Section G – 2:20 pm-3:20 pm

Saturday, October 26, 2025, Center For Fiction

In celebration of Reel Sisters 28th Anniversary Season, we present an afternoon of films by women of color from across the globe.

SECTION G – Living Free & Wild | Oct. 26, 2025 – 2:20 pm-3:20 pm

Rainbow Girls

Director/Writer: Nana Duffuor

Producer: Raman Nimmala

narrative, 16 min.

As San Francisco’s tech boom gentrifies their city, three young black trans women decide to take matters into their own hands by staging an audacious heist targeting the city’s most exclusive luxury brands.

Fantas

Producer/Director/Writer: Halima Elkhatabi

narrative, 12 min.

Tania decides to take her horse Fantas to meet her friends in her working-class neighborhood. By sharing her passion, she seeks to bring together two parts of herself, two worlds that have never crossed paths before and which will collide in an urban tale with surreal overtones.

Backseat Girls

Directors: Kelsey Zhen, Alize Abdelhak

Writer: Kelsey Zhen

Producers: Kelsey Zhen, Alize Abdelhak

Childhood friends run a beach radio station together while navigating through moments of doubts in their roles. The docu-narrative builds a non-linear structure from the two girls’ childhood, young adulthood, and interview footage of kids and college students exploring the essential question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”