“Loss isn’t an absence after all, it’s a presence.”
Jackie Kay, Trumpet (1998)
A Different Home asks what “home” means for queer people who grew up in a rural place and now live in an urban centre. We are exploring the tensions between craving a rural life whilst having found a sense of belonging to a queer community in a city. We ask what it feels like to grieve something that is lost whilst still being there. What is lost and craved is a deep sense of belonging to a rural place. Yet, it is there without being accessible because the hometown is still there, but not welcoming, not as accepting as the (urban) queer community. This documentary is about feeling alienated from both spaces while simultaneously feeling a deep sense of belonging to both.
Director: Jules Lacave-Fontourcy
Cinematographer and editor: Mitchell Morton
Sound editor: Nicolas Jarnoux
Latest news
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We made it
We’re nearly there folks! We’re polishing the final few details and the soundtrack. I can’t believe we made it.To all our interviewees and everyone who helped us make this: THANK YOU 🌻We can’t wait to share it with you! Directed by @jlfphotographyEdited by @actuallyitsmitchSound design @nicojrx With support from @scotsqueerfilm A @queer_film_night production
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Calling for interviewees!
Saturday was interview day and we recorded some beautiful words. We want to hear more stories from queer people who grew up in the countryside and their relationship to “home”. The interviewees faces will not appear in the final film, but your powerful words of resilience will.DM us or email documentary@queerfilmnight.co.uk if you’d like to…
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A Different Home
We’re making a documentary! A Different Home asks what “home” means for queer people who grew up in a rural place and now live in an urban centre. We are exploring the tensions between craving a rural life whilst having found a sense of belonging to a queer community in a city. We ask what…
