Fencesitter Films Creates a Unique Film Festival for All Shades

Mike Szymanski
5 min readApr 17, 2024

By Mike Szymanski

All kinds of film festivals exist: those focused on vampires, or cannabis, or veganism.

Filmmaker Kyle Schickner’s has dreamt for the past three decades to have a festival of movies that cater to his specific interests: telling stories that focus on women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ communities.

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Mike Szymanski

Journalist, writer, activist and bisexual, living with Multiple Sclerosis and Dachshunds in Hollywood.