LILIES NOT FOR ME

A hospital, somewhere in 1920s England. White walls, white coats, white lilies. And in between: Owen.

With almost painful tenderness, Will Seefried tells the story in his debut film of a young man who becomes trapped in the machinery of so-called „conversion therapy.“ The images are elegant, almost too beautiful – and precisely because of that, they are brutal. In Owen‘s memories, in flash- backs and fantasies, a love unfolds that should never have been called „sick.“

„Lilies Not for Me“ is not a loud outcry, but a quiet, persistent whisper – a film that takes its time to look closely and keep the stories alive.