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.
🌟You and Me makes Three
Directed by Emmalie El Fadli and Hansof Waller. 19 minutes.
A warm queer comedy following Alannah and Amara, a couple navigating the funny, expensive and emotionally complicated road to parenthood. Between home inseminations, clinic appointments and some very big decisions, with their best mates and Amara's mum along for the ride, it is a rare and joyful portrait of queer love thriving and the real ups and downs of starting a family.
🌟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.
Frankie and June are lovers separated by a Texas prison wall, keeping their bond alive through letters. When Frankie is thrown into solitary confinement for taking hormones, the two must find a way, through a connection of dreams and devotion, for him to escape. A striking multimedia short from trans filmmaker Elo Santa Maria, backed by the Spike Lee Production Fund.
🌟Life of Kai
Directed by Fox Fisher. A My Genderation production. 22 minutes.
A landmark documentary more than ten years in the making. Filmed since Kai was nine years old, it follows a trans boy from the decision to pause puberty through the milestones of adolescence: self-discovery, medical care, family and the everyday obstacles in between. An intimate and hopeful portrait of courage, patience and growing up, from the all-trans team at My Genderation.
🌟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