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Dreams in Nightmares

The festival Opening Night film follows three Black queer femmes in their mid 30s take a road trip across the Midwestern United States in search of their friend who has seemingly disappeared off the grid.

A film still from Life is Beautiful that shows a large group of people in a building gathered in a selfie. They all wear enthusiastic large smiles, some have their shoulders draped with keffiyehs (traditional palestinian scarf) and some hold various flags including the Palestinian flag and Iceland flag.
Screening

Life Is Beautiful

Life Is Beautiful tells the story of how director Mohamed Jabaly fought for his rights as a Palestinian and a filmmaker when stranded in Norway due to circumstances beyond his control. The film is a love letter to Gaza, to his adopted hometown in Tromsø and to the empowering force of storytelling.

A film still from Dallas, 2019 that shows a Black drag star woman dressed in a formal beaded gown sparkling with white jewels. She wears an updo and teardrop earrings with her hand up and her mouth mid sentence, as she bathes in a soft red glow of light.
Screening

Dallas 2019

An intimate, experiential and observational five-part series that studies and reveals how citizens are socialized, shaped and formed within a society. Filmed in pre-pandemic Dallas, Texas, the series follows the lives of public representatives.

A film still from The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire that shows a Black man and a woman sharing a gaze at a printed photograph she holds. The man, dressed in a floral plaid button-up, and the woman, wearing an open-collared coat with strands of her hair flowing gently in the wind. They are both leaned in close, their eyes locked on the image in thought. They are against a blue sky with a few tree branches peeking out from behind them.
Screening

The Ballad of Suzanne Cesaire

The festival Closing Night film follows an actress three months postpartum as she attempts to find meaning in the writings of Martinique’s lost literary figure Suzanne Césaire.