I am working on the full version since this was originally made for an assignment. Looking back, I'm a little embarrassed, but this is essentially my first "narrative" project of many to soon come, haha. I will always hold this corny little thing near to my heart, and I hope you enjoy it! Stay tuned for the full version, and maybe you can see how much I've improved.
The Lesbian Almanac is a Situationist calendar of dyke objects. This video features 12 paintings from the dyke community, examples of word play and literal interpretation through political claims and personal visions that become a lesbian collective unconscious.
Inhabited by multiple bereavements due to a long journey with HIV/AIDS, characters parade in a perpetual winter. Different moving tableaux evoke possible deliverances.
I manipulate my past. I analyze my present. I prepare myself for my future. I have long followed these steps in my art. I naively tought I would understand everything. Miraculously. I thought that after a few videos, all would be clear. Crystal clear. Clear like fresh water. I realized that I was wasting my time. I have to abdicate. And move on.
The story of Rukhsana Kapali, a 19-year-old trans woman in Nepala, showing her struggle for the acceptance and recognition of her identity.
A silent, repressed mechanic considers change after an encounter with a handsome stranger.
Andrew and Trevor are a happy gay couple, until Andrew's secret girlfriend - who also happens to be Trevor's best friend - shows up, and Andrew is forced to come to terms with his sexual identity.
After long online conversations, Anna and Lina meet live for the first time. Between tactile explorations and a game of looks, the two young women discover one another.
This is a very personal and touching story of transgender man Sebastian Kurgunayev from Azerbaijan who doesn't want to live in the closet anymore, and takes very serious step forward becoming a transgender activist and blogger.
Kausar, a middle aged trans-woman, receives a call to donate blood to a critically ill boy with the same rare blood group as hers. She rushes through the busy city of Lahore to reach the hospital on time, only to find out that her blood is not welcome, even if it costs the boy his life.
A documentary essay on coming of age and the power of the unconscious. In the same vein as Sweatlodge Song, this is a message of courage and hope.
This short film explores human connection and emotions through movement and spoken words.
Footage from and interviews with attendees of a public function in Griffith Park, Los Angeles sponsored by the Gay Liberation Front.
In Pain’s An Illusion, the second offering of Gallant’s Chosen series, Jodie Foster delivers a scathing monologue from her 1980 film, Foxes.
The story is about a young ghost starting her training, she needs to ask for help from a Helper to get back to Earth on Halloween and be reunited with her family before the portal closes.
It’s difficult making the transition from being single to starting a relationship. So how should we cope? Echo Each Other abandons spoken dialogue, instead using sign and body language to silently communicate with the audience.
Profiles of a number of gay expatriates living in the USA because of their sexuality and what they enjoy and miss now that they are living in the States.
Rajat and Deep are meeting in real life after meeting on a dating app. But in the world, what would happen if they went off on a date with no filter? What would and honest gay date look like? A Satire on modern Indian gay dating.
“Hunch（確信 Kaku-Shin)” is a bittersweet growing-up story of a gay student who has a crush on his classmate. This is also a story of the unrequited love that every LGBT teens would experience. It released in 2016, and became popular among LGBT teens through social media.
Drag Is My Ecstasy explores the lives of three young men, in and out of drag.