Duration 95 min
Director: Ella Altman
Script: Ella Altman
Producer: Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains
With: Naama Preis, Ella Altman
France, 16 minutes, 2023, French and Hebrew with English subtitles
Ella, a director, invites an actress to portray her lover in a war film set in Dunkirk. As the actress tries to understand Ella’s intentions, the filming of their fictional romance turns into a battle of seduction, delving into the moral limits of an actress-directress relationship.
Director: Tathagata Ghosh
Script: Buan G
Producer: Tathagata Ghosh
With: Adrija Majumdar, Shivamrita Chakraborty
India, 26 minutes, 2023, Bengali with English subtitles
An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible.
Director: Kasra Karimi
Script: Kasra Karimi
Producers: Bernadette Flynn, Kathryn O’Reilly
With: Lizzy McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton
UK, 22 minutes, 2024, English
Rural England, early 2013. Ruth and Juliet are waiting for the British Parliament to legalize same-sex marriage so they can get married. But Juliet suffers from a terminal illness and doesn’t have long to live. They are racing against time.
Director: Susana Darwin
Script: Susana Darwin
Producers: Vickie Daignault, Greyline Media
With: Kate Young
USA, 10 minutes, 2023, English
Free-spirited Simone gets a surprise knock at her door one evening. Turns out she has run afoul of the F.L.A.G. Act, a new (fictional … really) law that prohibits the flying of “provocative” flags. Simone coolly defends her right to free speech, including the flying of a rainbow flag. The porch-side conflict escalates beyond annoyance to absurdity, with Simone’s sass remaining intact to the end.
Director: Becky Portman
Script: Becky Portman
Producer: Naomi Lofchie
With: Lizzy Mills
USA, 13 minutes, 2023, English
“K-I-S-S-I-N-G” is a coming of age, queer, rom com about making out, growing up, and everything in between. We follow Ruthie through puberty and young adulthood as seen through her first seven kisses.
Duration: 80 minutes With discount code [TLVFEST] ticket’s price is 30NIS instead of 48NIS.
. With discount code TLVFEST ticket’s price is 30NIS instead of 48NIS. . Marie Theres, a successful doctor has some very special plans for her
A breathtaking drama that was shown during the Critics Week at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival Director Antoine Chevrollier’s first full length feature explores masculinity
