Short film programmes
Small but perfectly formed.
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Altered States
A stunning collection of home-grown queer shorts, ranging from narrative fiction to documentary and a few things in between.
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Being Brave
From a prison waiting room to a high school gym, or the streets of London to a crowded bathhouse, each of these stunning short films depict worlds in which their inhabitants have much to make sense of.
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Brown is the Warmest Colour
Insightful shorts charting the queer Asian experience, and the importance of love, relationships and solidarity.
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Dangerous Atmospheres
Sometimes relationships happen in spite of the dangers. Four longer shorts with the power of mini-features explore different situations where things don’t turn out as anyone expected.
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Fighters of Demons, Makers of Cakes
An unconventional and often fantastical examination of LGBTQ+ disabled, neurodiverse, chronically ill and/or D/deaf lives. Packed with experimental docs, dance, animation, poetry, drama and comedy. Plus zombies.
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Materialising Masculinities
Riding the gamut of maleness, comprising drag kings, trans teens, and macho environments. Some shorts contain violence and bad language.
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Relationship Lessons
Whether you’re hooking up online or in a long-term relationship, things don’t always develop the way we would like. There’s tragedy and high comedy here. You’ve been warned!
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Revelate
You must decide what side of reality you stand on in these stories that revel in the dark, the dream-like and the bizarre.
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Rewind the Film
Queer histories and queer futures are reconfigured in this collection of experimental short films, showcasing the best in contemporary artists’ film and video.
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Sometimes You Get What You Need
Love shines through in all its messy, funny and awkward glory in this sparkling collection of short films.
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Trans Family Matters
A broad spectrum of stories encompassing challenges, triumphs and personal breakthroughs.
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Life and all its complexities are laid bare in these emotionally-charged short films.
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Wanting, Needing, Waiting
Whilst travelling down that rocky road toward true love, a disparate group of men face some difficult decisions in this heart-rending collection of short films.
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