2025 Best British

Purebred

During a heatwave in Belfast, transgender man Owen returns to the flat of his on-off-again lover Seán after taking a pregnancy test. Assuming pregnancy wasn't a possibility, the nature of their casual relationship is called into question.

DIRECTOR:

Caleb J. Roberts (He/Him/His)

PRODUCER:

Jon Beer

WRITER:

Caleb J. Roberts

RELEASE YEAR:

2025

Northern Ireland, 15 mins

Yn ystod ton wres ym Melfast, mae Owen, dyn trawsryweddol, yn dychwelyd i fflat ei gariad ysbeidiol Seán, ar ôl cymryd prawf beichiogrwydd. Gan dybio nad oedd beichiogrwydd yn bosibilrwydd, mae natur eu perthynas achlysurol yn cael ei gwestiynu.

Caleb J. Roberts is an award-winning screenwriter and director from Belfast, North of Ireland. An alumnus of NETWORK@LFF and Trans+ On Screen’s genre feature development lab, The DarkRoom, Caleb’s work centres on themes of masculinity, queerness, class and sense of place/lessness.

Mae Caleb J. Roberts yn sgriptiwr a chyfarwyddwr arobryn o Belfast, Gogledd Iwerddon. Yn gyn-fyfyriwr o NETWORK@LFF a labordy datblygu nodweddion genre Trans+ On Screen, The DarkRoom, mae gwaith Caleb yn canolbwyntio ar themâu gwrywdod, queerness, dosbarth ac ymdeimlad o le/diffygedd.

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