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Films
7 Films
Keywords
“LGBTQI*”
x
films with a digital version
5
films hosted on Kanopy
1
short films
4
films available on demand
3
Region
British-Irish Isles
1
North America
1
Scandinavia
1
South America
2
South Asia
1
Western Europe
2
Country
Brazil
1
Chile
1
Denmark
1
Germany
1
India
1
Los Angeles
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
1
Keywords
Art / Artists / Artisans
1
Collective / Community identity
1
Ethnofiction
1
Family / Kinship
2
Film / Photography / Mass media
2
Gender Role and Identity
3
Health / Health care / Healing
1
LGBTQI*
7
x
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Life Story / Life History
1
Love
1
Marriage
1
Memory
1
Participatory / Collaborative methods
1
Reflexivity
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Reproduction (biology)
1
Sex / Sexuality
5
Directors
Cabezas Pino, Angélica
1
Eagle, Rob
1
Jeppesen, Kira de Hemmer
1
Moffat, Zemirah
1
Satija, Dhruv
1
Sjøberg, Johannes
1
Sonderegger, Ramona
1
Series
Pleasure Shorts
1
not set
6
Country of production
Chile
1
India
1
Sweden
1
Switzerland
1
United Kingdom
5
Year of production
2006
1
2007
1
2012
1
2016
1
2017
1
2018
1
2020
1
Film list
Extended Family
2016
31
‘
Student
Directed by
Ramona Sonderegger
.
This films offers an intimate insight into the lives of two same-sex families who found a way to create themselves within a legal grey area in Switzerland. Swiss law bans adoption and access to
Western Europe
LGBTQI*
Family / Kinship
Sex / Sexuality
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
The Guest
2012
20
‘
Student
Directed by
Kira de Hemmer Jeppesen
.
Following the personal story of a Danish first-time surrogate mother, ‘The Guest’ explores issues of maternal bonding, modern families, relatedness, and desired control over body and mind. We follow
Scandinavia
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Reproduction (biology)
Family / Kinship
Mirror Mirror
2006
58
‘
Directed by
Zemirah Moffat
.
Mirror Mirror is based on an audio-visual ethnography of London’s queer Club Wotever. Begun in the autumn of 2003, it promoted itself as a club that welcomed all genders and sexualities – a
British-Irish Isles
LGBTQI*
Sex / Sexuality
Gender Role and Identity
Oink!
2020
22
‘
Directed by
Rob Eagle
.
An experimental research documentary offering a portrait of gay men who‚ in different ways‚ relate to the “pig” sexual imaginary. It provides insight into their experiences of identity,
Western Europe
North America
Sex / Sexuality
LGBTQI*
Collective / Community identity
This is My Face
2018
57
‘
Student
Directed by
Angélica Cabezas Pino
.
In Chile, people living with HIV fear stigma, and often conceal their condition and remain silent about what they are going through. This is My Face explores what happens when a range of men living
South America
LGBTQI*
Participatory / Collaborative methods
Health / Health care / Healing
Gender Role and Identity
Film / Photography / Mass media
Memory
Life Story / Life History
Art / Artists / Artisans
Transfiction
2007
58
‘
Directed by
Johannes Sjøberg
.
Transfiction explores ‘ethnofiction’ – an experimental ethnographic documentary film style in which the participants collaborate with the filmmaker to act out their own and others’ life experiences
South America
Reflexivity
Film / Photography / Mass media
Gender Role and Identity
Sex / Sexuality
LGBTQI*
Ethnofiction
Welcome Valentine 2017
2017
16
‘
Student
Directed by
Dhruv Satija
.
In a temple dedicated to Hanuman in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, a priest flouts convention by marrying couples who are shunned elsewhere: mostly those who have eloped from families who disapprove of their
South Asia
Marriage
Love
LGBTQI*
Religion / Belief / Faith