For this Pride Month, Encounters will be celebrating the moments of joy that members of the LGBTQI+ community are often denied on and off screen.

The films in this programme make no room for drama - unless it comes with glitter - and envision a world in which people can freely explore the wider range of their own identities.

• RED ANINSRI, Dir: Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke, Thailand, 2020, 30mins
• LOTUS LANTERN, Dir: Xingpei Shen, USA/ China, 2017, 7mins
• DRAGGED UP, Dir: Laura Jayne Tunbridge, UK, 2021, 19mins
• FLAMINGO PRIDE, Dir: Tomer Eshed, Germany, 2011, 7mins

Encounters is the UK’s leading film festival that provides an international platform for celebrating talent and innovation in short film, animation and virtual reality.

In partnership with BFI Film Academy South West, Encounters Film Festival and Queer Vision.

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