Director: Joseph Wilson

Year: 2021

Isn’t It A Beautiful World is a short film that, through lipsyncing, depcits the traumatising stories of queer performers Soroya, Harry & Kenya and their emotional journey to adulthood The film takes the audience on a journey through metaphorical locations to explore themes of loneliness, anxiety, mental health and recovery, all common issues within the LGBT+ 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. Locations, including an abandoned school, an old police station and a dilapidated mobile home, depict a mix between childhood ideals + emulate loneliness/isolation. Developed with the support of FLAMIN, Arts Council England and Pink Noise.