RADIANT CUTS | International Short Film Programme 1
Friday 11.09 at 18:00 • Arc Cinema Cork • 97 min • €12.50/10.50
Sharp and unapologetically queer, this international lineup of short films slices through convention to reveal stories that shine with truth, defiance, and desire.
I DO NOT FORGET - Antonello Murgia (Italy)
"I do not forget" is a "Visual Pentalogue" dedicated to all those who have been persecuted for not fitting into a binary sexual orientation, whose very death has been mystified, concealed, considered "second-class." A journey through history that seeks to give a voice to all those who still fight for the right to love and be loved, and to rejoice in the pleasures of the body. A dedication to all the souls whose epitaphs hide who they are and/or even deny their very existence.
SHOWTIME - Lam Can-zhao (China)
In a remote mining village plagued by nightly blackouts, Tia, a teenage girl, expresses herself through Michael Jackson’s dance moves on TikTok—her only outlet in a world defined by restriction. When Wynne, a city woman, becomes her stepmother, their lives begin to intertwine in unexpected and fragile ways.
OUR JOYFUL ENDINGS - La Fille Renne, Lucie Babayan (France)
Our Joyful Endings follows the diary of a trans-masculine person who sees his own and others’ views of his body change during his transition. Between desire, apprehension and questioning. From there, comfort grows with people who share this experience.
BACTERIAL FOREST - Enzo Monzón (Argentina)
Orchid is the new Adult Sex Education teacher at High School 69. An unexpected position in her final year of teaching.
This isn't a normal school; the evolving diversity and free teaching will transform her life.
PLEASE MISTRESS - Alia Ramna (UK)
Based on lived experience, the film traces Ayesha’s unplanned dive into online sex work and ensuing encounters with an unseen clientele. These interactions are variously empowering, daunting and comedic but the experience helps Ayesha find her mojo as a trans woman.
SKIN ON SKIN - Simon Schneckenburger (Germany)
Two men displaced in the hell of the German meat industry. Something lies between them.
Something makes them dream again.