SYNOPSIS
Voices in a crowd stir violent emotions, microaggressions bring up past traumas. Then a turning shifts the emotional landscape...
CREDITS
Director/Producer/Script: Linnéa Haviland
Animation: Linnéa Haviland and Simji Park
Sound Design: Russell John
Archive Footage: Sandi Hughes
Festival Distribution; Aug&Ohn Medien
ABOUT
Comissioned as an artistic response for 'Reducing Fear, Living Confidently', a project about personal safety and wellbeing for young LGBTQ+ people by Suzy Lamplugh Trust, Gendered Intelligence and GALOP. Read more about the project here.
The film was developed through workshops with LGBTQ+ young people at Gendered Intelligence. I also led a zine-making workshop where we collaboratively created a zine to go with the project. You can read the zine here.
The film was part of Channel 4 Random Acts 2019.
In 2020 the film was included in Videotage Media Arts Collection in Hong Kong. It screened at Annecy Film Festival 2023.
FESTIVALS
2019
BRAINCHILD FESTIVAL (UK)
BFI YOUTH TAKEOVER (London, UK)
ZINEGOAK (Bilbao, Spain)
BFI FLARE (London, UK)
LOVERS FILM FEST (Turin, Italy)
KOREA QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (Seoul, Korea)
HACKNEY SHORTS (London, UK)
SHANGHAI PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL (Shanghai, China)
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL JAIPUR (Jaipur, India)
SCOTTISH QUEER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Glasgow, UK)
INDIECORK FILM FESTIVAL (Cork, Ireland)
ANIMAEVKA - INT’L FESTIVAL ANIMATED FILMS (Mogilev, Republic of Belarus)
CURTA OF GÉNERO - MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL AUDIOVISUAL (Fortaleza, Brazil)
MOSTRA INT'L AUDIOVISUAL CURTA O GENERO (Fortaleza, Brazil)
ST NEOTS FILM FESTIVAL - YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL Saint Neots, UK)
SAN FRANSISCO TRANSGENDER FILM FESTIVAL (San Fransisco, USA)
BRUSSELS PINK SCREENS FILM FESTIVAL (Brussels, Belgium)
ANIMASIVO - FESTIVAL DE ANIMACIÓN CONTEMPORÁNEA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (Mexico City, Mexico)
BFI YOUTH TAKEOVER (London, UK)
ZINEGOAK (Bilbao, Spain)
BFI FLARE (London, UK)
LOVERS FILM FEST (Turin, Italy)
KOREA QUEER FILM FESTIVAL (Seoul, Korea)
HACKNEY SHORTS (London, UK)
SHANGHAI PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL (Shanghai, China)
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL JAIPUR (Jaipur, India)
SCOTTISH QUEER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Glasgow, UK)
INDIECORK FILM FESTIVAL (Cork, Ireland)
ANIMAEVKA - INT’L FESTIVAL ANIMATED FILMS (Mogilev, Republic of Belarus)
CURTA OF GÉNERO - MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL AUDIOVISUAL (Fortaleza, Brazil)
MOSTRA INT'L AUDIOVISUAL CURTA O GENERO (Fortaleza, Brazil)
ST NEOTS FILM FESTIVAL - YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL Saint Neots, UK)
SAN FRANSISCO TRANSGENDER FILM FESTIVAL (San Fransisco, USA)
BRUSSELS PINK SCREENS FILM FESTIVAL (Brussels, Belgium)
ANIMASIVO - FESTIVAL DE ANIMACIÓN CONTEMPORÁNEA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (Mexico City, Mexico)
PALM SPRINGS INT'L ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Palm Springs, USA)
BELGAUM INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Belagum, India)
FRINGE! QUEER FILM AND ARTS FESTIVAL (London, UK)CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI FILM FESTIVAL (Pune, India)
NIGHT OF IDEAS - VIDEOTAGE HK (Hong Kong)
NIGHT OF IDEAS - VIDEOTAGE HK (Hong Kong)
GIRAF ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Alberta, Cananda)
2020:
ALWAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Rajahstan, India)
BRITISH ANIMATION AWARDS (London, UK)
BRITISH ANIMATION AWARDS (London, UK)
MECAL PRO - BARCELONA INT'L SHORT AND ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Barcelona, Spain)
COURAGE FILM FESTIVAL (Berlin, Germany)
CARDIFF ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Cardiff, UK)
BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL (Beirut, Lebanon)
POPPY JASPER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Morgan Hill, USA)
INDEPENDENT DAYS - INT'L FILMFESTIVAL (Karlsruhe, Germany)
OXFORD FILM FEST (Oxford, USA)
KYIV INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Kyiv, Ukraine)
OBERHAUSEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Oberhausen, Germany)
CARDIFF ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Cardiff, UK)
BEIRUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL (Beirut, Lebanon)
POPPY JASPER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Morgan Hill, USA)
INDEPENDENT DAYS - INT'L FILMFESTIVAL (Karlsruhe, Germany)
OXFORD FILM FEST (Oxford, USA)
KYIV INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Kyiv, Ukraine)
OBERHAUSEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Oberhausen, Germany)
CADANCE POETRY VIDEO FESTIVAL (Seattle, USA)
ANIMALFAMA LISBON ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (Lisbon, Portugal)
HIROSHIMA INT ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Hiroshima, Japan)
KUKI/INTERFILM (Berlin, Germany)
2021:
ZEBRA POETRY FILM FESTIVAL (Berlin, Germany)
FEST ANčA INT ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Zilina, Slovakia)
2023:
Annecy International Animation Festival (Annecy, France)
FEST ANčA INT ANIMATION FESTIVAL (Zilina, Slovakia)
Page from Zine (2018)
sketchbook (2018)
Page from Zine (2018)
