A Bird Hit My Window
and Now I'm a Lesbian
After a mysterious girl shows up at protagonist Gray's doorstep holding the corpse of a bird that had just cracked her window, an impromptu bird funeral changes the way Gray views herself and her lesbian identity.
"A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian is Carmela Murphy and AJ Dubler's debut film created as a thesis project at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago"
Still Photos
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
Behind the Scenes
"A romcom musical about the devastating effects of smoking."
Carmela is a screenwriter, fabricator, and animator who adores the weird and wonderful.
AJ Dubler is a storyboard artist and animator who makes work about lesbians and ugly babies.
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.