Accessibility Note:
* This program is scheduled in a space that is not accessible to chair users.
*All Tag! 2023 programs are offered with text support consisting of English open titles (a mix of subtitles and open captions) or individual Closed Caption devices.
Four characters inhabit cycles within cycles of contentment, discontentment, inertia, movement, desire, and betrayal. A story emerges—told through the marriage of music (Ex-Fiancée) and dance (ChrisMastersDance)—functioning as a set of nesting dolls, inviting you to uncover as many layers as you wish.
Language: English
CC: English
The body is a landscape on which intimacy travels. Tracing skin is a explorative film about the fine line between intimacy and obsession between queer individuals.
Language: English text
CC: N/A
In a series of interviews 'Soak' uses moving and still images to explore masculinity through a queer lens.
Language: English
CC: English
During his tour, a nightwatcher discovers two atypical dead bodies in a position of loving kiss, blindfolded. As he starts to be fascinated by their otherworldliness, he feels the inevitable desire to transform and liberate himself. Lèvres Roses is an ode dedicated to translovers, as well as an invitation to self liberation.
This sultry and poetic acid-ambient piece composed by Electrosexual (Romain Frequency) features the voice and words of interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Nicky Miller.
Language: English text
CC: N/A
A silent black and white film that follows a queer ballerina who struggles to be true to herself while pursuing her passion.
Language: N/A
CC: N/A
Two teenage boy accidentally shared their first intimate experience together in a summer afternoon.
Language: French
CC: English
The dystopian genderfluid fashion of textile artist Sophie Lenglachner focuses on the beauty of darkness and reflective shimmers of light. The choreography of contemporary dancer Jan Kollenbach plays with the dynamic of oscillating between shadow and brightness. The textile as a canvas leaves its state as an inanimate object to conquer a ruinous industrial landscape.
Language: N/A
CC: N/A
A long-term couple tries to have a sweet, romantic moment together in a bubble bath.
Language: English
CC: English
21-year old friends exchange impassioned emails over a summer of separation. Their correspondence is brought to life by two dancers in an unfinished apartment building. A meditative, autobiographical portrait tinged with longing and loss.
Language: N/A
CC: N/A
A cis, straight-identifying male and a non-binary person fall in love. Will they find the courage to be honest with both themselves and the world?
Language: Dutch, English, Spanish
Subtitles: English
A collective stream of consciousness in which three non-binary persons: Greg, Joss and Mar, talk about their experience with gender. Who are them in front of the world? What do we, the others, feel?
Language: Spanish
CC: English
Cesar, an emotionally stunted masochist, must confront his self-loathing after his dom, Bear, reinterprets the rules of their game. They arrive at a paradigm-shifting result neither one of them expects. Safe Word asks: How comfortable are we at choosing our own pain? and what happens when we examine it?
Language: English
CC: English
Anywhere is a Dancefloor is a new collaboration between choreographer Jason Guest and drag artist & cultural producer Fatt Butcher. Through celebrating the creativity, resilience, and fierce spirit of Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ nightlife community this new work is an invitation to the city to create their own dancefloors anywhere and everywhere!
Language: English
CC: English