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🌟 Out Now! OML Lesbian Short Film Festival Vol 7 is here! 🎥🌈 Immerse yourself in a captivating collection of thought-provoking short films about self-discovery. Don’t miss out on this incredible celebration of queer stories and voices.
Featuring the films “Alone” directed by Erin Good, “Can’t Close a Painted Eye” directed by Suzette McCanny, “Two Women” directed by Michel Toledo, “Suncatcher” directed by Kim Torres, “Love, Paper, Scissors” directed by Plamen Marinov, and “The Post” Directed by María Francisca Escobar Nachar.
FILM TITLE
Alone
SYNOPSIS
Nina is caught between two realities, one defined by the oppressive care of her partner, the other, a way out offered by a mysterious young woman. A haunting story of one woman’s attempt to gain freedom and live as her true self no matter what the cost.
Alone is a subtle psychological thriller that considers the struggle for identity as a battle between the way in which others see us and the terms by which we choose to define ourselves.
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Production Company: Mravcic Films
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions
CAST
Shari Sebbens, Charlotte Best and Nathaniel Dean.
MAIN CREDITS
Director: Erin Good
FILM TITLE
Can’t Close a Painted Eye
SYNOPSIS
On her way home through the forest, Inez finds Carmen, bleeding and surrounded by broken
mannequins.
PRODUCTION AND DSTRIBUTION
Production Company: Rain & Bare
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions
CAST
Emily Coutts
Sheelagh Darling
Suzette McCanny
FULL CREDITS
Director: Suzette McCanny
FILM TITLE
Deux Femmes
English: Two woman
SYNOPSIS
Two women living together, between the silence and the secrets of their past relations. Two women
who are dependent from each other, from the pain and from the memories. But the present issues seems to change the nature of their relation. Two women looking for different paths. Two woman
try to understand the nature of themselves.
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Production Company: Tótem Productions
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions
CAST
Hoda Safiah
Lola Heude
MAIN CREDITS
EN: Suncatcher
Original Spanish: Atrapaluz
SYNOPSIS
When a mysterious light invades socially awkward Lila, she encounters its source: a cyborg who comes to remind her who she was in a past life.
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Production Company: Noche Negra Producciones
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions
CAST
Simon Dalzell as “Lila/Atrapaluz”
Nello Rivero as “Tamen”
MAIN CREDITS
Director: Kim Torres
FILM TITLE
Love, Paper, Scissors (Любов, ножица, хартия)
SYNOPSIS
Laura is a shy girl who refuses to see other people and never leaves her home where she makes origami all day long. All of a sudden, she crashes on Elena – an adventurer and a traveler that never stays in one place for too long. Will the two have the courage to escape from their comfort zone and build a serious relationship?
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Production Company: Yerba Mate Ltd.
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions
CAST
Boryana Bratoeva as Laura
Vesela Babinova as Elena
MAIN CREDITS
Director: Plamen Marinov
FILM TITLE:
“The Post” – EL CARTEO
SYNOPSIS
Before MSM, Facebook, and universal access to the Internet, kids communicated in a more simple form: using paper and pencil. The year 1997: Hundreds of love notes are exchanged between the girls’ school and the boys’ institute. Piñi, a shy girl with a deep secret, sees the note-a-thon as the ideal opportunity to get closer to the one who has stolen her heart: her best friend, Lizzie.
PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
Production Company: Triskel Producciones
Film exports/World sales: Gonella Productions
CAST
Julia Lübbert
Maite Neira
MAIN CREDITS
Director: María Francisca Escobar Nachar