A story of young love, as a transgender teen and a cis-gender teen spend their time together on a regular night, doing regular things. Or not.

Dungarees

A day in the life of Blake, a transgender man, and his boyfriend Cane

Two teenage boys both named Sam meet at the swings each week to escape their dysfunctional home lives and slowly fall in love.

S.A.M

Two teenage boys both named Sam meet at the swings each week to escape their dysfunctional home lives and slowly fall in love.

Two women who met last night have watched the sunrise from Primrose Hill. One of them may be about to ruin this new romance before its even begun.

6:23AM

A queer teenager struggles with her sexuality, as desires manifest their way from the depths of her eerie closet into reality.

Something In The Closet

Is there really a monster in Madi’s closet, or is it something else that she fears?

Yasmine is a talented mortician, she is renowned for her work and making the deceased look their best for their departure into the afterlife. But today Yasmine’s world will be turned upside down as she encounters the most difficult job of her career, becoming very much part of the 'process' she is brought face to face with the small and life-defining moments that she has let pass by.

The Passing

Yasmine is a talented mortician, she is renowned for her work and making the deceased look their best for their departure into the afterlife. But today Yasmine’s world will be turned upside down as she encounters the most difficult job of her career, becoming very much part of the 'process' she is brought face to face with the small and life-defining moments that she has let pass by.

MY MAMA, A MAN is a short documentary about Julie Middleton and her desire to spend a day as a man. When Julie was a child she was desperate to be a boy, when she hit adolescence she felt she lost that boy inside of her. Now Julie is approaching her 60th birthday and she has a made a list of 60 things she wants to do, and right near the top of that list is to be a man for a day.With the help of her daughter, we see Julie as she is introduced to the drag king scene and discovers a new persona of her own, Willy Foraday. Once Julie has experienced a day in Willy’s shoes she makes the emotional realisation that the boy is still there within her, and we should all be whoever we want to be.

My Mama, A Man

Julie had a list of sixty things she wanted to do before she turned 60. Top of that list: be a ‘man’ for a day…

Q&amp;A with filmmakers Lloyd Eyre-Morgan (S.A.M - Director/Screenwriter), Helena Middleton (My Mama, a Man - Director), Nichola Wong (The Passing - Director), Abel Rubinstein (Dungarees - Director/Screenwriter), Nosa Eke (Something in the Closet - Director/Screenwriter) and Geoffrey Breton (6:23AM - Director). Hosted by Seán McGovern (GAZE Film Festival).

Prism UK shorts Q&A

Q&A with filmmakers Lloyd Eyre-Morgan (S.A.M - Director/Screenwriter), Helena Middleton (My Mama, a Man - Director), Nichola Wong (The Passing - Director), Abel Rubinstein (Dungarees - Director/Screenwriter), Nosa Eke (Something in the Closet - Director/Screenwriter) and Geoffrey Breton (6:23AM - Director). Hosted by Seán McGovern (GAZE Film Festival).

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