For full details of the shorts included in this programme check out the Palace International Film Festival website.

Palace*MIXX is a unique and eclectic selection of queer, experimental film and digital media exploring ideas of connection and self-image. Showcasing contemporary works by queer artists that explore how various aspects of identity portraiture play out within approaches to experimental cinema, with special guests from UWE Film.

In every work of art, we see traces of its creator, be it an aesthetic or a layer the artist’s creative output embedded into the personality of a character. As the definition of selfhood changes within the context of immersive digital experience and the increase of our identification with these digital mannerisms, so too does the idea of connection evolve and morph.