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HOW TO FAIL AS A POPSTAR
VIVEK SHRAYA | CANADA | 2023 | 73 MIN | ENGLISH
Vivek, a queer brown boy from Edmonton, tries, and fails, to achieve pop stardom, told from the perspective of the now 40-something trans femme artist that boy became. What happens when a star isn’t born? An adaptation of Vivek Shraya’s hit play and subsequent book, How To Fail as a Popstar answers this question with hilarity, vulnerability, a healthy dose of imagination, and of course, music.
I HATE PEOPLE PEOPLE HATE ME
BLAKE MAWSON | CANADA | 2023 | 90 MIN | ENGLISH
Perpetually disturbed by the world around them, two twenty-somethings navigate their lives as underdogs in Toronto’s queer community. As a chubby gay man and misanthropic trans girl, they don’t exactly adhere to the “ideal gay image,” While the pair have their share of grievances with fellow queers AND society at large this jaded and judgmental duo aren’t completely innocent either…
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