CLUB DES FEMMES PRESENT
SMOULDER + CURL: THE FILMS OF ANNETTE KENNERLEY
Friday 5th December, 14:00
Pupille – Kino in der Uni, Frankfurt
Runtime: 65mins
Tickets on sale from 17 November, book here.
SEX, LIES, RELIGION
UK 1993 | Director: Annette Kennerley | B/W | SD Digital file | 6 min | English OV | Cinenova
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON
UK 1994 | Director: Annette Kennerley | Colour | SD Digital file | 4 min | English OV | Cinenova
AFTER THE BREAK
UK 1998 | Director, screenplay, cinematography: Annette Kennerley | Colour | SD Digital file | 13 min | English OV | LUX
BOYS IN THE BACKYARD
UK 1997 | Director: Annette Kennerley | Colour | Digital file | 22 min | English OV | Cinenova
KELBY
UK 1997 | Director: Annette Kennerley | Colour | Digital file | 20 min | English OV | Cinenova
From the late 80s through to the late 90s, East London based artist-filmmaker Annette Kennerley created a unique and deeply personal body of 16 mm films that explored the ebb and flow of lesbian relationships, her encounter with sexual politics and experiences of motherhood: poetic, joyous, intimate, witty and sexy.
Annette was also an early enquirer into trans lives, relationships and identities. Concurrent with her filmmaking, Annette co-founded with Zach I. Nataf the London Transgender Film Festival (1997–2000). Her late 90s films mix interviews with herself, friends, acquaintances and her young son Jack’s own playful experiments with gender fluidity.
SEX, LIES AND RELIGION
A sexy dyke film made the day after two women met at the Clit Club.
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE SON
A lesbian mother and her son describe what they have in common… parties, dressing up and shopping.
AFTER THE BREAK
Normal behaviour will resume after the break – but what’s normal when you split up with someone?
BOYS IN THE BACKYARD
A slice of San Francisco trans life, summer ’93. In their backyard, Matt and Jo talk about their daddy/boy relationship, tattoos and tomato plants.
KELBY
Kelby’s gender was decided for him at birth – he later put right that mistake. An intimate documentary with Kelby shot in Sydney, Australia in 1996.
Post screening discussion with Annette Kennerley and Selina Robertson (Club des Femmes)