Join us on Thursday 24th August as we kick off our Superbia celebrations at Manchester Pride Festival with a special Pride film screening.
This month's theme is Pride and Joy, and we'll be celebrating the work of talented queer filmmakers with another spectacular programme of films to get your Manchester Pride Festival weekend started. Stay tuned for more information on this month's films!
About Superbia Cinema
Superbia Cinema is a joyful celebration of queer filmmaking that aims to uplift the work of talented LGBTQ+ creatives.
Superbia Cinema is a great way those interested in LGBTQ+ arts to come together and immerse themselves in queer culture, plus you'll get the opportunity to learn more about each film's production process, directors, actors, filmmakers and more.
We want to make sure that LGBTQ+ arts & culture is accessible to all - that's why all of our Superbia Cinema events are completely free to attend.
SCHEDULE:
18:00: Join us at Cultplex and socialise before the screening begins
19:00 - 20:20: This month's programme of films
20:30 - 21:00: Stick around for a special Q&A!
PLEASE NOTE:
Our films start at 7pm, but you're welcome to join us from 6pm to socialise
Food and drink will be available to buy at the venue
Tickets are limited to 1 per order
Each attendee must register for their own ticket
Photographs may be taken at the event - please let our photographers know if you do not wish to be photographed.
Hug Me Properly
Directed by Olivia Morrison
Hug Me Properly (2021) is a short experimental documentary, shot on 16mm film, following the lives of a queer community on a night out. They discuss how their loved ones and their lives during a pandemic have changed and how their community is more important than ever.
Homecoming: A Short Film about Ajamu
Directed by Gopher Campbell
By the 1980s and 90s, Brixton had acquired a fearsome reputation as home to a rebellious black presence. This tough urban image also hid a thriving gay scene and arts movement, in which young photographer Ajamu Ikwe-Tyehimba was active. This energetic film traces Ajamu's jump from South London back to his hometown of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, for an exhibition of his work. Playing with and remixing images of black masculinity cross-cut with a "feminine gentleness", he attempts, as sociologist Stuart Hall describes, "to transcend both". Often explicit and very humorous, his approach is never dull, provoking controversy and shocked amusement in equal measure.
Manchester Tickled Pink
Directed by Paul Berry
Shot on Canal St in Manchester in 1993, this vivid record of the 'Tickled Pink' celebrations, now known as Manchester Pride, really brings the event to life. Paul Berry, the filmmaker, who briefly appears in this film - the man with the shock of bright red hair - was a talented animator who worked for Cosgrove Hall in Manchester and was Oscar nominated in 1991 for his short film 'The Sandman'.
21st Century Nuns
Directed by Tom Stephan
The Sisters of Pepetual Indulgence are an order of gay male 'nuns', founded in San Francisco in the late 1970s with a goal to "expiate all stigmatic guilt and promulgate universal joy". There are now thousands of nuns all over the world including 30 in Britain, some of whom we meet in Tom Stephan's short documentary, which follows the Sisters' work as active campaigners in the LGBT community. The film features an interview with Derek Jarman at the Soho Valentine's Day parade, one of his last screen appearances before his death in February 1994. Jarman was canonised by the Sisters and proclaimed Saint Derek of Dungeness of the Order of Celluloid Knights.
Coming Out
Directed by Cressa Beer
Playing with the iconography of Kaju monsters and anime culture, Cressa Beers film is a sweet, funny and moving depiction of the coming out process and of the love of a parent, even when they’re a 20ft lizard monster.
SNOG
Directed by The Niallist
"SNOG" is a portrait series by The Niallist, designed to document and celebrate queer unions in all shapes and forms. NORMALISE QUEER LOVE!
Anywhere Is A Dancefloor
Directed by Matthew Beckett
Anywhere Is A Dancefloor is a new collaboration between choreographer Jaii Guest and drag artist & cultural producer Fatt Butcher. Through celebrating the creativity, and fierce sprit of Birmingham's LGBTQ+ nightlife community this new work is an invitation to the city to create their own dancefloors anywhere and everywhere.
All Out! Dancing in Dulais
Directed by LGSM (Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners)
The film and movement that inspired PRIDE 2015, queer activists LGSM journey to the mining town of Dulais to show solidarity with a miners community under threat.
About Superbia
Superbia is Manchester Pride's year-round arts and culture programme designed to support artists and performers' mental health and wellbeing through creative arts. Superbia curates, funds and promotes LGBTQ+ events throughout Greater Manchester, reducing social isolation and providing opportunities for communities to connect.
Support Superbia
Manchester Pride campaigns for LGBTQ+ equality, celebrates LGBTQ+ life and creates opportunities that engage LGBTQ+ people in Greater Manchester so that they can thrive. By donating to the Manchester Pride Community Fund or buying tickets to the Gay Village Party at Manchester Pride Festival, you'll be directly contributing to Superbia events and initiatives such as the Superbia Weekend, Superbia Queer Arts Grants and more. Find out more and donate here.
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.
Accessibility
We are dedicated to making sure our events are accessible to everyone. Please contact accessibility@manchesterpride.com if you have any accessibility requirements and we will be happy to discuss any accommodations with you.
Humanity Pledge
When you attend Manchester Pride events, we ask you to take our Humanity Pledge.
By registering for this event, you are agreeing to comply with the following pledges:
I will uphold every individual’s right to dignity, value and respect, without prejudice towards gender, sex, sexuality, disability, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, creed, language, age, class, wealth, pregnancy, marital status or any other marginalised and protected characteristic, including intersectional identities.
I will treat all people with dignity, empathy and respect and uphold their rights even when I disagree with their opinions.
I will, through both my words and actions, show respect and empathy for others at all times during the event.
I will endeavour not to make assumptions about the identities, beliefs or experiences of any other participants or staff at the event.