32nd CT LGBTQ Film Festival: Wonder Women-Lesbian Shorts

What’s it like to be a lesbian in the early 21st century? Take a look at these amazing short films for a wide range of answers. Breaking up, making up, finding your way in the world and reaching out … it’s all here, told through the voices of wonder women who don’t need superpowers to fly.

Shorts Program Includes These Films:

Time & Again

Dir. Rachel Dax, 2019, UK, 27 min Eleanor and Isabelle meet again by chance, sixty years after they broke up. Will anger and bitterness doom any future relationship, or will love win in the end?

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Heather Has 4 Moms

Dir. Jeanette Buck, 2018, USA, 14 min When Heather decides to lose her virginity for her 15th birthday, Mom’s wife must convince Mom, and Mom’s ex, and Mom’s ex’s partner that it’s time for Heather to have “the talk.” Which Mom is ready to help Heather make a big decision? It’s a mother-daughter story. Times four.

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Mother's Day (Anyák Napja)

Dir. Dorka Vermes, 2018, Hungary, 15 min, in Hungarian with English subtitles Juli and Réka have decided to take their relationship to the next level, so they have invited Juli’s mother, Mari, for dinner so they can tell her the news. But it’s not going to be easy as Mari has always been a critical mother and a disapproving mother-in-law. North American premiere!

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F*ck

Dir. Vern Hass, 2018, USA, 3 min A one-word journey through an unsuspecting freshman’s sexual trials, tribulations and revelations during her first semester of college.

Adeline

Dir. Audrey Biche, 2018, France, 10 min, in French with English subtitles An elderly woman at the end of her life reminisces about the years she spent at a boarding school for girls. U.S. premiere!

Bucket List

Dir. Jessica King, 2018, USA, 4 min A couple makes a sexual bucket list, which is even funnier than it sounds. New England premiere!

Tamagotchi

Dir. Fernanda Reis, 2018, Brazil, 23 min, in Portuguese with English subtitles Laura decides to turn off the Internet and look at the world around her. She soon meets Agatha and they fall in love. It’s almost like everything was planned to happen that way.

Home Girl

Dir. Poonam Brah, 2018, UK, 12 min Roya is a British Muslim woman whose mother has just died. After the funeral, she returns to a home that’s much different without her mother and discovers something surprising. East Coast premiere!

Hidden

Dir. Jess O’Brien, 2018, UK, 6 min Solomon reads a poem aloud with such beauty that it surprises all of his classmates except Katie. The poem has a meaning and secrets only the two of them know. New England premiere!