Aromcom Film

**NEW PANELIST ALERT!**

Meet Nafisah Tung , one of our panelists for our "Aspec Characters in Media" virtual roundtable on June 27!

and will be leading a conversation and Q&A over Zoom about and characters in books, film, podcasts, and more. Get your tickets now from the Eventbrite link in our bio!

Nafisah Tung: Comic creator, fashion lover, devoted house husband, and bi/ace Chinese Muslim, Nafisah is an outlier to society in many ways, so they're incredibly passionate about inclusive media and elevating marginalized voices. Originally a character designer and art director for video games, they're now finally pursuing their dream job: drawing comics.

An alternate film poster for Aromcom, designed by our producer Catherine Bobalek!

Aromcom is an award-winning short film depicting a platonic meet-cute starring Ziaire Mann and Elena Anderson, featuring Garrett Matthews and MarQuis Fair, and directed by Katrina Jackson, making its YouTube premiere on Saturday, June 27 at 3pm Eastern. Subscribe on YouTube !

Logline: While stranded in a small Icelandic town during a winter storm, a nosy woman develops a squish—a platonic crush—on the badass, aloof owner of a found GoPro who starts to open up once they discover they’re both on the and spectrums.

Nonprofit fiscal sponsor: From the Heart Productions Inc
Festivals: ImageOut (Audience Award for Best Short Film, 2025)
SNF Parkway Theatre / Maryland Film Fest (Official Selection, 2026)

**NEW PANELIST ALERT!**

Meet Morgan Greensmith , one of our panelists for our "Aspec Characters in Media" virtual roundtable on June 27!

and will be leading a conversation and Q&A over Zoom about and characters in books, film, podcasts, and more. Get your tickets now from the Eventbrite link in our bio!

Morgan Greensmith is a UK-based q***r and disabled writer of all things prose, poetry and audio. They are the creator of the q***r horror-fantasy audiodrama, , which follows an aroacespec university student discovering a fantastical world inside London. Morgan’s interest in fiction lies in using fantasy as a metaphor for q***r and disabled experiences, and desanitising depictions of mental illness. When not writing, they can be found barista’ing, sleeping, or watching too much television. They have won several AudioVerse Awards for their audiodrama work, and their in-progress novel, Slipthing, was a winner of Penguin WriteNow 2025.

The official film poster for Aromcom, designed by our producer Catherine Bobalek!

Aromcom is an award-winning short film depicting a platonic meet-cute starring Ziaire Mann and Elena Anderson and directed by Katrina Jackson, making its YouTube premiere on Saturday, June 27 at 3pm Eastern. Subscribe on YouTube !

Logline: While stranded in a small Icelandic town during a winter storm, a nosy woman develops a squish—a platonic crush—on the badass, aloof owner of a found GoPro who starts to open up once they discover they’re both on the and spectrums.

Nonprofit fiscal sponsor: From the Heart Productions Inc
Festivals: ImageOut (Audience Award for Best Short Film, 2025)
SNF Parkway Theatre / Maryland Film Fest (Official Selection, 2026)

**NEW PANELIST ALERT!**

Meet Kimberly Butler , one of our panelists for our "Aspec Characters in Media" virtual roundtable on June 27!

and will be leading a conversation and Q&A over Zoom about and characters in books, film, podcasts, and more. Get your tickets now from the Eventbrite link in our bio!

Kimberly Butler, also known as Kim Riot or the Asexual Goddess, is a 27 year old Chicago Native and AroAce Q***r Activist and Artist. She's currently working on an AroAce comic Willow & the Family Ace that you can read on Webtoons.

**NEW PANELIST ALERT!**

Meet Mallie McCown , one of our panelists for our "Aspec Characters in Media" virtual roundtable on June 27!

and will be leading a conversation and Q&A over Zoom about and characters in books, film, podcasts, and more. Get your tickets now from the Eventbrite link in our bio!

Mallie McCown is an actor/writer/producer who has been a life-long advocate of artists creating their own work. She studied filmmaking at Chapman University and later trained in Shakespearean Performance with The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). While she has a background in improv, sketch comedy, and short films, she made her feature film debut in 2025 with "Dear Luke, Love, Me." () It was this particular project that sparked her journey to discover her asexual identity, as the story follows an autobiographical story of an intimate friendship that was never quite heteronormative. She looks forward to continuing creating work which represents underrepresented voices.

**NEW PANELIST ALERT!**

Meet John Wiswell , one of our panelists for our "Aspec Characters in Media" virtual roundtable on June 27!

and will be leading a conversation and Q&A over Zoom about and characters in books, film, podcasts, and more. Get your tickets now from the Eventbrite link in our bio!

John Wiswell is an ace/aro author who lives where New York keeps all its trees. His stories regularly grapple with q***r identity and culture's attempts to erase it, and refract q***r experiences through Fantasy concepts such as magic and monstrosity. He has won the Nebula and Locus Awards for Best Novel, as well as being a finalist for the Hugo, World Fantasy, and British Fantasy Awards. His fiction has been translated into sixteen languages. His novels include Someone You Can Build A Nest In, Wearing The Lion, and The Dragon Has Some Complaints.

*NEW PANELIST ALERT!*

Meet Zanah Thirus , one of our panelists for our "Aspec Characters in Media" virtual roundtable on June 27!

and will be leading a conversation and Q&A over Zoom about and characters in books, film, podcasts, and more. Get your tickets now from the Eventbrite link in our bio!

Zanah Thirus is the creator of “Velvet” — a 7-episode fiction podcast series that explores the deliciously diverse experiences of those on the asexual spectrum, proving that intimacy is boundless. Named one of Diversity in Cannes' Top 10 Filmmakers of the Decade and honored with the Master of Storytelling Award by the Druk International Film Festival, Zanah is committed to crafting narratives that resonate with diverse audiences and push culture forward. In her free time, Zanah channels her passion for storytelling into writing, directing, blogging, and photography. Her work explores underrepresented experiences and challenges dominant narratives through topics such as the asexual spectrum, reproductive freedom, sexual trauma recovery, misogyny within Christianity, and the politics of pleasure.