And The Winner Is...

PLEASE NOTE, the event will take place at the following address: 50 Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3WF  United Kingdom

SCENE presents a thrilling selection of international award-winning queer short films, guest curated by Greg Thorpe, Festival Director of GAZE International LGBTQIA Film Festival. These four cutting-edge shorts display the cream of new international queer storytelling on screen. Each film has been awarded a recent international accolade and they are brought together for the first time in one scintillating programme for SCENE Film Festival in Manchester.

FILM SCREENING INFORMATION

Dilating For Maximum Results by Nyala Moon (USA, 14m)

Winner of OutFest Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Narrative Short 2023.

A whacky, irreverent comedy about a Black trans woman who tries to dilate, after four years of not dilating, to hook up IRL with her online boyfriend.  

Marungka tjalatjunu / Dipped in Black by Matthew Thorne & Derik Lynch (Australia, 25m)

Winner of Best Short Film: Berlinale Teddy Awards 2023.

Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch takes a road trip from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide back home to his remote Anangu Community (Aputula) to perform on sacred Inma ground for spiritual healing as memories from his childhood return.

Golden Voice by Mars Verrone (USA / Cambodia, 18m)

Winner of Best International Short at GAZE Film Festival 2023.

A transgender man returns home to his village where queer and trans community blossomed against all odds during the Cambodian genocide.

Bolero by Nans Laborde-Jourdaa (France / Italy, 17m)

Winner of the Queer Palm at Cannes 2023.

Fran is in his hometown to rest and visit his mother. Following the jerky rhythm of Ravel's Bolero, this journey along the paths of memory and desire will lead him and the whole village to a joyfully chaotic climax. 

EVENT INFORMATION

Age rating: 18 + unclassified