The Manse Pride 2025 Screening by Tampere Film Festival Takes Place on Wednesday 11 June

Curated by Tampere Film Festival, the short film screening TFF GOES MANSE PRIDE: ECHOES OF BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN will be presented as part of the Manse Pride 2025 week. The screening takes place on Wednesday, 11 June at 19:15 at Arthouse Cinema Niagara.

This screening is a tribute to Brokeback Mountain (USA, 2005), directed by Ang Lee, which premiered in 2005. The film is considered the first mainstream film to openly portray homosexual desire without veiling it.

While the love story between two cowboys ends tragically – like so many queer-themed films in the mainstream – the margins tell a different story: in these short films, the interplay of masculinity, sensitivity, and homosexual desire doesn’t necessarily lead to ruin.

Echoes of Brokeback Mountain reflects the lives of queer people outside big cities, echoing longing and masculine sensitivity two decades later. Masculinity is not a monolith – it evolves with time.

The screening features the films Sauna Day (dir. Anna Hints & Tushar Prakash, Estonia, 2024); IUS of Time (dir. Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi, Spain, 2025); Greenhorn (dir. Sabrina Way, Canada, 2025); and The Blue Shelter (dir. Jérémy Piette, France, 2023).

Tickets can be purchased through Arthouse Cinema Niagara’s website or at the box office. All Manse Pride screenings at Niagara are also listed on their website.

Manse Pride is an annual event organised by Sinuiksi ry, held for the 11th time this year 9–15 June. More information is available on the Manse Pride website.

TFF GOES MANSE PRIDE: ECHOES OF BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Wed 11 June |  At 19:15 | 83 min | Arthouse Cinema Niagara

Age limit 18+
Subtitles in English.

TICKETS 11 € / Sinuiksi ry members 9 €

Buy tickets online

FILMS:

SAUNA DAY / SANNAPÄIV
Anna Hints & Tushar Prakash
Estonia | 2024 | Fiction | 13 min

SAUNA DAY invites you into the world of Southern Estonian men who go to the dark-intimate space of a smoke sauna after a hard day’s work. Beneath their tough exteriors lies a desire for connection, veiled in secrecy.

IUS OF TIME / IUS DEL TIEMPO
Roberto F. Canuto & Xu Xiaoxi
Spain | 2025 | Fiction | 25 min

In a remote village in Asturias, a stormy past and an uncertain future intertwine in an encounter between two lost and lonely souls. Luca, a young photographer, arrives in the village in search of inspiration and to reconnect with his roots. He stays at the home of Xuan, a cheesemaker and former teacher, a reclusive man socially excluded, living under the shadow of old sexual rumors.

Despite the initial tension between them, distrust slowly transforms into an unexpected connection: Luca’s camera focuses on Xuan’s work, and the older man begins to regain a sense of hope for life that he thought he had lost. The scars of Xuan’s past and Luca’s scattered youth challenge the meeting of two beings from completely different worlds.

GREENHORN
Sabrina Way
Canada | 2025 | Fiction | 19 min

Learning that her estranged father has been in a car accident, 20-something masculine presenting Logan must return home to care for him. Preparing her father’s home for his return, Logan discovers her father’s old western wear from his time as a ranch hand. Curiosity getting the best of her, she tries it on and discovers a new-found comfort in it. Logan begins to wear it around the house and her hometown. Upon his return, what was meant to be a warm reunion turns sour as her father’s disgruntled behaviour and discomfort with Logan’s appearance begins to show through the cracks.

THE BLUE SHELTER / LE GARÇON QUI LA NUIT
Jérémy Piette
France | 2023 | Fiction | 26 min

It’s the end of summer, time for Arthur to leave his friends. Wishing to stay on the beach forever, this melancholic teenager, in love, will unintentionally summon some nocturnal creatures, which might help him to turn the page.

Article photo: IUS of Time (Spain, 2025)