“Simply stunning” 

Kevin Schaub, Frameline 39, San Francisco

“Full of invention, melancholy and quiet outrage”

Insight Film Festival Curation Scheme

“A harrowing look at the culture of ‘curing’ homosexuality, which still persists today.”

30th BFI Flare

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SYNOPSIS

17 year old Mina isn’t like most teenage girls. Her concerned parents decide to act before it’s too late. But things don’t quite go according to plans.

Part horror movie part magical realism, “Paper Thin” is a subversive take on psychiatry, religious homophobia, the power of fairy godmothers…and the truth. 

CREDITS

• Direction/Screenplay/Animation/Camera/Lighting/Art Design/Editing: Nataly Lebouleux
• Music, Sound Design, Mix: Steph Walker
• Final Mixdown and Mastering: Caro C
• Props: Nataly Lebouleux, Jason Gower
• Set Design: Gary Hancock, Nataly Lebouleux
• Visual Effects: Jordan Armitage
• Puppet Design: Nataly Lebouleux
• Costume: Kelly Cook
• And the voices of: Fliss Anderson, Phil Burgess, Brian Jacob, Sharmila Kar, Tim Moorhouse, Shameem Malik, Marcia Manderson
• 19 mins 54 secs
• Colour
• 16:9

FESTIVALS SCREENINGS

• FRAMELINE 39, San Francisco. June 2015
• OUTFEST PERU, Lima. June 2015
• LEEDS QUEER FILM FESTIVAL, England. July 2015
• INSIGHT FILM FESTIVAL CURATION SCHEME, Manchester, England. 2015
• WOTEVER FILM FESTIVAL,London, England. 2015
• CINEMA DIVERSE, PALM SPRINGS , USA. September 2015
• REELING 2015, Chicago. September 2015
• 20TH SEATTLE LGBT FILM FESTIVAL, USA. September 2015
• IRIS PRIZE FESTIVAL, Cardiff, Wales. October 2015
• HOLEBI FILM FESTIVAL, Leuven, Belgium. November 2015
• UNDERWIRE FESTIVAL, London. November 2015
• 16TH MEZIPATRA, Prague, Brno, Czech Republic. Novembre 2015
• MIX NYC 28th Queer Experimental Film Festival, New York City. November 2015
• BFI FLARE London’s 30th LGBT Film Festival, March 2016
• MQFF. Melbourne, Australia. March-April 2016
• MIX MEXICO, Mexico City, Mexico. June 2016
• RIO FESTIVAL DE GENERO & SEXUALIDADE NO CINEMA ,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 2016
• KOREA QUEEER FILM FESTIVAL, Seoul, South Korea. July 2016
  
• DAEGU QUEER FILM FESTIVAL ,Daegu, South Korea. July 2016
  
• QUEER CITY Cinema International Film Festival, Regina, Canada. September 2016
• OUTBURST QUEER ART FESTIVAL, Belfast, Northern Ireland. November 2016
• SEOUL HUMAN RIGHT FILM FESTIVAL, Seoul, South Korea. December 2016
• RECIFEST, Recife, Brazil. 2017

NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS

• Won Best Animation Short, Rio Festival de Gênero & Sexualidade no Cinema 2016
• Selected for Best International Short, Mezipatra Queer film festival 2015
• Selected for Best Sound Designer, Underwire Film Festival 2015
• Selected for Best British Short, The Iris Prize 2015
• Selected for Insight Film festival SF Award 2015
• Selected for Best Experimental or Animated Short,  Reeling film festival 2015