MAYBE SOMEDAY

91 min | 2022 | USA | English | Narrative Feature | Indian Premiere

In the midst of separating from her wife, Jay attempts to move across the country to start her life over again. She stops in the middle to stay with her high school best friend who she used to be secretly in love with, and befriends a charismatic gay man who has long given up on love. Struggling to move forward with the next chapter of her life, memories of the past resurface as Jay grapples with the inevitable cycles of love, loss, and letting go.

Festivals & Honors:

• World Premiere - Cinequest Film Festival, San Jose, USA 2022

• Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, USA 2022

• Chéries-Chéris LGBTQI Film Festival, Paris 2022

• Best Narrative Feature & Audience Award - Long Beach Q Film Festival 2022

• Ljubljana LGBT Film Festival, Slovenia 2022

• TLVFest, Israel 2023

• BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival 2023

• Best LGBTQIA+ Film - Oxford Film Festival, Mississippi, USA 2023

Michelle Ehlen has directed, produced, written, and acted in five award-winning features, including the first lesbian comedy trilogyButch Jamie, Heterosexual Jill, and S&M Sally. With a focus on comedy, much of her work satirizes gender, sexuality, stereotypes, and identity. Her work has screened in over 100 festivals worldwide and has been acquired by Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, LOGO, and HereTV. She has won 20 awards including the Director’s Award from Out Film CT, Best Feature from the Chicago LGBTQ Film Festival, and Best Actress from Outfest Los Angeles. Maybe Someday is her fifth feature and first dramedy.

14 min | 2023 | Ireland | English |

Narrative Short | Asian Premiere

Alex is in the throes of his transition from female to male so when his best friend abandons a joint venture to assert their burgeoning identities he’s forced to confront his anxieties before entering the unknown alone.

104 min | 2022 | Brazil | Portuguese |

Narrative Feature | Mumbai Premiere

On a hot summer day, Paloma (played by transgender actress Keka Sena) decides to fulfil her most cherished dream: a traditional wedding in a church with her boyfriend Zé. She is a devoted mother, a hard-working farmhand in a papaya plantation and has been saving to afford the celebration. The priest’s refusal to marry her and Zé will force Paloma to confront the rural society. She suffers violence, betrayal, prejudice and injustice but nothing shakes the faith and determination of this transgender woman.

Festivals & Honors:

• World Premiere - Munich International Film Festival, 2022

• Winner–Silver Q-Hugo Award, Chicago International Film Festival, 2022

• Cartagena Film Festival, 2023

Marcelo Gomes is an award-winning film director, screenwriter and visual artist. His debut film, Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures (2005) screened at Cannes (Un Certain Regard) and received France’s National Education Prize. His feature film Viajo Porque Preciso, Volto Porque Te Amo (I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You), which he co-directed with Karim Aïnouz, premiered at Venice (Orizzonti). His films Joaquim and Waiting for the Carnival have screened at the Berlinale.

Dir: Daresha Kyi

90 min | 2022 | USA | English |

Documentary Feature | Asian Premiere

Did you know there are more than 32,000 mothers in America, many from conservative, Christian backgrounds, who fully accept their LGBTQ+ children? They call themselves “mama bears” because while their love is warm and fuzzy, they fight ferociously to make the world kinder and safer for all LGBTQ+ people. Mama Bears explores this growing movement through the lives of three diverse mothers and their LGBTQ+ children.

Festivals & Honors:

• World Premiere - SXSW Film & TV Festival, Austin, Texas, USA, 2023

• Best Documentary - Sun Valley Film Festival, Idaho, USA 2022

• Audience Award - OUTshine Film Festival

• Movies That Matter Festival, Netherlands 2023

Daresha Kyi is an Emmy Award-winning director who also writes and produces film and television in Spanish and English. A former fellow in the Firelight Media Documentary, Chicken & Egg Eggcelerator, Creative Capital, and A Blade of Grass programs, Daresha has an extensive background producing content for FX, WE, AMC, Telemundo, and FUSE, among other networks. She is renowned for films like Georgia Going Blue; and Trans in America: Texas Strong which won the News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Documentary as well as two Webby Awards.