Trans people are not a monolith, and our T4T shorts program — trans stories as told by trans filmmakers — demonstrates this tenfold. Get a real and complex glimpse into just some of these experiences through a collection of varied and dynamic stories.

We invite you to celebrate trans protagonists as they weave a lively dialogue across these seven films — we’ll see you there for A VERY TRANS TIME!

We’re bringing the newest wave of television to the big screen with our annual episodic showcase. With characters taking risks like opening up their relationships and going on life-changing trips abroad, these shows aim to deliver LGBTQ+ storytelling to the masses.

Find your next binge watch with these bite-sized queer stories, from DIY local series to Sundance sensations! This program will be followed by a Q&A.

FOR THE BOYS: EPISODE 1
Dir. Mekhai Lee, Ellis Dawson, USA, 18 min
Anthony, Syed, and Jamal face Beckys, Karens, and inner conflict on their way to the Kiki.

INTERTWINED – HONEYMOON
Dir. Gabriel Bergeron, Canada, 11 min
A gay man in Montréal falls in love with an Argentine visitor.

HER: A Micro-séries (Episodes 1-3)
Dir. Brigid Turner, USA, 12 min
A dramedy about Imani, a Black bisexual woman who battles her depression through dance, dating apps, family, & friends.

THE HOSTS (Episodes 1 -3)
Dir. David Bonderoff, USA, 18 min
Jason gets way more than he bargained for when looking to rebound.

MY TRIP TO SPAIN
Dir. Theda Hammel, USA, 28 min
Alexis is heading to Spain to get some cosmetic surgery, and she’s asked her old friend Charlie to house-sit.

Comedian Kevin Maher returns to Nitehawk Williamsburg to stir up the Halloween spirit. A catch-all cauldron, this video variety show looks at all kinds of spooky subjects from around the world. Featuring pop culture commentary, an animated short, true tales of NY Horror, spooky dancing, interactive games, prizes, and lots of laughs.

See why SyFy called Kevin “an insane genius” in the series DailyGrindhouse.com described as “TED Talks for Midnight Movies.”

Join us for this 90-minute extravaganza, with special guests:
• Gwendolyn Baily (comedian)
• Wally Chung (Animator)
• Joe Dator (award winning cartoonist)
• Helen Ellis (author of Bring Your Baggage and Don’t Pack Light)
• Persé Fanny (Burlesque Dancer)
• Adam Howard (writer, producer of `Full Release with Samantha Bee’)
• Twiggs Gorie (Mistress of Mystery and Imagination)
• Tenebrous Kate (co-host of the podcast `Bad Books for Bad People’)

Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Phil Hartman, Debbie Reynolds, Janeane Garofalo, Matthew Lawrence

In this anime feature, 13-year-old Kiki moves to a seaside town with her talking cat, Jiji, to spend a year alone, in accordance with her village’s tradition for witches in training. After learning to control her broomstick, Kiki sets up a flying courier service and soon becomes a fixture in the community. But when the insecure young witch begins questioning herself and loses her magic abilities, she must overcome her self-doubt to get her powers back.

Starring: Kodi Smit-McPhee, John Goodman, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann

Young Norman Babcock (Kodi Smit-McPhee) has the ability to speak with the dead — and he often prefers their company to that of the living. Norman receives word from his strange Uncle Prenderghast (John Goodman) that a centuries-old witch’s curse on their town is real and about to come true — and that only Norman can stop it. When zombies rise from their graves, Norman must summon all his courage and compassion and push his paranormal abilities to the limit to save his fellow townspeople.

Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Rachelle Lefevre, Billy Burke

After the abrupt departure of Edward (Robert Pattinson), her vampire love, Bella (Kristen Stewart) finds comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). However Bella’s loyalties are put to the test as she becomes drawn into the world of werewolves, ancient enemies of vampires.

Starring: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David, John Hodgman

While exploring her new home, a girl named Coraline (Dakota Fanning) discovers a secret door, behind which lies an alternate world that closely mirrors her own but, in many ways, is better. She rejoices in her discovery, until Other Mother (Teri Hatcher) and the rest of her parallel family try to keep her there forever. Coraline must use all her resources and bravery to make it back to her own family and life.

Starring: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis, Isabella Rossellini

When a novelist loses her man to a movie star and former friend, she winds up in a psychiatric hospital. Years later, she returns home to confront the now-married couple, looking radiant. Her ex-husband’s new wife wants to know her secret, and discovers that she has been taking a mysterious drug which grants eternal life to the person who drinks it. The actress follows suit, but discovers that immortality has a price.

Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Alan Tudyk, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, Lucy Liu

Walt Disney Animation Studios’ original action-packed adventure Strange World introduces a legendary family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures.

Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Jessica Harper, Michael Stuhlbarg, Chloë Sevigny

A story of first love between Maren (Taylor Russell), a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee (Timothée Chalamet), an intense and disenfranchised drifter, as they meet and join together for a thousand-mile odyssey which takes them through the back roads, hidden passages and trap doors of Ronald Reagan’s America. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.