When teenager Erin is asked to hide her queerness on Pride Day, they have to decide between honouring their family’s wishes, or being true to themselves.
L-R, Orla Bayne as Erin, Louise Evans as Bea, Louise Oliver as Annabel (Mum). Photos courtesy Ellen Francis.
Credits
Orla Bayne as Erin
Louise Evans as Bea
Louise Oliver as Mum
Written/Directed/Produced by Eleanor Capaldi
Director of Photography | Rosslyn McCormick
First AD | Michaela Barton
2nd AD | Anna-Maria Brehm
1st AC | Kieran McLaughlin
2nd AC | Emily Ritchie, Thomas Skinner
Gaffer | Amy Urquhart
Sound Recordist | Jen Anderson
Production Designer | Morven McLeod
Production Design Assistant | Cal Owens
Hair & Make Up | Taylor Murdoch, Gemma Sharp
Runner | Grace Christie
Editor | Eirene Wallace
Sound Mixer | Claire Asenova
Colourist | Kieran McLaughlin
Music composed and performed by | Katie Nicoll
Poster Design | Cat Atkinson
Developed on the Glasgow Film Festival New Talent Mentorship Scheme. Funded with a grant from the Scottish International Education Trust (SIET).
8 mins, Scotland, 2024
Festivals
*Selected, INDIE-LINCS International Film Festival, 2026
*Selected, Women X Film Festival (BIFA Q.), 2025
*Nominated Special Recognition Award, Selected Sunrise Film Festival (BIFA Q.), 2025
*Selected, On the Fringe Film Festival, New Mexico, 2025
*Selected, Saturn Returns Film Festival, 2025
*Selected, For Rainbow Festival of Cinema and Culture of Sexual and Gender Diversity, Brazil, 2025
*Selected, Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Ukraine, 2025
*Selected, Northampton Film Festival, 2025
*Selected, Stockport Garrick Short Film Festival, 2025
*Semi-Finalist, Best Short Film, WeMakeFilms International Film Festival, 2024
*Awarded Best Actor, Orla Bayne, WeMakeFilms International Film Festival, 2024
Screenings
Friday 6 February 2026, 10am, Lincoln Arts Centre
Saturday 20 September, 12noon, Hen and Chickens Theatre, Saturn Returns Film Festival
Friday 19 September, 4.45pm, Darlington Hippodrome, Women X Film Festival
Sunday 24 August, 4pm, Centro Dragão do Mar de Arte e Cultura, Frotaleza, Ceará, Brasil, For Rainbow Film Festival
Friday 8 August, 6pm, Taos Center for the Arts, New Mexico, On the Fringe Film Festival
Saturday 24 May, 3.45pm, Marina Theatre, Sunrise Film Festival
Saturday 19 April, 2.10pm (EET) Sunny Bunny LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Kyiv More info
Saturday 8 March, 1.30pm, Delapre Abbey, Northampton Film Festival.
Book tickets
Saturday 1 March, 10.30am, Stockport Garrick Theatre, Stockport Garrick Film Festival
More info
Thursday 28 February, 6.30pm, Torch Theatre, Pembrokeshire – with Glue and Bookmarks. Before Carol. Book tickets
Thursday 11 February, Wednesday 19 February, Monday 24 February, Eden Court Inverness, Glue, Bookmarks and Fizzing, paired with features.
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