Treehouse Film Collective (Katie Irwin, Salt ’23, Maddie King, Salt ’21, Erica Snyder-Drummond, Salt ’20, Aubrey Calaway, Salt ’22, Summer Echeverry ’17, and Meier Clark) will celebrate its first Maine Queer/Trans Film Festival (QTFF) on November 21 in Portland, ME, at Maine Studio Works.
The project is a collaboration between Treehouse Film Collective and local emerging filmmakers, including several MECA&D students, faculty, and alumni. Their films include:
- The House Always Wins (dir. Autumn Savage, Bee Murdock, Grace Merwin ’27, Orlando Zapata ’27, Rex Holland)
- Vigilante Justice (dir. Katie Irwin, Salt ’23 and Treehouse Film Collective)
- Requiem Pectus (dir. Aubrey Calaway, Salt ’22)
- PJ (dir. Jess Kimball ’24)
- Time for Tea! (dir. Neptune Blank, Eric Caulfield, Oscar Hoversten, Kaija Shook)
- Cloud Gaze (Natasha M. R., Salt ’23)
- Tr*nnychasers: A Skateboard Road Trip (dir. Travis Clough, Salt ’23 and Tam Willey)
Treehouse Film Collective is a recipient of the 2026 Kindling Fund administered by SPACE Gallery as part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts’ Regional Regranting Program.
The festival is open to the public.