From São Paulo to Hong Kong, and Buenos Aires to Athens, queer people are looking to escape from their daily lives, through religion, yearning, petty crime or pet play. Strap in for strange and beautiful tales of hot asphalt, missing parrots, post-hookup scooter rides and catboy misadventures. These dreams can't help but intersect with the harsh realities of climate change, poverty, disability and police violence in our late-stage capitalist world and they must find solace in each other and build communities that last.

Icarus | dir. Billy Klotsa | UK, Brazil 2024 | 7'
Four trans strangers wander around a monochrome São Paulo, seeking love that is unrequited.

The Enchanted Day of the Erês | dir. Coraci Ruiz & Julio Matos | UK, Brazil 2024 | 11'
Suzy, a priestess of Candomblé - an Afro-Brazilian religion, runs her temple as a refuge for Black trans women.

Heart Murmurs | dir. Dorothy Cheung | Hong Kong 2023 | 9'
A poetic dialogue between the filmmaker and a man reflecting on his experiences with his congenital disability and HIV.

Pigeons are dying, when the city is on fire | dir. Stavros Markoulakis | Greece 2023 | 21'
On the hottest day of the year, just after a hookup, a pigeon gets trapped in a guy's apartment.

Cherry, Passion Fruit | dir. Renato José Duque | Portugal 2024 | 5'
In a gorgeous dream-like animation, a man haunting a rainforest reflects on his lust and pain.

Stay Still Or I Love You | dir. Federico Luis | Argentina 2023 | 13'
Two young men living life on the margins in Buenos Aires seek refuge from their dangerous daily reality in love.

Save My Soul | dir. Kam Fai Leung | Hong Kong 2023 | 14'
A young man, weary of discrimination, learns to live with stray cats, through which he meets an older, blind man.

A Bird Called Memory | dir. Leonardo Martinelli | Brazil 2023 | 15'
A trans woman tries to find her missing parrot, Memory, who has forgotten how to come home.

Programme runtime: 1h 35m

CW: police brutality, murder, death, sex, animals in distress, discussion of HIV, transphobia, racism

*if ticket price is a barrier, please email jack.birch@richmix.org.uk for a free ticket

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

Rich Mix has:

• step free access to the venue via a permanent ramp

• step free access to all floors, performance spaces and screens

• wheelchair spaces in each cinema screen - contact the venue to book

• four accessible toilets with RADAR locks

• induction loop in the Stage and the Studio

• infrared system in the Studio and cinema screens

• chill out room during the main festival weekend, 20 to 22 September

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

Read more about accessibility at Rich Mix

Relaxed screening

This will be a relaxed screening, which means it’s OK if you need to:

• arrive late

• move around

• make noise

• leave the screening and come back