2020 16th Annual San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival
2020 16th Annual San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival
Wilting words grow to acceptance for a Latina mother and child.
Content Warning: Emotional abuse, mentions of homophobia
Bio: Beatriz Cadenas is an independent filmmaker, pomegranate lover, and educator.
A meditation digs up nuanced portraits of abundant Black life.
Bio: Melinda James is a Black/Thai cinematographer based in Los Angeles. Her visual aesthetic is minimal and intimate, and her personal work is centered around women, QTPOC communities, and extends to other marginalized experiences. Over the years, Melinda has shaped a body of work that puts these underrepresented communities at the forefront, as keepers of their own images.
Instagram: @_melindajames
Website: www.melindajamesdp.com
Queer joy and resilience weed out abuse, trauma, and transphobia.
Content Warning: Swearing, misgendering, transphobia, mentions of abusive relationship
Bio: Jordana Valerie is a Toronto-born, U.S.-raised filmmaker, dog mom, and aspiring graphic novelist passionate about empowering marginalized communities through art.
A rainbow emerges from violence against trans people of color.
Content Warning: Mentions of transphobia, hate crimes, violence again transgender Black women
Bio: Joel Sedano is a non-binary queer writer, performer, master of anxiety, & survivor.
Instagram: @MiscJoneFontaine
A nonbinary Latinx prunes away the loss of a forced separation.
Content Warning: Fear, children crying, mentions of deportation and forced family separation
Bio: Mateo Vargas is a queer non-binary Mexican-American filmmaker and visual artist, focusing on the intersections of identity, borders, and mixed Latinx heritage. Their work seeks to deconstruct the colonial politicization/oppression of the body and indoctrination of the mind.
Instagram: @_mateo_vargas
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/mate0vargas
Afro-Indigenous people thrive after generations of displacement.
Bio: Centered in ceremony, Vivian uses art to share sacred stories—stories left from ancestors to be heard.
Instagram: @ceremony.vee
A stalker uncovers more than he bargained for when he harasses the wrong queer couple.
Content Warning: Brief nudity, fake blood
Bio: Nicole De Meneses is an independent filmmaker producing and directing LGBT films in the Bay Area. Nicole is currently in pre-production on the feature film The Ghost of Stow Lake.
Instagram: @barebonesflicks
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GhostLadySF/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe1YuQ5b0qzYBmBtxy1YpVg/videos
Black women flourish with vibrant friendship, love, and revolution.
Bio: Shyla Hardwick is a Libra.
A trip to the beach untangles the roots of a woman’s subconscious.
Content Warning: Negative self talk
Bio: Kayla is a 6 foot tall nomadic lover of the world and all things art.
Instagram: @Kaaylaa_Renee
An Asian woman transplants herself in time before broken hearts.
Bio: Kristal is an independent filmmaker, writer, and activist from Singapore, currently living in Oakland, CA. Her work deals with issues of a society in transition—from a predominantly white heterosexual culture to one whose growing QPOC population deconstructs mainstream media and the Hollywood machine. Kristal also works as a Social Producer at ViacomCBS in San Francisco, CA.
Instagram: @_bbk3
Website: https://kristalnurchan.myportfolio.com/
A genderfluid queer Pilipinx grafts complexity onto their lush life.
Content Warning: References to discomfort with gender identity
Bio: MK Veniegas Isip is an Oakland based visual artist who has been refining their skills in videography since 2016. MK has been creating since their hands first grasped the sand outside their provincial, rural home in Pampanga, Philippines. Their mission is to lovingly, artfully, and rightfully fight for people to stay woke, using storytelling as a platform to amplify voices and narratives of the underrepresented.
Instagram: @mkvisip
Website: www.mkvisip.com
A nonbinary Latinx cultivates abundant pleasure through food.
Content Warning: Not fitting into family expectations, emotional pain
Bio: Marbella Noble believes in laughter and creativity as life-affirming practices. Mel is a queer non-binary educator and media maker, who is dedicated to creating spaces of pleasure through different artistic mediums.
