It’s Not You, It’s Me

We’ve all been there. These exciting and varied shorts explore what it means to find a way forward in the inevitable struggles of love and life.

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Cousins

Two cousins reunite in a Brooklyn bar, where a run-in with an ex makes the night even more chaotic.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Karina Dandashi

  • Producer

    Aya Hamdan

  • USA 2022 13min

It’s been a year

June has just lost her mother. Long-term girlfriend Sam struggles to know what to do.

 

  • Director

    Rosalie van de Biezen

  • Producers

    Eef Pannekeet, Vera van de Biezen, Rosalie van de Biezen

  • Netherlands 2022 20min

Life in Love: Cinthia & Robyn

An asexual extrovert and their introverted partner search for intimacy and fun during a birthday adventure.

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Abel Rubinstein

  • Producer

    Lorine Plagnol

  • UK 2022 12min

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

Ya Benti

Sabrina is about to marry Younes – a seemingly perfect match. But on the eve of the wedding, she backs out.

 

  • Director

    Anissa Allali

  • Producers

    Avi Amar, Katayoun Dibamehr. Screenwriters Anissa Allali, Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat

  • France 2022 24min

Alba Vulva

The best thing to do following the end of a 12-year-long relationship? Get a full-on bikini wax. Maybe…

 

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Dorka Vermes

  • Producers

    Gábor Osváth, Balázs Zachar, Juli Berkes

  • Hungary 2022 15min

Butch up!

Mi-hae has just been dumped twice, by her girlfriend and her band. What next?

 

  • Director

    Yu-jin LEE

  • South Korea 2022 12min

Total running time 96min

Rhianna Ilube

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