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.

Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
“It's not ghosts. It's not supernatural. It's... It's America. And it's everywhere.”
Praising Black representation and condemning the power structures that suppress it, a mother delivers an impassioned speech to her distant son.
This romance movie has strong representation of Taiwanese people.
The message to take away from 'Causeway' is that toxic masculinity can manifest in anyone, no matter what their gender identity is.
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.