Saintmaking
Documentary Short
The Guardian
Fireheart Films
23 mins
1991. The height of the AIDS crisis and a grim time for gay rights in the UK. A group of gay male nuns, the London House of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, decide to canonise Derek Jarman, a prominent queer filmmaker and the most public figure living openly with HIV at the time. They proclaim him Britain’s first living gay saint.
Saintmaking brings the Sisters together again for the first time in over twenty years, to collectively piece together their memories and the joy, fury and pain they still feel about their years of frontline activism.
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Costume Design (Jarman's robe):
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Creative Consultant:
Marco Alessi
Lily Slydel
Lindsay Poulton
Ekaterina Ochagavia
Stephen James Dunn
Bill Merner
Davide Scalenghe
Marco Caleca
Rachel Schofield Owen
Sandy Powell
Timothy Gibbons
Nick Olorenshaw
Tom Foskett-Barnes
Shamirah Sairally
Rosanna French
Paweł Achtelik
Francis Qureshi
Sharon Chung
Sheryl Crown
Featuring
Sister Belladonna:
Sister Fridge:
Sister Gloria:
Mother Mandragora:
Sister Jack Off:
Cast
Bella:
Fridge:
Gloria:
Mandragora:
Jack Off:
Derek Jarman:
Mark Spencer
Ian Lucas
Adam Jeanes
Kell Farshéa
Simon Kennett
Willy Hudson
Henry Felix
Jack Sears
Jack Mosedale
Pete Machale
Paul Hilton
Festivals/Awards
Vimeo Staff Pick / Awarded Best New Creator 2021
Raindance 2021
Folkestone Doc Festival 2021
London Short Film Festival 2022
British Shorts Berlin (Audience Award Top 10)
BFI Flare 2022
Short of the Week
Frameline Film Festival 2022
KASHISH Mumbai Queer Film Festival 2022 (in competition)