FILM FESTIVAL
Lesbian, sapphic, and queer women’s screenings from Cinema Diverse, gathered into one easy schedule for planning festival days.
Friday, September 18
11:45 AM · Theatre Two — Shorts: Pot Pourri
CHURCH GIRL — 11 min. A Filipino lesbian pretends to be Christian to impress her nonbinary crush.
Find Another Girl To Fix — 5 min. A campy Palm Springs relationship comedy starring Jennifer Corday and Cathy DeBuono.
Hail Maya — 17 min. A Catholic undergraduate plunges into lesbian lust, love, and betrayal. Confirmed as part of a women’s romantic-drama program.
Pole Are Opposites — 5 min. A grey-haired Gen-X butch and a Gen-Z stripper explore pole dancing, sisterhood, and radical self-acceptance.
Noon · Theatre Three — Shorts: Our Favorite Docs
The Queer Imagination — 8 min. A lyrical portrait of queer artist and scholar Courtney Desiree Morris, whose work centers Black queer women.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Barbara Forever — 102 min. A documentary celebrating pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer and her enormous influence on queer cinema.
Saturday, September 19
11:45 AM · Theatre Two — Shorts: Coming Out and Coming of Age
Hi mom — 4 min. Maya struggles to find the words to come out to her mother. Other festival listings classify it specifically as lesbian. Film information.
The Late in Life Guide to Modern Day Lesbianism — 8 min. A satirical 1990s-style training video for newly out late-in-life lesbians.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
KAREN WILLIAMS: I HAD TO LAUGH — 72 min. A documentary about the first openly Black lesbian comic to perform lesbian-specific material.
Sunday, September 20
11:30 AM · Theatre One — Shorts: Three Decades to Remember
Here, Queer, and On TV — 16 min. The story of Lavender Lounge, including rare footage of San Francisco’s first Dyke March.
Lesbians in Boystown — 27 min. The overlooked history of lesbians and queer women in West Hollywood.
2:30 PM · Theatre Three
The Queerdos — 93 min. A struggling delivery driver inherits a mansion, fills it with queer tenants, and finds chosen family and romance. Its writer describes it as a sapphic rom-com. Film announcement.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Free Beer Tomorrow — 78 min. A documentary celebrating Jack’s/Summit Station, one of America’s longest-running lesbian bars.
Thursday, September 24
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Out of the Woods — 92 min. As Max begins losing her memory, a reunion with Diana forces her to choose between her husband and the woman she has always loved.
Friday, September 25
Noon · Theatre Three — Shorts: Love and Loss
Dead Wife Montage — 5 min. A sapphic dramedy about grief, memory, and the inevitable “dead wife montage.”
If Lost Please Return To: — 17 min. After being dumped by her girlfriend of three years, Brie spends nine hours repeatedly ripping her heart from her chest.
In the Light of Day — 15 min. A lesbian plans to escape her small town with her married lover.
LOVE & OTHER DEVASTATIONS — 15 min. Former lovers Rachel and Laura reunite after a year apart—although both now have girlfriends.
2:15 PM · Theatre Two
Miss Personality — 45 min. Mina Hartong’s stand-up special about her Dutch heritage, Connecticut upbringing, teaching career, and life as a lesbian.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Punkie — 74 min. An intimate documentary about openly lesbian comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Punkie Johnson. Film information.
Saturday, September 26
10:00 AM · Theatre not specified
In a Whisper — 111 min. Lilia returns to Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral while concealing her girlfriend Alice and her lesbian life in Paris. Fuller synopsis from Frameline.
Noon · Theatre Three — Repeat screening
Here, Queer, and On TV — 16 min.
Lesbians in Boystown — 27 min.
Sunday, September 27
11:45 AM · Theatre Two — Shorts: Mash-up
A Homecoming — 18 min. A newly transitioning woman returns home with her pregnant partner for her parents’ anniversary. Film synopsis.
Gumshoes — 20 min. Two female best friends abandon television procedurals and begin solving crimes themselves; Sam is a queer woman. Project description.
Noon · Theatre Three — Shorts: For the Girls
Allora — 10 min. Francesca brings her girlfriend home to meet her traditional Italian grandfather.
Blue Berri — 17 min. Celia and Judit confront the uncertain direction of their long-secret relationship.
Dancing in Argentina (in San Francisco) — 13 min. Two women meet through tango and must face ancestral trauma before they can love.
Find Another Girl To Fix — 5 min. Repeat screening from September 18.
Fish & Chips — 13 min. A couple’s anniversary argument exposes deeper tensions involving race, identity, and queer love.
Ronita Rambo — 13 min. A sharp-tongued waitress asks two gay teenagers to help her text her new crush.
Since She Left — 13 min. A woman returns to her hometown in midlife and questions her life, love, and sexuality.
TRAPPED — 18 min. Two neighbours stuck in an elevator must confront truths they have been avoiding.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Julian — 91 min. Fleur and Julian, two women in love, attempt to marry in every country where same-sex marriage is legal.
7:00 PM · Theatre One
Love Loaded — 98 min. A queer film-noir mystery in which torch singer Didi Scanlon’s former singing partner—and lost love—returns just before a shooting. Official film page.
The Hollywood Times Joins Cinema Diverse 2026 as Official Media Partner, Celebrating Friends, Filmmakers and LGBTQ+ Stories - Hollywood Times
Interviews with Jennifer Corday (she will be having a party after her screening) and also a party at Hunter's even after that
Mina Hartong
Andrea Meyerson
Betsy Kalin
Odalys Nanin
Friday, September 18
11:45 AM · Theatre Two — Shorts: Pot Pourri
CHURCH GIRL — 11 min. A Filipino lesbian pretends to be Christian to impress her nonbinary crush.
