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​QUEER SPOTLIGHT

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
4:00 PM
​*MASK AND VACCINE CARD REQUIRED

Blind Angels: Durham, North Carolina (USA) | ​IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

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BLIND ANGELS: DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
NW Coast Premiere | Short Documentary  | Official Selection
Rated: PG: 13
Country: USA
Director: Umbreen Butt
Year: 2022
Genre: LGBTQ+, Social Issue, Health
Running Time: 9 min.
English, Spanish w/ English subtitles
Synopsis: In Durham, North Carolina, a vibrant and diverse queer chosen family has formed around José Romero, a charismatic organizer who is living with HIV. Together, in a place with unique and daunting challenges, José and their friends are modeling grassroots change, working together to create a community of love, activism, and mutual support. “Sunflowers turn to each other when they can’t find the sun,” Romero says, describing their mission. “That’s the kind of work I want to do: finding the light, even when it seems impossible.”

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IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY
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NW Coast Premiere | Feature Documentary | In Competition
Co-Presented by Seattle Queer Film Festival
Rated: PG: 13
Country: Dominican Republic
Director: Victoria Linares Villegas
Year: 2022
Genre: LGBTQ+, Drama, Biography 
Running Time: 84 minutes
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Synopsis:  A revelation about Oscar Torres, her unknown and once world-famous queer filmmaker cousin, sends Victoria down a path of self-discovery through reconstructions of his intimate memories living in the 1950’s authoritarian Caribbean, as Victoria leads re-enactments of his unproduced screenplays with the family who erased him.
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​CLOSING NIGHT

Saturday, OCTOBER 15
6:00 PM
*Mask and Vaccine Card Required 

No Matter What (USA), ONE WAY TO JOURNEY (dOMINICAN REPLUBIC) & Carajita (Dominican Republic)

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NO MATTER WHAT
NW Coast Premiere | Short Narrative | Official Selection
Rated: PG: 13
Country: USA
Director: Christopher James Thompson
Genre: Drama
Year: 2022
Running Time: 10 min.
English 
Stars: Brian Cobos, Kelsey Priblisky, Eric Davis
Synopsis: A relationship is tested during a crisis beyond anyone's control.

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​One Way Journey

NW Coast Premiere | Feature  Narrative | Official Selection
Rated: PG: 13
Country: Dominican Republic
Director: Jose Gomez de Vargas
Year: 2021
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 20 min.
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Stars: Cecile Van Welie, Magnolia Muñez, Adelanny Padilla, Genesis Buret
Synopsis: One Way Journey tells the story of Ricardo an ex-gang member in his 40’s, who struggles to keep his son Joel out of the streets as he’s being groomed to join a gang. This short film focuses on Ricardo’s journey after coming out of jail as he is trying to start a new life and his desperate attempt of keeping his 11-year-old son away from the path Ricardo once took.

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​CARAJITA
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NW Coast Premiere | Feature  Narrative | In Competition
Rated: PG: 13
Country: Dominican Republic, Argentina
Director: Silvina Schnicer, Ulises Porra
Year: 2021
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 86 min.
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Stars: Cecile Van Welie, Magnolia Muñez, Adelanny Padilla, Genesis Buret
Synopsis: Sara and her nanny Yarisa have a relationship that transcends their class and race conditions: they are the closest thing to a daughter-mother; but an accident will test their intimate loyalty, and the innocent illusion of never separating.

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