FilmPride 2024 at We Are Fabuloso
Fabuloso in the Park is Brighton & Hove Pride’s official fundraiser for the Brighton Rainbow Fund. To find out more about Brighton & Hove Pride, visit brighton-pride.org/pride-festival
We are located in the Community Village, Preston Park.
Screenings are 15+
2pm – 3.30pm
Hate
Dir: Emiliano Sisolfi (they/them) – 8:08, Italy
A teenager is questioning their gender identity and the relationship with their mother. They are looking for an answer from God itself.
Trailer available here
I’m a Faggot
Dir: Javier Riera (him/his), Miguel Vingur (him/his) – 12:00, Spain
It is easier to live in our own imagination than accepting our reality. But, what would it be like to live inside this imagination where anything is possible?
Trailer available here
Queen Size
Dir: Avril Besson (she/her) – 19:52, France
This morning, Marina has an appointment with Charlie to sell her a mattress. This evening, she will cancel her plane for La Reunion. But they don’t know that yet.
Slangbang
Dir: Lee Campbell (he/him) – 02:00, UK
In gay male slang, ‘bears’ and ‘cubs’ refer to body shapes and age groups. A ‘bear’ usually refers to a hairy plus-size man, whilst a ‘cub’ is a younger bear. An ‘otter’ is a slimmer hairy man, whilst a ‘wolf’ is an older daddy. A kaleidoscope of gay male bodies – Busby Berkeley style, Slangbang explores the idea of being codified by a set of occularcentric taxonomic principles that are meant to determine who you are as a person, and how you function in a relationship.
I Love Every Atom of Your Body
Dir: Alejandro Lobo León (he/him) – 13:00, Spain
Cintia and Alegria, friends and classmates, are having a study session for Literature but, at 17, it’s hard to focus, especially when one of them has such important news.
Love + (Love Positive)
Dir: Tushar Tyagi (he/him) – 17:09, India
Ajay wants his live-in partner, Utkarsh, to join him for a live interview, but Utkarsh wants to keep their relationship a secret. The concern for them seems bigger than appearing together for this live interview. Will this sero-discordant couple have a positive love story?
Trailer available here
The Sappho Project: Fragment 147
Dir: Sari Katharyn (she/her) – 07:40, UK
Two women find each other time and time again, loving each other through all their life times. Made entirely during lockdown by student artists, this animated film is a collective piece of art, dedicated to one of the most famous lyrical fragments that remain from the lesbian poet Sappho: fragment 147.
Borrowed Time
Dir: Hannah Berry George (she/her) – 05:00, UK
Thanks to new technology, Liam is able to bring his dead Dad back to life for just five minutes and finally ask a very important question.
4pm – 6pm
Gina
Dir: Michelle Piana (she/her) – 16:55, France
Gino, a 10-year-old boy, is an excellent footballer. However, Gino does not consider himself a boy, but a girl.
You Don’t Have to Like Me
Dir: Safiyah Smith (she/her) – 09:37, US
We delve into the harsh realities of a woman who presents as masculine, grappling with insecurities that threaten to consume her whole being. It captures the moments when disownment can lead to crippling self-judgment, when you feel like nothing more than a shadow of yourself.
Toothbrush
Dir: Shaun Kitchener(he/him) – 10:32, UK
With his wedding day approaching, a closeted young dad is running out of time to face up to his sexuality.
Trailer available here
Stranger
Dir: Jehnny Beth (she/her), Iris Chassaigne (she/her) – 18:42, France
For the past 548 days, A has been absent from her own life, unable to feel anything. One night, J appears and takes her along with her, looking for ways to make her heart beat again. Stranger is a musical tale, the story of an awakening.
Beautiful Trouble
Dir: Christopher T McGill (he/him) – 17:24, UK
How can we use art activism to create a more just world? Dan Glass, a queer Jewish street activist, inspires and challenges us with his audacious tales of Trump Baby, dumping manure outside UKIP HQ and other theatrical stunts.
Trailer available here
All the Lights Still Burning
Dir: Dominic Leclerc (he/him) – 15:00, UK
Mo and Musa, two British Pakistani men with a past, reconnect unexpectedly one night. Musa is a classically trained violinist now living in London, while Mo is a drug dealer who works the streets of Bradford. Over one unforgettable night, these two very different lives collide.
Prism
Dir: Gina Hara (she/her) – 12:57, Canada
A visually striking short experimental fiction film, following Miranda as she bursts from her beige cocoon and embraces her queer identity for the first time. In a hyper-sexual world, there are very few movies exploring what it feels like to be on the asexual spectrum. Director Gina Hara sets out to create refreshingly unique asexual representation on the silver screen, while taking inspiration from movies by Maya Deren and Roy Andersson.
The Last Take
Dir: Brian Foyster (he/him) – 14:17, US
Facing the end, a movie star from Hollywood’s golden age must reconcile with the only man he ever loved.
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