Ariel Mahler

Cici, a trans woman, confronts her gender dysphoria at her younger brother Teddy’s fraternity during a historic Pride party/drag show she put together with her best friends. As the drag performers, frat boys, and queers mingle, Cici has a romantic encounter with a familiar young man that leads to her overcoming her mental hurdles around being a woman. Ultimately, she learns the universal truth of womanhood… sometimes your titties just hurt! A high energy comedy that explores questions of identity.

A short film based on the literary work of author Kathy Acker. Set in the 60's and 70's, a young female writer explores her identity through sex and writing.

Pulling Wool is a male/female buddy comedy. There is no romance. There are no "what-ifs". There is no disgruntled friend-zone. However, there is time and its chasing after them. Caught up in puppy-gambling debt, best friends must rely on each other to wittily "raise" the money to survive.

35 years ago, Maya Redding, a male-presenting NASA engineer, and her best friend George, launched a satellite to study the origins of the universe. The satellite got lost in the wrong orbit, forcing Maya to leave NASA in shame. In the years since, Maya came out as trans, and has been searching for the satellite ever since. When she re-discovers the satellite, Maya is haunted by the memory of her painful, closeted past. Will she bring the satellite's data back to NASA and return to her former life? Or will she let her past burn up, like the satellite's re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere?

Lucy and Lucien are two childhood friends who share a deeply troubled past and struggle to maintain their sanity and sobriety as they cut their teeth in the New York City arts & theater scene. As their breakout moment arrives, both are forced to grapple with a legacy of childhood trauma, addiction, and loss. They must rely on their chosen family of artists and sex workers to help bring them through their dark night of the soul.

A heartbroken man returns to the home he shared with his ex-boyfriend, where visceral memories force him to confront the fissures that led to their parting: when the 'casual threesome' they planned evolved into something more.

After making a plan to hook up with boys for the first time, two curious thirteen-year-olds are quickly confronted by their own shifting friendship.

A transgender actor struggles with what it means to be seen after the beloved captain of his lesbian bowling league dies and a mysterious stranger shows up at the funeral.