GRRL HAUS CINEMA – Best of Shorts
GRRL HAUS CINEMA – Best of Shorts
Short Films by Women, Trans, and Non-Binary Filmmakers in DIY and Experimental Cinema
GRRL HAUS CINEMA presents the Best of Shorts program for a special one-night event at The Brattle on May 6, 2026, featuring two programs at 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM.
The program brings together an international and local lineup spanning experimental animation, tender drama, playful absurdity, intimate suspense, surreal comedy, and documentaries reclaiming marginalized stories. The films explore themes including political censorship, global political violence, and the dangers of AI, while also centering queer joy, intimacy, self-acceptance, bodily autonomy, and collective care. At a time when community and solidarity are essential, these films offer space for reflection, resistance, and connection.
Highlights from the Brattle program include:
Billo Rani (Angbeen Saleem) — A comedy about a girl at Islamic Sunday School who discovers her unibrow during a lesson on “cleanliness,” only to have her eyebrows come alive and speak to her.
Saturn Risin9 (Tiare Ribeaux & Jody Stillwater) — Queer performance artist Saturn Risin9 returns to the Bay Area, sharing a poetic journey of self-discovery, healing, and creative growth.
Los Tres Antifaces: The First Body (Angel Rojas) — An experimental documentary exploring generational trauma from colonialism, tracing a family’s diasporic history from Peru to the U.S.
Climate Control (Sarah Lasley) — A metafictional comedy about the climate crisis and its connection to generative AI, where a director making a documentary about fossil fuel extraction is subverted by an AI agent.
Under the Whether (Putri Sarah Amelia) — A woman navigating perimenopause tries to replace her busy daughter with a cat—only to discover the cat is in puberty.
ANADROMOUS (Ari Grubb) — Two fish evolve out of their aquarium home, embarking on a musical journey of queer joy, self-acceptance, and community at a freaky fish gay bar in the ocean’s depths.
Screening Information
GRRL HAUS CINEMA — Best of Shorts
May 6, 2026 • The Brattle Theatre • 40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA
Program 1 — 7:00 PM (90min)
Los Tres Antifaces: The First Body — Angel Rojas
Untitled Film Disinfection Project 1 — Lilan Yang
ANADROMOUS — Ari Grubb
Play Fight! — Katrina Cecilia Larner
Saturn Risin9 — Tiare Ribeaux & Jody Stillwater
Climate Control — Sarah Lasley
Mondegreen — Linda Mai Green
Dead Name — Gina Kamentsky
Big Red’s Adventure — Vanessa Castro
Before I Wake — Thipaporn Christine Flemming & Tinshine Mont
Program 2 — 9:00 PM (90min)
Lo Sciocco — Coco Roy
Under The Whether — Putri Sarah Amelia
Meet The Friends — C. Denise
Fried! — Lizzie Watts
Interference — Lila Woodbridge
Haiku — Christine Banna
Billo Rani — Angbeen Saleem
Dominion — McLean Fahnestock
Vestal Virgin Vengeance — Virginia L. L. Montgomery
Tickets: brattlefilm.org
More info: grrlhauscinema.com | [email protected]
Following the Brattle screening, two more programs will be presented in Berlin, Germany, on May 7. Both the Massachusetts and Berlin programs will also be available to watch online for a limited time May 11–18.
GRRL HAUS CINEMA is an international screening program dedicated to showcasing independent films by women, trans, and non-binary filmmakers, with a focus on experimental, underground, and DIY cinema. GRRL HAUS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit screening series based in Massachusetts and Berlin, Germany.
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3559861-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/3559861-2
