M. Sean Kaminsky

A look at the unusual process used in the making of the film Shortbus (2006) featuring interviews, behind the scenes footage and clips from the feature film. Director John Cameron Mitchell starts with the concept of using real sex in a film with a positive message. The cast of unknowns is selected from homemade audition tapes and then a callback audition workshop. More acting workshops are used to develop the characters and script. The project overcomes a number of obstacles and the rest of the film's development is followed up until its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.

An LGBT dramatic film that explores issues of isolation, trauma and memory loss in the Zoom age. Vernon, a gay man with a raunchy sense of humor and a big heart has fallen in love with his latest "project", Peter whom he met in his choir.

'RitualNation' is a cross-country visit to three unique American communities: the Burning Man in Nevada, the Rainbow Family in Oregon and the Radical Faeries in Tennessee.