Make Me A King

Production Country: UK
Running Time: 16miins
Year: 2021

Ari performs as a Jewish Drag King, much to the confusion of their family. Idolising real-life hero, Pepi Littman, who carved out a space for Drag Kings over 100 years ago, they use this history to open up a space for acceptance in the present.

FILM CREW:
Director: Sofia Olins
Producer: Martina Russo
Exec Producer: Michael Etherton, Judy Ironside MBE
Writer: Natalie Arle-Toyne
DOP: Anthony Lucas
Editor: Amanda James, Erica Gianesini
Sound Design: Rich Martin
Composer: Oguz Kaplangi
Production Design: Annabelle Fulcher, Neil Kendall
Costume Design: Sally Hodgson
Hair & Makeup: Hayley Young
Casting: Anna Dawson

Cast: Libby Mai, Ben Caplan, Laurel Lefkow, LJ Parkinson, Rebecca Banatvala


FESTIVALS:
ZeFestival October 2023
Cinekink August 2023
Kansas City Jewish Film Festival June 2023
Immaginaria International Film Festival April 2023
Poppy Jasper International Film Festival April 2023
Columbus Jewish Film Festival March 2023
Savannah Jewish Cultural Arts Festival March 2023
Queer Screen's Mardi Gras Film Festival February 2023
Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival January 2023
Miami Jewish Film Festival January 2023
New York Jewish Film Festival January 2023
image+nation. festival film lgbtqueer Montreal November 2022
Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival November 2022
This Is England November 2022
Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival November 2022
Geneva International Film Festival November 2022
Canberra Short Film Festival November 2022
Paris International Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival October 2022
NewFest: The New York LGBTQ Film Festival October 2022
Joyce Forum Jewish Short Film Festival October 2022
SENE Film Festival October 2022
QueerFilmFest Rostock October 2022
GAZE International LGBTQ+ Film Festival September 2022
Tallgrass Film Festival September 2022
Tirana International Film Festival September 2022
Hell's Half Mile Film and Music Festival September 2022
aGLIFF / Prism Film Festival August 2022
FilmPride - Brighton & Hove Pride LGBTQ+ Film Festival August 2022
Woods Hole Film Festival July 2022
LezDiff - Cardiff International Lesbian Film & Arts Festival July 2022
Rio LGBTQIA+ July 2022
Toronto Jewish Film Festival June 2022
deadCenter Film Festival June 2022
Fastnet Film Festival May 2022
QFest St. Louis April 2022
I+N Festival Courts Queer Shorts Film Festival April 2022
Roze Filmdagen; Amsterdam LGBTQ+ Film Festival March 2022
BFI Flare February 2022
UK Jewish Film Festival November 2021