13 Jun

21:00

Filmhuis Cavia

Van Hallstraat 52-1, Amsterdam

A film program investigating the nuance, pain, and joy for queer people in rural places in the British Isles, featuring the film 'God's Own Country' and two shorts.

Queering Albion

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Too often the inclusion of queer narratives in the British and Irish film landscape are isolated to urban tales of found family, illicit activity and a general modern vs traditional culture dichotomy. While this represents vast populations of the queer society, it excludes the ‘ones left behind’; those that don’t want to trade their relationship with the land for their relationship with those they love. This programme investigates the nuance, pain and joy that exists for queer people in rural places in the British Isles.

Landline

Matt Houghton | 2018 | UK | 12’ | English

In 2010, a chaplain from Cheshire set up a helpline for gay farmers. Landline journeys into the world of the people who called.

Lambing Season

Jeannie Donohoe | 2013 | Ireland, US | 15’ | English

On a sheep farm full of secrets, nature has its way of delivering the truth.

God’s Own Country

Francis Lee | 2017 | UK | 104’ | English

Farmer's lad Johnny is struggling to choose between family duty and finding his own path, until the arrival of a migrant worker propels him on a transformative emotional journey. This quiet, moving rumination on loneliness and newfound intimacy was heralded as “the first great film of the Brexit era”.