LIGHT ON A PATH, FOLLOW / 15 minutes, color, 4k digital video, 2020
Trans-masculine and pregnant in the mid-1990s, Joaquín moves from the city to the anonymity of a 200-year-old colonial farm house in the hill towns of Western Massachusetts (Pocumtuc territory), working as a customer service operator for a local herbal company. Joaquín discovers a shapeshifting spirit guide in a tree nearby their home. The spirit's presence permeates the old house as Joaquín awaits their due date. Joaquín's water breaks two weeks early and a precipitous labor ensues. Is this spirit haunting or guiding Joaquín as they await their midwife?
Winner of the 2020 Best in Show Short Film, Boston LGBTQ+ Film Festival
FESTIVALS + SCREENINGS
Wicked Queer, Boston LGBT Film Festival (Winner of Best in Show: Short Films)
Deep Focus Film Festivals, Brooklyn, NY** (Honorable Mention)
Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
Transformed: Amplifying trans stories, representation and filmmakers, Amherst Cinema, MA
Make Believe Seattle: A Genre Film Festival, WA
Small Trans Film Club, Dublin, Ireland
Flickfair, On Demand Film Festival
Cinema Queer International Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
‘Nuevo Mundo' The Film Club: Latinoamerica, Bogotá, Colombia
Maryland Film Festival, Baltimore, MD
Make Believe Seattle: A Genre Film Festival, WA
Tacoma Film Festival, WA
Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, HI
qFlix Philadelphia LGBTQ Film Festival, PA
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, PA
San Diego Latino Film Festival, CA
Ciné Athens HEAR series, GA
Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland
San Diego Latino Film Festival, CA
Philadelphia Latino Film Festival, PA
2020 University Film Video Association (UFVA) Conference
Toronto Independent Film Festival, ON, Canada
Fringe Queer Film & Arts Festival, London, England
CineQ Film Festival, Birmingham, England
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival, CA
Seattle Latino Film Festival
Reel Affirmations, Washington DC LGBTQ Film Festival
Festival de Cine Latino Americano, Fort Worth, TX
Boston International Latino Film Festival
Translations, Seattle’s Transgender Film Festival (in partnership with Northwest Film Forum)
San Francisco Latino Film Festival, CA
Louisiana LGBT+ Film Festival, New Orleans
Fresno Reel Pride, LGBTQ Film Festival, CA