Saturday 10 October 2020 | 7.30 pm | Online Screening with Q&A* | TICKETS

A selection of short films from our Female Perspective Short Films Competition. | Approx 1:45 h 

Alma in the Herd by Agnese Làposi | Switzerland | 2019 | 25 min | Alma, thirteen years old, visits her older sister, who lives in a commune in the countryside. A stolen cow and a young man live in the garden of the house. The young girl struggles to come to terms with this new reality.

elephant by Gladys San Juan | UK | 2020 | 15 min |elephant follows Nicole, a woman in her late 30s with a caring husband, two children and a good job. Nicole is also suffering from a depression that she is trying to keep secret. Over 24 hours, a series of otherwise minor events, coupled with Nicole’s dissociation, lead to a state of desperation.

Codetta by Adaya Fiterman | Israel| 2019 | 12 min | Michael is a young musician who plays guitar for Nina, a well-known musician that recently got divorced. He’s also Nina’s life partner, and functions as a father to her daughter Lia, for the last year. Now Michael and Nina’s relationship is coming to an end, while they still play together.

The Turtles by Maya Witters| UK | 2020 | 14 min | When shy Emma meets the exuberant Jeanie, she feels things she’s never experienced before. But there’s the slight problem of her clingy boyfriend Jamie…

My Vagina Labyrinth by BadBadMeowMeow | Taiwan | 2019 | 5 min | Welcome to My Vagina Labyrinth. Use your finger to unlock my lust and get access into the world inside my body. Let’s find the ORGASM in this maze. Come with me. A contemporary image of female body eroticism.

Terminated: Teeth & Tinder by Freya Billington | UK| 2019 | 5 min |A triptych swiping between the fallout of a marriage break up, middle-aged Tinder and a lost front tooth.

The Last Mermaid by Fi Kelly | Scotland, UK| 2019 | 16 min |Starring Janey Godley as vape-smoking, whisky-swigging middle-aged mermaid Pearl, hiding away on the banks of a remote Scottish loch as the owner of an aquatic fantasy sex-line site. Facing extinction, Pearl faces the ultimate dilemma. Co-starring Sanjeev Kohli (Still Game, Local Hero) and Gabriel Quigley (Glasgow Kiss, Patrick Melrose).

* Upon purchasing a ticket you will receive a link to stream the film. NOTE: The virtual screening room will open 5 minutes before the scheduled screening time, so you will not be able to access it beforehand. The films are screened live, you can enter at any time after the screening begins, but you will not be able to rewind the content.