When a group of queers come together for a weekend wedding in the Redwoods, a clash of friends, family members, and former lovers shakes interpersonal dynamics and puts relationships to the test.
QUEERLY BELOVED is a feature dramedy about a diverse group of queer friends whose bonds are tested when they come together for a weekend wedding in the Redwoods. Through interwoven mini-plots, this ensemble film depicts the beauty and hilarity of Bay Area queer community as friends, lovers, exes, and relatives navigate their intertwined relationships, threading and re-threading the fabric of chosen family.
Florencia Manóvil is an Oakland-based Latina writer-director whose work expresses a yearning to evolve societal paradigms, through a queer ecofeminist lens.
Manóvil was a 2025 SFFILM Sound and Cinema fellow and 2024 SFFILM FilmHouse resident, as well as selected for the 2024 Writing Climate Pitchfest and Stowe Story Labs. She’s a two-time recipient of the Frameline Completion Fund, and her films have screened at festivals around the world. In 2015 she was named “Best East Bay Filmmaker” for her web series DYKE CENTRAL, lauded by press and fans for its groundbreaking representation of diverse LGBTQ characters.
Born and raised in Argentina, Manóvil moved to the U.S. to study film at Emerson College on an Honors scholarship. Based in the SF Bay Area since 2007, she’s active in her local film community and passionate about sustainable and equitable practices. She’s also a certified Intimacy Coordinator and parent to an inspiring teen artist.
