Me, Sex & Other People
GoPro HERO
Director: Emmeline de Mooij
Synopsis: Follows a woman that refuses to settle for the two single role models available for middle-aged women in order to delay their erasure: the cougar and the MILF. Climbing fences and trespassing enclosures as a form of resistance against the expropriation of the commons, she reaches the hidden sites of ancient carved stone figures of alien-like, bald, old women with emaciated ribs who, in a crouched position, spread open their vulva with both hands; ultimately finding a pre-christian role model that threatens the patriarchal order.
Introducing Belle Jolie!
Director: Matt McKinzie
Synopsis: This Valentine’s Day, a star is born. A sumptuous love letter to all things red, pink, and divinely feminine, this film documents the debut burlesque performance of “Miss Belle Jolie” at Providence queer bar, The Dark Lady, on February 14, 2024.
FINE BLACK FRAME
Director: Leah Doz
Synopsis: One man explores and defies the definitions of Blackness, queerness, and masculinity in a kinetic self-portrait. A one-man performance shot in-studio with spoken-word text and soundscape merged with entirely improvised movement, born from prompts and collaborative discussion between director and performer.
These Women
Director: Wen Zhang
Synopsis: Three women enter a fragmented space where time feels displaced. The film unfolds through their bodies, their nightmares, and their pain. A white box disrupts the fragile balance between them.
69
Director: Leo Butler
Synopsis: Exploring sex and intimacy across sixty-nine scenes and vignettes. Funny, moving and sometimes disturbing.
(0, ∞)
Director: Mar Sudac
Synopsis: Gus and Clark — married, late 30s — would like to apply for a mortgage. Their small but sincere hope leads them to take a newly-mandated medical procedure that claims to “verify” sexuality for legal use. The procedure’s brief but brutal trial yields surprising results, prompting Gus and Clark to question the nature of attraction in their rapidly binarizing world.
City/State
Director: Julie A. Buck
Synopsis: After a Midtown Manhattan encounter, a woman returns to the crowd, unsure if it should be named.
