Friday, February 28th, 2025
More Films on Freedom : LGBTQIA+ Short Films from Around the World
Jersey Museum & Art Gallery - AV Theatre The Weighbridge JE2 3NG St Helier
Details
"More Films for Freedom"
: An evening showcasing short films by
international LGBTQIA+ filmmakers
. The British Council and the BFI Network paired UK producers with Syrian, Palestinian, South African, Nigerian, Libyan, Brazilian, French/Lebanese and Kenyan filmmakers, to create new short films.
Jersey Heritage has invited
Shan O'Donnell
—an artist and member of Jersey's LGBTQIA+ community—to curate a selection of these films that reflect their perspectives and experiences. Join us for an evening of daring short films that celebrate love as a universal human right, and discuss the issues they explore afterwards with one of the directors.
Selected Films for the evening :
Egungun
UK with Nigerian collaboration | 2021| 15 mins
Director Olive Nwosu |Producer Alex Polunin
In this captivating and stylish drama, a woman returnsto her hometown of Lagos in search of healing. What she discovers instead is a path that takes her into her past and toward a new understanding of the people and experiences that shaped her. (Nominated for Best ShortBIFA 2021)
Baba
UK with Libyan collaboration | 2021 | 16 mins
Directors Sam Arbor, Adam Ali |Producer Hannah Stevenson
Living in the tunnels beneath Tripoli a queer Libyan teenager, Britannia, dreams of escape to a better life, butan unexpected discovery forces him to question whether to stay or flee from his homeland and his friends. (Winner Iris Prize 2021)
L
et My Body Speak
UK with Syrian collaboration | 2020 | 10 mins
Director Madonna Adib |Producer Noe Mendelle
Our bodies store memories. The body does not forget.A childhood in Damascus, OCD, the revolution, falling inlove with a woman. My body remembers.
Shee
UK with Kenyan collaboration | 2022 | 10 mins
Director Lia Campbell | Writer Anita Ashley |Producers John McIlduff, Anna Callan
When Magnus reveals to her girlfriend Shee that she is pregnant, their world is turned upside down, forcing the couple to decide whether keeping the baby is the best thing for their relationship.
Prayers For Sweet Waters
UK with South African collaboration | 2021 | 16 mins
Director Elijah Ndoumbe |Producer Naeem Dxvis
A submergence into the vivid realities of three Transgender sex workers living in Cape Town,South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Neo Nahda
UK with French/Lebanese collaboration | 2022 | 12 mins
Writer/Director May Ziade |Producer Antonia Luxem
A young Arab woman in London finds a photograph of women cross-dressing in 1920s Cairo. She starts afeverish journey that leads her to uncover lost histories and her own identity.
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