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2019 Programme
We Are Family – Best British Shorts 2
These 5 British films offer 5 different takes on the ways in which LGBT+ people interact with their families
From a magic realist tale of siblings in a bleak coastal community to a darkly comic encounter with a saint, these five films offer five different takes on the ways in which LGBT+ people interact with their families. Whether living under the same roof or separated by oceans and continents, family is where we came from, and to which we often return.
Fee | Guen Murroni | UK | 10 mins
Starboy | Joelle Bentolila | UK | 17 mins
Dead Birds | Johnny Kenton | UK | 33 mins
My Brother Is A Mermaid | Alfie Dale | UK | 20 mins
Marco | Saleem Haddad | UK | 22 mins