elop presents: LBT+ Womxn's Health Week Online Film Screening with WOFFF
Event Information
About this Event
A free online screening of short films exploring older women's mental, physical, sexual and emotional wellbeing, followed by a gentle movement activity in response to the films, led by Kabecca Films. All the films is this programme are available with closed captions.
The event will go live at 6.00pm on Zoom, with an online link to watch before re-joining for a post screening discussion and activity.
List of films being screened;
Magicland
Celia Willis & Emily Stein | UK | 2019 | Documentary | Jenny Mayers is the first black woman invited into the Magic Circle, the world's premier magic society. Playful, charming and bursting with colour, Magicland is a celebration of personality, magic and the happiness that performance can spread.
My Mama, A Man
Helena Middleton | UK | 2019 | Documentary | Julie had a list of 60 things she wants to do before she turns 60. Top of the list: be a 'man' for a day.
Haud Close Tae Me
Eve McConnachie | UK | 2017 | Experimental | A connection between our younger and older selves, a duet between two dancers across the generations inspired by a specially commissioned poem by Scotland's Makar Jackie Kay, narrated in Scots-English.
The Honeys and Bears
Veena Rao | USA | 2015 | Documentary | Members of the Harlem Honeys and Bears, a synchronized swim team for seniors, describe the freedom of the water.
Older Than What?
Steen Starr | Canada | 2017 | Documentary | 12 LGBTQ Canadian elders answer 10 questions about aging and share stories on how they made history. A documentary dedicated to Ruth Starr, the filmmaker's mother, who died in May 2020, at the age of 93.
The Last Egg
Sue Bridge | UK | 2019 | Animation | A reflection on the ups and downs of ageing and the menopause.
Wings
Jamie Weston | UK | Drama | 2019 | In the World War II Blitz, families and friends try to survive the nightly bombing raids. They live and work and fall in love. 60 years on, what has become of them?
Swivel
Lois Norman | UK | 2019 | Experimental | What if you can be all of who you are and still allow another? What if, just for one night, judgement no longer exists? What if love is not a gender but a swivel of the heart?
This event will be part of the WOFFF Best of the Fest Tour: https://youtu.be/pfMSvPqSF-s
elop is a holistic LGBT+ charity that offers a range of social, emotional and support services to LGBT+ communities, and our core services include counselling and young people’s services.
WOFFF celebrates the work of older women in film with an annual film festival and year-round film screenings and activities.
Kabecca Films was founded by Katie and Rebecca Dale-Everett as a platform for collaboration, fusing Katie’s background in cross-genre choreography and Rebecca’s experience of producing award-winning short films.
This event is free but donations would be most welcome and help us to support our work.
