UK pubcaster Channel 4 is set to explore Britain’s gay Asian community with Muslim Drag Queens (pictured) for its ‘First Cut’ doc strand.

Narrated by Sir Ian McKellen, the Swan Films-produced film is to explore the British drag scene – which includes an estimated 100 to 150 Muslim drag queens – and the cultural and religious sensitivities surrounding homosexuality within the Islamic faith, as well as the fight for acceptance from their communities.

Directed and produced by Marcus Plowright, the documentary will revolve around the lives of three British Asian drag scene members: 33-year-old British Pakistani Asif Quraishi, Britain’s first “out and proud” Muslim drag queen who performs as Asifa Lahore; 28-year-old British Pakistani Imran, who is searching for love and receives more interest as his drag persona Zareena Khan; and the Mauritian-born Ibrahim, who recently came out and now seeks the mentorship of Quraishi to realize his plans to perform in drag.

David Brindley, commissioning editor of documentaries at C4, commissioned the film, with Joe Evans and Neil Crombie serving as executive producers.

“This is an incredibly important, surprising and moving film,” Brindley said in a statement. “Those who have chosen to tell their stories have done so with immense bravery and speak so eloquently about the struggles they have faced. With piercing honesty, Muslim Drag Queens gets right to the heart of a community that have, up until now, remained hidden from the wider British public.”

The Flash star Rick Cosnett has signed for a recurring role on ABC’s new drama series Quantico. He’ll play Elias Harper, an openly gay, incredibly funny former defense attorney who used his rhetoric and savvy against FBI cases. Recruited by Miranda (Aunjanue Ellis) as an analyst for his brilliant mind, Elias is a debate-team type who loves to be right but also has a soft and kind-hearted side. Quantico revolves around a group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia. One will launch a devastating terrorist attack on the U.S.

Will it ever see the silver screen?!?!?

Well...

In a bidding war, Warner Bros kicked Sony where it hurts and Richard Edlund is laughing all the way to the bank - he has had the rights for a staggering 27 years!

Channing Tatum is all set to star...in this obvious franchise...there are 2 other books in the series: Forever Peace & Forever Free (and a short story).

If you haven't read the book - shame on you - homosexuality is encouraged, if not enforced - in a bid to save the planet from over-populating itself.

Guess who the lone heterosexual will be?

China has a gay sitcom...

The first season of Rainbow Family, an Internet-exclusive sitcom, has had more than 24 million views since its release last year.

And the winners are...

Audience Awards

Documentary Short
A Place in the Middle, Directed by Dean Hamer

Dramatic Short
The Letter, Directed by Angeles Cruz

Documentary Feature
The Glamour and the Squalor, Directed by Marq Evans

Dramatic Feature
Fourth Man Out, Directed by Andrew Nackman

First US Dramatic Feature
Those People, Directed by Joey Kuhn

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Grand Jury Awards

Documentary Feature Special Recognition
For Excellence in Filmmaking we award a Special Jury mention to Tchindas, a masterfully crafted intimate portrait of the courageous Cape Verdian trans community

Documentary Feature
We award Best Documentary Feature to A Sinner in Mecca for gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma’s daring iPhone journey of acceptance into the heart of Islam.

Actor in a U.S. Dramatic Feature
For a richly multi-dimensional portraits of young gay men, balancing their forbidden relationship with their Muslim faith in post 9-11 New York. The Best actor in a U.S. Feature goes to Curtis Cook Jr and Kerwin Johnson Jr in Naz and Maalik. 

Actress in a U.S. Dramatic Feature
For capturing with a quick-witted humor the sympathetic qualities of a difficult character, and humanizing the issue of sex addiction the Best Actress in a US Feature goes to Judy Greer in Addicted to Fresno. 

Screenwriting in a U.S. Dramatic Feature
For its remarkable depth of character history and its sincere and complicated exploration of family, home, sexuality, and parenthood, the Best Screenplay Award goes to Sebastian. 

U.S. Dramatic Feature Film
For it deft use of humor and its unexpected subversion of expectations, the award for Best U.S. Narrative feature goes to Nasty Baby, Directed by Sebastian Silva. 

International Dramatic Feature
For its eerie elegance, audacious storytelling and carnal depiction of love, the International Dramatic Feature goes to Everlasting Love, Directed by Marcal Fores.

