Stories of a sweet Indian dessert, a long-forgotten box of super-8 movies and the final day’s work on a building site come together in this joyous selection of LGBTQIA+ short films from round the world and round the corner.
Films screening in this programme are:
Jazmin (U)
Dir Nicole Sullivan/AU 2021/4 mins
Jazmin Theodora is a local legend and Tarot reader in Nimbin, a village in New South Wales, Australia. Jazmin uses her psychic abilities to help people get in touch with who they are. A story about being yourself, owning who you are – and being proud of it.
Topping Out (PG)
Dir Kerry Fox/GB NZ 2020/16 mins
As two scaffolders scale a London high-rise, their banter and wordplay rapidly descend into distrust. Desires and secrets are exposed — will they turn deadly at this height?
Just Say (U)
Dirs Lucretia Knapp, Lynne Yamamoto/US 2022/2 mins
An almost-silent film created in COVID isolation, this is a meditation on love and the inevitability of loss.
Halwa (PG)
Dirs Gayatri Bajpai, Nirav Bhakta/US 2019/17 mins
Sujata Chopra connects with an old friend on Facebook. As she prepares a meal for her husband in the kitchen, memories bubble to the surface.
snails (U)
Dir Dorothea Braemer/US 2022/4 mins
Two women with enormous papier mâché heads gently navigate their way through a grassy field under a summer sky. Someone, just out of reach, instructs them on how to stand and where to look. The two women talk of dreams and snails. A mother and daughter connect.
She Is Juiced: Slice Four – Sarah Jane Moon (U)
Dir Lois Norman/GB 2018/16 mins
A portrait of the queer portraiture of New Zealand/British artist Sarah Jane Moon. Sarah uses her brush to bring London’s queer community into the limelight and onto the canvas.
Looking for Barbara (PG)
Dir Helen Kilbride/GB 2021/9 mins
A filmmaker’s personal archive in the form of Super 8 footage from the 1990s. Explore queer personal history with the kind of “behind-the-scenes” treasures usually found in boxes in attics, garages and cupboards
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