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

Selections

All that Moves International Film Festival

American Documentary and Animation Film Festival *

Annecy International Animation Film Festival *

Athens International Film + Video Festival *

Brighton International Animation Film Festival *

British Urban Film Festival *

Brooklyn Film Festival *

Camden Queerfest

Carmarthen Bay Film Festival *

DC Independent Film Festival

Fabulous Independent Film Festival

Festival Angaelica

Festival MIX Brasil de Cultura de Diversidade

FOCUS Wales Film Festival in Wrexham *

Frameline49 *

Image + Nation Festival Film LGBT2SQueer Montreal

Immaginaria International Film Festival

Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival

Indy Film Fest

Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival *

McMinnville Short Film Festival

Oxford Film Festival

Provincetown International Film Festival *

Roze Filmdagen Film Festival

SaFFlicks

SAIC Ex Fest

Short Film Breaks

Short. Sweet. Film Fest.

Southside Film Festival

Spokane International Film Festival

Tampa Bay International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Tricky Women Tricky Realities

Wicked Queer: Boston's LGBTQ+ Film Festival

* Oscar/BAFTA/Canadian Screen Award Qualifying

Awards

Colin Higgins Youth Filmmaker Award - Frameline49

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

Set and Prop Construction

Vimeo

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.

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.

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.