Iris Prize Film Festival - Online

A Family Affair

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4 films in package
Science Around Us
Budi is an Indonesian, in-the-closet, prodigal son, living in the Netherlands, letting out his apartment on AirBnB, and he has 20 minutes to save the world. Hs apartment is a mess, his new guests will arrive in 20 minutes, his previous guest is still there and stoned, and then his brother calls from Indonesia.
Oisin
A single mother longing for connection must choose between her autistic son and the girl next door.
Lambing
In modern-day rural Ireland, David meditates on his own childhood the day before his son is born. He is so haunted by his father bullying him for being weak and effeminate on the family farm that he now doubts his own abilities as a father. When the baby is born with both male and female sex organs, David is unable to cope with the diagnosis.
Forgiveness Day
Forgiveness Day is a portrait of love and trauma, where two brothers find themselves navigating the space between trust, faith and healing. Queer filmmaker Derek Ho journeys back to Singapore in the hope of revealing to Jeremiah a secret that has been deeply buried for the last thirty years.
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The complexities and contradictions of family life are fertile ground for storytelling, even more so for LGBTQ filmmakers. The relationships of parents and children, and the dynamic between siblings all come under the lens in both dramas and a moving personal documentary.

Forgiveness Day is a portrait of love and trauma, where two brothers find themselves navigating the space between trust, faith and healing. Queer filmmaker Derek Ho journeys back to Singapore in the hope of revealing to Jeremiah a secret that has been deeply buried for the last thirty years. 


Mae Forgiveness Day yn bortread o gariad a thrawma, lle mae dau frawd yn cael eu hunain yn llywio'r gofod rhwng ymddiriedaeth, ffydd ac iachâd. Mae'r gwneuthurwr ffilmiau Queer Derek Ho yn teithio yn ôl i Singapore yn y gobaith o ddatgelu i Jeremiah gyfrinach sydd wedi ei chladdu'n ddwfn am y deng mlynedd ar hugain diwethaf. 

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    15 minutes
  • Language
    English, Mandarin and Hakka
  • Country
    Australia, United States
  • Director
    Derek Ho
  • Producer
    Franco Di Chiera and Derek Ho
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