In a Truthful Space

From gatekeeping to disability to mental health, these shorts look at access, autonomy and what it takes to live a happy life.

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(Un)fit to Work

A black gay man rolls into the job centre. This time things will be different...

 

  • Director

    Yasmin Godo

  • Producers

    Jamie McCallum, Yasmin Godo

  • UK 2022 5min

Hold On To Me

A joyful snapshot of what it means to delight in yourself exactly the way you are.

 

  • Directors-Producers

    Rajvi Desai, TeShima Brennen

  • USA 2022 5min

Inside

The psychological impact of racism is examined in this poignant look at psychosis.

 

  • Director

    Dolly Sen

  • Producer

    Sal Anderson

  • UK 2021 7min

Nuit Blonde

Victor feels patronised in his housing for autistic adults. So one night he leaves and has an unexpected encounter…

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Gabrielle Demers

  • Producer

    Nellie Carrier

  • Canada 2022 16min

Home

A young woman is faced with the task of adjusting to life and love after prison.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Nia Childs

  • Producer

    Jessi Gutch

  • UK 2022 12min

Oisín

As a single parent raising an autistic son, Claire longs for intimacy – is Olivia too charming to be true?

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Alba Fernandez

  • Producer

    Danilo Zambrano

  • Ireland 2022 22min

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

Standard Deviation

Can the medical establishment accept your masculinity if you also wear nail polish?

 

  • Director

    Paco Ruiz

  • Producers

    Paola Botrán, Roberto Butragueño Screenwriter Caru Basakatua

  • Spain 2022 10min

The Script

A quiet, piercing and intelligent look at what it means to navigate the gender identity clinic.

 

  • Directors

    Brit Fryer, Noah Schamus

  • Producers

    Colleen Cassingham, Jess Devaney

  • USA 2023 15min

Thriving: A Dissociated Reverie

The challenges of dissociative identity disorder are tackled with knowing humour and refreshing honesty.

 

  • Director

    Nicole Bazuin

  • Producers

    Andrea Werhun, Nicole Bazuin

  • Screenwriters

    Kitoko Mai, Nicole Bazuin, Andrea Werhun

  • Canada 2023 10min

Total running time 102min

Jay Bernard

Access information

Both screenings will have on-screen subtitles including descriptions of non-dialogue audio, for customers who are D/deaf or people experiencing hearing loss.

Both screenings will feature a British Sign Language-interpreted introduction.

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