Celebrate Pride Month with Indie FilmOnTV!
This month on Indie FilmOnTV, Deborah Espect honours LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and their stories.
The shows are available to watch on Latest TV in the Brighton area on Freeview 7 and Virgin Media 159, and to livestream anywhere in the world at thelatest.co.uk
EPISODE 5
Wednesday 7th June – 9pm
Wednesday 21st June – 9.50pm
Static Space by John Klein and Kate Black-Spence
Jamie is a young woman living in rural Indiana struggling to figure out her place and identity. When she inadvertently stumbles across a frequency on her ham radio and makes contact with astronaut Noa currently orbiting Earth, the two women are presented with the opportunity to find meaningful connection, even while worlds apart.
windycitycamera.com kateblackspence.com
EPISODE 6
Wednesday 7th June – 9.50pm
Wednesday 21st June – 9pm
For I am Dead by Patricia Delso Lucas
In late 1800s Europe, Oscar, a wealthy but lonely middle-aged man who has lived an extravagant life in a chateau, confesses love to his gardener Jude before he dies of his excesses.
patriciadelsolucas.com
Mickey or Minnie by Krissy Mahan
A gender non-conforming person walks towards a restroom and only Minnie Mouse can “protect” the children. Based on the director’s real-life experience, this short film reenacts how a huge Disney character kept them from using the public restroom of their choice.
dykeumentary
EPISODE 7
Wednesday 14th June – 9pm
Wednesday 28th June – 9.50pm
Between Us by Cailleah Scott-Grimes
Kei longs for a “normal life” in rural Japan. But for a transgender man who is jobless in his own hometown, getting to normal is one steep climb.
cailleahscottgrimes.ca
L’Amour Rebelle by Leo Crane
A dove tumbles through the sky. A figure treads on discarded feathers. An egg hovers & hatches. This mini-opera, animated in charcoal, reimagines Georges Bizet’s Carmen and its enduring relevance to issues of sexuality and conflict.
figuration.co
EPISODE 8
Wednesday 14th June – 9.50pm
Wednesday 28th June – 9pm
The Comfort Zone by Ran Yatim
What would it take to break you out of your comfort zone? Caleb is by all accounts a successful executive. Despite exceeding his father’s expectations, Caleb is far from happy. That is, until Star, a vibrant and aspiring rockstar, comes crashing into his world and turns his comfortably numb existence upside down with a string of reckless misadventures and a new outlook on life.
ranyatim.com
Made Up by Valiant Lynch-Mathew
A colourful exploration of Trans awakening. The stories we tell ourselves, the things we’re told about us, the faces we wear along the way. Making that all make some kind of sense is, difficult. Would a puppet and dragon help? Can it be done?
chivalrytonic
Are you a filmmaker?
Do you want your film to be screened in one of our shows?
Get in touch with Deborah!
deb@thelatest.co.uk
