Wednesday 6th March – by invitation only
FilmPride is delighted to present a fantastic night of short films from our past programmes, curated especially for members of the Rainbow Families group in Brighton & Hove. If you’re a local LGBTQ+ parent, or future parent, we encourage you to join them!
Brighton Rainbow Families is an informal social organisation to provide opportunities for LGBTQ+ parents, their children and prospective parents to gain local support, advice and information from other LGBTQ+ families. We create friendly, fun and inclusive spaces. We recognise that all our journeys to becoming LGBTQ+ parents are unique and our aim is to welcome and celebrate all families from diverse backgrounds.
Egúngún (Masquerade)
Dir: Olive Nwosu (she/her) – 14:10, Nigeria
In search of healing, a young woman returns home, to Nigeria, the country of her birth.
Now, Daphne
Dir: Johann G. Louis (he/him) – 21:10, France
Daphne drives through the desert landscape. It’s nighttime. She meets people who seem to know her without being able to give her a name. Who is Daphne? Could it be that a ghost has walked in the footsteps of her past?
Warsha
Dir: Dania Bdeir (she/her) – 15:54, France
Mohammad is a crane operator working in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to take on one of the tallest and notoriously most dangerous cranes in Lebanon. Away from everyone’ eyes, he is able to live out his secret passion and find freedom.
Picturesque
Dir: Will Hextall (he/him) – 16:28, UK
A blind queer woman goes hiking with her girlfriend. Together, they embark on a life affirming journey, visiting beautiful places in the Lake District, learning to forgive and discovering how to embrace love and disability.
M(OTHER)HOOD
Dir: Bea Goddard (she/her) – 16:34, UK
Spring 2021 is a season of transformation for ex-dancer Jack López – a nonbinary, transmasculine parent of four children. Starting testosterone at 43 and readying himself for top surgery, it is a period of huge physical change, but Diego, Frida, Issac and Emilia see Jack as “mummy” whether he has a moustache or not.
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.
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.
The Secret Lives of Lesbians’ Cats
Dir: Kate Jessop (she/her) – 01:38, UK
What do cats talk about when their owners aren’t around? What do they really think of their lesbian owners? The Secret Lives of Lesbians’ Cats is the new episode of Planet Pussy Willow, the feminist sci-fi development of the multi award winning comedy adult animation series Tales From Pussy Willow.
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.
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