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SHOWTIME

Thur, Nov 4 | 7:00 PM (AST)

Availability: Worldwide

VARIOUS DIRECTORS

All titles playing as part of this programme are eligible for the Awards for best short doc/narrative.

PINK AND BLUE

Carmen LoBue

USA | English
13 Minutes

Caribbean Premiere

Lenapehoking (Brooklyn). Present day. CREA MADDEN (Kaydx), a Genderfluid freelance artist and their partner of four years ARMANI CRUZ (Jojo Brown), a Trans Femme accountant and extreme planner, are gripped with fear when they find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. In the heat of the moment, they choose to raise their child gender-free but as Crea’s belly grows, cracks in their relationship appear. A fight ensues about how to raise their child outside the gender binary and which color items their child should have. Is it too late for Crea and Armani to restore the tenderness in their relationship and find the common ground they need to raise their child together?

TRAY TOWN

Nadean Rawlins and Gareth Cobran

Jamaica| English | 14 Minutes

Grenada Premiere

The charismatic and ambitious Aria Sawyer pulls out all the stops on her campaign to becoming Traytown's next Member of Parliament. At a fundraiser to secure the votes of Jamaica's elite, with her husband Dimitri on her arm, Aria coaxes the money and backing that her campaign needs.  When her husband Dimitri finds out about her ongoing infidelity, he makes veiled threats that Aria cannot afford to take lightly. Faced with a choice between power or love, Aria must cling to the safety net of who, or what. 

Perro Sato (Stray Dog)

Fran Zayas

Puerto Rico | Spanish w/ English subtitles| 12 Minutes

Grenada Premiere

Daniel, an urban poet struggles to maintain control of his relationships and his loneliness on the day of his poetry slam event.

2 Dollars

Robin Cloud

United States | English | 15 Minutes

Caribbean Premiere

Syd, a black queer artist, works at one of the worst property management firms in the city, that is, until they decide to liberate themselves and pursue their dreams. 

ìfé

Uyaiedu Ikpe-Etim

Nigeria | English | 35 Minutes

Caribbean Premiere

ìfé and Adaora fall in love over a 3-day date, but their love is tested when it comes under pressure by the realities of being in a same-sex relationship in Nigeria. How much is each of them willing to sacrifice (or not) to sustain their new love?