It’s going to be another great year of films. The following films will be screened at the 2013 London Lesbian Film Festival.
Warning: London Lesbian Film Festival contains films that are unclassified. Friday and Saturday film screenings are rated R and restricted to 18+ years. You may be required to present Photo ID with your ticket.
Friday
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Films start at 7:00 pm
Gay Women Will Marry Your Boyfriends
Director: Sarah Rotella
Lesbians explain what will happen if you don’t support gay marriage.
Canada 2012
3 minutes
Margarita
Director: Dominique Cardona & Laurie Colbert
Power-couple Gail and Ben have all the visible advantages of two successful careers – a beautiful home, vacations and a nanny, Margarita for their teen-aged daughter.
Canada 2012
91 minutes
You Are So Undead
Director: Alex Epstein
Complications ensue when a 16-year-old girl lets her boyfriend ‘go all the way’ and now she can’t see her reflection in the mirror.
Canada 2010
5 minutes
Tsuyako
Director: Mitsuyo Miyazaki
In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.
Japan/USA 2011
25 minutes
Happy Hour
Director: Becky Lane
Set in a bar in 1960, two women share a look that launches a fantasy encounter. An homage to the women who had the courage to explore their sexuality in the mid 20th century.
USA 2012
4 minutes
Shared Origins
Director: Elena Rue
Two girls, born in Ethiopia and raised in North Carolina by lesbian parents travel to their birth country for the first time.
USA 2012
18 minutes
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Bouddhi Bouddha
Director: Sophie Galibert
Just back from a journey to Nepal, a girl invites a friend over to her home. Talk leads to a meditation session, which will change their relationship.
France 2012
8 minutes
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
The First Date
Director: Janella Lacson
Discussing a recent first date with your best friend is a great idea… but maybe not in a public bathroom.
USA 2012
7 minutes
Saturday
Doors open at 1:30 pm
Films start at 2:00 pm
Lady Pochoir (Stencil)
Petra Clever
By day, Yv is a responsible bike courier, but at night she is on a solitary mission to beautify her dreary city.
Germany 2010
36 minutes
She Said Lenny
Director: Jim Donovan
A woman meets her online crush for the first time.
Canada 2010
6 minutes
The Kiss
Director: Filip Gieldon
Emilia wakes up in an unknown apartment next to another woman, Matylda, who claims they slept with each other last night.
Poland 2013
21 minutes
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
Recipe for Love
Director: Chauncey Wales
Two women from different backgrounds embark upon a journey of self discovery, passion, and their love of food.
USA 2012
26 minutes
ONTARIO PREMIERE
Fetch
Director: Gwyneth Baillie
River, an adorably artful border collie trots purposefully out of the park, through the streets of a pretty tree-lined neighborhood and arrives at an old brick house.
Canada 2013
5 minutes
WORLD PREMIERE
Junggesellin (Bachelorette)
Director: Anna Linke
At a friend’s bachelorette party Stefanie doesn’t find a man, but instead a woman.
Germany 2012
15 minutes
ONTARIO PREMIERE
Coffee Klash
Director: Jana Mattioli
Stephanie comes out and introduces her girlfriend to her overbearing mother Gayle. Her unorthodox reaction makes for one unusual first meeting.
USA 2011
13 minutes
CANADIAN PREMIERE
The Mermaids
Director: Petra Clever
Nikki is a maths nerd. In an attempt to widen her cloistered world her therapist suggests she take up a team sport.
Germany 2012
36 minutes
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Sunday
Doors open at 1:30 pm
Films start at 2:00 pm
Make It Better
Director: TD Bank Group|Q Media Solutions
Anti-bullying and teen suicide prevention in the LGBT community.
TD’s LGBT employees and their allies share that it really only takes one person to make a change in a young person’s life.
Canada 2012
8 minutes
Mississippi I Am
Director: Harriet Hirshorn & Katherine Linton
Young Mississipians lead the battle to bring gay civil rights to one of the most conservative states.
USA 2012
46 minutes
Powerful Out Women: On the Campaign Trail
Director: Angelina Cantada
Out, proud and elected! “POW!: On the Campaign Trail” is a snap shot of the lives of three highly respected and beloved queer women in three levels of government in Canada.
Canada 2012
22 minutes
Polaroid Girl
Director: April Maxey
Sofie is a shy and timid aspiring photographer when she meets June, who runs a vintage camera shop.
USA 2012
17 minutes
CANADIAN PREMIERE
The Devotion Project: Listen from the Heart
Director: Antony Osso
Laura and Jaime’s love affair is traced through the birth of their child, a boy with a heart condition who enriches their lives in ways they could have never imagined.
USA 2012
10 minutes
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Remember to Breathe
Director: Marc Saltarelli
Alice, a former headliner at the Latin Quarter, mentors a young aspiring singer.
USA 2013
25 minutes
CANADIAN PREMIERE
Hold on Tight
Director: Anna Rodgers
When it comes to same sex relationships, showing your love outside of the home is sometimes a complicated personal choice.
Ireland 2011
13 minutes
CANADIAN PREMIERE
The Maiden and the Princess
Director: Ali Scher
Little Emmy Adams kisses a girl on the playground and is left feeling isolated and alone. The Grand High Council of Fairy Tale Rules and Standards led by Bernard sends her a hetero-normative fairytale to set her down the ‘right’ path in life
USA 2011
18 minutes