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.

Frank Carter famously authored self-help books. But Alice, his 16-year-old daughter, finds cold comfort in his positivity platitudes when he tragically never comes home one night. As she puzzles out the events of the day that changed her family forever, Alice’s relentless search for the facts reveals a more complicated truth.
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.”
A story of a magical dragon brings great representation for Chinese culture.
Throughout the film, Kate desperately tries keeping her status as an influential YouTuber; however, her follower and view count crumble, mirroring the world around her.
Produced by Vanguard Animation and released on Netflix, this animated fairytale movie has a lot of ironies as the story is told by the prince himself.
This delightfully odd horror movie presents a whimsically strange alternate reality to younger audiences.