Official Selections: 9th LA Queer Film Festival
Congratulations to our accepted filmmakers!
Films are listed in alphabetical order, index to the left.
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How Are we Feeling Today?
Short
West Coast Premiere (also Los Angeles Premiere)
A dancer, Leah, tries to get back to her life while in recovery in an online eating disorder program.
Director: Lalia Hays
Producer: Amanda Quaid, Lalia Hays, Wiley Water Productions
Writer: Lalia Hays
Cast: Lalia Hays, Winsome Brown, Georgia Lifsher, Lily Yin, Sharon Lesser, Amari O’Connor, Sara Natochenny
Cinematographer: Fletcher Wolfe
Editor: Jasmin Way
Semi-Finalist Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival, Official Selection Soho International Film Festival.
Instagram: @hawftfilm
How Are We Feeling Today? aims to change how eating disorders & mental health are usually portrayed in film by telling an authentic, raw, sometimes funny story of recovery. It tells the story of a dancer with an eating disorder, but this isn't the sad/cliché story of a girl who just won't eat enough. It's a story about fighting like hell to recover and live life on your own terms.
As a queer artist, the director is proud to have worked with incredible queer & non binary artists to tell this story, and hopes to bring awareness to mental health struggles in the LGBTQ+ community.
Humans of PRIDE
Feature Documentary
West Coast Premiere
Humans of Pride chronicles half a century of Pride in NYC, tracing its journey from the Stonewall Riots of '69 to the historic WorldPride celebration of 2019. When this powerful ensemble of activists step into their moments, we go behind the scenes to understand what it takes to evolve as a movement.
Director: Kevin Coop
Producers: Kevin Coop and Ryan Grippi
Editor: Ethan Newman
Composer: Dallin Burns (Dallin will be in attendance and on the panel)
Cast: Billy Porter, Dominique Jackson, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Randy Wicker, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, Raquel Willis, Cecilia Gentili, Qween Amor, NYC Pride leadership, United Nations leadership, and many more great artists and activists of the LGBTQIA+ rights movement.
Website: www.HumansofPride.com
*Instagram: @HumansofPridee
Twitter: https://x.com/humansofpride/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humansofpridee/
With screenings across three continents, Humans of Pride continues to transcend borders, earning recognition from the global documentary community for capturing a worldwide movement within a single film. Serving as both a chronicle and a call to action, the documentary arrives at a crucial moment—as a powerful tool to confront ongoing attacks on LGBTQIA+ people.
Following its world premiere as the opening film at the WorldPride DC Film Festival in Washington, D.C., Humans of Pride has been featured widely in the press and is gaining remarkable traction. Audiences across the United States praise its educational and historical impact, with screenings at universities, film festivals, and human rights organizations alike.