Nine female filmmakers bring you a refreshing variety of shortfilm that look at all aspects of lesbian life and love, from mistaken identities and bedroom hang-ups to secret rendezvous and forbidden relationships.
Wicked Desire - 13mins
The Crabb family in Texas are thrown a curve-ball when they discover that daughter Jessica is going out under a secret identity at school. We are invited to witness the attempts of the family to make Jessica 'normal'.
Below the Belt - 13mins
Seventeen year old girls Jill and Oona explore their sexuality in between bouts of boxing and playfighting. Yet when Oona invites Jill back to her house, the sparring spills over into something much more intense.
Congratulations Daisy Graham - 15mins
Seventy-year-old Daisy Graham is having a hard day. Noone in her small town wants to let her forget about the big ceremony tomorrow, a ceremony at the local high school in her honour. But Daisy has more important things to think about than some ceremony - she's dug out her rifle, now all she needs is a box of bullets.
Dani and Alice - 11mins
Dani and Alice are coming to the end of a tumultuous relationship. As they prepare to leave their favourite girl bar, Alice's actions earlier in the night are brought up in a heated conversation behind the wheel of Dani's car, with tragic end results.
A Soft Place - 10mins
Two women conspire in a laundromat after finding themselves in a sticky situation. A bedroom tryst brought them together, but hubby's stained duvet threatens to tear them apart!
Private Life - 15mins
Ruth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems. ..
Fem - 10mins
Portraying femininity from ancient mythology and popular cinematic culture, Fem subverts images of empowered women to experimental and lyrical effect, with a butch narration from Peggy Shaw of UK Lesbian Feminist Theatre Company 'Split Britches'.
Happy Birthday - 15mins
A hilarious role-reversal tale of two couples, two birthdays and two sex toys! Abigail wants a dildo. Hannah wants a baby. Jack and Madeleine are happy with things just the way they are.
Late - 7mins
Maggie has missed a date with a girl she really liked and will not return her best friend's phone calls. By looking around her apartment and listening to her phone messages, we learn why.
Region: 2
Sprog: Engelsk
Undertekster: Ingen
110 min
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