What would a programme of specifically feminist queer short films look like? We put one together and found the result focusing on relationships - between mothers and daughters, lesbian and queer romantic and sexual partners, trans women and cisgender society, black women and white society, women and their BDSM desires, women and masculinity, and between […]
Maleficent, a powerful fairy, lives in a magical forest realm bordering a corrupt human kingdom. As a child, she falls in love with Stefan but after he betrays her, they become enemies and Maleficent turns bitter and cranky. With the aid of Stefan’s daughter, Aurora, and gay sidekick, Diaval the raven, the angry fairy must […]
Manga and Sory are two young men passionately in love but their parents forbid them to see each other. They are forced to reconcile their love for their families with their seemingly invincible feelings for one another within a society filled with taboos. With an introduction by Joseph a. Adesunloye, filmmaker and programmer of African […]
On the outskirts of a wild west town, saloon owner Vienna is visited by mysterious stranger Johnny and they share a few awkward snogs whilst fighting the bad guys. Never mind the hetero love story, though! This movie is all about the sparklingly tense, violently erotic relationship between Vienna and her rival Emma. Add in […]
In a follow-up to his film Purple Skies, activist Sridhar Rangayan’s documentary Breaking Free delves into the lives of LGBT people affected by India’s colonialist law Section 377. A personal journey recounting painful realities alongside offering hope in the shape of queer communities in India fighting for justice. Screening with short film FU377 directed by […]
We present a spectrum of styles and stories, from melodrama to animated collage, body hair to wrestling, and high camp to sobering allegory, with a selection of short films representing a breadth of filmmaking and LGBTI and queer contexts in Scotland. We hope to be joined by a number of the filmmakers after the screening […]
An upper-class family in 1960s Milan is invaded by a mysterious stranger, who seduces and unsettles everyone in the household - maid, mother, father, daughter, and son. A sublime, surreal, and very queer look at sexuality, desire, and class by director Pier Paolo Pasolini. Screening with short Your Eyes Flashing Solemnly With Hate by Mark […]
From the makers of lesbian classic D.E.B.S. comes a rock musical following five women through one epic night. Daisy and Tyler are two hapless rockers trying to make it to a Battle of the Bands on time, despite being derailed by Daisy’s sister, Colby, who’s exploring her newfound queer identity by chasing what she thinks […]
Founded in 1962, black gay bar the Starlite Lounge became a legendary pre- and post-Stonewall safe-haven for queer people of colour. Recently, the survival of this Brooklyn-based institution came under threat and a passionate community mobilized to try to save it. A timely look at the loss of LGBT and queer spaces to commercialism and […]
Journalist David Thorpe confronts his anxiety over sounding gay by visiting voice therapists, interviewing friends, and talking to queer icons such as George Takei and Margaret Cho. Thorpe explores the cultural history of the gay voice in TV and film and tries to find perspective and examine his own internalised homophobia. Preceded by the presentation […]