Documentary Short Film
For its inspiring portrait of a beloved young activist and advocate for transgender rights, the Jury Prize for Documentary is given to Brockington, directed by Maggie Sloane, Mason Sklut, Sergio Ingato. 

Experimental Short Film
For its confounding and provocative reflection, we award the Jury Prize for Experimental Short Film to The Lamps, by Shelly Silver.  

Dramatic Short Film
For its evocative cinematography that captures desire between two young men who seize the night – one an apprentice barber and the other a young man leaving for the military service, we award the Jury Prize for Short Narrative to Tremulo, Directed by Roberto Fiesco

Special Jury Mention
We can’t Live Without Cosmos – For its innovative storytelling that transcends language and redefines companionship through the animated portrait of two astronauts whose commitment to each other is out of this world, we award a Special Jury Prize to We Can’t Life Without Cosmos, directed by Konstantin Bronzit.

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Special Programming Awards 

Emerging Talent
For crafting a funny and moving portrait of a young trans man living his truth in rural North Carolina, reminding us all that love can prevail even in the face of intense bigotry and ignorance, the 2015 Programming Award for Emerging Talent goes to Hillevi Loven for Deep Run.

Freedom
For risking incarceration by telling the story of LGBTQ Kenyans in a country where homosexuality itself is a criminal offense, and for its deft balance of documentary and narrative filmmaking technique in capturing subjects who are forced to keep their identities secret, the 2015 Programming Award for Artistic Freedom goes to Jim Chuchu and the NEST Collective for Stories Of Our Lives.

Artistic Achievement
For moving trans cinema forward by placing its heroine firmly into genre storytelling, and for its powerful evocation of the Muxe culture of small-town Mexico, the 2015 Programming Award for Artistic Achievement goes to Rigoberto Pérezcano for Carmin Tropical.

The Frameline39 awards were announced on June 28, 2015 at the Closing Night Party. Congratulations to all of our extraordinary filmmakers!

Frameline39 AT&T Audience Awards

Since 1984, our audience has been responsible for selecting the Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Film and Best Short Film of the Festival.

Best Feature Film

MARGARITA, WITH A STRAW, directed by Shonali Bose & Nilesh Maniyar
 
Best Documentary Film

GAME FACE, directed by Michiel Thomas
 
Best Short Film

ADRIFT IN SUNSET, directed by Narissa Lee
 
Frameline39 Jury Awards

Frameline has a long history of supporting pioneering films and filmmakers, and we continue that tradition with our seletions for the Wells Fargo First Feature Award and the Frameline39 Outstanding Documentary Awards.

First Feature - Honorable Mention

For its uniquely constructed mosaic of Kenyan LGBTQI lives, its stunning black-and-white cinematography, and as an act of artistic and political courage, the Frameline39 First Feature Jury awards an honorable mention to STORIES OF OUR LIVES, directed by Jim Chuchu.


Outstanding First Feature Award

For its sensitive, multi-layered exploration of sexual discovery, against the backdrop of the history of a Latin American city and culture…for the surprising depth and complexity in its performances and themes, and its appreciation for the gradations of sexuality, the Frameline39 Outstanding First Feature Award is proudly presented to IN THE GRAYSCALE, directed by Claudio Marcone.


Documentary - Honorable Mention

For its thrillingly told cautionary tale--executed with compelling craft--about the dangers of the virtual world and the deep drive for love and human connection, set against the struggle for queer rights and democracy in Syria and the challenges of our hydra-headed news media, the Frameline39 Documentary Jury awards an Honorable Mention to THE AMINA PROFILE directed by Sophie Deraspe.

 
Outstanding Documentary

For its heartbreaking testament to universal love across borders and longing across decades and its remarkable achievement in following a complex story as it unfolds before our eyes, raising challenging cross-cultural perspectives on homophobia, identity and fate, the Frameline39 Jury Award for Outstanding Documentary goes to ALEX & ALI, directed by Malachi Leopold.


Frameline39 Volunteer of the Year Award

Selected by honoree and 2015 Frameline Volunteer of the Year, Jackie Dennis.

STORIES OF OUR LIVES, directed by Jim Chuchu

 

 

Our first visit to the Edinburgh Internation Film Festival...

The sun is shining.

It's a beautiful city.

And, there's a serious amount of films to be watched.

Can life get any better than this?

