NEW SHORTS: A Winter's Matinee of Romantic Films
Sunday 17th January
BIG TOUCH, dir. Christopher Tenzis
For the warming of wintry hearts! From the compassion in a stranger’s embrace, to long term relationships recalibrating around gender identities in flux, our LSFF staple of romantic shorts returns.
Through poetry and drama, music and movement, encompassing affairs to remember and love stories with a lighter touch, we see how love conquers all in fifteen minutes or less. Programmed by Philip Ilson. 77'
Please note, the film Just Delivered can only be accessed by UK audiences at the request of the filmmaker.
Sunday 17th January at 2.30 pm
Online
£4
Sunday 24th January at 3.00 pm
This event has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 restrictions.
Films:
JUST DELIVERED
To help fund his education and pay his rent, Daniel has started a new job as an on demand takeaway rider. It's a lonely job and he struggles to connect with people until he meets Kelly in the local chip shop. Is she going to have to spell it out to him that she’s interested?
EYELASH
An adaptation of spoken word poet Neil Hilborn’s ‘OCD’. Dealing with mental health and relationships as we follow 'him' and 'her' navigating love and its end.
THE SCENE
David doesn’t want to go out. But when his ex-husband Troy turns up, he feels like he might be able to face the scene again.
DUNGAREES
What even is a male? Why can't I wear a dress? Fuck it. Let's have sex and worry about it later. Transgender Blake and cisgender Cane hang out, play video games and grapple with their insecurities. This is their love story.
BIG TOUCH
A giant woman, by whom nobody wants to be touched, finds a tiny man, who nobody dares to touch, leading to a miraculous connection.
A LIVING SCULPTURE
Francesca, a horn player and music student, is contemplating the pros and cons of continuing a relationship with artist Nick and the problematic idea of the female muse.
THEREMIN
The theremin is an electronic musical instrument controlled without physical contact. It is named after its inventor, who patented the device in 1928.
SWIVEL
What if, love is not a gender but a swivel of the heart?
JUST ME
As Jaz and Charlie make a final attempt to keep their relationship alive, one of them comes out as non-binary, sparking a conversation that will change them both forever.
ECHINACEA
A young woman is grieving.