Queer Vision Film Festival 2024

Pregnant with a Drag Queen tells the story of how a queer kid in 1990s Dublin discovers their true identity and inner strength when they give birth to Veda, a vibrant drag queen icon. Through laughter and self-discovery, their inspirational journey shows how drag doesn't change who you are, it reveals who you are.

"The dark skin alien landed in the unknown, unfamiliar and unique landscape from the infinite darkness. He sought stable fertile ground like a dandelion seed floating in the air.

The alien tries to make sense of the new realities of this "New" land. He meets the native species; they look different from him. They don't accept him as he looks different and has no references to his kind of aliens. Walking through the unknown landscape, lonely in search of a kiss, he tries many ways to be one of them. Rejected and disowned, he immerses himself in the cold river of isolation to heal the wounds of exclusion all over his skin.

Tired of trying to feel belonged, the alien lay on a white bedsheet in his room, eyes closed. He remembers the warm spring breeze and flowers from his native land. In the dream, he sees the spring flowers bloom all over the body. The alien falls asleep and dreams of becoming fertile soil.

In his dream, the alien finds solace in the dark underground. He dances to worship the goddess of self-realization. The goddess has a rule; one can not feel self-realization unless one kisses someone, alive or dead, on the dancefloor. No one kisses him; he finds a dead fish on the dancefloor. He makes love with the dead fish. As soon as he kisses the dead fish, he realizes his self-identity and becomes more potent than his unfulfilled desire and loneliness. The alien stares and smiles at the infinity of powerful darkness; nothing can make me lonely anymore.

Now the alien has transformed himself into a powerful goddess of self-realization."

But the voiceover tells an entirely different story to us. In a constant quest of "preferring" and "rejecting" people based on their appearance, we may completely alienate ourselves from the real people around us. Now it's up to us to make sense of what we see on the screen and what we are listening to.

This film was shot in various exciting locations around Dublin Mountain, Dodder River near Milltown, my home and the iconic LGBTQ+ party venue Mother Club. I edited and post production of it during my residency at IMMA.

Bláthnaid keeps on going on stupid dates with stupid men, and Ailbhe's always the one left to pick up the pieces. When an old flame appears again, they each have to make a choice that could change everything.

As their Debs application deadline approaches, a closeted couple must sort their domestic issues as Gaeilge to prevent their classmates from knowing they’re an item. However, translation issues leave their relationship in jeopardy.

ALIMA&OMAR explores the silence experienced by marginalized individuals. Through the lens of gender as a catalyst for hatred, the film depicts the struggles of a couple on the verge of a crisis, with a woman in love with a man who doesn't want to be one. Alima discovers, on the stage of a small cabaret, the sensual expression of Omar's hidden fantasies.