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SQIFF Shorts: Daddies
September 29, 2017 @ 6:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Free – £8Why is making an emotional connection with your father so hard, especially for queer men? In Bleach, trans man Jay sets out in search of Shane, his estranged father and macho boxing gym owner. Dads sees 20-something Scott finding his Sunday morning hangover interrupted by unexpected visits from both his father and older lover. Noam, a young gay guy, discovers his recently deceased father had a secret affair with another married man in Heritage. Boys in the Street #pride brings to life Greg Holden’s song of the same name about a lost and found connection between father and son.
ACCESS: Level access at entrance of CCA with Cinema space on ground floor. Accessible toilets available. Various languages with English subtitles/captions. Hearing loop.
Content note: depiction of violence.
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Bleach (25m)
Dir: Jesse Lewis-Reece, Country: UK, Year: 2016
Set in a downbeat UK coastal town, trans man Jay sets out in search of Shane, his estranged father and macho boxing gym owner.
Dads (11m)
Dir: Ethan Michael Roberts, Country: USA, Year: 2016
After a night of drinking and sex, 21-year-old Scott finds his Sunday morning interrupted by an unexpected visit from his father. When Scott’s 40-something friend-with-benefits Doug also shows up, all three men find themselves in a quietly awkward world of ambiguity and things unsaid.
Heritage (25m)
Dir: Yuval Aharoni, Country: Israel, Year: 2016
Noam, a young gay guy, discovers his father, who just died, had a secret affair with another married man.
Boys in the Street #pride (4m)
Dir: Louisa Bertman, Country: USA, Year: 2016
An animation illustrating Greg Holden’s song Boys In The Street, about a lost and found connection between father and son.