Leeds Queer Short Film Competition 1
The screening on 8 November will include an introduction, with BSL interpretation.
.jpg) We'll Go Down in History
A documentary following TRUK United: a grassroots, proudly trans football club. Filmed over two years, it captures the team’s highs and lows on and off the pitch as they create a safe haven for their community in the face of rising transphobia. |
 How to Build a Sand Castle
In this lush animation, we watch our protagonist discover themself and claim their queer identity. Shedding shame and rebuilding a beautiful intricate structure in its place. |
 Silence = Death
With archival footage from the ACT UP movement, this historical fiction re-enacts a direct action at the National Institute of Health during the height of the AIDS crisis, creating a throughline to the COVID pandemic and Anthony Fauci’s role during both. |
 Zari
American teen Neelu feels out of place amidst preparations for her sister’s wedding in Delhi until she forges a brief and unexpected connection with Zeyb, a quiet sari store clerk who moonlights as an internet drag queen. |
 Purebred
During a hot Belfast summer, a trans man takes a pregnancy test and then faces the difficult situation of how to tell his on-again/off-again boyfriend. |
 Divine Intervention
Mischievous Xena must pull off a matchmaking feat in order to get the promotion of her dreams. Exquisitely styled and produced, this is a queer-as-hell, laugh-out-loud guardian angel story you haven’t seen before. |