Q&A with director Elena Oxman and Actor Asia Kate Dillon

Tuesday, Jun. 30 2026, 7:00

• Elena Oxman is a writer/director with a background in both documentary and narrative films. A two-time recipient of the SFFILM FilmHouse Residency, she wrote and directed the narrative short film Lit (2014), starring D-Lo, which premiered at the Palm Springs International Shortfest and went on to play at Frameline, Outfest, and other festivals in the USA and abroad before being picked up by the VOD distributor FilmDoo. A graduate of Yale University, Elena cofounded the documentary production company American Beat, whose films have been broadcast on public television and screened at festivals around the globe. Elena earned a PhD in English from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and has taught film studies and filmmaking at the College of San Mateo, Stanford University, Harvey Milk Center for the Arts, the University of North Carolina, and Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies. Outerlands is her first feature film.
• Asia Kate Dillon is a performer, writer, producer, and director residing on occupied Lenape territory, also known as NYC. Cast in the role of Taylor, a non-binary gender identifying character in Showtime’s Billions, Dillon was the first non-binary gender identifying actor to ever be cast in a major television series, for which they were nominated for a Critics Choice Award in the supporting actor category in 2017 and 2018. Dillon will next be seen in the feature film Outerlands, which they star in and also produced through MIRROR/FIRE productions (cofounded by Dillon in 2016). Outerlands will premiere at SXSW. Dillon is also known for their other television roles in Orange Is the New Black, The Simpsons, Master of None, Younger, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, gen:LOCK, and the feature films The Outside Story and John Wick 3: Parabellum.

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