Drawn Together

A blend of mini-docs illuminating the lives of queer visual artists and animated shorts celebrating the power of the pen.

Coded: The Hidden Love of J.C. Leyendecker

How J.C. Leyendecker’s homoerotically charged advertisements took early American advertising by storm.

  • Director

    Ryan White

  • Producers

    Christopher Leggett, Rafael Marmor, Conor Fetting-Smith, Jessica Hargrave, Marc Gilbar

  • USA 2021. 29min

Prosopagnosia

A stop-motion animation about sketching to deal with face blindness and the art of recognising lovers.

  • Director

    Steven Fraser

  • Producer

    Reece Cargan

  • UK 2021. 10min

Frozen Out

A Chinese artist, in self-imposed exile in Iowa, is drawn to deserted places.

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Hao Zhou

  • Producer

    Tyler Hill

  • China-USA 2021. 5min

There is a Paradise

Painter and high camp chanteuse Juwelia presents a love letter to life in Berlin since 1985.

  • Director-Producer

    Sorina Reiber

  • UK 2021. 22min

Ob Scene

Ob Scena

Illustrating a peep show that explores sexology, pornography, and identity.

  • Director-Screenwriter

    Paloma Orlandini Castro

  • Producer

    Manuel Pasik

  • Argentina 2021. 17min

Saintmaking

The London chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence look back on canonising Derek Jarman in 1991.

  • Director

    Marco Alessi

  • Producer

    Lily Slydel

  • UK 2021. 23min

Total running time 106 minutes.

Contains frank discussion of sex and drawings of sex.

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