Diomysus: More Than Monogamy
Dir: Emily Morus-Jones. Wales, UK, 2022. 5 mins.
An experimental film where a group of mice (voiced by members of the UK polyamorous community whose identities are masked using puppetry) discuss their experiences of polyamory. Diomysus asks the question – are we (the audience) more open to taboo ideas if unconscious bias is eliminated?
Divine Intervention
Dir: Ravenna Tran. UK, 2024. 17 mins.
To get the promotion of their dreams, a mischievous earth-bound angel must get two ex-best friends to finally admit their love to each other.
Everything Looks simple from a Distance
Dir: Conor Toner. North of Ireland, 2023. 12 mins.
With tensions mounting in 1969 Northern Ireland, Noah tries to convince politicians, money men, priests, and paramilitaries that a trip to the moon may be the best route to peace.
Fairview Park
Dir: Ellie Hodgetts & Aymeric Nicolet. UK, 2023. 14 mins.
A film based on the murder of Declan Flynn, seen as a major catalyst for Ireland’s LGBTQ Pride movement.
G Flat
Dir: Peter Darney. UK, 2023. 18 mins.
An 84-year-old stroke survivor sends for a sex worker leading to an unexpected climax.
I Hope He Doesn't Kill Me
Dir: Nora Dahle Borchgrevink & Lyndon Henley Hanrahan. UK, 2024. 13 mins.
Buzz waits outside the apartment building of his anonymous Grindr hookup, imagining all the depraved ways this night could end. Horrified yet horny, Buzz buzzes the buzzer.
Making Up
Dir: Ryan Paige. UK, 2023. 15 mins.
It’s the late 1980s in East End London and drag queen Ted, who is diagnosed with a hereditary illness, must reconcile with his estranged daughter, Cassandra.
Miss Temperance
Dir: Jeremy McClain. UK, 2024. 12 mins.
In Glasgow’s alt-queer party scene, a drag artist navigates the night of their return to the stage after being one year sober.
Rage Consumes Me
Dir: Felix Waverley-Hudson. UK, 2023. 5 mins.
This is a poetic and provocative exploration of being non-binary in today’s society, of anger and despair as your personhood and identity is stripped away.
Rejoyce!
Dir: David Ledger. UK, 2024. 15 mins.
After the death of her husband, an elderly vicar’s wife unearths a book of erotic fiction that she wrote in her youth.
SALLY LEAPT OUT OF A WINDOW LAST NIGHT
Dir: Tracy Spottiswoode. Wales, UK, 2022. 20 mins.
Ireland 1778. Sally and Eleanor flout convention and scandalise society to escape the fate their families have planned for them. They elope. Inspired by the true story of the legendary ‘Ladies of Llangollen.’
Sister Wives
Dir: Louisa Connolly-Burnham. UK, 2024. 28 mins.
Two sister wives married to the same man start to develop feelings for each other.
Until Today
Dir: Megan Lyons. UK, 2024. 15 mins.
After her overbearing mother arranges a loveless marriage, a young aristocrat must consider the price of familial duty when it threatens a forbidden romance with her best friend.
Water's Edge
Dir: Jason Barker. UK, 2024. 15 mins.
In near future rural Somerset, Anna is trying to be a happily married woman but the arrival of a troupe of travelling players on the farm tests her beliefs to the limit.
Who's Kitty Amor?
Dir: Maik Diederen. UK, 2023. 22 mins.
From her South London upbringing, formative clubbing years at Nottingham University and running nights at the legendary Stealth nightclub and her international DJ success across the globe, Kitty Amor’s remarkable rise through the ranks of the UK scene and unwavering dedication to flying the flag for Africa’s Electronic Music is told like never before in documentary short.
