Opening Night: Virtual Comedy Screening!
Join us for a night where we get to experience all the different nuances and intersectionality of comedy and disability! From dark comedy to dramedy to action comedy, this showcase has it all! It will be followed by a community conversation and remarks from festival director Shaina Ghuraya. Please review the content notes and warnings for each of the films.
Date: Wednesday, September 9th
Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm PT | 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET
Virtual Event: Zoom
Access: ASL | Captions | Closed Audio Descriptions
Film Lineup:
Getting There
Getting There is a heartwarming stopmotion film about 2 best friends trying to get to the beach whilst navigating public transit in the big city. Will they make it?
Rubbers
A neurodivergent woman who struggles to form relationships explores her private passion for stationery to unlock her explosive fantasy world. A comedy fantasy…with a dark twist, where the pen is mightier than the sword.
4 Years in a Row
Under the isolation of pandemic, Jonas has a brilliant vision: to commission the world’s most expensive Connect Four game. He gets in touch with the goldsmith Eddie, and soon the project spirals through hundreds of text messages and rapidly escalating costs.
The Goalkeeper
It’s 1944 and a group of friends with disabilities are playing a soccer game until Zeno, the goalkeeper and youngest of the team, is taken by Nazis. This prompts the others to embark on an unlikely rescue mission.
The Hog Queen
A disgruntled bartender’s plans to skip town are disrupted when feral hogs attack a small town Texas gay bar during a drag show, and everyone inside scrambles to survive the hogs…and each other.
The Adventures of Angosat
Angola launched in 2017 its first satellite into space... and got lost. “The Adventures of Angosat” is a retelling of this dream. An indie musical film written and performed by Isis Hembe, one of the most renowned Angolan urban artists. It brings together upcoming artists from the streets of Cazenga (Luanda) in a unique one-shot fiction film.