Girls On Film 2

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An electric collection of the latest, award-winning lesbian and feminist short films exploring fantasies, dreams, desires, love and transgression. Featuring chance encounters, teenage lust, girl fighters, self-conscious dolls and rampant zombies alongside journeys of self-discovery, the fight for equality and a playful take on stereotypes. GIRLS ON FILM 2: BEFORE DAWN takes you on an incredible adventure from America to Australia through Iceland, the UK and Morocco into worlds beyond. HAPPY AND GAY Dir. Lorelei Pepi (USA) 10 mins A queer revisionist history of 1930’s black and white cartoons, Happy and Gay is a musical cartoon inspired by the power of representation. NO MATTER WHO Dir. Anne Claire Jaulin (France) 18 mins It's summertime and a troop of young girls are headed to scout camp. Together Marie and Lise discover the first spark of desire, a desire at odds with their group’s morality and principles. B. Dir. Kai Stänicke (Germany) 15 mins Torn between a cold relationship with K. and her feelings for another woman, shy and insecure B. is heading for disaster. For too long she has suppressed her desires and lived a lie, but is it too late for B. to follow her heart? SILLY GIRL Dir. Hope Dickson Leach (UK) 5 mins It’s all about the first time you are noticed, that first time someone sees you for who you are and the transformative nature of that moment. Co-written by Game of Thrones’ Ellie Kendrick. CRYSTAL CLEAR Dir. Max Disgrace (UK) 3 mins An erotic narration of a date unfolds. Packed with fantasy, expectations and unnecessary emotional baggage, we watch from a face-sitting, boob smothering, explorational point-of-view. DAWN OF THE DEAF Dir. Rob Savage (UK) 12 mins In London a small group of deaf people are spared when a strange sound wipes out the hearing population. As they try to come to terms with their situation, the bodies start to move… PLAYING WITH BALLS Dir. Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir (Iceland) 8 mins As tempers (and temperatures) rise between a couple on the tennis court, a group of older lesbians become intrigued with the goings-on, and one of them is inspired to take the rtunity to act on her desires and escape her daily routine. ENJOY THE DRAMA Dir. Lud Mônaco (Canada/Brazil) 6 mins A young woman reminisces about a loving but tempestuous relationship. Stepping into a now empty home she sets free a collage of moments. By revisiting her past, the young woman hopes she can finally move on with her life, but can she? PLUNGE Dir. Kate Lefoe (Australia) 6 mins A romantic day trip to a beautiful Australian lagoon tests the relationship of two young lovers, and our relationship to what is there and what might belong to the realm of fantasy, or of memory… ACTRESSES Dir. Jeremy Hersh (USA) 12 mins When Sara meets her acting idol on a New York street, the attraction is instant and dangerous, but who ultimately has control? Featuring Rebecca Henderson (APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR, MISTRESS AMERICA).