This month's Superbia Cinema theme is Queer Desire. Join us on Monday 24th April as we feature a series of womens' short films, plus the multi-award-winning drama, Blue Jean!
Womens' Shorts:
Mars
Virile
The Best Is Yet To Come
Inner Worlds: Frieda Toranzo Jaeger
Feature film:
Blue Jean
SCHEDULE:
18:00: Join us at CULTPLEX to see our new venue space and socialise before our screenings begin
19:00: This month's shorts highlight filmmakers and stories by women, featuring Mars, Virile, The Best Is Yet To Come and Inner Worlds: Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, from 7pm
20:00: This month's feature film, Blue Jean
21:45 - 22:30: Superbia Cinema Social
PLEASE NOTE:
Food and drink will be available to buy at the venue
Please choose the screening time that you would like to attend when booking your ticket
Tickets are limited to 1 per order
Each attendee must register for their own ticket
This month's screening has been proudly curated by Joshua Hubbard
Blue Jean
Directed by Georgia Oakley
England, 1988 – Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government are about to pass a law stigmatising gays and lesbians, forcing Jean, a PE teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new girl at school catalyses a crisis that will challenge Jean to her core...
After its strong critically acclaimed run through the film festival circuit, Blue Jean is a film the team at Superbia are really excited about. The film allows us to see the effects of Section 28 and Thatcherism from a queer female perspective, which is not often done. It’s a really cool film and set in the ‘80s - so what’s not to love?
CAST: Rosy McEwen (National Theatre’s Othello, The Alienist), Kerrie Hayes (Black Mirror), Lucy Halliday, Lydia Page
"A slam-dunk masterpiece" ★★★★★ - THE TELEGRAPH
"A knockout performance from Rosy McEwen" - SCREEN DAILY
"Deeply human" ★★★★★ - ATTITUDE MAGAZINE
“A quietly searing British debut” - VARIETY
“A vital film in the current British climate” - ALTERNATIVE LENS
“Rosy McEwen puts in a calling card performance for the ages” - THE PLAYLIST
“A film teeming with compassion and nuance” - THE UPCOMING
“Timeless… Georgia Oakley’s outstanding debut is a must-watch” ★★★★★ - LOUD AND CLEAR
“Poignant and impactful” - LITTLE WHITE LIES
“Rosy McEwen is phenomenal” ★★★★★ - ONE ROOM WITH A VIEW
Mars
Directed by Abel Rubinstein
Self-acceptance rests at the root of Mars, the original short film created by British rock musician, Yungblud.
Charlie Acaster longs to be a normal teenager. On an extraordinary night, she embarks on a magical journey...
Writer: Chris Bush
CAST: Yasmin Finney, Leah Choudhry, Pete MacHale, Kenya Sterling
Virile
Directed by Lydia Rui
Virile is a psychosexual rite of passage following Bo, a young androgynous deckhand in a clandestine relationship with the Chief Scientist, Dr. Amy Rosen, on board an otherwise all female research vessel. However, their lives are disrupted by the appearance of a castaway man...
Director: Lydia Rui • Writer: Lydia Rui • Producer: Sychelle-Kristina Yanda• Cinematographer: Lukáš Bistřický • Production Designer: Violette de Laet • Production Manager: Giorgio Lattanzi • Editor: Osian Pearson • Sound Recordist: Thomas Nott • Sound Editor/Dubbing Mixer: Jan Sigsworth • Composer: Mathilde Koechlin • CG Artist: Iris Mota • Compositor: Rashela Kokoshi • Online Editor/Colour Grader: Jongheon Lee • Sound Designer: Jan Sigsworth
CAST: BO: Liv Ello, DR AMY ROSEN: Yuho Yamashita, THE MAN: James Browne, ELLI: Éva Magyar, ABIGAIL: Yolanda Grace, ANNE: Helen Stirling-Lane.
The Best Is Yet To Come
Directed and written by Abena Taylor-Smith
An arbitrary day in the lives of Rosa and Max, teenage best friends trying to evade summer holiday boredom in small town England.
Director and writer - Abena Taylor-Smith
CAST:
Renee Bailey
Romani Wright
Inner Worlds: Frieda Toranzo Jaeger
Directed by Fernando Cattori
Mexican artist, Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, invites us into her studio in Mexico City, located in the same neighbourhood where she grew up. She views her lush garden atelier and the bustling barrio outside as a place to harvest ideas about identity, decolonial thinking and forms of resistance.
“My paintings invite you to take control, to take power, to experience living.” ~ Frieda Toranzo Jaeger
The representations seen in her work, which combine painting, embroidery, and installation elements, often serve as coded messages for the acceleration of capitalist systems, the Western canonical traditions of painting, or the creation of Queer utopias. Cars are especially prominent: these, she says, are a metaphor for navigating the experience of ‘us queer people, us people of color, within the system that obviously doesn't want the best for us.’
Director: Fernando Cattori • CEO: Ana Laura Solís • President: Joe Solís • Managing Director: Aura Solís • Head Of Production: Alfonso Sánchez Vences • Producer: Aura Solís • Production Manager: Alfonso Sánchez Vences • Production Coordinator: Mariana Arroyo Aguayo • Office Coordinator: Montserratcortazar • Director of Photography: Aura Solís • Focus Puller: José Pablo Norzagaray Mata • Movi Operator: Jesús Ernesto Guerrero Laveaga • B Camera: Julian Álvarez Contreras • Sound Mixer: Raúl Enrique Cortés Ayala • Editor: Come Álvarez • Sound Design: Sajei Sánchez • Color Correction: Elliott Powell
About the venue
Established in 2019, our new Superbia Cinema venue, CULTPLEX, is based in Cheetham Hill close to the city centre. It’s the home of cult films, video games, and cool nerd stuff in Manchester and we’re thrilled to be partnering with them for our future Superbia Cinema screenings!
Find out more about CULTPLEX here.
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