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.

Girl meets girl but is too afraid to ask her out. Half a year later, they meet again at a friend's party and decide to re-discover Hong Kong together. Pretending to be one-day tourists, two young women re-experience this familiar city from a new eye. But the frantic pace of the city can't keep two hearts from beating as one.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
This Comedy-Drama set in Nazi Germany, shows a young boy, Jojo who wants to be Hitler's personal guard and even conjures up Hitler to be his imaginary friend. His nationalism and prejudices of Jews change when he discovers a Jewish girl hiding in his attic.
Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi), Knives Out was one of the most clever and intricately crafted films of 2019.
Neon Gravity is an assassin who realizes that her target, as well as her current reality, are not what they seem. This short film is a futuristic story that takes place in Downtown Miami.
A baking competition that delivers cookies ‘n screams.
The Magician's Elephant has a strong multicultural cast and a heartwarming story about bringing two long-lost siblings back together