Legacies
What shapes us? How do the stories of our families, the legacies we inherit, and the struggles of those before us live on in who we become? Legacies brings together films that gently unravel the complex and often tender realities of queer upbringings. These stories speak to the love, pain, hope, and resilience woven through generations, reminding us that identity is not just inherited, but felt deeply and continuously reshaped.
This programme is an invitation to connect with the intimate moments that define us, the memories that haunt us, and the courage it takes to claim our place in a world that often tries to erase us.
Curated by Nat Lall and Huss.
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Accessibility
This programme has:
- English, Portuguese and Turkish audio with English language Descriptive Subtitles
- English-BSL interpretation for introduction
- Live Captioning for introduction
This screening is 119 minutes long and has an age recommendation of N/C 15+.
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Films in this programme include:
Birthdays, Dir. Adrian Jalily, 2024, Denmark, 19 min
Second-grader Bruno faces social isolation for being different, forcing his Iranian father Marlon to confront his son’s otherness and exclusion.
Access notes: Flashing imagery.
Oceania, Dir. Valentin Noujaïm, 2024, Lebanon, 24 min
Najib, 16, spends his summer on a video game, until his mother, Asma, discovers the death of their elderly and lonely neighbor. He steals the keys to the apartment, and dives into an unexpected world.
Content notes: Discussion of death, HIV stigma.
Access notes: Flashing imagery, flashing lights.
Burcu’s Angels (Preview Screening), Dir. Özgün Gündüz, 2025, Canada, 20 min
Turkish queer elder Burcu Özdemir’s Vancouver vintage store has served as a sanctuary and “coming out center” for thirty years.
Content notes: Discussion of racism.
While We Still Have Time, Dir. Ava Grimshaw-Hall, 2024, Australia, 15 min
A daughter reconciles with her distant sperm-donor father as he manages an aggressive prostate cancer, with little indication of how much time there is left to find out who he really is.
Find The Boy, Dir. Paulin.e Goasmat, 2025, France, 18min
As Charly, a young trans man, is laid to rest under his birth name, Tom, Louise and BB, his queer pals, decide to pay their last respects in his own image in a place where they used to meet, Charly’s childhood home. But Victor, his brother, had the same idea.
Content notes: Depiction of alcohol use, cigarette use, dead naming, misgendering, queerphobia. Discussion of death, loss.
Scattered Pictures, Dirs. Ibai Vigil-Escalera, Jose André Sibaja, 2025, United States of America, 8 min
Through the grainy nostalgia of 8mm film and the intimacy of voice-over narration, Gabriel takes us on a deeply personal journey of self-discovery.
Content notes: Discussion of death, sex.
Sole, Dir. Ana Berdeja, 2024, Mexico, 15 min
Veteran embalmer Sole faces a dilemma: honor a transgender man’s wishes or his family’s demands while hiding her own secret.
Content notes: Depiction of a dead body.
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Supported by Screen Scotland, the BFI Audience Projects Fund and Film Hub Scotland (part of the BFI Film Audience Network), all awarding National Lottery funding.
Image Credit: Oceania, Dir. Valentin Noujaïm, 2024