Pull Me Closer
Thursday, 2 September, 20:20 - 21:41 / Kijkhuis 1
Sunday, 5 September, 22:15 - 23:50 / Kijkhuis 1
Is it desire or is it fear that I am feeling for you? From the first manifestation of youthful excitement and the multidimensional magic of friendship to the sparks of sexual connection and the complexity of emotions a touch can bring forth, these narratives dare to crave a deeper connection with each other and plead for a leap of faith.
On Sunday 5 September, Paula Rodríguez Polanco (Heliconia) will join us for a Q&A.
Duration
81 min.
Hugo, a young actor is asked to improvise narrating a story where he’s the actor and director at an audition. He unfolds a tale that explores sex, disease and self-emancipation.
A restless young man roves in the gay hotspots of a metropolis. Anonymous places dressed in mirrors, intense colors and kitschy decors are the landscape for this stranger in search of comfort, connection and himself.
Fourteen-year-old Maria spends her time in the extensive tropical garden of her family house. When she meets her brother and his friend Adrian on motorcycles during the New Year celebrations, she decides to flee with them to find paradise on earth together.
Best friends, Cas and Naomi are graduating from high school and spend every second of their days together. Within their friendship they experience a feeling of ultimate safety. But when their future plans are seemingly different, their relationship wobbles.