Find Another Girl To Fix — 5 min. A campy Palm Springs relationship comedy starring Jennifer Corday and Cathy DeBuono.
Hail Maya — 17 min. A Catholic undergraduate plunges into lesbian lust, love, and betrayal. Confirmed as part of a women’s romantic-drama program.
Pole Are Opposites — 5 min. A grey-haired Gen-X butch and a Gen-Z stripper explore pole dancing, sisterhood, and radical self-acceptance.
Noon · Theatre Three — Shorts: Our Favorite Docs
The Queer Imagination — 8 min. A lyrical portrait of queer artist and scholar Courtney Desiree Morris, whose work centers Black queer women.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Barbara Forever — 102 min. A documentary celebrating pioneering lesbian filmmaker Barbara Hammer and her enormous influence on queer cinema.
Saturday, September 19
11:45 AM · Theatre Two — Shorts: Coming Out and Coming of Age
Hi mom — 4 min. Maya struggles to find the words to come out to her mother. Other festival listings classify it specifically as lesbian. Film information.
The Late in Life Guide to Modern Day Lesbianism — 8 min. A satirical 1990s-style training video for newly out late-in-life lesbians.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
KAREN WILLIAMS: I HAD TO LAUGH — 72 min. A documentary about the first openly Black lesbian comic to perform lesbian-specific material.
Sunday, September 20
11:30 AM · Theatre One — Shorts: Three Decades to Remember
Here, Queer, and On TV — 16 min. The story of Lavender Lounge, including rare footage of San Francisco’s first Dyke March.
Lesbians in Boystown — 27 min. The overlooked history of lesbians and queer women in West Hollywood.
2:30 PM · Theatre Three
The Queerdos — 93 min. A struggling delivery driver inherits a mansion, fills it with queer tenants, and finds chosen family and romance. Its writer describes it as a sapphic rom-com. Film announcement.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Free Beer Tomorrow — 78 min. A documentary celebrating Jack’s/Summit Station, one of America’s longest-running lesbian bars.
Thursday, September 24
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Out of the Woods — 92 min. As Max begins losing her memory, a reunion with Diana forces her to choose between her husband and the woman she has always loved.
Friday, September 25
Noon · Theatre Three — Shorts: Love and Loss
Dead Wife Montage — 5 min. A sapphic dramedy about grief, memory, and the inevitable “dead wife montage.”
If Lost Please Return To: — 17 min. After being dumped by her girlfriend of three years, Brie spends nine hours repeatedly ripping her heart from her chest.
In the Light of Day — 15 min. A lesbian plans to escape her small town with her married lover.
LOVE & OTHER DEVASTATIONS — 15 min. Former lovers Rachel and Laura reunite after a year apart—although both now have girlfriends.
2:15 PM · Theatre Two
Miss Personality — 45 min. Mina Hartong’s stand-up special about her Dutch heritage, Connecticut upbringing, teaching career, and life as a lesbian.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Punkie — 74 min. An intimate documentary about openly lesbian comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Punkie Johnson. Film information.
Saturday, September 26
10:00 AM · Theatre not specified
In a Whisper — 111 min. Lilia returns to Tunisia for her uncle’s funeral while concealing her girlfriend Alice and her lesbian life in Paris. Fuller synopsis from Frameline.
Noon · Theatre Three — Repeat screening
Here, Queer, and On TV — 16 min.
Lesbians in Boystown — 27 min.
Sunday, September 27
11:45 AM · Theatre Two — Shorts: Mash-up
A Homecoming — 18 min. A newly transitioning woman returns home with her pregnant partner for her parents’ anniversary. Film synopsis.
Gumshoes — 20 min. Two female best friends abandon television procedurals and begin solving crimes themselves; Sam is a queer woman. Project description.
Noon · Theatre Three — Shorts: For the Girls
Allora — 10 min. Francesca brings her girlfriend home to meet her traditional Italian grandfather.
Blue Berri — 17 min. Celia and Judit confront the uncertain direction of their long-secret relationship.
Dancing in Argentina (in San Francisco) — 13 min. Two women meet through tango and must face ancestral trauma before they can love.
Find Another Girl To Fix — 5 min. Repeat screening from September 18.
Fish & Chips — 13 min. A couple’s anniversary argument exposes deeper tensions involving race, identity, and queer love.
Ronita Rambo — 13 min. A sharp-tongued waitress asks two gay teenagers to help her text her new crush.
Since She Left — 13 min. A woman returns to her hometown in midlife and questions her life, love, and sexuality.
TRAPPED — 18 min. Two neighbours stuck in an elevator must confront truths they have been avoiding.
4:45 PM · Theatre Two
Julian — 91 min. Fleur and Julian, two women in love, attempt to marry in every country where same-sex marriage is legal.
7:00 PM · Theatre One
Love Loaded — 98 min. A queer film-noir mystery in which torch singer Didi Scanlon’s former singing partner—and lost love—returns just before a shooting. Official film page.
The Hollywood Times Joins Cinema Diverse 2026 as Official Media Partner, Celebrating Friends, Filmmakers and LGBTQ+ Stories - Hollywood Times
Interviews with Jennifer Corday (she will be having a party after her screening) and also a party at Hunter's even after that
Mina Hartong
Andrea Meyerson
Betsy Kalin
Odalys Nanin