OPENING NIGHT

From conspiratorial conversations in windowless rooms, to a fighter pilot plunged into hostile waters, these films will keep your mind ticking over with questions. With film-makers cleverly selecting which slices of life to include, and which to omit, this is a programme that explores the motivations and reasons behind our actions, and the importance of that which remains unseen.

From outstanding and original Vietnamese drama to thoughtful Swiss Animation and off-beat Italian Sci-Fi: Including the Cannes 2019 Best Short winner, the BAFTA Scotland 2019 winner and the winner of Fantoche Animation Festival 2019.

MOTHS TO FLAME  
ON 
MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME  
WITHOUT 
TURNING TIDE  
THE TAIL OF CAT BALLOU 
STAY AWAKE, BE READY 
STARTING OVER
CIRCUIT 

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“GETTING TO KNOW YOU”
BEST BRITISH SHORTS 3

***BEST SHORT FILM NOMINATION***

These British shorts explore modern dating in ways that will shock, surprise and scintillate

“The course of true love never did run smooth,” as Shakespeare wrote in 1605, and if it was true in an age of codpieces and hoop skirts it’s even truer in one of dating apps and deal-breakers. These British shorts explore modern dating in ways that will shock, surprise and scintillate, tackling both the lighter side of love and lust and the dark side and dangers of meeting someone new.

My Loneliness is Killing Me
Dix Pix
Dubs
Hey You
My Sweet Prince
Deep Clean

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At Dawn
My Loneliness is Killing Me
My World in Yours
Gentleman Spa

This magnificent quartet of international films follows a wife and mother who feels trapped in her domestic life; a late night hookup that leads to an emotional connection; two women in love who have to deal with one’s search for asylum; and a janitor at a gay spa who develops feelings for a customer.

This is a free screening.

Tickets: https://www.outonfilm.org

WORDLY AFFAIRS

”Frameline's mission is to change the world through the power of queer cinema.  As a media arts nonprofit, Frameline's programs connect filmmakers and audiences in the Bay Area and around the world.”

Connecting man-to-man can be fast or slow, easy or tricky, romantic or sexy (or both), full of joy or full of risk…but however it happens, in the right storyteller’s hands, it’s always interesting. These six wonderful films from three continents reveal the many ways that men around the world navigate their desires.

Brother
Renovation
Delivery Boy
My Loneliness Is Killing Me
Sparkling Candles
Isha

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INTERNATIONAL SHORTS COMPETITION 2

KASHISH believes that films and art are a powerful medium to bring about social change and the festival uses the reach and spread that KASHISH has already established, as one of Mumbai’s important film festival, to rally public opinion towards equality and dignity for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons. KASHISH uses local, national and international platforms to advocate and sensitize the larger public about LGBT issues.

My Loneliness Is Killing Me
Not Quite The Same
Our Way Back
Project Baby
Selma After The Rain
Yulia & Juliet

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MY LONELINESS IS KILLING ME +
THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

Cameron Post (Chloe Grace Moretz) looks the part of a perfect US high school girl. But after she is caught with another girl in the back of a car on prom night, Cameron is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy centre that treats teens struggling with same-sex attraction. At the facility, Cameron is subjected to outlandish discipline, dubious de-gaying methods, and earnest Christian rock songs but this unusual setting also provides her with an unlikely gay community. For the first time, Cameron connects with peers, and she is able to find her place among fellow outcasts.

Preceded by short film My Loneliness is Killing Me, written by Michael Richardson and directed by Southside filmmaker Tim Courtney. When Elliott lures the animalistic Jack to his apartment for a late night hook up, he unexpectedly unearths a dark emotional connection. 

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