revolutionary politics convert her from a body to be hated to a being to be loved.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 2PM
Looking for Jiro
LOOKING FOR JIRO is a campy take on an interned WWII gay Japanese-American dandy who loves muscular men.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
Love Ability
After a life-changing accident, a Black lesbian model finds her true LOVE ABLITY where she least expects it.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
My Inner Turmoil
A transgender woman proclaims her true self despite MY INNER TURMOIL.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
A Night in the Woods
A genderqueer Asian survives A NIGHT IN THE WOODS with some help.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
ONE WISH
After a break-up, a woman gets ONE WISH packed with much more than she asked.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 1PM
¿QUIEN ME DICE QUE ES AL AMOR?
Love and desire don't always sleep in the same bed in ¿QUIEN ME DICE QUE ES AL AMOR?
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 2PM
Sacred Space
Ancestral altars and divine femininity reaffirm our SACRED SPACE.
CLOSING NIGHT SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 6PM
SHADOW IN THE DARK
Poetic images cast a SHADOW IN THE DARK on what we think we know about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
Snow White Red Sky
A classic fairytale gets a queer twist in SNOW WHITE RED SKY.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
THE STRAIGHT PILL
After taking THE STRAIGHT PILL, an Asian butch makes a crucial decision.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 1PM
Thresholds
Crossing the THRESHOLDS of hate and love changes three lives forever.
OPENING NIGHT SCREENING
FRI, JUNE 8, 7:30PM
TODO UN HOMBRE
A gender fugitive attempts to societal expectations as a Butch girl only to feel trapped now that he is a man in TODO UN HOMBRE.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 2PM
TRANSFORMACIONES DEL ALMA
A mother's deep love and wish for happiness for her child transforms her own soul in TRANSFORMACIONES DEL ALMA.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 2PM
TRANSFORMERS
Playing with mom's old dress and high heels gives a child the liberty to traverse gender in TRANSFORMERS.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 2PM
TRANSHUMANTES
For a transgender youth in TRANSHUMANTES, being a man, a woman, a tree, a rock, or an insect are all equally valid possibilities.
CENTERPIECE SCREENING
SUN, JUNE 10, 2PM
What If?
WHAT IF we lived in a world where heterosexuality was frowned upon as an "alternative lifestyle"?
FEATURED SCREENING
SAT, JUNE 9, 7PM
