Queen's Mile
Short Film – UK Short Film Selection: (Saturday 15th October, 10:15 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). QUEEN’s MILE is a heartwarming story of a young woman’s courage in coping with depression, in her own unique way.
Year: 2016
Little Elephant
Short Film – UK Short Film Selection: (Saturday 15th October, 10:15 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). LITTLE ELEPHANT is a film about love over three generations. Rahila, a gay mum reflects on her severed relationship of 6-years with her dad.
Wherever You Are
Short Film: (Friday 6th October, 20:00). Screening prior to God’s Own Country. John, a 48 year old grieving father who embarks on a journey in search to discover the hidden life of his recently deceased son, Paul.
Women Like Us & Women Like That with Q&A
Feature Film: (Saturday 15th October, 13:30 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). A warm and personal history of the changing face of lesbian life and culture in Britain from the 1920s to the 1990s. 16 women from various backgrounds give first-hand accounts in two documentaries, first shown on Channel 4 as part of the ground-breaking 1980’s TV series: ‘Out On Tuesday’, with a Shropshire twist!
Summertime (LA BELLE SAISON)
Feature Film: (Saturday 15th October, 20:00 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). In 1971, Carole, Parisian feminist campaigner and Delphine, rural farm worker, meet, fall in love and discover how the balance of a life can change forever on the strength of one fateful choice.
Desert Hearts
Feature Film: (Sunday 16th October, 13:30 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). Desert Hearts (1985) is our classic choice. Ahead of its time and ‘before lesbian chic’, it was the first feature film to depict a lesbian relationship favourably and, at the time, considered pretty risque! Not to be missed in 2016!
Blackbird
Feature Film: (Friday 14th October, 18:30 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). Randy is hiding a secret inner struggle and denial of his true self.
Aligarh
Feature Film: (Sunday 16th October, 15:30 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). The film is inspired by the real life ordeal of 64-year-old Professor Siras (played by Manoj Bajpayee), who was suspended by the Aligarh University for being homosexual.
Gerontophilia
Feature Film: (Sunday 16th October, 18:30 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). A male youth begins exploring his attraction to older men.
Real Boy with Q&A
Feature Film: (Saturday 15th October, 16:30 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). REAL BOY is the coming of age story of a transgender teen on a journey to find his voice — as a musician, a son, a friend, and a man.
