EAST LONDON PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL
A day of LGBTQ+ cinema, trans joy and community!
💖 ABOUT 💖
Join East London Pride for a full day of LGBTQ+ short films and documentaries at Chats Palace in Homerton. We are bringing together six extraordinary films that celebrate queer and trans lives, from BAFTA-winning animation to grassroots football, told with honesty, humour and a whole lot of heart.
⏰ WHEN & WHERE ⏰
Sunday 12 July 2026
Chats Palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, Homerton, London E9 6DF
Doors open at 11am. The festival runs until 7:00pm.
The full six-film programme screens three times across the day, so you can come to a single showing or stay with us from start to finish. Showings begin at 11:30am, 2:15pm and 4:55pm, and every film plays at each one. Films runtime total: 107 minutes. 120 mins with welcome and group discussions.
🎟️ TICKETS & DONATIONS 🎟️
Entry is free. We ask for a pay-what-you-can donation at the door, and every penny goes to Not A Phase, the charity uplifting the lives of trans+ adults across the UK. Reserve your free ticket here so we know to expect you.
🎥 THE FILMS 🎥
🌟Two Black Boys in Paradise
Directed by Baz Sells. 9 minutes.
A BAFTA-winning stop-motion short based on a poem by Dean Atta and narrated by Jordan Stephens. Eden and Dula are two Black boys on a journey of self-acceptance, whose love for one another, and their refusal to hide it, carries them into a paradise free from shame and judgement. A tender reimagining of Adam and Eve that centres Black queer joy rather than tragedy.
🌟 RAINBOW GIRLS (15 mins)
When San Francisco's tech boom pushes them to the margins, a group of young Black trans women decide to push back, staging an audacious heist that turns luxury into resistance.
Directed by Nana Duffuor, a first-generation Ghanaian filmmaker whose work thoughtfully blends heart and humour to explore themes at the intersection of the personal and political. Nana holds a Master's in Screenwriting from Columbia University, where she was also an adjunct assistant professor, and has been the recipient of the NewFest Emerging Black LGBTQ+ Filmmaker Award, the Adrienne Shelly Foundation Award for Female Director, and the SFFilm Rainin Screenwriting Grant. Her graduate thesis short, Rainbow Girls, premiered at the Frameline International LGBTQ+ Festival in June 2025, and a feature adaptation is currently in development.
🌟You and Me makes Three
Directed by Emmalie El Fadli and Hansof Waller. 19 minutes.
When Alannah finally decides she's ready for a baby, she and wife Amara dive headfirst into the wild world of sperm donors, DIY insemination, and awkward conversations, all while trying to keep their sanity (and dignity) intact.
🌟Game Rules (Spelregler)
Directed by Christian Zetterberg. Sweden. 12 minutes. In Swedish with English subtitles.
A youth handball team heads into its first major tournament, full of camaraderie and ambition. But as they face professional players, scouts and sponsors, the match is interrupted by adults questioning who is really allowed to play. The team would rather play as a mixed side, yet the tournament strictly segregates by sex, and when the opposing coach lodges a complaint, both success and dignity are on the line.
🌟Moonbeams
Directed by Elo Santa Maria. 15 minutes.
Moonbeams is a story about the love between two trans people, and their defiance of the institutions that mean to erase them. Frankie is incarcerated in a Texas prison where he faces physical and mental abuse on a daily basis. At the start of the film, Frankie has his hormones taken away and is thrown in solitary, isolated from other prisoners and his lover and pen pal on the outside, June. The two have a powerful connection made up of dreams and love letters, and between them, they plot Frankie’s escape to freedom.
🌟 MY GENDERATION SHOWCASE
A selection of shorts at the LGBTQ+ Film Festival (20mins)
We're proud to present a special selection of short films from our co-presenters My Genderation, the all-trans team telling trans stories with honesty, warmth and heart. Four films, four ways of being seen:
MAX AND THEIR THEY-BY RIVER
Meet Max, a trans-masculine parent raising their child River as a "theyby": brought up gender-neutral, free to discover and express their own gender in their own time. A tender, quietly radical portrait of parenting beyond the binary.
JOSIE AND POPPY
An acclaimed intergenerational documentary. Josie, a 70-year-old transgender woman, sits down with Poppy, an 11-year-old transgender girl, to compare their vastly different experiences of growing up trans. Warm, wise and deeply moving.
SORRY, OUT OF GENDER
A joyful, authentic non-binary music video made with artist Shonalika, filmed in Brighton with an entirely non-binary cast and crew. A loud, proud celebration of identity and community, made by and for the people it represents.
GET OFF MY TURF
When a transgender woman discovers her neighbour holds transphobic views, an unlikely story of conflict, friendship and solidarity unfolds between two very different women. Sharp, humane and full of heart.
🌟We'll Go Down in History
Directed by Cameron Richards and Charlie Tidmas. 25 minutes.
The story of TRUK United, a grassroots, proudly trans football club formed in 2021. Filmed over two years, it captures the team's highs and lows on and off the pitch as they build a safe haven for their community amid rising transphobia. Featuring Lucy Clark, the world's first publicly out transgender referee, it is a film about visibility, resistance and the simple right to play. Part of the British Council and BFI Flare's Five Films for Freedom 2025 programme.
🌟Special screening of ‘Le Bal’ 'Le Bal', directed by Ekholm, is a conceptual dance film exploring how gender constructs and societal ideals shape, limit, and echo through our efforts at true self-expression. With choreography by Alex Codd, interpersonal interaction takes centre stage as Le Bal examines the subtle endurance of convention and the ongoing struggle to unlearn what we’ve been taught to perform.
FOOD & DRINK & COMMUNITY
There will be sweet treats from Out of Plates, with vegan and gluten-free options, a bar, and an LGBTQ+ market running throughout the day. Come early, settle in and make a day of it.
❤️WITH THANKS❤️
This festival is brought to you by East London Pride, in collaboration with the East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival and My Genderation, with thanks to our venue partner Chats Palace and to Not A Phase, who receive every penny we raise.
A final thank you to all film makers taking part in this incredible film festival, thank you x
Access matters to us. If you have any access needs or questions, please get in touch before the day and we will do everything we can to help.
Come for the films, stay for the community.
With queer love,
East London Pride x