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29 Queer Film Festival
Friday, 20 September 2024 until Sunday, 22 September 2024
The 29 Queer Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing the creativity and diversity of queer filmmakers from the high desert and around the world. Our festival offers an intimate yet dynamic program that includes narrative and documentary features, short films, music videos, and special presentations. With screenings, panels, and performances, the festival aims to foster dialogue, inspire new ideas, and promote LGBTQ+ representation through the art of cinema.
Coyote Courage Award, Best Short Film, Best Feature, Audience Award
2024 films...
Papi’s Pregnant
World Premiere! Papi’s Pregnant chronicles filmmaker Oli Rodriguez’ conception and navigation of getting pregnant as a transmasculine identified/non-binary person. Director: Oliverio Rodriguez. 82 mins.
+ Q&A with the filmmakers
Queer Horror…
Giant insects, bikini-clad zombies, trans werewolves, and the lurking horrors of small town life are just some of the skin-crawling themes explored in this eclectic group of spooky queer short films from around the world.
+ Q&A with the filmmakers
Kill Your Landlord (2023)
Dir. Jill Hill
10 mins
Howling (2023)
Dir. Daviel Shy
3 mins
Zombikini (2023)
Dir. Kat Wood
20 mins
Spookable (2024)
Dir. Jonathan Andre Culliton
15 mins
Escape from Eden (2024)
Dir. Lampros Kordolaimis
9 mins
PIECHT (2023)
Dir. Luka Lara Steffen
29 mins
THE PEOPLE'S JOKER
This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by joining the cast of UCB Live - a government-sanctioned late night sketch show in a world where comedy has been outlawed. As mainstream success eludes our heroine, leading her to unite with a ragtag team of rejects, misfits, and a certain love interest named Mister J, "Joker the Harlequin" is born again as a confident (and psychotic) joker on a collision course with the city's fascist caped crusader. Vats of feminizing chemicals, sexy cartoon interludes, scarecrow psychiatrists, CGI Lorne Michaels, and psychedelic gender dysphoria all play supporting roles. Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew, using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody. Director: Vera Drew. 92 mins.
Bears, Lesbians and Queers, Oh My!
Celebrate the variety of queer experience with this heartfelt and surprisingly funny shorts program! From a documentary about an Australian bear artist to a tale of transformation shot in our desert backyard to the funniest film about a funeral you may ever see, this program has it all.
+ Q&A with the filmmakers
My Bear Path (2024)
Dir. Albert Koomen
10 mins
Tell Me (2023)
Dir. Jeanine Fiser
9 mins
Love on the Brain (2024)
Dir. Ryan Heffington
4 mins
Grace (2023)
Dir. Natalie Jasmine Harris
13 mins
Encuerados (2024)
Dir. Orlando Bedolla
11 mins
Caterpillar (2024)
Dir. Ella Richie Teresa DeMaria
9 mins
SEAWEED SANTA (2021)
Dir. BEARPAD (Patrick Stephenson)
4 mins
Lesbophilia (2024)
Dir. Michelle West
15 mins
Willa Justice: Drag Queen Private Eye
World Premiere! With Willa Justice hot on the trail of high desert murderer Pink Face, she must follow her heart, and a mysterious chicken, to solve the case. Director: Jonathan Andre Culliton. 15 mins.
+ DRAG PERFORMANCE BY LADY CHILANE
+ PANEL DISCUSSION WITH THE CAST AND CREW OF WILLA JUSTICE
+ BINGO HOSTED BY LADY CHILANE
+ TEASER TRAILER FOR “OUTAGE” AND LADY CHILANE MUSIC VIDEO “BELLA DONNA”
+ I FALL TO PIZZAS SERVING FRESH PIZZA
29QFF x Dirty Looks After Dark…
Get ready for a night of groundbreaking, spicy queer cinema and avant-garde films presented by curator Bradford Nordeen of Dirty Looks LA. Join us for an in-person experience on the patio at Corner62. 18+ Adults Only Screening.
Private Pleasures (1985)
Dir. O. Wow
25 mins
Polycephaly in D (2024)
Dir. Michael Robinson
23 mins
Pasiphae (2024)
Dir. Ron Athey
10 mins
Big Sur Gay Porn (2023)
Dir. Ryan A White
12 mins
Gay and All Over the Place
The films in this program prove that life is truly a rollercoaster. During a global pandemic, things turn upside down at a beloved Joshua Tree beauty salon. A pair of friends try to survive a trip to the bathroom in a desert gas station. A trans person navigates a perpetually dubious medical system. These are just a few of the rocky and wildly tumultuous experiences depicted in “Gay and All Over the Place.”
+ Q&A with the filmmakers
Inside the Beauty Bubble (2021)
Dir. Cheryl Bookout & Cheri Gaulke
31 mins
Ro & Shirelle (2022)
Dir. Adelina Anthony
8 mins
STP (2024)
Dir. Brook Lee Karner & Pat Shafer
7 mins
Not Dating (2022)
Dir. Puppett & Lise Angelica Johnson
13 mins
Blue Square Heart (2022)
Dir. William Venus Means
30 mins
Are You Sure? (2024)
Dir. Perette Barella
10 mins
Off-Ramp
A couple of lovable, degenerate Juggalos must sojourn through America’s hellish underbelly to The Gathering of the Juggalos, the one place on earth they feel accepted. Director: Nathan Tape. 90 mins.
+ Q&A with the filmmakers