A Bird Hit My Window
and Now I'm a Lesbian
"It's brilliant! It's beautiful! The production design... animation... story... pacing... all of it brilliant. "
- Kate Stransky
"While it didn't have the run time of the average Hollywood block buster, this film carried more weight, heart, and passion than most film's I've seen this year. Incredibly impressive and I loved it"
-Vladiesminombre, Letterbox Review
"Absolute banger."
- Marbizzle, Letterbox Review
Festival Selections
Abbotsford Film Festival *
All that Moves International Film Festival
American Documentary and Animation Film Festival *
Annecy International Animation Film Festival *
Athens International Film + Video Festival *
Atlanta Underground Film Festival
Black Cat Picture Show
Brighton International Animation Film Festival *
British Urban Film Festival *
Brooklyn Film Festival *
Cambridge Film Festival *
Camden Queerfest
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival *
Cinema Queer Festival
DC Independent Film Festival
Denver Film Festival
SAIC Ex Fest
Fabulous Independent Film Festival
​Festival Angelica​
Florence Queer Festival
FOCUS Wales Film Festival in Wrexham *
Frameline49 *
​Gilbert Baker Film Festival
Hamburg International Queer Festival
Image + Nation Festival Film LGBT2SQueer Montreal
Immaginaria International Film Festival
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival
Indy Film Fest
Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival *
London International Animation Festival
Mansfield Town Film Festival
McMinnville Short Film Festival
Mecal Pro
Melbourne Queer Film Festival
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Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
Midwest Film Festival
MIX Brasil Festival de Cultura de Diversidade
​Out On Film *
OutShine Film Festival
OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival
Oxford Film Festival
Paris International Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival
Pink Screens Film Festival
Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology
Portland Film Festival
Provincetown International Film Festival *
Q Fest Film Festival
Queer Film Festival Oldenburg
Queer Film Festival Utrecht
Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival
Reel Pride LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival
Rehoboth Beach International Film Festival
Roze Filmdagen Film Festival​​
SaFFlicks
SAIC Ex Fest
San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
Short Com Film and Animation Festival *
Short Film Breaks
Short. Sweet. Film Fest.
Southside Film Festival
​Spokane International Film Festival
Stoptrik International Film Festival
Tampa Bay International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Tricky Women Tricky Realities​
Vilnius Queer Festival “KreivÄ—s”
Wicked Queer: Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival
YoFiFest Yonkers
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* Oscar/BAFTA/Canadian Screen Award Qualifying
Awards
​Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Award - Frameline49
​Best Animation/Experimental Film - Reeling2025
​Best Animated Short - DC Independent Film Festival
Best Short. Sweet. Film - Short. Sweet. Film Fest.
Best in Show - Wicked Queer
Best of Fest and Best Short Film - SaFFlicks
Best Screenplay, Best Technique, and Best Audio Design for an LGBT Short - All that Moves International Film Festival
1st Place - SAIC Ex Fest
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A Film By
Carmela Murphy and AJ Dubler
Carmela Murphy is a filmmaker and artist specializing in stop motion animation and screenwriting. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Spring 2024. She adores telling narrative and fantastical stories that explore the weird and the wonderful.
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AJ Dubler is a stop motion animator, 2D animator, and storyboard artist. They have experience working on stop motion productions and creating their own films. AJ is the recipient of the Presidential Scholarship at SAIC and graduated with distinction in Fall 2023.
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AJ and Carmela met at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and knew they were destined to collaborate. With a shared love of stop motion and lesbians, A Bird Hit my Window and Now I'm A Lesbian was born.
The Cast
"Gray"
Jordan Gantos
Jordan (they/them) is an interdisciplinary ceramicist and sculptor informed by Romantic philosophy, natural mysticism, and a love for the living.
"Fionn"
Cecelie Lopez
Cecelie (they/them) is a movement-based performance artist, testing bodily limits to explore anti-human endurance on the queer body.
"Alex"
Timothy Sullivan
Timothy (he/him) is an actor and improviser in Chicago who enjoys making comedy videos.