A staple of every BAAFF season, Oh, Queer is a self-expression and complexities of identity beyond orientation.
Total Runtime: 72 minutes
Really Good Driver | hi ading | Fish Boy | sub- | It Was Love To Me | Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way
This year, the Oh Queer shorts block will be both shown in-person on Friday, October 18 at 8:30pm in the Paramount Center Bright Family Screening Room and be available on-demand in the U.S. from Friday, October 18, 7:30PM until Monday, October 28, 2024, 12:00PM ET. The content must be started within the designated viewing window. Once started, you have up to 24 hours to finish playing the content or until the end of the viewing window – whichever comes first.
- Friday, Oct. 18, 8:30PM EST
- Emerson Paramount Center
- 559 Washington St. Boston, MA
Really Good Driver
Directed by Alex Song-Xia
Narrative | 8 mins | English | New England Premiere
An Asian American mom teaches her grown-up child how to drive, forcing both to confront parts of the car, and themselves, they never have before.
hi ading
Directed by Dinaly Tran
Documentary | 2 mins | English, Vietnamese with English subtitles | (WickedQueer 2024 alum)
“hi ading” is a poetic short that provides a glimpse into a love story. Speaking to their parents’ past selves, Dinaly asks and hopes that these past versions might help them realize that the decisions they may not understand are still made out of love.
Fish Boy
Directed by Christopher Yip
Narrative | 10 mins | English, Cantonese with English subtitles | New England Premiere
FISH BOY is a lyrical meditation on faith and queerness through the eyes of an Asian American teenager. When 16-year-old Patrick (played by Ian Chen, Fresh Off The Boat) questions his love for God and his sexuality, his self-discovery manifests in his skin.
sub-
Directed by Nicole Tay
Narrative | 16 mins | English, Chinese with English subtitles | World Premiere
A queer Asian professional dominatrix comes out to her new boyfriend about her work. Things take a turn when he surprises her for dinner… at a weed restaurant.
Advisory: 13+ Language, sexual harassment, sexual situations, drug use
It Was Love To Me
Directed by Raza Rizvi
Narrative | 16 mins | English | New England Premiere
A complex, intimate relationship brews between a 15 year old tennis player and the 18 year old prodigy he looks up to.
Advisory: 13+ sexual situations
Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way
Directed by Hao Zhou
Narrative| 20 mins | English | New England Premiere | (IFFBoston 2024 Jury Prize winner)
Having built a colorful queer life in an American prairie town, an aspiring costume designer visits their island homeland of Guam to make costumes for a children’s theatre and reconnect with distanced parents.
Advisory: Mild language, brief sexual inference
