Lesbian International Mix 1

Director: Ella Altman
Script: Ella Altman
Producer: Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains
With: Naama Preis, Ella Altman
France, 16 minutes, 2023, French and Hebrew with English subtitles

Ella, a director, invites an actress to portray her lover in a war film set in Dunkirk. As the actress tries to understand Ella’s intentions, the filming of their fictional romance turns into a battle of seduction, delving into the moral limits of an actress-directress relationship.

Director: Tathagata Ghosh
Script: Buan G
Producer: Tathagata Ghosh
With: Adrija Majumdar, Shivamrita Chakraborty
India, 26 minutes, 2023, Bengali with English subtitles

An arranged marriage tears a lesbian couple apart, but with a mother’s love, perhaps another future is possible.

Director: Kasra Karimi
Script: Kasra Karimi
Producers: Bernadette Flynn, Kathryn O’Reilly
With: Lizzy McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton
UK, 22 minutes, 2024, English

Rural England, early 2013. Ruth and Juliet are waiting for the British Parliament to legalize same-sex marriage so they can get married. But Juliet suffers from a terminal illness and doesn’t have long to live. They are racing against time.

Director: Susana Darwin
Script: Susana Darwin
Producers: Vickie Daignault, Greyline Media
With: Kate Young
USA, 10 minutes, 2023, English

Free-spirited Simone gets a surprise knock at her door one evening. Turns out she has run afoul of the F.L.A.G. Act, a new (fictional … really) law that prohibits the flying of “provocative” flags. Simone coolly defends her right to free speech, including the flying of a rainbow flag. The porch-side conflict escalates beyond annoyance to absurdity, with Simone’s sass remaining intact to the end.

Director: Becky Portman
Script: Becky Portman
Producer: Naomi Lofchie
With: Lizzy Mills
USA, 13 minutes, 2023, English

“K-I-S-S-I-N-G” is a coming of age, queer, rom com about making out, growing up, and everything in between. We follow Ruthie through puberty and young adulthood as seen through her first seven kisses.