A collection of six films dealing with different perspectives on lesbian life. Young women and mature, women who just came out, women in a mid-life crisis. Short films about discovery, journey, the end and also one hamster.
This set includes films from USA, Ukraine, Poland, UK and Hungary.
Duration: 85 minutes
Director: Jason Laurits
Script: Jason Laurits
Producer: Jason Laurits
With: Joan Shangold, Marilyn Busch
USA, 2023 ,15 min, English with Hebrew subtitles
The sudden death of Ruth’s beloved hamster reveals a decaying marriage with her curmudgeonly wife, Connie. Ruth must either accept the death of things or keep spinning the wheel.
Director: Natasza Parzymies
Script: Natasza Parzymies, Alicja Sokół
Producer: Maciej Ślesicki
With: Dorota Pomykała, Dorota Stalińska
Poland, 2023, 25 minutes, Polish with English subtitles
Festivals:
Krakow Film Festival 2023
Two elderly women reunite after 50 years to go on one final trip together and fight for the feelings they once shared.
Director: Ella Greenwood
Script: Toto Bruin
Producer: Maya Bartely O’Dea
With: Phoebe Campbell, Rebecca Calder, Clinton Blake
UK, 2023, 19 minutes, English with Hebrew subtitles
As New Year’s Eve festivities are underway on the floor above, in a single-take snapshot, Allie and Erin have a chance encounter down below. But when Allie recognizes Erin from over a decade ago, the past breaks the surface, and fireworks ensue.
Director: Dorka Vermes
Script: Dorka Vermes
Producer: Balazs Zachar
With: Kati Homonnai, Pomponia Palya
Hungry, 2023, 19 minutes, Hungarian with English subtitles
Festivals & Awards:
Budapest International Short Film Festival 2023 – Special Mention of Main Competition, Audience Award of the Queer Dreams section
Sarajevo Film Festival 2023 – International Premiere
Filmschoolfest Munich 2023
Edina is a middle aged intellectual whose relationship with her long-term girlfriend recently ended but she couldn’t process the break up yet. She goes to a beauty salon for a full-on bikini wax. During the painful treatment she gets in touch with her repressed memories and with her inner sorrow.
Based on the short story by Nancy Jo Cullen.
Director: Julieta Tetelbaum
Script: Julieta Tetelbaum
Producer: Genderless Films
With: Cindy Keiter, Luciana Graso
Argentina, 11 minutes, 2023, English with Hebrew subtitles
The film is a journey through the mind of a 65-year-old working-class lesbian who’s addicted to sugar and can’t stop thinking about her ex-girlfriend from youth. She lives with her partner – a mannequin that she’s built to look exactly like her ex. The tragicomic piece delves deep into moments of intimacy, loneliness, sexuality, joy and the desperate longing to be loved.
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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
