Ethereal Existence

Gender diverse tales of nostalgia, androgyny and imagination, channelling classic cool and the Nouvelle Vague with a pinch of science-fiction.

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Gem

A fashionable shop assistant clicks with a stranger in this dreamy exploration of self-discovery.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Jim Muntisov

  • Producers

    Imogen Archer, Jim Muntisov, Meg Doyle, Tom Lam

  • Australia 2022 14min

Grafting Self

A trans man takes a surreal hike with a doll that represents his lost boyhood.

 

  • Director-Producer

    Ian Kaler

  • Germany-Austria 2022 12min

Private View

After three years, painter Sadie Lee unveils her portrait of Libro Levi Bridgeman.

 

  • Director

    Sarah Myland

  • Producers

    James Collie, Jan Dunn

  • UK 2022 17min

This film is free to watch on BFI Player from 15 to 26 March.

Mars

Charlie finds the trans youth group toe-curling and dreams of boldly going beyond Blackpool.

 

  • Director

    Abel Rubinstein

  • Producers

    Cat Marshall, Stefan Demetriou

  • Screenwriter

    Chris Bush

  • UK 2022 20min

Do Digital Curanderas Use Eggs In Their Limpias?

A struggling Latinx healer considers abandoning the physical world for promises of a digital utopia.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Roberto Fatal

  • Producers

    Roberto Fatal, Jenny Koreny

  • USA 2023 14min

Insieme Insieme

A high-camp Godardian caper featuring a hedonistic throuple of kidnappers and thieves.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Bernardo Zanotta

  • Producers

    Yann Gonzalez, Flavien Giorda, Manon Bovenkerk

  • France-Netherlands-Italy 2022 37min

Total running time 114min

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