In my MFA thesis film, PONY (2022), Zoe, a late-'90s genderqueer pre-teen, defies a grieving mother and an uncomprehending best friend to embody their true gender and sexual identities in the wake of a devastating family tragedy.
PONY (2022).
PONY (2022).
Official Selection and World Premiere, TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Festival, 2022. Part of the BITTERSWEET shorts program.
TRANSlations also curated a screening of PONY at the Seattle Boys & Girls Club in 2022, as part of a free Pride Teen Late Night program during Pride Month.
Official Selection and International Debut, LFEST Lesflicks Film Festival, 2022.
Official Selection, San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, 2022.
Official Selection, Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, 2022.
Screening at WHAMMY! Analog's Microcinema as part of "PONY and Friends," a night of trans shorts, curated by Halo, on July 12th, 2023. Get your tickets here!
Online premiere at Shortverse on July 12th, 2023.
Official Selection and World Premiere, TRANSLATIONS: Seattle Trans Film Festival, 2022. Part of the BITTERSWEET shorts program (accessible online).
Tickets to the entire online festival catalogue can be found here.
The official panel and Q&A for TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Fest’s BITTERSWEET Short Panel, May 2022. I appear about 26 minutes in :)
The official panel and Q&A for TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Fest’s BITTERSWEET Short Panel, May 2022. I appear about 26 minutes in :)
Visit PONY at Shortverse!
Official PONY zine, "The Making of PONY, a miracle baby born in flames and reared in pestilence," by Halo Rossetti, May 2021.