This program of short films offers a range of LGBTQ2S+ lives and experience stories, from youthful romance to estranged seniors.
October 2 & 4: Q&A with the film teams
This short film program includes the following films:
Beyond the Sea
Hippolyte Leibovici, Belgium/France (25 min)
When older drag queen is about to go on stage at her cabaret for the last time her estranged son unexpectedly shows up threatening to derail the evening.
An Ordinary Day
Ju-yeon Gim, South Korea (20 min)
On a day when a comet is about to strike the Earth two young women who do not know each other well, one blind and one paraplegic, decide to spend their last hours together.
Almost Fall
Margot Pouppeville, France (23 min)
Love for the same woman tore a sister and brother apart, now in old age they reconnect but is reconciliation possible?
Headdress
Taietsarón:sere ‘Tai’ Leclaire, USA (10 min)
When a Queer Native person sees a Non-Native person wearing a ceremonial headdress, they retreat into their mind to find the perfect response.
Youssou & Malek
Simon Frenay, France (28 min)
Two late teen boys are in love with each other and the utopian world they live in, but tomorrow heartbreak looms as one is leaving for university.
Community Partner
Various
Various
2022-2023
International Shorts
Various with English subtitles
Book Tickets
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Possible Love
Lee Chang-dong’s first film since Burning (2018) is a sardonic, slow-burning satire about two couples: a documentary filmmaker married to a wealthy businessman, and a working-class family struggling to make ends meet after the husband has been laid off.
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Once Upon a Time in Harlem splices together footage shot by William Greaves in 1972 of a group of Harlem Renaissance luminaries in conversation at Duke Ellington’s townhouse. The film is a living archive of memory, disagreement, style, and Black genius.
The Secret in Their Eyes
This month's Talking Pictures screening is a multi-layered, poignant thriller interweaving the personal lives of a prosecution investigator (Ricardo Darin) and a judge, with a manhunt spanning twenty-five years. Stay for cookies, coffee and a chat after!
The Haunting
Directed by Robert Wise in 1963, The Haunting is a classic exercise in the suggestive power of cinema, adapted from Shirley Jackson's 1959 best-seller, The Haunting of Hill House, a provocative blend of supernatural and psychological horror.
