TURN ME INTO A FLOWER

Written and directed by Leo Kirby and Emily Joergensen Stephens – ‘Turn Me Into a Flower’ – received a scholarship funding award from UWE. Based on his years growing up in a Middle Eastern education system, it follows two students struggling to maintain their relationship as the threat of capital punishment looms over them. Exploring the anxieties of being queer when your existence is inherently illegal and how environments force a path for relationships.