Private Project

A Different Home

A Different Home asks what “home” means for queer people who live in a city but grew up in a rural place. Interviews layered on Scottish landscape shots explore the tensions between craving a rural life and thriving in an urban queer community. Interviewees share their sense of belonging to and alienation from both cities and rural spaces. Visually rooted to the land, this documentary reflects on what it means to grieve a space and a home which are still there but do not welcome us as who we are.

  • Jules Lacave-Fontourcy
    Director
  • Mitchell Morton
    Editor and cinematographer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    LGBTQ+, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    June 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    300 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • SQIFF: Scottish Queer International Film Festival
    Glasgow
    United Kingdom
    October 8, 2024
    Official Selection
  • Tampa Bay Transgender Film Festival
    St Petersburgh
    United States
    March 28, 2025
    Official Selection
  • QueerCine International Film festival
    Ghent
    Belgium
    April 28, 2025
    Best New Voice
  • Prisma - Queer Film Festival
    Cork
    United Kingdom
    August 30, 2025
    Nominated for Best International Short
  • Sea Change Film Festival
    Tiree Island
    United Kingdom
    September 20, 2025
    Official Selection
  • Phoenix Rising International FIlm Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 14, 2025
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Jules Lacave-Fontourcy

Jules is a non-binary filmmaker and photographer based in the Scottish Borders. They are currently exploring how places, both urban and rural, shape us and what they mean for queer identities and practices. Jules is particularly interested in how we connect with queer people from the past through film and photography as we create our own archive in the present.

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Director Statement

I wanted to make a film that speaks to queer people for whom the narrative “I left my bigoted small town and found my community in a city and lived there happily ever after” doesn’t apply. It wasn’t true for me, and it’s not true for many of us. Where do we sit when both spaces are equally vital to us?