POUTfest 2015: LGBTQ film season at HOME

Taking place at HOME throughout August is POUTfest 2015, a showcase of new LGBTQ cinema. The festival is presented by Peccadillo Pictures, in association with Manchester University’s Sexuality Summer School, and Manchester Pride. The event has a different theme each year – and this time round it is ‘Family’. Many of the movies on the programme centre on existing families where one member embraces a new sexual identity, or on people who forge a new kind of domestic situation. The Korean film A Girl at My Door (Sun 16 Aug, 6pm) tells the story of a lesbian police officer who tries to protect a young woman from her abusive parents. Weekend (Mon 31 Aug, 6pm) is a sensitive and realistic portrayal of a drunken one-night stand that ends up meaning much more. The documentary Dressed as a Girl (pictured, Thu 27 Aug, 6.10pm) follows a group of drag performers in the clubs of the East End. Several of the screenings are introduced by lecturers from the University, and in some cases by the filmmakers themselves.

Until Mon 31 Aug, HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, First Street, M15 4FN, Screening times and prices vary, homemcr.org