Glasgow Short Film Festival 2023

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Bod Bod
Bod and Zizi & Me – Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)
Bod (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Isabel Garrett)
Getting ready for bed, a woman tries to dive inside her own body. A little journey into both the strangeness of flesh and the comfort of it, and our tendency to overlook its wonder in pursuit of an ever changing ideal of beauty.
Candy (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Sarah Grant)
A body positive comedy that joyfully reclaims female sexuality and self-confidence. Mandy, a plus size burlesque enthusiast, is nervously practicing for her first public performance with the help of her best friend and dance partner, Jenna. It’s not until Jenna is in trouble that Mandy realises she doesn’t need the glittering stage and best friend at her side to take up space and perform in all her fat and sexy glory.
Swinguerra (Country: Brazil; Year: 2019; Director: Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca)
In the outskirts of Recife, dedicated performance groups use dance as a platform to address current tensions concerning the political rights of minorities.
Zizi & Me – Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better) (Country: UK; Year: 2022; Director: Jake Elwes, Me The Drag Queen)
A double act between drag queen Me The Drag Queen, and a deepfake (AI) clone of Me The Drag Queen. By training a neural network on filmed footage this network learnt to construct a virtual body that can be controlled by feeding it new reference movements.
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