Cactus Pears

Riding the wave of wins at both Sundance and the inaugural edition of SXSW London for his emotionally tender, multilayered debut feature Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda), writer/director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade chats to DN about subverting queer film tropes, shooting with vintage Russian lenses, and his overarching desire to create "life on screen" in his films.

Beverly Heights

Writer/Director/Editor Alyssa Aldaz recounts how an evocative dream inspired Beverly Heights, her haunting drama about a TV star reckoning with her true sexuality which dissects heteronormativity and queer repression in the film industry.

Satisfaction

Director Bailey Tom Bailey returns and walks us through creating a blend of tension and comedy for his period comedy Satisfaction, which tells the tale of an aristocratic duel fought between a society lady and her mentor over a trivial insult.

MAN>CODE

Premiering online following its busy festival run, writer/actor Ryan Walker-Edwards opens up about working behind and in front of the camera with director Adrian Gardner to bring a woefully under portrayed story of Black queer regional intimacy to screen that was free of the typical trauma narrative in his charming hook-up short MAN>CODE.