MEN IN BRIEFS
Sunday, Sept. 9 | 11:00am | Art Theatre

This year's Men in Briefs (short film series) is as entertaining as ever! With a variety of comedic and dramatic shorts, the program is sure to contain something for everyone.

Post Screening Filmmaker Q&A With:
Femme- Director: Benno Rosenwald
The Other Side-  Director: Rodrigo Álvarez Flores




WOMEN IN SHORTS
Sunday, Sept. 9 | 1:15pm | Art Theatre

This year's Women in Shorts , the women's short films program, is as entertaining as ever! With a variety of comedic and dramatic shorts, the program is sure to contain something for everyone.

Post Screening Filmmaker Q&A With:
Getting Started- Director: Andrea Meyerson
Amigas- Director: Adelina Anthony and Marisa
Pop Rox- Director: Nate Trinrud




TRANSMILITARY
Sunday, Sept. 9 | 3:15pm | Art Theatre

The 2018 SXSW Audience Award-winning feature film debut by Gabriel Silverman & Fiona Dawson, TransMilitary follows the Emmy-nominated short film Transgender, at War and in Love. TransMilitary chronicles the lives of four individuals (Senior Airman Logan Ireland, Corporal Laila Villanueva, Captain Jennifer Peace & First Lieutenant El Cook) defending their country's freedom while fighting for their own. They put their careers and their families' livelihoods on the line by coming out as transgender to top brass officials in the Pentagon in hopes of attaining the equal right to serve. The ban was lifted in 2016, but with President Trump now trying to reinstate it, their futures hang in the balance again.




THE HEIRESSES (LAS HEREDERAS)
Sunday, Sept. 9 | 5:15pm | Art Theatre

Chela and Chiquita are both descended from wealthy families in Asunción and have been together for over 30 years. But recently, their financial situation has worsened and they begin selling off their inherited possessions. But when their debts lead to Chiquita being imprisoned on fraud charges, Chela is forced to face a new reality. As Chela settles into her new life, she encounters the much younger Angy, forging a fresh and invigorating new connection. Chela finally begins to break out of her shell and engage with the world, embarking on her own personal, intimate revolution.




MY BEST FRIEND (MI MEJOR AMIGO)
Sunday, Sept. 9 | 7:15pm | Art Theatre

Lorenzo is a quiet teenager who lives with his parents and his younger brother in small city in the Argentinean Patagonia. One day, a family friend's son named Caíto moves south and settles in at Lorenzo's home. It won't be long until everybody at home realizes Caíto is a difficult case. 




SHAKEDOWN
Sunday, Sept. 9 | 9:00pm | Art Theatre

We're outside the club, on a non-descript Los Angeles street at night. The bass of the music inside slowly spills out as the guard checks IDs and credentials. Inside, the girls are getting ready, cracking jokes. The scene in the club is very intimate and sensual. The camera tightly pans across to Ronnie Ron doing what she does best; making the audience feel at ease. This is SHAKEDOWN, a story that unfolds like a legend. 


 
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