Only the Moon Stands Still
Three generations of women say goodbye to their family ballroom dance studio.
Category is Ballroom DOMination
Living between classic and alternative drag, Dominota Marciano-De la Blanca juggles performance and day job, finding in the ballroom community the most radical and affirming queer space she calls home.
Spogliati
A documentary that explores the reality of the LGBTQIA+ community through the perspective of those who, excluded from their families of origin, have built new bonds and forms of belonging. At the center of the film is the House of Windowsen, an emerging presence in the Italian ballroom scene, made up of Gian, the overall father, Morgan Sasha, and Concetta. Following their lives between Milan, Rome, and Naples, the film weaves together personal experiences and shared journeys, offering a direct portrait of ballroom culture and the dynamics of a chosen family that is atypical and non-nuclear. It is a narrative that highlights identities, relationships, and the need to create a space in which to exist.
Shade in the Sunshine State
A glimpse into the ways the LGBTQ+ ballroom community in Miami, Florida use performance as a form of political activism in a state that is currently passing legislation to deny the rights of queer and transgender people.