A Night of New Queer Noir

This showcase features two short films that celebrate the current queer cinema landscape, as well as look to the future of the genre.“New Queer Noir” is a celebration of the explosive collision of noir and queer cinema. Draped in mystery but soaked in glitter, this evening takes the neo-noir genre into full neon-noir.

On The Floor (2020) Andro Astro, a newly successful, queer hip-hop artist, descends into a jumbled, drug-fueled reality that fuses together the past, present and future. Taking a hiatus from the pressures of fame and public life, Andro self-isolates in a treehouse within a mysterious bamboo forest, where three visitors will soon guide Andro toward a new vision of identity. Driven by pulsating music and bold, non-linear storytelling, the 16-minute short film On The Floor is a queer, psychedelic fever dream, exploring the struggle to find a sense of self in a fractured, constantly-in-flux world.

Escape from Canal Street:

 “In exchange for clues about their girlfriends disappearance, androgynous bad-boy Dell is enlisted by an icy drag queen on the path of revenge to rob a notorious downtown sugar daddy in this glitter-noir short film.”--