Projects in genres: LGBTQIA+

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Ravi and Paul, two friends from Leicester, end up attending a gay party in the small Indian town of Shimoga, upon an invitation of Ravi's Parsee email-pal Jeh from Mumbai. A genteel dreamer Ravi instantly falls in love with Mani - a dark and handsome local working man.

Ravi and Paul also meet an older male couple, Murthy and Anna, now in their sixties. Murthy has lived in the UK to avoid marriage. When he returns to attend his mother's funeral, his lover Anna (a married man by then) convinces him to stay back. After his wife's death, Anna decides to join Murthy and they run a hotel. Both Ravi and Paul are surprised to meet the older same-sex couple.

Although Ravi can't let go of his newfound love, Mani cannot overcome the vast gap that exists between them. Mani is under constant pressure to get married to a woman. When Ravi asks Mani to accompany him to the UK, Mani shows very little willingness. Ravi seeks Murthy and Anna's help, but the couple hide behind words of wisdom and express inability to bring Ravi and Mani together. Tension brews between Ravi and Paul due to sexually charged Mani and the situation highlights some nasty cracks in their friendship. Mani throws in a surprise at the farewell meeting that Ravi's asked for.

Interspersed with flashes of semi-surreal situations - presented through exciting dream sequences - Yours Emotionally! unfolds a brightly painted canvas that defies stereotypes and explores contrasting values within Indian and Western gay sub-cultures.
 

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A beleaguered young teacher, troubled by his own identity, is unable to intervene when he witnesses the homophobic bullying of a boy in his class. A chance, illicit encounter, however, suddenly sheds new light on the situation.

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A film noir about mixed signals. Confusion. And there being no signs.
A girl who desires a woman decides to take matters into her own hands after being beaten up - Only she didn't reckon on the outcome.

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Derek Jarman's family, friends and closest collaborators recall the life and genius of one of Briatin's greatest film-makers - featuring clips, stills and a gorgeous use of Super 8.

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An all-gay football team in an amateur football league gets the chance of a lifetime when they have the opportunity to play against the big guns.

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Gypo, the first British Dogme95-certified feature film, reveals how suburban fears and tabloid sensationalism have come to perpetuate the myths surrounding refugees. 

Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. She lives a monotonous and frozen existence and is desperate, damaged and looking for change. Paul is on the brink of a breakdown, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap. Bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, his biggest fear is change. Into their lives comes Tasha, a Romany Czech refugee awaiting her British passport and her chance for freedom - a concept taken for granted by all those around her. 

The story is told in three revelatory narratives, each from a particular character's point of view, and reveals how the disintegration of an ordinary working-class family finally comes to a head when unexpected emotions are unleashed.

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A visual documentation of emigration, love, strength, creativity and old age. Annette Eick is philosophical about her migration from Nazi Berlin, via Hampstead to Devon. At 95 years of age she is not concerned about fitting in. After the death of a partner, she lives alone. She has written a daily journal and poetry for decades. She is sustained by her muse.

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Inspired by a true story, Kinky Boots sees Charlie Price set about rescuing his dad's ailing Northampton shoe factory, which has been the pride and joy of his family for generations.

Facing the imminent closure of the factory, Charlie begins to feel all is lost. A chance encounter with sassy, flamboyant Soho cabaret star Lola provides a glimmer of hope and a surprising last chance for the factory and its employees.

Lola's quest for stylish, kinky women's boots (for men) might just provide the answer to Charlie's prayers but is Northampton open-minded enough for the likes of Lola?
 

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Homosexuality is one of Africa's last great taboos. In South Africa, homophobia is being 'expressed' through targeted rape of black lesbians.
Four extraordinary women expose harrowing experiences and the struggles of African lesbians. Rape for Who I am is their courageous refusal to become victims of their sexuality.

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Jason's outdoor masturbation excursion is interrupted by the crash landing of a spaceship in the woods. He takes the lost astronaut home to use the phone, but the lines are down so his new American friend has to stay for food, a bath, sleep and maybe more.

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A woman in a stale relationship has her life transformed when she discovers a red box in the cellar.

The Box is a horror film that has its roots in the time-resistant syntax of ritual and myth, blood sisterhood and the lunar rhythms of the menstrual cycle.

It provides the antidote to Pandora's Box, which wrongly castigates women as the source of all evil in the world.

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A collective film made with the London Bisexual Women's Group. It explores the idea of women and bisexuality through use of live action, animation and sound. A nine-minute experimental piece of work, which uses objects as a starting point in exploring bisexual identity.