Shiva Baby

<div><b>This</b><b>&nbsp;screening is part of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/lavender-lens">Lavender Lens</a>, our queer film strand created in collaboration with the Lavender Menace Queer Books Archive and Programmed with Pride.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Festivals, mobbed streets, performances, late nights and bright lights - August in Edinburgh is a bit of an anxious time. So the Lavender Lens Queer Community Programming Group, rather than offering respite, invite you to lean in to the frenzy of the month for August's pick, <i>Shiva Baby</i>!</div><div><br></div><div>Marking the debut of writer-director Emma Seligman, <i>Shiva Baby</i> is a darkly playful comedy of unease about a young bisexual woman grappling with tradition and independence, featuring a standout lead performance from actor-comedian Rachel Sennott.</div><div><br></div><div>The story follows Danielle, a college student on the verge of graduating who is faced with a series of increasingly awkward and humiliating encounters at a climactic day-long shiva, a Jewish gathering of friends and family during a time of mourning. Under the watchful gaze of her neurotic but well-meaning parents, Danielle is bombarded with prying questions from overbearing relatives and rattled by the appearance of an ex-girlfriend who she’s still smitten with. In an even more disastrous coincidence, Danielle’s secret sugar daddy unexpectedly arrives with a wife and screaming baby she knew nothing about, escalating the tension to an excruciating fever pitch.</div><div><br></div><div>A refreshingly uncoy depiction of the humour, confusion and exhilaration that accompanies young female sexuality, <i>Shiva Baby</i> is bold, modern filmmaking at its most daring, hilarious and unforgettable. A breakout hit at 2020’s Toronto International Film Festival and SXSW, the film co-stars Dianna Agron, Fred Melamed and Polly Draper.</div>ComedyPT1H17M152026-08-11USen
Rachel Sennott
Molly Gordon
Polly Draper
Emma Seligman
Emma Seligman
Katie Schiller
Kieran Altmann
Lizzie Shapiro
Shiva Baby"Shiva Baby"

Showtimes

August 11, 6:00 pm

Filmhouse Cinema