This emotionally charged ensemble piece unfolds during Alejandro’s 70th birthday celebration, where friends and family members gather for an unforgettable night that will redefine their relationships. As secrets surface, tensions simmer and truths emerge, Blue Lights explores the intricacies of love, los, HIV, friendship and the evolving dynamics of gay and lesbian relationships in a changing world. With stellar performances and a poignantly insightful narrative, the film offers a nuanced reflection on life’s complexities and the ties that bind us.

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The past, present, and future are constantly informing and influencing one another, and are all constantly visited and revisited in the hopes of better understanding ourselves and working towards a Queer utopia. This year's experimental shorts program features 11 films that all grapple with time or place, celebrating the serene and unpleasant, the sexy and the cerebral, the emotional and the physical, in all contexts. Among these films is a shared desire to understand the places we've been, the people we've known, and the shared history that grows deeper every day. This Program is Free and Open to the Public.

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In the '70s and '80s, there were over 230 feminist restaurants, cafes, and coffeehouses throughout the United States and Canada. Bloodroot, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is now the oldest and longest lasting of those spaces, in continuous operation for over 46 years. A Culinary Uprising: The Story of Bloodroot is a short documentary that explores this feminist, queer, vegan restaurant and bookstore, and illuminates the legacy of its pioneering proprietors, Selma Miriam and Noel Furie.

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