Marguerite
Short Film: (Saturday 6th October, 15:00). Bonus short, screening prior to Snapshots – An ageing woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.
Category: Short Films
Candy
Short Film: (Saturday 6th October, 13:30). Part of the UK Short Film Programme – A non-fiction short following drag queen Candy Fierce, promoting a message of self-love and body positivity; defying social expectations and traditional norms surrounding body image.
Edmund The Magnificent
Short Film: (Saturday 6th October, 13:30). Part of the UK Short Film Programme – When news breaks that the county pig fete is being revived, the once-legendary Farmer decides to take one final chance and invest his life savings in a thoroughbred piglet.
One Percent
hort Film: (Saturday 7th October, 20:00). Screening prior to Tangerine. Documentary made by transgender theatre maker and performer Kate O’Donnell about the questions she regularly encounters.
The First Session
Short Film: (Sunday 8th October, 15:30). Screening prior to Signature Move. Two desperate women searching for relationship help visit an unconventional therapist.
Planet Love
Short Film: (Saturday 7th October, 17:30). Screening prior to The Summer of Sangailė. A cute lesbian working in a shop gets an amazing surprise when a quirky customer appears…
Trouser Bar
Short Film: (Saturday 7th October, 17:30). Screening prior to Théo & Hugo. The film is set in a men’s clothing shop in 1976, the year in which the screenplay was written by an esteemed lover of corduroy who for legal reasons can not be named.
Cocoon
Short Film: (Saturday 7th October, 17:30). Screening prior to While You Weren’t Looking. 1997 China is a place of transitions. Control of Hong Kong has just returned to the mainland. Western values are beginning to impact traditional Chinese values.
Time For Tea
Short Film: (Sunday 8th October, 13:30). Part of the International Short Film Programme – A retired Chinese general receives an unusual visit from his grandson.
Home
Short Film: (Sunday 8th October, 13:30). Part of the International Short Film Programme – Hava’s brothers decide to divide their paternal property. According to traditional customs, the right to inheritance belongs to male descendants only whereas Hava has no right to inherit. The eldest brother is obligated to find a husband for his sister. Hava must be married and live at her husband’s house.