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We'll be tweeting and adding to this page throughout the festival...so, keep coming back...

We've combed through the catalogue and here are the films we've chosen...

Just click on the picture to read the review (when its available).

 For the girls...

 

For the boys...

  

For the girls and the boys...

    

Quite possibly...more films will be added...

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**UPDATE**

No sooner said...then, amended...

Chatting as you do - with our ears flapping throughout the grapevine...we found a few more films to add to our list...

They may well be of LGBT interest...we will wait and see!

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It's June 17...the red carpet has been rolled out...it's the premiere of:

And, just to prove our presence...here's me, in a circle, waiting for the festivities to begin...

The celebrities start to arrive...here's a selection:

Mark Adams: EIFF Artistic Director

Robert Carlyle

Brian Pettifer

Tom Courtney

Kevin Guthrie

James Cosmo

Martin Compston

Archie Panjabi & Asley Jensen

Denis Lawson

Karen Gillan

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June 21...

Look who we bumped into...

Ewan McGregorand the inevitable selfie!

Doll and Em

Rodrigo García

Director and Star...Last Days in the Desert

Ewan McGregor

Just got to say...what a thoroughly decent chap Mr McGregor is...really rather charming.

All photographs © Anderson Cutler 2015

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The End...

26 films watched, quite a few seminars attended, mingled with some notable names...all washed down with copious amounts of strong, sweet tea.

EIFF proved to be massive in scope and range...it definitely had...something for everyone.

From a press perspective...this is how you run a festival. Unrestricted access to all the films, a comfy place to sit and write, daily Press communications...and, none of those ludicrous press charges that some festivals have introduced...

Definitely, a festival for the people...and, for those starting out in the industry...the amount of student reviewers...staggering, encouraging and a joy to behold.

A special thank you must go to the volunteers, they were everywhere...helping lost souls find their films!

Thank you Edinburgh...a festival and city to be most proud of.

FilmOut Festival Awards:

2015 FilmOut Festival Awards Best Narrative Feature — Dean Francis — DROWN

Best First Narrative Feature — Justin Kelly — I AM MICHAEL

Best International Feature — Philippe Audi-Dor — WASP

Best Documentary — Jeffrey Schwarz — TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL

Best Overall Short Film — Marc Cleary & Craig Robert Young — PEPPER

Best Male Short Film — Flavio Alves — TOM IN AMERICA

Best Female Short Film — Cristine Berglund & Sophie Vukovic — 09:55–11:05, INGRID EKMAN, BERGSGATAN, 4B

Best International Short Film — Fábio Freitas — ÉDEN

Best Actor in a Feature Film — Matt Levett — DROWN

Best Actress in a Feature Film — Elly Condron — WASP

Best Actor in a Supporting Role — Harry Cook — DROWN

Best Actress in a Supporting Role — Emma Roberts — I AM MICHAEL

Best Direction — Justin Kelly — I AM MICHAEL

Best Screenplay — Andrea Grano & Tara Karsian — BFFs

Best Cinematography — Dean Francis — DROWN

Best Soundtrack — Ian Kitney — DROWN 2015

FilmOut Audience Awards:

Best Narrative Feature — Justin Kelly — I AM MICHAEL

Best International Feature — Josh Kim — HOW TO WIN AT CHECKERS (EVERY TIME)

Best Documentary — Jeffrey Schwarz — TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL

Best Overall Short Film — Leandro Tadashi — TOMORROW

Best Actor in a Feature Film — James Franco — I AM MICHAEL

Best Actress in a Feature Film — Tie: Andrea Grano & Tara Karsian — BFFs

Best Actor in a Supporting Role — Zachary Quinto — I AM MICHAEL

Best Actress in a Supporting Role — Emma Roberts — I AM MICHAEL

Best Screenplay — Justin Kelly — I AM MICHAEL 2015

FilmOut Programming Awards:

The Festival and Programming Directors are responsible for these awards:

Freedom Award — Erica Tremblay — IN THE TURN

Outstanding Emerging Talent — Michiel Thomas — GAME FACE

Outstanding Artistic Achievement — Dean Francis — DROWN

Lifetime Achievement Award — Tab Hunter

Where have all the gay guys gone?!?

I have no idea why...but tears stream down my face when I listen to this...

 

 

     Vicious returns!!!

     1 June, ITV @ 9pm

   

 

   Netflix has re-newed Grace & Frankie for a second season...why?!?!?

