Chain NYC Film Festival LGBTQIA Block #1

Chain Theatre presents six short films as part of the 14th annual Chain NYC Film Festival! Featuring: Fight for Me (dir: Brooklyn Braaten) This nonlinear short film uncovers themes of indifference, loneliness, queerness, and heartbreak throughout Maggie and Adrienne’s slowly deteriorating relationship. Half Head (dir: Laura Clifford) When a shy teenager gets a haircut, she enters a dreamscape where her self-doubt takes shape as a seductive yet cruel double. Our Director Got Covid So We Made This (dir: Amanda Greer & Denise Reed) Two best friends explore the complicated terrain of falling in love with one another in the modern world of relationships. Peter (dir: David Anderson) Peter, an intoxicated trans man, leaves the bar late at night. On his way to meet a love interest, he gets followed by a mysterious man. Peter questions whether this man is just a pedestrian or if he has sinister intentions, specifically a hate crime. Welcome Home, Jeremy Diaz (dir: Jason A. Coombs) When a beloved community organizer invites his ex-boyfriend, now a Hollywood star, back home for the grand opening of a Pride Center, old wounds and unfinished stories resurface. Why We Stay (dir: Chloe Dulac) Four strangers fight to overcome a classic New York day, and the fear that they might not have what it takes. Don’t worry, all they need is time.