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Isn’t It a Beautiful World

Directed by Joseph Wilson2021UK13 mins

Through lip-syncing, Isn’t It a Beautiful World depicts the traumatizing stories of queer performers Soroya, Harry, and Kenya, and their emotional journey to adulthood. Taking the audience on a journey through metaphorical locations by exploring themes of loneliness, anxiety, mental health, and recovery — all common issues within the LGBTQ+ community — the performers lip-sync to Delia Derbyshire’s “Falling,” a collection of reassembled interviews of people describing their dreams arranged in a setting of pure electronic sounds.

'Isn’t It a Beautiful World' is screening in:

A Persistence of Vision: Experimental Queer Shorts

March 19-22, 2026. A kaleidoscope of queer dreams, dark fantasies, and nearly forgotten memories emerge from the shadows in this program curated for The Superfair San Francisco.

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Director
Joseph Wilson
Year
2021
Country
UK
Running Time
13 mins
Language
English
Cast/Participants
Soroya Marchelle, Harry Whitfield, Kenya Sterling, Sharon Le Grand, Micah Holmes, Julia Costa, Vic Lentaigne, Gii Massiah, Oliver Proudluck-John, Novaya Shey
Section
Off Season Screenings