You can read our review here

   Sack her!

This is a little gem...

Serioulsy?!?!?!

Bankers?!?!?!?

Emotional blackmail.

These b&st&rds will stop at nothing.

 

Oh dear!

Poor Gus Van Sant...

His latest offering: Sea of Trees...gets boo-ed @ Cannes.

Those critics can be harsh.

However...not all critics think alike...here's what we have to say

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana won an Oscar for their script for Brokeback Mountain - that was 10 years ago, not much has spouted from their pens since!

And now...it has been announced, they are to reunite...for a gay-themed drama...with Cary Fukunaga set to direct

The film doesn’t have a title yet, but it is ‘Based on the true story of Joe and his son Jadin Bell, a 15-year-old Oregon teen who killed himself in 2013 after suffering vicious bullying for being gay, the drama will be penned by the Oscar-winning “Brokeback Mountain” team of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. After Jadin committed suicide, his father set out across America to promote awareness and to rally against prejudice and bullying.’

That's all the details we have...!

Season 3 will premiere on June 12th, 2015...

Here's the trailer...

Poor deluded souls...this is torture!

We just love the new look!

An evil and pernicious man.

Channel 4 Education has commissioned a season of three documentaries from Firecracker Films that will explore the complex world of gender dysphoria and diversity in young people. The three films will focus on young people in the US and UK.

Young And Trans (wt) will follow families in Britain as they navigate the world of childhood gender dysphoria and diversity, while contemplating the universal parenting dilemma of “what is best for my child?”. The documentary will follow the families as they share their situation with friends, and get to meet other families going through the same thing. Though many parents keep their experiences hidden, shying away from society’s judgement, this film will sensitively delve into this misunderstood world.

The Camp (wt) will follow a number of ordinary American families as they come together for a summer camp for trans and gender diverse 4 to 12 year olds held in the USA. These young people and their families will contemplate the next steps from counselling through to medical puberty blockers. The Camp (wt) will offer insight into the ever changing lives of these courageous families.

Channel 4 Education also previously announced The Testosterone Diaries (wt) which will follow a group of young trans men - who were assigned female at birth. Across the UK these young people are proudly broadcasting their lives to the world in online diaries. Combining present tense personal stories with candid web diaries, the programme will show their incredible “rebirth” alongside the emotional challenges presented by their families, friends and society, and find out why they are publishing their journeys online.

Testosterone Diaries (wt) was commissioned by Channel 4 Education commissioning editor Bec Milligan (maternity leave) and was overseen by Emily Jones. Young and Trans (wt) and The Camp (wt) were commissioned by Emily Jones. They will be produced by Firecracker Films with executive producers Tom Barry and Jes Wilkins and series director Nick Sweeney. Young and Trans (wt), The Camp (wt) and The Testosterone Diaries (wt) will all air on Channel 4 in 2015. 



Production Information:

Executive Producer: Tom Barry and Jes Wilkins

Production Company: Firecracker Films in association with Monomania

Series director: Nick Sweeney

Commissioning Genre: Education

Commissioning Editor: Emily Jones

Chad Allen has announced his retirement.
“It’s been an incredible journey… working on the incredible shows that I’ve been able to work on over the years. I’m incredibly grateful and always will be… My life has taken me on a very different trajectory and after 30-plus years as an actor. I made a decision a couple of years ago to let go of that side of my life go and I’ve been focusing on my education.”

 

 

23 April - 2 May 2015

 

Bruce is @ MoMA...!

Seriously...just goes to show - stick to what you believe in and recognition will come a-knocking!

 

 21 years and Robin Williams is still at the top...!

 

