Best of Fest Encores
Michael, a young trans man, returns home to the rural American West after years of estrangement from his parents.
Director Biography
Em Weinstein is a writer and director for stage and screen. Em’s award-winning short film Candace played at festivals worldwide including Mill Valley Film Festival, Outfest, Montclair Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival and the American Pavilion Emerging LGBTQ Filmmakers Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won Best Film. While getting their MFA at Yale School of Drama, Em directed numerous plays such as the first workshop production of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris, and Arden, an original immersive musical. Em has written, directed and developed work with companies such as Rattlestick Theater, Shakespeare & Company, Two River Theater, New York Theater Workshop, Working Theater, New Georges and the Museum of Ice Cream. Em was the 2019-2020 Artistic Fellow at Rattlestick Theater and is part of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women Class of 2021. Em is developing an hour long pilot for Imagine Entertainment and is a Staff Writer for Amazon TV’s A League of Their Own series. Em is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns. www.emweinstein.com.
Screening as a part of Shorts: Family Dynamics