From ‘tipping the velvet’ to ‘whispering sweet nothings’ ...there are many euphemisms for sex and love, and so we discover there are some rather good films on the subjects as well. In the first of two collections of shorts you will find they all have one or two things on their mind.

The short films in this programme are:

• Daphné or the Lovely Specimen
  France, 15m Dir: Jean-Christophe Soulageon
• Sexy Laundry
  Germany, 13m Dir: Izabela Plucinska
• The Truck
  Canada, 9m 54s Dir: Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
• Love Soldiers
  UK, 8m 39s Dir: Chloe Feinberg
• Winds of Change
  UK, 5m 8s Dir: Jake Russell
• Amélia & Duarte
  Germany, 8m 30s Dir: Alice Guimarães
• Bad at Dancing
  USA, 11m 27s Dir: Joanna Arnow
• The Bigger Picture
  UK, 10m 48s Dir: Greer Ellison
• Don't Tell Mom
  Japan, 3m 18s Dir: Sawako Kabuki
• Matt Berry's Wild Love
  UK, 7m Dir: Matt Berry

Image Credit: Amélia & Duarte

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