In my MFA thesis film, PONY, our protagonist, Zoe, a late-'90s genderqueer pre-teen, defies a grieving mother to embody their true gender and sexual identities in the wake of a family tragedy. Zoe uncovers her gender at a time where all trans representation in the media was either harmful and peripheral, or absent.
Official Selection and World Premiere, TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Festival, May 2022! Part of the BITTERSWEET shorts program. TRANSlations also curated a screening of PONY at the Seattle Boys & Girls Club in June 2022, as part of a free Pride Teen Late Night program during Pride Month.
Official Selection and International Debut, LFEST Lesflicks Film Festival, July 2022! Part of the "ONLINE SHORTS STRAND: TEENS" program.
Official Selection, San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, July 2022!
Official Selection, Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival, October 10th - November 7th, 2022! Get your tickets now!
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 :)
Official PONY zine, "The Making of PONY, a miracle baby born in flames and reared in pestilence," by Halo Rossetti, May 2021.
Signed digital poster for PONY, 2021.
Suite of 10 digital stills from PONY, signed by Halo Rossetti, 2021.