2021 17th Annual San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival

2021 17th Annual San Francisco International Queer Women of Color Film Festival

Opening Night Screening

A Chumash and Tataviam man with medium brown skin and shoulder-length white hair, wearing an Indigenous-style bowler hat. He is sitting outside with his left arm stretched up toward animated white silhouettes of flying birds.
Indigenous Astronomy:
Beyond the Chumash Arborglyph
Sabine Talaugon

The silhouette of a Fat Black femme dancing with her arms raised above her head. Projected on a wall behind her is dark blue ocean water with rays of light shining from the surface.
A Letter to the Wells of Olokun
Aja Lenae

An African American woman with dark brown skin and shoulder-length black curls stands in front of the ocean, wearing a cowrie shell top, white face markings, and gemstones around her eyes.
Mami Wata
Afia Thompson

At the corner of a city intersection, two Filipinx femmes with medium brown skin and dark brown hair look off into the distance. One points in the same direction with kali sticks, wearing a red-gold malong. In front of her, the other sits on a large rock, wearing a white top and green floral pants.
BLOOD
Sammay Dizon

An Indigenous Latina woman and a Black Latina girl smile and hug each other tightly with their eyes closed. They are standing in a forest, with ferns and tall trees behind them.
Solstice
Florencia Manovil

Centerpiece Screening

An older white Latina with light brown skin and shoulder-length curly brown hair gazes across the room. Reflected in the dresser mirror behind her is an older Black Latina with dark brown skin and short gray hair, wearing a black dress. On a dresser is an illustration of Jesus and a framed wedding photo with a man and woman.
La Amante
Pati Cruz

A black and white drawing of the Sun and Moon faced away from each other with human bodies and red hearts connected by a red thread that pools on the ground between them.
Stars Fall
Rafaella Angelica

A Vietnamese woman with light skin and long black hair smiles at an Indian woman with medium with medium brown skin who is tucking her long brown hair behind her ear. Both women wear clear plastic face masks while walking amidst verdant green trees.
Queer Isolation
Jordana Valerie Allen-Shim

A Black man with dark brown skin and sideswept brown bangs sits on a couch listening to a Black Afro-Caribbean woman with medium brown skin and very short black hair. In front of them is a wooden coffee table with books, wine glasses, cigarettes, and an ash tray.
It Could Be Anyone
Aïcha Idelcadi

Two people with medium brown skin and black hair sit facing each other in green chairs. On the left, a trans Taiwanese person leans forward toward an Indian woman wearing pajamas, who has slid halfway out of her chair. Behind them is a symmetrical array of a potted plants and two floor lamps.
Love Letters
Salwa Meghjee and Sam Ku

A group of queer people of color stand with their arms around each other. From left to right: a person with dark brown skin, glasses, and a green camo shirt; a shirtless transgender man with medium brown skin, top surgery scars, tattoos, glasses and a nose ring; a person with medium brown skin and tattoos wearing a red satin bra top; a person with dark brown skin and short black hair; a person with medium brown skin, long dark hair, and silver hoop earrings.
Kitchen Talk
Evie Snax

Two naked Black, nonbinary queers with tattoos and curly black hair styled into afros are seated in the middle of a bed, kissing and embracing each other with their arms and legs entwined.
Black Sex Magic
BEYONDEEP Productions

A black and white image of a multiracial woman with long dark hair and a white woman with short dark hair seated outside with contemplative expressions and trees, houses, and cars behind them.
Dating in the Zombie Apocalypse
Nicole de Meneses

Closing Night Screening

Close up of two tacos in a white styrofoam tray held in one hand in front of a green background, while green sauce is poured onto the tacos.
Tacofornia Love
Alma Herrera-Pazmino

An elderly Vietnamese man and woman wearing gloves and nón lá sit facing away from the camera on small plastic stools, underneath an arched canopy and alongside raised dirt rows with some green vegetables.
sống ở đây
Melanie Ho

A blurry and pixelated image of a clear blue sky and the ocean, with turquoise swells and waves crashing on a reddish-brown sandy beach. On the right is the edge of a grey cliff.
A Room of Oblivion
Dorothy Cheung

A genderfluid Pilipinx person with medium brown skin and wavy brown hair looks off into the distance and leans on their hand, which rests against their mouth. Behind them is a white wall with multicolored post-it notes.
To Ma | A Dedication to Frontliners
MK Veniegas

A compound image, from left to right: A light brown wall with a graffiti contour drawing of a Black face and the words Black is Beautiful melts into rainbow bokeh and an image of a Black woman with dark brown skin and a white hijab, walking past green foliage.
Of Self-Blessing
Golden Adonis Redwood Collier

A Black drag queen with dark brown skin and a long blonde wig, singing in a red dress with her arms wide open in the middle of Market Street in San Francisco. Behind her are skyscrapers and streetlights.
We Make This City
Narissa Lee