Born With an Extra Rib’ is an operatic biomythography for the diasporic and dysphoric who long to find a body and a place to call home. An intimate spiral on an epic scale, this cinematic performance-ritual is an invitation into a portal, where the extra rib, that stefa was born with, becomes the a key for liberation.
QueerCine International Film Festival Best Experimental Film, 2025; Queer | Art Prize Winner for Recent Work 2022; TRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Festival Jury Award for Best TransGenre Short/Mid Length Film, 2023; Wave Farm Media Assistance Fund, 2023
Created at The Kitchen x Queenslab, May 2021
stefa marin alarcon: Creator, Composer, Co-Director, Film Editor, Co-Creative Producer
LILLETH: Co-Director, Choreographer, Film Editor, Co-Creative Producer
Featuring STEFA*, GypjaQ Kai, S T A R R Busby, Miles Francis, Nick Joz, José Benjamin Escobar
Flor Tejada: Director of Photography, Film Editor
Nova Scott James: Director of Photography
Kelley Shih: Lighting + Projection Designer
Lily Wen: Sound Engineer, Mixing
Joseph Charles Viola: Stylist
Edward Salas: Projection Paintings
Nile Harris: Creative Production Assistant
Organized by Lumi Tan and Kathy Cho
Photos by Flor Tejada