A staple of every BAAFF season, Queer and Here is self-expression and identity beyond orientation.
This year, the Queer and Here shorts block will both be shown in-person on Saturday, October 22 at 8:30pm and run as video-on-demand from October 20, 12:00AM until Monday, October 31, 2022, 10:00PM ET. If viewing on-demand, the content must be started within the designated viewing window and, once started, you have up to 24 hrs to finish playing the content or until the end of the viewing window – whichever comes first.
Total Runtime: 79 minutes
Hotter Up Close | Skin Can Breathe | Danse Macabre | Maneki | I Can’t Forget Him | All I Want Is Everything
Virtual Q&A with Dir. Allie Cuerdo after the screening.
Hotter Up Close
Directed by Leland Montgomery
Romantic Comedy | 14 mins | English | New England Premiere
On the eve of his 30th birthday, a gay slacker must overcome his crippling insecurities in order to find love.
Advisory: Strong language
Skin Can Breathe
Directed by Chheangkea leng
Coming of Age | 11 mins | English, Central Kmer with English Subtitles | East Coast Premiere
Having to constantly negotiate his identity, a queer Cambodian American teenager finds home inside the water of his high school pool.
Danse Macabre
Directed by Randal Lee Kamradt and Maria Luna Kamradt
Narrative | 10 mins | English | East Coast Premiere
Dancers Lino and Dante are struck by tragedy and the supernatural.
Maneki
Directed by Brandon Okumura
Drama/Coming of Age | 13 mins | English | East Coast Premiere
After being rejected by her favorite customer, a cashier must reconcile her feelings when the customer continues to visit the ramen shop.
I Can’t Forget Him
Directed by Kevin Kai Wing Yiu
Comedy, Romance | 14 mins | English/Cantonese | East Coast Premiere
A young rent-boy GaGa goes on a vacation at Lamma island with his drug dealer best friend during Dragon Boat Festival, but the trip turns haywire when he goes on a date with a mysterious legendary poet from 2000 years ago – Qu Yuan. GaGa falls in love and lives happily after with Qu Yuan in the ocean in the Lamma island. It is a fantasy, modern romantic comedy and folktale that marries Hong Kong superstitious tradition and local queer culture.
Advisory: 13+. Sexual references.
All I Want Is Everything
Directed by Alexandra Cuerdo
Drama, Crime Thriller | 17 mins | English/Korean | New England Premiere
ALL I WANT IS EVERYTHING is a coming-of-age crime drama about a good Asian girl gone very, very bad. Fiercely driven Alice Kim battles class, race and family pressure to become a drug dealer in NYC’s wild underground rave scene.
Advisory: Drug use.
Co-presented by:
QAPA
