Our TV festival kicks off on Monday 14th August on Latest TV!
9pm every night, Monday to Sunday.
Repeats Monday 21st – Sunday 27th.
Latest TV is Brighton’s local TV station, available on Freeview 7 & Virgin Media 159, and livestreaming anywhere in the world at thelatest.co.uk
Monday 14th: Identity & Discovery
Five Song Tour
Dir: Chloe Jury-Fogel (she/her) – 12:31, US
A young, nomadic musician living out of her car comes to a crossroads when she reconnects with an ex-girlfriend for one night.
Trailer available here
Ordinary
Dir: Atlas O Phoenix (they/them) – 11:43, US
“We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.” – Anaïs Nin.
In a personal, experimental essay, Ordinary asks the question, “Have your eyes really seen (me?).”
A patchwork quilt of intersecting identities, Ordinary weaves together multiple storylines to explore the purpose of identifiers and their meaning. Atlas questions whether identifiers truly identify anyone.
Out Out
Dir: Sarah Louise Worth of Highly Sprung (she/her) – 9:30, UK
A bold new dance film that unlocks the voices of Coventry’s LGBTQIA+ community. Bringing to the mainstream voices that are often hidden, in a celebration of togetherness and coming out. Created using a verbatim script based on real stories, contributed by 14-30 year olds in Coventry’s LGBTQIA+ community.
Trailer available here
See me: A Walk Through Londdon’s Gay Soho in 1994 and 2020
Dir: Lee Campbell (he/him) – 10:10, UK
See Me includes sections of a walk that I made through Soho, London. As I walk, I listen on headphones to the compilation music tapes that I made when I first came to this area as a teenager in the 1990s. I reflect upon the difference between me in 1994 and me in 2020.
Trailer available here
Grace and Sophie
Dir: Timo Willman (he/him) – 08:41, UK
Best friends Grace and Sophie wake up after a house party and realisation dawns: they have slept together. Now, things are awkward.
Drew Adair
Dirs: krissy mahan (she)- 01:00, US
Drew Adair, a Black gay man, organized a queer soccer team in 1989 at the height of hostility because of the AIDS crisis. This 60 second short honors Drew in his own words.
Welcome to Celibacy Club
Dir: Campbell Moore (she/her) – 16:10, US
Unlike seemingly everyone around her, teenage girl Emmy has no desire to stick her tongue down anyone’s throat, since she’s asexual. Seeking a community she can better relate to, Emmy ends up joining her school’s most sex-negative club, Celibacy Club. Little does Emmy know, Celibacy Club isn’t full of asexual-spectrum teens. It’s full of the horniest of the horny: sexually-repressed ones. Through the friendship, innuendo, and “Virginity Rocks” shirt-wearing church boys she finds there, Emmy learns to stop hiding her asexuality and fight for her community’s space.
Trailer available here
Tuesday 15th: Relationships & Passions – Part 1
Life in Love – Cinthia & Robyn
Dir: Abel Rubinstein (he/him) – 13:00, UK
Cinthia and Robyn get real about their two-year relationship to unpack the stereotypes and misconceptions around asexuality and desire.
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Dir: Neal Suresh Mulani (he/him) – 15:25, US
On his 25th birthday, Cary brings his friends to the desert and requests one gift: for them to list everything they hate about him. A reckoning ensues.
Lola vs Ed
Dir: Lars Brinkman (he/she) – 10:10, Netherlands
A drag-thriller about Lola, a drag queen who gets in the cab with Ed, a quiet taxi driver. He gets confronted with his prejudices and desires by the colorful Lola. The two lonely souls try to get closer to each other during a taxi ride through Amsterdam by night.
Do I Know You From Someone?
Dir: Gwen Rathbone (they/she) – 11:28, UK
A trans woman is set up on a blind date by her best friend, only to realise her date is a woman from her past, before her transition.
Rural Butch Femme Rap
Dir: Krissy Mahan (she/her) – 3:50, US
In this short, humorous animation, a working class, rural lesbian couple happily plan their upcoming date night, in an ode to the joys of queers living with the land. Sung to the tune of 2008’s “(You Can Have) Whatever You Like” by T.I.
Wednesday 16th: Relationships & Passions – Part 2
Life in Love – Nick & Kaiden
Dir: Abel Rubinstein (he/him) – 13:00, UK
Exploring the euphoria of early love, Nick and Kaiden talk queer communities and choosing each other over the freedom of being open.
Love Lingers
Dir: Washington Calegari (he/him) – 22:22, Brazil
Jonas is isolated at home as he reflects on his relationship with his boyfriend and best friend, who are hospitalized during the pandemic.
Trailer available here
Dog Friend
Dir: Maissa Lihedheb (she/They) – 18:52, Germany
Malik and Phillip ignite a fight that highlights their unequal positions within German society. The date then takes an unexpected turn in this meditation on race and politics.
Eating Papaw on the Seashore
Dir: Rae Wiltshire (he/his), Nickose Layne (he/his) – 17:57, Guyana
A poignant film set in the Guyanese countryside, where two queer boys, Asim and Hasani, navigate a world of hidden love. A chance discovery disrupts their lives, forcing them to confront the fear and complexity of societal judgment.
Trailer available here
Thursday 17th: Community & Connection – Part 1
Church Camp
Dir: Andrew Bourne (he/him) – 13:36, US
Josh, a gawky camp counselor who puts the bi in Bible Camp, teeters on the edge of coming out to the entire camp.
