WORTHY Ireland 2023 Director: Zainab Boladale 3_ m__
Sewa is a black woman struggling to get over her ex-girlfriend. Through her monologue we experience the emotional rollercoaster of a first break up.
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THE TALK Ireland 2022 Director: Jonathan Hughes 10m ___
The Talk chronicles the life changing conversation that takes place between father and son when staunchly unionist father Dennis walks in on his son Barry in bed with a man. But Barry isn’t the only one hiding a secret from the family.
Last year GAZE celebrated thirty years of the festival. This year we mark thirty years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Ireland. These landmarks are vital for remembering, understanding and celebrating how much change we have all collectively made to life in Ireland for the LGBTQIA community. HIV has been a feature of queer life in Ireland for all of those thirty years and more, and for that reason we are thrilled to present this public Cork Pride screening of How To Tell A Secret. The film sets a new bar for HIV storytelling and lived experience, not to mention cinematic technique. At once heart warming and heart wrenching, it will no doubt stir a new commitment to wiping out the stigma surrounding HIV and helping to prevent the spread of the virus through compassionate teaching and care. Remember U = U…! As for this year’s new Irish shorts, we were once again spoiled for choice with a bumper crop of new work ranging from comedy, tragedy, sex, sorrow and scintillating story telling across the board. This selection of our favourites will assure you that the future of Irish queer film is in very good hands. Grab some popcorn and a pint and settle in. Have a wonderful Pride to all in Cork, with love from everyone at GAZE Film Festival. GREG THORPE Festival Director
MALCOLM Ireland 2023 Director: Caleb Roberts 1_2_m_
HOW TO TELL A SECRET
Emotionally unstable Joe seeks couples’ counselling with a sock puppet likeness of his ex-boyfriend, Malcolm.
9__9 _mins A powerful examination of the experiences of people who are living with HIV in Ireland today, How to Tell A Secret is a hybrid documentary film that looks at social stigma and the art of telling your story. Robbie Lawlor was diagnosed with HIV at 21 and became one of the youngest people to come out on Irish television. Enda McGrattan, also known as Veda, promised to keep their HIV status a secret for a decade but eventually broke free by releasing a song. And a group of Irish and migrant women, who cannot show their faces, found creative ways to have their voices heard... In this compelling film, directors Anna Rodgers and Shaun Dunne use documentary, performance and genre- blurring storytelling techniques to communicate a powerful message. The stories in this film move between bodies of young men, migrant women, drag artists and activists. Featuring a cast of actors as well as ordinary people coming out on screen for the first time, the film also includes a dramatic tribute to Thom McGinty, aka The Diceman with a reenactment of his historic appearance on the Late Late Show in the 1990s. Based on a theatre show, director Anna Rodgers saw a performance of ‘Rapids’ by Shaun Dunne, and approached him to work together on an artistic collaboration for the screen. Together they expanded on the world of the original play by working with new contributors and a stellar cast of Irish actors including Lauren Larkin, Jade Jordan, and Eva Jane Gaffney who take on the hidden stories of women who are living with HIV.
SNUFF Ireland 2021 Director: Louise Nesbitt 9__m_
A woman in the middle of an affair arrives home to find her wife making a snuff film in their living room.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG Ireland 2023 Director: Caroline Quinn 17m ___
Six best friends decide to go camping to spend one last fun weekend together before they go their separate ways, to escape their stresses ... well that was the plan anyways.
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