Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival 2021

Brief Encounters

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Doorstep flirtation with a delivery guy, a toe-curling train station encounter between couples, the unusual meeting of a motorcyclist and a transgender performing artist, and a beautiful tale of burgeoning romance in India. With a surreptitious nod to the black and white movie written by gay actor and playwright Noel Coward, this programme is all about chance encounters, good, bad and simply awkward.


Fflyrtio ar y stepen ddrws gyda’r dyn post, cyfarfyddiad annifyr mewn gorsaf rhwng cyplau, cyfarfod anarferol rhwng beiciwr modur ac artist perfformio trawsryweddol, a stori hyfryd am ramant gynyddol yn India. Gyda nod llechwraidd i'r ffilm du a gwyn a ysgrifennwyd gan yr actor hoyw a'r dramodydd Noel Coward, mae'r rhaglen hon yn ymwneud â chyfarfyddiadau siawns, da, drwg a lletchwith.

Krishna and Alia meet during a dance at the festival of Navratri, and the two women spend the night and early hours walking side by side, sharing stories and moments of intimacy. Krishna feels bound to her hometown Ahmedabad, but Alia is a free spirit who goes from place to place. The Song We Sang was described by the Indian news and media website FirstPost as “a pathbreaking love story”.


Mae Krishna ac Alia yn cwrdd yn ystod dawns yng ngŵyl Navratri, ac mae'r ddwy ddynes yn treulio'r nos a'r oriau mân yn cerdded ochr yn ochr, yn rhannu straeon ac eiliadau o agosatrwydd. Mae Krishna yn teimlo ei bod yn rhwym i'w thref enedigol Ahmedabad, ond mae Alia yn ysbryd rhydd sy'n mynd o le i le. Disgrifiwyd The Song We Sang gan wefan newyddion a chyfryngau Indiaidd FirstPost fel “stori garu arloesol”.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    21 minutes
  • Language
    Hindi, English
  • Country
    India
  • Director
    Aarti Neharsh