We Are Pat is a tale of obsession, transness and how art ages over time told through the thick spectacles of the 1990s cult character Pat from SNL.
We Are Pat is a feature length documentary exploring the evolution of gender identity and comedy from the 90s to now through the lens of the iconic SNL sketch, It’s Pat. The film examines Pat’s origins as a joke rooted in cultural anxiety of the 90s around gender while drawing striking parallels to today’s culture wars around transness and queerness. Trans and non-binary comedians and culture-makers reimagine and rewrite the original Pat sketches, using camp and humor to reclaim and re-envision an iconic character in American comedy. The film explores humor as both a tool of oppression and a radical force for change. Beyond comedy, We Are Pat raises complex questions: How does art age? What responsibility does a creator have as cultural values evolve? Can we reclaim narratives that once mocked us, transforming pain into laughter, visibility, and ultimately, our own creations?
Directed by Rowan Haber
Produced by Caryn Capotosto and Rowan Haber
SCREENINGS
| Date | Theatre | City/State |
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| May 23 | Hollywood Improv | Los Angeles, CA |
| May 29 - June 3 | DCTV | New York City, NY |
| June 5 - June 11 | The Center for Contemporary Arts | Santa Fe, NM |
| June 12 | Cape Ann Cinema | Rockport, MA |
| June 13 | Out Film CT: Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival | Hartford, CT |
| June 18 | Wexner Center for the Arts | Columbus, Ohio |
| June 18 | Ojai Playhouse | Ojai, CA |
| June 19 | Circle Cinema | Tulsa, OK |
| June 19 - June 21 | Rainbow Visions Edmonton | Edmonton, Canada |
| June 22 | Space Art Gallery | Portland, ME |
| June 26 - July 28 | Cinema Paradiso | Hollywood, FL |
| June 28 | Vidiots | Los Angeles, CA |
| July 2 | Chelsea Theater | Chapel Hill, NC |
| July 2 | National Women's Music Festival | Evanston, IL |
| July 11 | Rainbow Film Festival | Honolulu, HI |
Trailer
MERCH
Hard copies of WE ARE PAT with bonus features & never before seen reimaged Pat sketches will be available for sale at this screening through the grassroots indie distributor Video Store•Age.
PAST FESTIVALS
| Date | Festival |
|---|---|
| June 4 - 15, 2025 | Tribeca Festival |
| June 18 - 28, 2025 | Frameline: San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival |
| September 11 - 21, 2025 | Out on Screen: Vancouver Queer Film Festival |
| September 16 - 21, 2025 | EXPOSURES Montreal |
| September 18 - 21, 2025 | Dialogues Documentary Festival, Milwaukee |
| September 25 - October 5, 2025 | Out on Film: Atlanta LGBTQ Film Festival |
| October 10 - 18, 2025 | Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival |
| October 10 - 12, 2025 | Out Here Dayton Film Fest |
| October 15 - 26, 2025 | Chicago International Film Festival |
| October 23 - 28, 2025 | New Orleans Film Festival / New Orleans Film Society |
| November 6 - 9, 2025 | Outfest: Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival |
| November 13 - 23, 2025 | IDFA: International Documentary Film Festival |
| November 13 - 23, 2025 | Melbourne Queer Film Festival |
| January 2 - 12, 2026 | Palm Springs International Film Festival |
| March 5 - 15, 2026 | Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival |
| March 14, 2026 | International Film Festival of Ottawa |
| March 18 - 29, 2026 | BFI Flare |
| March 18 - 22, 2026 | Thin Line Fest |
| April 8 - 19, 2026 | Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) |
| April 9 - 18, 2026 | Cleveland International Film Festival |
| April 9 - 19, 2026 | Phoenix Film Festival |
| April 16 - 19, 2026 | Full Frame Documentary Film Festival |
| April 23 - 28, 2026 | SLO Film Fest: San Luis Obispo International Film Festival |
| May 8 - 9, 2026 | Reel Affirmations: DC's International LGBTQ+ Film Festival |
| May 22 - 31, 2026 | Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival |
| June 3, 2026 | Utah Film Center |
| June 13, 2026 | Out Film CT: Connecticut LGBTQ Film Festival |
| June 18, 2026 | Wexner Center for the Arts |
| June 19 - 21, 2026 | Rainbow Visions Edmonton |
Credits
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A Museum and Crane Production
