Queer We Are (PG)

Stories of a sweet Indian dessert, a long-forgotten box of super-8 movies and the final day’s work on a building site come together in this joyous selection of LGBTQIA+ short films from round the world and round the corner.

Films screening in this programme are:

Jazmin (U)

Dir Nicole Sullivan/AU 2021/4 mins

Jazmin Theodora is a local legend and Tarot reader in Nimbin, a village in New South Wales, Australia. Jazmin uses her psychic abilities to help people get in touch with who they are. A story about being yourself, owning who you are – and being proud of it.

Topping Out (PG)

Dir Kerry Fox/GB NZ 2020/16 mins

As two scaffolders scale a London high-rise, their banter and wordplay rapidly descend into distrust. Desires and secrets are exposed — will they turn deadly at this height?

Just Say (U)

Dirs Lucretia Knapp, Lynne Yamamoto/US 2022/2 mins

An almost-silent film created in COVID isolation, this is a meditation on love and the inevitability of loss.

Halwa (PG)

Dirs Gayatri Bajpai, Nirav Bhakta/US 2019/17 mins

Sujata Chopra connects with an old friend on Facebook. As she prepares a meal for her husband in the kitchen, memories bubble to the surface.

snails (U)

Dir Dorothea Braemer/US 2022/4 mins

Two women with enormous papier mâché heads gently navigate their way through a grassy field under a summer sky. Someone, just out of reach, instructs them on how to stand and where to look. The two women talk of dreams and snails. A mother and daughter connect.

She Is Juiced: Slice Four – Sarah Jane Moon (U)

Dir Lois Norman/GB 2018/16 mins

A portrait of the queer portraiture of New Zealand/British artist Sarah Jane Moon. Sarah uses her brush to bring London’s queer community into the limelight and onto the canvas.

Looking for Barbara (PG)

Dir Helen Kilbride/GB 2021/9 mins

A filmmaker’s personal archive in the form of Super 8 footage from the 1990s. Explore queer personal history with the kind of “behind-the-scenes” treasures usually found in boxes in attics, garages and cupboards