Projects in genres: LGBTQIA+

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Reverend Neil's life was once filled with frivolity and funk music. Now it's bingo and ready meals. So he decides to indulge his inner disco diva one more time.
Iris Prize Nomination 2022

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In search of healing, a young woman returns home to Nigeria, the country of her birth.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2021 - World premiere
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2022

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A shapeshifting noirish romance about 20-something Mina. By day, she holds down a professional job. By night, Mina practices martial arts. A clash with a stranger triggers a supernatural occurrence that will draw her deep into the very ancestral traditions that she has been trying to escape.

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A short film that, through lip-syncing, depicts the traumatising stories of queer performers Soroya, Harry and Kenya and their emotional journey to adulthood. The film explores themes of loneliness, anxiety, trauma and recovery, all common issues within the LGBT+ community.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021
Official Selection Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2022

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A young gay man embarks on an unusual first date in a conquest to take control of his past.

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Rejected by his family for his queerness and oppressed by his country for the same, Libyan teenager, Britannia, gets an interview at the British Embassy, gateway to the pulsing queer world of Manchester’s Canal Street. But an unexpected discovery strikes deep, forcing him to question where his dreams truly lie.

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Jack is a young boy exploring his identity when he befriends a recently released ex-convict, Pop. The pair bond, but Pop's past and his inability to control his emotions threatens to put Jack in danger.

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THE BLACK COP is a docu-drama that explores one former police officer's experience of being both victim and perpetrator of racism within the police force. With the ongoing conversations around racial profiling within policing, this documentary takes audiences into the usually private world of policing, told through an unfamiliar perspective.
BAFTA Film Awards 2022 - Best British Short - Winner

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Figuring out you have feelings for your best friend is half the battle.

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Finn takes a regular route into a hookup. But a story shifts the landscape, making his usual pathway out difficult to find.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Shorts - Find Me Here

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A personal, visual essay about gender transition - focusing on the social context and exploring how the world is different living as female compared to being perceived as male. Jack tells his story by using and reframing gender focused tropes and imagery from popular culture, mythology, history and art.

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Firebird is a touching love story set in the Soviet Air Force during the Cold War. Sergey, a troubled young private, is counting the days till his military service ends. His life is turned upside down when a daring fighter pilot, Roman arrives at the base. Driven by curiosity, Sergey and Roman navigate the precarious line between love and friendship as a dangerous love triangle forms between them and Luisa, the secretary to the base Commander. Sergey is forced to face his past as Roman’s career is endangered and Luisa struggles to keep her family together. As the walls close in, they risk their freedom and their lives in the face of an escalating KGB investigation and the fear of the all-seeing Soviet regime. Based on a true story.