Monday 1 July
Watershed
£11/8.50/5
Rating: 15
This showcase celebrates the best of an international selection of shorts, including a variety of animation, comedy and live-action drama, and offers a rich range of perspectives on the coming-of-age experiences of young queer people across the world.
Followed by a Q&A discussion with LGBT+ sex and relationship coach Cherish Amber, on the programme’s themes of identity, love, language, friendship, family, and consent. Delivered in partnership with the Sex Education Film Festival.
No es tan difícil
Irene García Torres | Spain | 2024 | 11min
Amanda and Christine have an intimate relationship, but an unexpected visitor interrupts their time together.
Tank Fairy
Erich Rettstadt| Taiwan | 2021 | 9min
Once upon a time, the Magical Tank Fairy delivered tanks of gas (with plenty of sass) to the home of young Jojo – a lonely dreamer in need of a glittery godmother…
Where the Birds Cry
Jakub Wenda | Poland | 2023 | 15min
Fourteen-year-old Szymon lives in a seaside village. A reunion atop a cliff sparks his first summer romance.
In Nature
Marcel Barelli | Switzerland | 2021 | 5min
In nature, a couple is a male and a female. Well, not always! You may not know it, but homosexuality isn’t just a human story.
Tarek
Anatael Pérez Hernández | Spain | 2021 | 9min
Four people of different genders recount the same story… a chance meeting with a man named Tarek.
Elsa
Albert Carbó | Spain | 2020 | 12min
Elsa is a six-year-old child, clear about a specific thing: she is a girl, just like the character in her favourite movie.
Et si on s’en foutait?
Johanna Lagarde | France | 2022 | 12min
Three-year-old Sasha was born intersex – neither biologically male or female. Their parents attempt to raise them neutral until Sasha is old enough to decide.
Ekai
Arantza Ibarra| Spain | 2020 | 21min
The true story of a young transgender boy, Ekai Lersundi, who took his own life in 2018 after struggling with the bureaucracy surrounding hormone replacement therapy.
In Nature contains a sequence of quick colour changes which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.