Celebrate the diversity and fluidity of desire with Touched, an alternative Valentine’s Day screening showcasing sensuous shorts by female and non-binary filmmakers. Co-curated by collectives T A P E and Invisible Women, this subversive and surprising programme connects filmmakers from across the decades, combining contemporary work with rarities from the archive. The result is a witty, intimate and unapologetically sexy selection of films which open up space for wider discussions about self-love, intimacy and longing.

The short films in the programme include:

• What About me? (Lois Stevenson, 2021, 3 mins)
• Random Acts of Intimacy (Clio Barnard, 1999, 15 mins)
• F*** YOU (Anette Sidor, 2018, 14 min)
• What She Wants (Ruth Lingford, 1994, 5 mins)
• Wavelengths (Pratibha Parmar, 1997, 15 mins)
• #Familiar #Touch #Lost #Figures (Katayoun Jalilipour, 2017, 12 mins)
• The Birth Of Valerie Venus (Sarah Clift, 2020, 15mins)
• She Wanted Green Lawns (Sarah Turner, 1987, 4mins)

Presented in partnership with Queer Vision.

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