A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.

The usually calm and rational Ester Nilsson is surprised at how her relationship with the artist Hugo Rask is affecting her.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
This coming-of-age movie discusses immigration issues in the United States through the eyes of two exchange students in Brazil.
The film follows the biblical story of Moses, from his time as a prince of Egypt, to a leader for the people of Israel. It’s a film that works brilliantly in animation, and is one that both children and adults can; enjoy despite its religious contexts, it is friendly to general audiences.
The power to function. As people, we are richly blessed to have the wide ranging scope of what we can accomplish…physically and mentally…that aid in everything we desire to strive for and, ideally, accomplish. However, what if someone was experiencing daily life with these elements….only in a more muted manner?
When a group of White women are invited to dinner by an Indian woman and a Black woman to talk about race in America, sparks fly.
One of the reasons I love watching movies is that, much like books, they serve as windows into other times and different places. Productions from around the world offer valuable insights into the history and culture of their respective countries. And just like literature, cinema can help us understand the present by showing us the past.