5:15 PM
STORYSEEDS
a live-screenplay reading by StorySeeds Fellows
a live-reading of five short film narrative scripts portraying healing, memory, and survival through the eyes of femmes and queer filmmakers of color — weaving stories of grief, ancestors, friendship, and self-love.
The scripts were written by emerging voices in the Mamá Papaya StorySeeds 2025 Fellowship.
LOCATIONa live-screenplay reading by StorySeeds Fellows
a live-reading of five short film narrative scripts portraying healing, memory, and survival through the eyes of femmes and queer filmmakers of color — weaving stories of grief, ancestors, friendship, and self-love.
The scripts were written by emerging voices in the Mamá Papaya StorySeeds 2025 Fellowship.
DRESS SHOP - SCREENING SPACE
by NEL MUÑOZ
Chinese Vampire Two Hmong female college students venture into the wilderness of Minnesota for a camping trip only to come unexpectedly encounter a 400-year-old Chinese Vampire who emerges from her burial and asks for their help in finding her way back to China.
by TXHEE BELINDA XIONG
Mariposa When tragedy shatters her world, Mari confronts grief through dance, memory, and the ancestral ties that keep friendship alive.
by YONI LIGHT
I am a Garden After a break up, Mia has to learn the hard way that healing is like gardening; dirty, takes time, and unpredictable.
by JOHANNA KELLER FLORES
SAT.In a society that manufactures suffering, Kay, a Black queer woman in her twenties living with mental illness, battles her ‘inner demons’ through therapy, ritual, self-reflection, and just plain survival. Despite all the reasons to fall prey to her thoughts, she lives another day.
BY KIRA
Mamá Papaya is an immigrant-led nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing and
Cultivating BIPOC LGBTQIA2S+ filmmakers and storytellers in Minnesota.
We are rooted in the values of solidarity, community, and care.
Our programs support and collaborate with emerging, aspiring, and established filmmakers, helping to launch and sustain long-term creative careers and practices in film. We believe storytelling is an ancestral tool for preservation and healing.
Whether it is on a film set or organizing an event, our priority is for participants and collaborators to feel safe, seen, nourished, connected with each other and their own selves.
Mamá Papaya is proud to co-present Cinefilmu Film Festival.
Cultivating BIPOC LGBTQIA2S+ filmmakers and storytellers in Minnesota.
We are rooted in the values of solidarity, community, and care.
Our programs support and collaborate with emerging, aspiring, and established filmmakers, helping to launch and sustain long-term creative careers and practices in film. We believe storytelling is an ancestral tool for preservation and healing.
Whether it is on a film set or organizing an event, our priority is for participants and collaborators to feel safe, seen, nourished, connected with each other and their own selves.
Mamá Papaya is proud to co-present Cinefilmu Film Festival.