Drawn This Way | BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
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DRAWN THIS WAY is a shorts programme made up of entirely animated films, the love and craft that goes into each shines through in these films, which aim to engage, educate – and even titillate – audiences about queer lives.
- AIKANE
A shape-shifting octopus rescues a wounded warrior and an unlikely love subsequently blossoms.
Directors Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson. Screenwriter Dean Hamer. USA 2023. 14min, No dialogue - 27
On her 27th birthday, a young woman allows her deepest sexual fantasies to embolden her life.
Director-Screenwriter Flóra Anna Buda. France-Hungary 2023. 11min. Language Hungarian. With English subtitles - LITTLE ONE
A pregnant woman seeks guidance from her gay dads on how to raise her child, in this tearjerker.
Director-screenwriter John Clister Santos. Philippines 2023. 9min. Language Tagalog. With English subtitles - MAURICE’S BAR
Reflections on a legendary queer Parisian establishment –and its mysterious Algerian-Jewish owner, by its patrons.
Director-Screenwriters Tzor Edery, Tom Prezman. France-Israel2023. 15min. Language French, Arabic. With English subtitles - STROKES
A gay artist prepares to paint a portrait of his ailing father, but wonders how his father really sees him.
Director David Crump. UK 2023. 4min. Language English - PACEMAKER
A musical story of love and acceptance in whicha grandfather comes to terms with his grandchild’s gender identity.
Director Brian Vincent Rhodes, Christopher Lennertz. Screenwriter Christopher Lennertz. UK 2023. 9min. Language English - THE SAPPHO PROJECT: FRAGMENT 147
A time-travelling journey through the words of Sappho, and a love story for queer women across the world.
Director-Screenwriter Sari Katharyn. UK-Philippines 2021. 8min. Languages Multiple languages. With English subtitles - NOBODY KNOWS
An older lesbian couple must find ways to be brave and care for each other in sickness and health.
Director-Screenwriter Heo Ha-yeon. South Korea 2023. 7min. Dialogue free - FORZA, REA!
Rea finds herself in a race through her hill-side town to deliver an important love letter to her crush.
Directors Isabel Pahud, Isabel Clerici, Polina Tyrsa, Laura Zimmerman. Screenwriter Isabel Pahud. Switzerland 2023. 3min. Language Italian. With English subtitles
38th BFI FLARE: LONDON LGBTQIA+ FILM FESTIVAL 2024 Takes Place 13 – 24 March at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player – The shorts programme Drawn This Way will screen on Saturday 16 March (13:05 NFT1)