Let It Bring Hope
Watch online at TQFF.ca
Warning: Suicide, Transphobia
Whether by offering us queer healing spirits, or by documenting political organization, these films consider resistance from various parts of the world. Their protagonists live with and push back against the histories of gender conformity and the suppression of queerness in their psyches, bodies, or communities. “Let it Bring Hope” curates a group of films juxtaposing the frictions of queerness with the present and its tender possibilities.
Films
Kapaemahu
“Kapaemahu” tells the hidden history of four monumental stones on Waikiki Beach, and the legendary transgender healing spirits within them.
burning blue – Queer Resistance in Seoul
Lam and Pohl’s “burning blue” offers a glimpse into Seoul‘s queer resistance, which defends its safe space against legal loopholes and violent Christian congregations, all while encountering conflicts within its own ranks.
CHICHO
“Chicho” is a surreal, experimental short film that depicts the impact of the Venezuelan crisis on its diaspora, where displacement, survivor’s guilt, and religious surveillance collide.
Not Three Not Four
Nate travels between imaginations, dreams, and realities as they attempt to transition away from their mother — someone who feels most inescapable. Nate is forced to tackle their fear in this very transformative period of their life, right here, right now.
Aikane
A valiant island warrior, wounded in battle against foreign invaders, falls into a mysterious underwater world. Everything changes when the octopus who rescues him transforms into a handsome young man.
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