We had a great turnout and a great batch of films at May’s Open Screening. Thanks to all who came and screened.
Back by popular demand Hanky Code The Movie with special short film Cruising Elsewhere preceding. Bringing Queer Sexy back to San Francisco. Cruising Elsewhere Whatever happened to Wohler Beach? Oral histories and spectral pornography resurrect memories of a once legendary Russian River gay beach in this sexy short. Dir. Ryan White 13 Min. Hanky Code The MovieBefore Internet dating and hookup apps, The Handkerchief code was largely used by gay men in the 1970’s to distinguish sexual preferences and fetishes in gay clubs and on the streets of places like San Francisco and New York. In Hanky Code: The Movie, Periwinkle Cinema, San Francisco’s queer experimental film collective brings Queer and Trans filmmakers across a spectrum of genres, styles, genders, and locations to dissect the code in this epic anthology feature comprised of 25 short films! Each filmmaker or filmmaking team tells a story of a different color/fetish of the code. Films range from narrative to experimental to erotic and animated, with many films redefining the traditional code with colors, patterns, and fetishes up to creative interpretation of the artist. 84 MinFilms Include: Black – Flagging Black by Ivy Dykes Grey- Grey Is For Bondage by Lorin MurphyLight Blue- White Stripes by Lex Non-Scripta Blue Silver by Marie Walz – Light Blue by Ricky Lee – Teal Blue by Kolmel W – Love and Alex Albers -Red by Caitlin Rose Sweet and André
Azevedo – Maroon- HEMA by Ashley Monique George – Rose by Ilona Berger – Magenta by Gentry McShane – Purple by Anatomically Incorrect
Doll and Char VortryssLavender- L is For Lavender by Margarita
FemmeinistaYellow- Pee Colored by Katie BushPale Yellow- Spit by
Malic Amalya and Nathan HillGold- 2 looking for 1 by Jamie Evelyn
ManziOrange- Anything Goes by Stéphane GérardApricot- Apricot 4
Apricot by Courtney TroubleLime- grrrl with the most cake by
Jacqueline Mary and Violette DentataWhite Fur by Neve Be and Nikki
SilverFur by M. O'HerlihyGrey Flannel by Austin BoeSilver Sequins-
Flagging 4 Fashion by Moon Ray RaKleenex by Kico Le
StrangeHoundstooth- Mouth Wide Open by Siobhan
AluvalotIndigenous Luvvv by Demian DinéYazhiCredit sequence by
Lisa GanserTheme Song by nomy lamm
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This newest short film was written by award-winning filmmaker, SHANI HECKMAN (Wrong Bathroom & America’s Most Unwanted) and blends documentary with fictional story-telling to tell this unique ghost story centered around displacement in San Francisco.
THE HOUSE ON LUCKY STREET is a short film about the last two residents in the haunted Victorian at 13 Lucky Street in San Francisco’s Mission District. The 100-year-old ghost, Carmelita Reyes, and the human resident, Matteo Florez, unite to fight their eviction. Along the way, Carmelita’s poltergeist reveals past stories of displacement through documentary footage informing Matteo of the importance of knowing our collective history in order to change our fate.
MY STORY TOO
Living in the Mission District over the past decade, and visiting the area for over twenty, I’ve witnessed major changes to my neighborhood. From dive bars and taqueria shacks closing down, converted to expensive small-plate restaurants to the new fancy clothing boutiques that long-time neighbors cannot afford, these new upgrades threaten the very cultures that made this City attractive!
A UNIVERSAL STORY
Around the world, cities are gentrifying. Brooklyn’s waterfront is now glass condos; Baltimore’s waterfront is full of chain stores; Philadelphia is being cleaned up as I type. This story is shared in many cities throughout the world in 2017, but San Francisco is the place where the greatest rent increases have occurred in the past 5 years.
Moving to another City is not an option for most people living on the margins of society, and many locals join the houseless ranks when their building sell. Ghosts too are affected, as gut-remodeling of these old apartments into single-family homes kills off these spirits.
Time is ticking for Carmelita and Matteo, as it is for their neighbors to find a way to stay in their home.
Writer/Director, SHANI HECKMAN’S past films have won awards and toured the world via the film festival market. Her short script, Double Secret, was a semi-finalist with ScreenCraft’s Script Competition in 2016. Her films have earned support from Horizons Foundation, Open Meadows Foundation and the San Francisco Arts Commission due to their social justice focus and diverse approach. She created the non-profit, Shanestar Productions, Inc. to ensure equity is a key focus of this media work.