In Association with Impact Partners, The Harnisch Foundation, The deNovo Initiative,
InMaat Foundation and Institute
Executive Producers Alan Cumming, Adrian Salpeter,
Bill & Ruth Ann Harnisch, The Harnisch Foundation, Meadow Fund, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Pierre Hauser, Rebecca Lichtenfeld,
Chandra Jessee, Marci Wiseman, Daniel J. Chalfen, Dawn Bonder, J Winkelried, Eric Kuhn,
Beth Levison, Shauna Schmunk, Lilly Wachowski, Lauren Greenfield and Frank Evers,
Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz, and Caroline Libresco
Co-Executive Producers Kelsey Koenig, Eric Szmanda, Kirsten Vangsness, JanaLee
Cherneski, Ashlin Hatch, Sam Paige
Co-Producers Ryan Cunningham, Katherine Fisher, Leo DiSantis
Written by Hannah Buck and Rowan Haber
Directors of Photography Christine Ng and Mego Lin
Original music by Erick del Aguila
Edited by Hannah Buck and Alex Bohs
Produced by Caryn Capotosto p.g.a. and Rowan Haber p.g.a
Directed by Rowan Haber
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Director Rowan Haber is an aesthetically-driven writer and director of narrative, documentary and commercial content. An MFA graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Rowan’s work has earned recognition as a Sundance Momentum Fellow, as well as a Sundance New Frontier Lab and Art of Practice Fellow. They've also been selected for the Universal Pictures Directing Lab, AFI’s Directing Workshop, Film Independent’s Episodic Lab, and Outfest’s Screenwriting Lab, with a shadowing stint on FX’s Pose. Rowan was named to The Alice Initiative’s 2018 list of directors poised to helm studio films and is featured in Indiewire’s list of 8 Best Trans Directors Working Today. They have been a fellow at McDowell, Yaddo, UCross, Millay, and Marblehouse artist residencies.
Their award-winning series New Deep South garnered a GLAAD nomination, while Braddock, PA (Topic) received critical praise from The New York Times and The New Yorker. Rowan’s diverse body of work includes directing Stonewall Forever for Stink Studios, Celestial for Tribeca Studios x Bulgari.
Rowan’s documentary We Are Pat, about trans comedy and the cult SNL figure It’s Pat, is (executive produced by Alan Cumming and Lilly Wachowski) premiered at Tribeca in June 2025, earning them Best New Documentary Director Special Jury Mention. The film was written up in Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly, is being distributed by Tribeca Films and will be streaming this summer. They directed the finale for the Gotham and GLAAD-nominated series Pride for FX and Killer Films. Rowan is also directing the modern feminist horror Shell.ai and is attached to adapt Brontez Purnell’s Whiting Award winning book Since I Laid My Burden Down into a feature film.
They are part of the artist collective Talk to Me About Water, and are currently working on a 16 mm installation based project called Two Bodies with artist and friend Amelia Winger-Bearskin. They co-created and co-run the literary reading series Word Spa LA.
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Producer Caryn Capotosto is a 4-time Emmy award-winning producer known for Won’t You Be My Neighbor? the Independent Spirit Award, Producers Guild Award and Critics’ Choice Award-winning documentary. She received a 2016 News and Documentary Emmy for Best of Enemies, a 2021 News and Documentary Emmy for The Love Bugs, a 2021 Emmy for Feels Good Man, and a 2024 Emmy for Little Richard: I Am Everything. She contributed to the Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning documentary, 20 Feet from Stardom (2013), produced Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero (HBO) and We Are Pat, a Tribeca 2025 Jury Award recipient. Recent projects include the 2026 Emmy-nominated projects Alex vs ARod (HBO) and Searching for Amani (PBS).
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Ro Haber
Julia Sweeney
Ally Beardsley
April Clark
Grace Freud
Hayden Johnson
Ever Mainard
Brontez Purnell
Robin Tran
River Butcher
Nico Carney
Esther Fallick
Pink Foxx
Janaya Future Khan
River Gallo
Roz Hernandez
Murray Hill
Molly Kearney
Abby McEnany
Kevin Nealon
Nori Reed
JD Samson
Joey Soloway
James Tom
Tyris Winter
Sabrina Wu
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