Last Dance at the Sundance Stompede

Year: 2024
Director: Graham Clayton-Chance
Running Time: 51 min

A documentary exploring community, resilience, and joy through the lens of queer country-western dancing at an iconic San Francisco gathering.

Strange Way of Life

Year: 2023
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Pedro Pascal, Pedro Casablanc
Format: DCP
Running Time: 31min

After twenty-five years Silva rides a horse across the desert to visit his friend Sheriff Jake. They celebrate the meeting, but the next morning Jake tells him that reason for his trip is not to go down the memory lane of their friendship.

Herd Dances

Year: 2025
Director: Liam Pickhardt
Running Time: 10 min

The synchronized movements of animals and communal rhythms of human dance share a lot of commonalities. This short film explores the relationship between the two through the life of Diane Anastasio, a shepherd and line dancer in Southern California.

BOOTWMN

Year: 2015
Director: Paige Gratland
Starring: Deana McGuffin
Format: DCP
Running Time: 11min

Deana McGuffin is a third generation New Mexico bootmaker, hand-crafting wearable pieces of art. When she is approached by a Canadian artist and a San Franciscan tattooer to create a gay themed cowboy boot, a story unravels of a unique collaboration that takes them to the heart of cowboy country in Northern Texas. BOOTWMN is a heart-warming, intimate and at times funny portrait of the queering of a traditional art form.

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