A passive-aggressive tenderqueer couple sends their household into a quiet tailspin when they adopt an elderly dog with the same name as the unemployed couch surfer they just can’t seem to confront.
“In the Garden of Earthly Delights” explores the connection between bodies and spaces - the ways in which we inhabit, exhibit, through the experience of sensations and inhibitions. It celebrates the relationships that are enabled through the fostering of community; this extends not only to those we call friends, muses, lovers but also to our connection with the Earth and all that it provides.
From the dreamlike merging of bodies on celluloid film to an opera on trans liberation, our screening of experimental filmmaking celebrates artists working outside the norms of traditional filmmaking.
In this heartwarming ensemble comedy, Mary’s adoptive gay mother’s last dying wish was to reunite their all-queer volleyball team. Even with the challenges that she is faced with, including her own personal affairs, and financial troubles, Mary tries to fulfil the wish. She must convince her disjointed chosen family to join the one day volleyball league, with hopes of winning the cash grand prize to pay for a proper funeral for Mary’s mother.
Bold and provocative, this programme is an homage to the enduring relationship between queerness and transgressive art. Horror, filth and bad taste abound in a late night screening not for the faint of heart.
