Covid’s not over, but your twink era is. TGirlsonFilm presents the UK Premiere of Theda Hammel’s Stress Positions, a queer comedy of errors set during lockdown. Watch neurotic New York transplants navigate identity politics and their own whiteness in the wake of the George Floyd uprising. Two queer friends unravel as they approach their forties, leaving only two options, twink death or transition.

The gay drama all converges at the Brooklyn brownstone of Terry Goon, a mid-thirties “I’m with her’’ gay guy who peaked with the legalisation of gay marriage and Lady Gaga’s career. Upon the arrival of his gen-z Moroccan model nephew, Bahlul, whose peak twink-dom and intersections trigger Goon and his trans friend, Karla, who both shamelessly bid for relevance in a terminally online world.  A meditation on coming of age post-9/11 with slapstick banana slips, intra-community conflict and live streaming surveillance. If that all sounds like too much adulting, come for a dazzling cameo by Nymphowars host and pop starlet, Macy Rodman.

Followed by Q&A with filmmaker Theda Hammel.
Presented in partnership with TGirlsonFilm.

dir. Theda Hammel | US 2024 | 90’

CW: Drug use, transphobic and homophobic slurs and millennial cringe.

Covid safety

Covid isn’t over. In solidarity with our higher-risk siblings and to keep each other safe, we’re encouraging visitors to the festival to:

• wear a mask if you can

• do a test before attending the festival, especially if you’ve been in contact with someone who’s been ill

Please do not attend if you have covid, cold or flu symptoms.

Access

Genesis Cinema has:

• step free access to the venue and screens 2-5

• access to screen 1 via a stair climber (maximum load 150kg)

• wheelchair spaces at each screen - contact the venue to book

• an accessible toilet

PA/companion tickets can be booked via the venue with a CEA card.

Read more about accessibility at Genesis Cinema