US PREMIERE

SHORT FILM PROGRAM

WORLD PREMIERE

FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT

THROWBACK FROM 

Women's Shorts

Thursday

Apr 15, 2021

@

12:00 am

Wicked Queer 37

With in person.
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This film is presented in with English subtitles.
There will be more laughing than crying in this year's women's shorts program. This year, we‚Äôre happy to bring you a much lighter program with a sprinkle of lesbian drama throughout. Expect a cat or two and “very lesbian” acoustic music.
Katie Shannon
Programmer
Wicked Queer is proud to co-present this program with
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This short film program includes the following films:

Crush

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It appears Lizzy has an obsession with novelty candles. But the truth is her "burning" desire isn’t for candles, it’s for the girl selling them. Will she work up the courage to ask her out or will she just buy out the whole store? Directed by Leela Varghese, 2019, 7 min, Australia, English, L

Evelyn & Pamela

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Sydney, 1958. As the sun goes down, two women reconnect in a quiet bookshop after spending years apart. Though a life together seems impossible, they try and make the most out of their fleeting moment of contact. Directed by Alexandria Greenhalgh, 2019, 17 min, Australia, English, L

Feeling Flush

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Vicki idolizes her new girlfriend Samantha, but draws the line when it comes to her time on the porcelain throne. Their small bathroom gets awkward when Samatha challenges Vicki’s definition of intimacy. Directed by Erin Brown Thomas, 2020, 10 min, USA, English, L

Becca

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Max and Daphne share a lovestruck evening while a bizarre secret looms. Directed by Nancy Webb, 2020, 13 min, Canada, English, L

Her + Her

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Her & Her have been seeing each other for a few months now and are both very much in love. But they have just moved in to Her small one bedroom flat and of course she’s brought the dog! Suddenly Her home is their home and the realities of their differences come to full view. Different backgrounds, cultures, upbringings, rules. Part Poetry video. Part music video. This experimental short film is a lyrical and musical story told using poetry and beatboxing. Directed by Jade Anouka, 2020, 13 min, United Kingdom, English, L

Are You Still Watching?

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Are You Still Watching? explores the emancipatory power of the queer imagination, combining erotic fan fiction tropes, magical realism and a firm camp sensibility. Directed by Alex Cardy & Tali Polichtuk & Kitty Chrystal, 2021, 6 min, Australia, English, L

Got Game?

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After a long period of sexual drought, Khudejha is awkward as hell and desperately wants to hook up with someone again. Newly single and with the help of her wing-woman Natasha, their new adventure at a kink party awaits. Directed by Fatimah Asghar, 2020, 15 min, USA, English, L/Q

Sam & Emma

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When their love wanes after a miscarriage, two heartbroken women try to piece together their relationship, highlighting the hardship and dysfunction that can arise from trauma and grief. Directed by Vanessa Leigh, 2020, 15 min, USA, English, L __Content Warning: Miscarriage.__

The Test

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Hoping to take the next big step in their life together, two women await the results of a test that could not only put an end to their plans, but perhaps even their relationship. Directed by Jessica Smith, 2020, 8 min, Australia, English, L

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