Five Films for Freedom | Screening | In collaboration with BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
G5A Cinema House, in collaboration with BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival brings to you 5 short films by filmmakers from Indonesia, New Zealand, the UK and USA/China celebrating global LGBTQIA+ narratives. Here are the details about the films in this year’s programme below:
Dragfox by Lisa Ott (UK)
Struggling with their gender identity, eleven-year-old Sam feels alone and confused, not quite sure how to express the way they feel. That is until a mischievous neighbourhood fox (marvelously voiced by Ian McKellen) jumps through their window late one night, taking Sam on an all-singing, all-dancing journey of self-discovery and acceptance.
If I Make it to the Morning by Andre Shen (USA/China)
Accompanied by her overbearing mother, Chinese teenager Ziyi spends the final night of her cross-State college tour at her cool aunt’s apartment in New York. But as Ziyi starts to think this could be the perfect place to live and study, an unexpected revelation suddenly brings tension to the group.
NGGAK!!! by Oktania Hamdani and Winner Wijaya (Indonesia)
As they play an online game together, loved-up girlfriends Sekar and Bebi laugh, chat and send each other memes. But their simple bliss is shattered when Sekar’s mother phones to tell her she is to be set up with a potential partner. Can Sekar make her mother understand that she has already found the one?
We’ll Go Down in History by Cameron Richards and Charlie Tidmas (UK)
The story of TRUK United, a grassroots, proudly trans football club formed in January 2021. Filmed over two years, this heartfelt documentary captures the highs and lows of the pioneering UK team on and off the pitch as they strive to create a safe haven for their community in the face of rising transphobia.
Wait, Wait, Now! by Ramon Te Wake (New Zealand)
When best friends Alex and Sam are left at home for the night, they do what all teenage boys do: raid mum’s wardrobe, play dress ups, and create a fantasy world where they feel safe and accepted. Well, maybe that’s just what some boys do. But little do they know, the parents are on to them. Is there a safe bubble about to burst?
About Cinema House:
Cinema House is a collective film viewing series, creates opportunities to celebrate independent films. Every month, our black box theatre transforms into a single-screen theatre dedicated to independent, regional, and contemporary world cinema accompanied by conversations with cast, crew, and audiences.
About Five Films For Freedom:
Five Films For Freedom is an online celebration of global LGBTQIA+ stories, in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual rights. This is a British Council global programme in partnership with BFI Flare: LondonLGBTQIA+ Film Festival.
