Gaysians

Free Solo

Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.

Dykes, Camera, Action!

The film examines the ways that women directors have contributed to this genre and emphasizes the role that the media play in representation of sexuality and gender, underscoring the power that film has to shape our perceptions of one another. Visually, this documentary comes to life on screen through compelling and intimate original interviews, intercut with emotionally-charged archival footage, photographs, ephemera, inspired music, and film clips.

VELVET CRY

A young woman, processing the various stages of grief brought on by a recent abortion, journeys through a mysterious forest with an unlikely companion––one with bright eyes, a bushy tail, and no discernible heartbeat. Based on the life of Mary Toft, who in 1726 participated in a string of medical hoaxes involving her supposed “birthing” of rabbits and rabbit-like pieces.

Light of the Setting Sun

A Taiwanese American filmmaker questions her family’s silence around the cycles of violence that have persisted since the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1949.