A short film programme curated in partnership with Sense & Accessibility exploring the intersectionality of queer crip identities in love, relationships and selfhood.
Followed by a Q&A with special guests hosted by Florence Grieve, founder of Sense & Accessibility.
The introduction and Q&A will feature BSL interpretation and films will feature Descriptive Subtitles.
S.A.M
Lloyd Eyre-Morgan and Neil David Ely | 2020 | UK | 16 mins
Two young men form a connection on the swings of their local park.
Blond Night [Nuit Blonde]
Gabrielle Demers | 2022 | Canada | 17 mins
Victor is fed-up in his home for autistic adults. To avoid routine, he goes for a nighttime walk where he meets Jessy.
I’m fine mum
Josema Palenzuela | 2023 | Spain | 5 min
Blanca is a young illustrator. Her frequent text exchanges hide a reality that diverges from the idealised version on her walls.
Dope Fiend
Rosanagh Griffiths | 2023 | UK | 14 mins
A woman discovers what life like for her neurodiverse partner in this surrealist comedy.
Coming Out Autistic
Steven Fraser | 2022 | UK | 4 mins
An animated documentary on the experience of coming out as both autistic and queer.
Mo <3 Kyra
Debbie Hannan | 2023 | UK | 13 mins
It’s prom night, and Mo’s final chance to let the girl of her dreams know how she really feels.
I Would Like to Live on the Moon
Emily Burke | 2023 | UK | 2 min
A young non-binary person feels overwhelmed and wants to escape – literally, to the moon.
Heart Murmurs
Dorothy Cheung | 2023 | Hong Kong | 9 min
A poetic dialogue between the filmmaker and Dean – a young Hongkonger living with a congenital disability and HIV during the first years of the Covid pandemic.
Content notes: some derogatory language; medical and mental health themes
*Crip is a term from disability scholarship and justice movements. It denotes a desire “to jolt people out of their everyday understandings of bodies and minds, normalcy & deviance” A. Kafer, Queer, Feminist, Crip.
With special thanks to Sense & Accessibility
