Young Love
We all remember our first love. The first insecure eye contact, tentative conversations and sweaty palms. Maybe there was a first kiss? or a brutal dismissal? In this program we have gathered love deklarations from all over the world.
Take Me to Prom
Andrew Moir / 2019 / Canada / 19 min
Featuring intimate, charming interviews with queer Canadians ranging in age from 88 to 17, Take Me To Prom invites audiences to revisit an adolescent milestone while telling a story of social change that spans more than 70 years.
My Brother is a Mermaid
Alfie Dale / 2019 / UK / 20 min
My Brother is a Mermaid is magical realism about the experiences of a non-binary teenager, as seen through the eyes of their 7 year old brother. Set in a desolate seaside town, the film fuses social realism with fairytale, as it examines how a child’s innocence and unconditional love can be a powerful and disruptive force for good.
Leo and Alex
Eva Libertad & Nuria Muñoz / 2020 / Spain / 7 min
Transgender Blake and cisgender Cane hang out, play video games and grapple with their insecurities. This is their love story.
Dungarees
Abel Rubinstein / 2020 / USA / 5 min
Transgender Blake and cisgender Cane hang out, play video games and grapple with their insecurities. This is their love story.
The Distance Between Us and the Sky
Vasilis Kekatos / 2019 / Grekland / 9 min
Two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking money to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.
Baby Dyke
Tone Ottilie / 2020 / Danmark / 20 min
Frede accompanies her big sister to a queer party in the hope of winning back her ex-girlfriend. Labelled by the older girls as Babydyke, all she can do is take the plunge: Chin up and stay cool. This film describes the broad palette of interpersonal emotions with great sensitivity and dramatic intensity. In a rhythm of light and shadow, the gulf closes between own desires and the expectations of others.
Pompeii
Marco Alessi / 2020 / Storbritannien / 9 min
Tam gets on the first tube home alone feeling conspicuous after an intense night out. He plugs in his headphones and relives the night via insta stories.
VINCENT DURAUD
Vincent Duraud (powervacuum) is a multidisciplinary artist and DJ, whose work often revolves around reference shifts, togetherness and the space created by our lived experiences. Vincent Duraud has been active in London, Paris and Stockholm and is part of the queer art & club collective ‘fake daughter’.