Skate+
Dirs: Otoxo Productions – 6:06, Spain
Skateboarding is a life saver for this group of gender queer youth in Barcelona. As they make their way through a traditionally male-dominated sport, they also learn the true value of community.
Trailer available here
Woman Meets Girl
Dir: Murry Peeters (she/her) – 17:00, Canada
As cocktails lead to revealing conversation, chemistry builds between Annabelle, an awkward in her own skin, forty-two-year-old woman and Tessie, an extroverted, eighteen-year-old sex worker. A surprising moment soon introduces the possibility of deeper connection.
Trailer available here
Chavo
Dir: Alecio Araci (he/him)- 15:00, Sweden
Tommy’s grill is a meeting place for the Romani community. Here a motley crew of people gather to eat and talk. When a young man visits the restaurant one evening, rumors begin to spread and Tommy is forced to revisit traumatic memories.
Friday 18th: Community & Connection – Part 2
Sons of The Night
Dir: Henrique Arruda (he/him) – 15:47, Brazil
Eight gay men aged 50 – 70 share their memories, lives and nocturnal images, questioning where their bodies fit in the current world.
Trailer available here
Brother
Dir: Aleksei Borovikov (he/him) – 17:16, US
With his wedding to Carlos approaching, Tony, a young immigrant to the US, invites his conservative elder sister to the ceremony – a fateful decision that forces Tony to choose between his family and his happiness.
Trailer available here
Public Displays of Affection
Dir: Callum Roome (he/him) – 9:49, UK
A short documentary exploring the experiences and opinions LGBTQ+ people have about publicly displaying their love for their partners.
Hate
Dir: Emiliano Sisolfi (they/them) – 8:00, Italy
A teenager is questioning their gender identity and their relationship with their mother. They are looking for an answer from God itself.
Saturday 19th: Queer Perspectives & Transformations
Izzy Aman: The Joy Of Drag
Dir: Isabella Kaya Walton (she/her) – 12:36, UK
A film about Isabel Adomakoh Young, known as Izzy Aman in the drag world. We witness Isabel become Izzy, but more specifically on this occasion, Bob Ross. Through thrusting, painting and mimicry we witness a gender bending revolutionary performance alongside a candid and powerful conversation about the queer experience.
Trailer available here
Yellow Polka Dot
Dir: Tin Nguyen (He/Him/His) – 17:40, US
Sandra and Barbara are enjoying a day at the beach with their partners in 1962. The night before, they all went out to a night club. The men bonded, as well as the women, albeit in very different fashions.
Trailer available here
Well Proud
Dirs: Yorgo Glynatsis (he/his), Charlene Frost (she/her) – 19:23, UK
A short docuseries film from Metro charity exploring mental health and wellbeing among LGBTQ+ identifying, Black and Global Majority members of the community in Lewisham, UK.
KingDom
Dir: Joanna Vymeris (she/her) – 22:54, UK
Six drag kings embark on a moustache curling adventure to steal the Monument to Masculinity, a solid gold urinal, in a mad-cap attempt to keep their gentlemen’s club KingDom afloat in times of economic peril. Unsurprisingly, the mission doesn’t quite go according to plan.
Sunday 20th: Myths & Mystery
The Monster Within Me
Dir: Kuba Marczuk (he/him) – 5:29, UK
The monster within me is a short story about Tristan, a young man who must battle with his nature and his emotions after an unexpected and tragic event.
Papergirl
Dir: Jack Warren (they/he/she) – 5:07, US
Gender dysphoria gives way to terrifying metamorphosis when a lonely partygoer discovers that their skin is turning to paper.
Itch
Dir: Susannah Farrugia (she/her) – 8:27, Malta
A psychological horror about a novice nun who develops a severe skin condition which continues to worsen, along with her mental state, as she struggles with her feelings for another nun.
Hex the Patriarchy
Dir: Anne Brashier (she/they) – 06:06, US
Fed up with being bullied in high school, demisexual and asexual best friends Bex and Wren strike back with a bit of magic that has unintended consequences.
Trailer available here
Nightmare in Love
Dir: Kayla Mejia (she/her) – 11:25, US
A moment in time in a young woman’s life, to offer a complex reflection of the human experience. Eden battles with terrible nightmares and understanding her sexuality. The film demonstrates the coming of age struggle to balance all aspects of life simultaneously.
Monsters
Dir: Maddie Lock (they/them) – 10:00, UK
‘Monsters’ blends personal essay with unnerving imagery, in the hopes of taking the current narrative surrounding trans and queer people as ‘monsters’, and juxtaposing this with childhood videos, amusement parks, and slugs… ‘Monsters’ was inspired by queer-theory, such as Richard Dyer’s work on the queer-coding of vampires.
Requiem
Dir: Emma Gilbertson (they/them) – 24:54, UK
Requiem is set in 1605, against the backdrop of the witch trials. It’s a coming of age story, following Evelyn as she engages in a game of cat and mouse against her father, Minister Gilbert, in order to be with Mary, the woman she loves. Starring Bella Ramsey (“The Last of Us”).
Trailer available here
The Cruise
Dir: Richard Louprasong (he/him) – 07:27, US
On Halloween night, a couple takes a drive into the woods rumored to be haunted to summon an urban legend in this ode to campy ’80s slashers.