More Films For Freedom
More Films For Freedom presents a collection of short films celebrating the rich diversity of LGBTQIA+ stories worldwide. These films delve into a variety of themes, including sexuality and conflict, intergenerational queer culture, migration, and family ties.
On the program:
The Men Who Speak Gayle
Andrew Brukman
Young drag performer Nathan is one of the last people to speak Gayle – a secret language the gay community were forced to invent during Apartheid.
Let My Body Speak
Madonna Adib
Our bodies store memories. The body does not forget. A childhood in Damascus, OCD, the revolution, falling in love with a woman. My body remembers.
Nowhere
Christopher Manning
A young Palestinian woman crosses the Israeli border illegally to find her long-lost brother, who she hopes will be her ticket to a new life far from the West Bank. When she discovers the truth behind his exiled existence, her dreams of a happy reunion are shattered, and she must face her next steps alone.
Baba
Sam Arbor, Adam Ali
Living in the tunnels beneath Tripoli a queer Libyan teenager, Britannia, dreams of escape to a better life, but an unexpected discovery forces him to question whether to stay or flee from his homeland and his friends. (Winner Iris Prize 2021).
Egungun (Masquerade)
Olive Nwosu
In this captivating and stylish drama by Olive Nwosu, a woman returns to 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 Short BIFA 2021).
Neo Nahda
May Ziadé
Mona, a young woman in London, finds archived photographs of Arab women cross-dressing in the 1920s. Somewhere between her fantasies and reality, she starts a feverish journey of uncovering lost histories and her own identity.