This program of short films offers a range of LGBTQ2S+ lives and experience stories, from youthful romance to estranged seniors.
October 2 & 4: Q&A with the film teams
This short film program includes the following films:
Beyond the Sea
Hippolyte Leibovici, Belgium/France (25 min)
When older drag queen is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time her estranged son unexpectedly shows up threatening to derail the evening.
An Ordinary Day
Ju-yeon Gim, South Korea (20 min)
On a day when a comet is about to strike the Earth two young women who do not know each other well, one blind and one paraplegic, decide to spend their last hours together.
Almost Fall
Margot Pouppeville, France (23 min)
Love for the same woman tore a sister and brother apart, now in old age they reconnect but is reconciliation possible?
Headdress
Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire, USA (10 min)
When a Queer Native person sees a Non-Native person wearing a ceremonial headdress, they retreat into their mind to find the perfect response.
Youssou & Malek
Simon Frenay, France (28 min)
Two late teen boys are in love with each other and the utopian world they live in, but tomorrow heartbreak looms as one is leaving for university.
Community Partner
Various
Various
2022-2023
International Shorts
Various with English subtitles
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Late Fame
Based on a novella by Arthur Schnitzler (Eyes Wide Shut) this is a sly, poignant comedy about vanity and art from director Kent Jones, starring Willem Dafoe as a mailman belatedly acclaimed for a book of poetry he wrote in his youth.
Memory of Princess Mumbi
In 2093, a filmmaker arrives in the African village of Umata, where he meets Princess Mumbi, a woman torn between love, legacy, and the future of storytelling. It's a fabulous genre-blending fable about memory, invention and cinematic resistance.
Lessons of Darkness
Werner Herzog's unforgettable documentary reveals the unfolding disaster of the Kuwaitian oil fields in flames in 1991 as a sweeping inferno of mesmerizing power.
Beau Travail
Inspired by Herman Melville's Billy Budd, Claire Denis' transfixing Beau Travail is set in East Africa. Sgt Galoup (Denis Lavant) reflects on his time in the French Foreign Legion, and the impact of the handsome Sentain (Gregoire Colin).
But I'm a Cheerleader
Megan (Natasha Lyonne) is the perfect All-American Girl, or so she thinks. That is until she’s shipped off to conversion therapy. This pitch black comedy is wrapped in a saccharine bow, featuring the icon herself, RuPaul, as a conversion counsellor.