Samantha Mitchell’s “RSVP” Incluvie Film Fest Review
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”

Hemo, an unemployed guy with PhD learns to summon the youngest Heloi (A Heloi is a female nature spirit in Meitei mythology and folklore, often depicted as a beautiful young woman. There are seven sister Helois known as 'Heloi Taret'), whom he named as 'Kusum'. With Kusum's help, he gets a job as lecturer. Love blossoms between them but what does fate have for them?
“There’s always something you can do…to make people feel like they’re welcome”
The external threat invaded the domestic environment at the most valuable moment: grieving.
I hope that more people will see Joyland, understand the situation, and eventually change themselves and society so we can have a more accommodating world where everyday tragedies like the one depicted in the film do not occur.
Battles will come and go and queer people do die for their identity and fights for rights, but that doesn’t mean the gays don’t deserve their happy endings in stories.
I suppose you could argue that the story wasn’t what Director James Cameron was aiming for, it was the visuals. The spectacle of it all was the point, and it certainly shows.
The Sandman features a plethora of LGBTQ+ characters and is openly expressive about it!