A Tight, Warm Hug
Above poster designed by Wednesday Holmes
A Tight Warm Hug featured in ‘Dream This Silly’ group exhibition at Queer Circle. Photo: Holly Revell (they/she).
A Tight Warm Hug featured in ‘Dream This Silly’ group exhibition at Queer Circle. Photos: Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenner.
A Tight Warm Hug featured in Dreamy Place’s Night Watch Queer Film Trail, Brighton. LGBTQIA+ films projected onto the walls of Brighton’s iconic gay bars in St James’ Street. Photos: Rosie Powell.
A Tight Warm Hug featured in Queer Fest Norwich’s ‘POSE’ exhibition, Undercroft Gallery, Norwich. Photos: Lucy Rose Shaftain-Fenner.
A Tight, Warm Hug (2024)
Documentary short film
6 minutes
Tagline
I’m safe, I'm loved and I'm Lucy.
Synopsis
Lucy Rose, a transgender woman, shares her journey of self-love and empowerment since starting hormone replacement therapy three years ago. The film is part animation, part documentary and part VHS archive footage.
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Quotes
“A Tight, Warm Hug is a powerful journey of identity and discovery with a unique approach to a biography documentary" - Alnique Hardware (he/him), GET SEEN Film Festival 2024
"Lucy shares her authentic experience in a beautiful and generous way. She is vulnerable and open, her film truly feels like a tight, warm hug. We are thrilled to have it in our programming for Panorama Film Festival" - Jasper Lior (they/them), Panorama Film Festival