90 pourcent de joie lesbienne
OLD LESBIANS
Meghan McDonough – United States
29 min – doc. (2023) – vo : ang
A collection of 800 life stories from lesbians across the United States, the Old Lesbian Oral Herstory Project was launched over 25 years ago. Some of these women are now sharing their stories with great joy!
FALLING FOR GRETA
Gustavo Arteaga – United Kingdom
11 min – animation (2023) – wordless
When love comes knocking at her door, Greta’s bourgeois and solitary world is turned upside down. Complications follow one after another, water floods her villa, and perspectives are completely reversed…
CELEBRATING “SO MANY WOMEN” AT 35
Zanne D’Aglio – United States
08 min – doc. (2024) – vo: ang – st: fr
In 1989, The Flame, a lesbian bar in San Diego, California, became the ideal setting for the music video “So Many Women.” This tribute was directed by its singer, who has toured in Switzerland several times.
LES LIBELLULES (Dragonflies)
Loris Hanck, Adèle Fréchoux and Léa Codden – Belgium
06 min – animation (2022) – wordless
A woman and a maid desire each other. Within their mansion, the two naiads let themselves be carried away into a universe of idyllic freedom.
COEUR BÉTON (Concrete Heart)
Enrika Panero – France
20 min – fiction (2022) – vo: fr – st: ang
In a suburban area of Paris, Kenza, an introverted and secretive teenager, joins a rap workshop led by Oréade, a young queer artist she admires, though her friends mock her for it. Through the workshop, Kenza gradually begins to open up and reveal her true self.
L’ÉCHAPPÉE (Breaking Through)
Siham Bel – France
29 min – fiction (2023) – vo: fr – st: ang
Since leaving her home in Corsica, where she grew up, Safia has never told her father about her homosexuality. This summer, on the winding coastal roads, she meets Jade – natural and bold. With stunning performances by actresses Camille Moutawakil and Salomé Richard.
Awarded in Boston, Kashish Pride and Los Angeles – selected in around fifteen international festivals