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Lifetime Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Date
1	The Birdcage	MGM	$124,060,553	2,285	$18,275,828	1,950	3/8/96
2	Interview with the Vampire	WB	$105,264,608	2,604	$36,389,705	2,604	11/11/94
3	The Imitation Game	Wein.	$91,125,683	2,402	$479,352	4	11/28/14
4	Brokeback Mountain	Focus	$83,043,761	2,089	$547,425	5	12/9/05
5	The Talented Mr. Ripley	Par.	$81,298,265	2,369	$12,738,237	2,307	12/25/99
6	Philadelphia	TriS	$77,446,440	1,604	$143,433	4	12/24/93
7	In & Out	Par.	$63,856,929	2,452	$15,019,821	1,992	9/19/97
8	The Crying Game	Mira.	$62,548,947	1,097	$101,107	6	11/27/92
9	Bruno	Uni.	$60,054,530	2,759	$30,619,130	2,756	7/10/09
10	The Hours	Par.	$41,675,994	1,010	$338,622	11	12/27/02
11	To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar	Uni.	$36,474,193	1,489	$9,019,180	1,294	9/8/95
12	Monster	NM	$34,469,210	1,093	$86,831	4	12/24/03
13	Alexander	WB	$34,297,191	2,445	$13,687,087	2,445	11/24/04
14	Milk	Focus	$31,841,299	882	$1,453,844	36	11/26/08
15	The Object of My Affection	Fox	$29,187,243	1,990	$9,725,855	1,890	4/17/98
16	Rent	SonR	$29,077,547	2,437	$10,016,021	2,433	11/23/05
17	Capote	SPC	$28,750,530	1,239	$324,857	12	9/30/05
18	Victor/Victoria	MGM	$28,215,453	615	$139,634	3	3/19/82
19	Dallas Buyers Club	Focus	$27,298,285	1,110	$260,865	9	11/1/13
20	Frida	Mira.	$25,885,000	794	$205,996	5	10/25/02
21	Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil	WB	$25,105,255	1,312	$5,233,658	824	11/21/97
22	Moonlight (2016)	A24	$22,111,528	1,104	$402,075	4	10/21/16
23	The Kids Are All Right	Focus	$20,811,365	994	$491,971	7	7/9/10
24	La Cage aux Folles	MGM	$20,424,259	-	$18,709	5	3/30/79
25	Cruising	MGM	$19,798,718	-	n/a	-	2/15/80
26	Kiss of the Spider Woman	IsAl	$17,005,229	204	$55,962	1	7/26/85
27	Far From Heaven	Focus	$15,901,849	291	$211,279	6	11/8/02
28	The Next Best Thing	Par.	$14,990,582	2,035	$5,870,387	2,007	3/3/00
29	Threesome	TriS	$14,815,317	1,218	$4,001,024	1,212	4/8/94
30	Y Tu Mama Tambien	IFC	$13,839,658	286	$408,091	40	3/15/02
31	Carol	Wein.	$12,711,491	790	$253,510	4	11/20/15
32	Chasing Amy	Mira.	$12,021,272	553	$52,446	3	4/4/97
33	Making Love	Fox	$11,897,978	380	$3,015,497	363	2/12/82
34	Boys Don't Cry	FoxS	$11,540,607	365	$73,720	2	10/8/99
35	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Gram.	$11,220,670	192	$219,433	7	8/10/94
36	The Danish Girl	Focus	$11,114,018	794	$187,318	4	11/27/15
37	Kinsey	FoxS	$10,254,979	588	$169,038	5	11/12/04
38	A Single Man	Wein.	$9,176,000	354	$217,332	9	12/11/09
39	Transamerica	Wein.	$9,015,303	656	$46,908	2	12/2/05
40	The Deep End	FoxS	$8,823,109	412	$141,852	6	8/10/01
41	Boat Trip	Art.	$8,600,126	1,803	$3,815,075	1,714	3/21/03
42	Mulholland Drive	Uni.	$7,220,243	247	$587,591	66	10/8/01
43	Kissing Jessica Stein	FoxS	$7,025,722	319	$346,999	26	3/13/02
44	La Cage aux Folles 2	MGM	$6,950,125	-	n/a	-	2/15/81
45	The Wedding Banquet	Gold.	$6,933,459	113	$134,870	7	8/6/93
46	The Closet (Le Placard)	Mira.	$6,678,894	145	$311,022	44	6/6/01
47	The Rules of Attraction	Lions	$6,532,619	1,437	$2,532,410	1,437	10/11/02
48	Gods and Monsters	Lions	$6,451,628	149	$75,508	6	11/6/98
49	Six Degrees of Separation	MGM	$6,405,918	201	$53,058	2	12/10/93
50	My Own Private Idaho	FL	$6,401,336	98	$68,452	3	9/27/91
51	Mambo Italiano	IDP	$6,253,026	183	$734,570	178	9/19/03
52	Partners	Par.	$6,062,898	877	$2,318,801	877	4/30/82
53	The Hunger	MGM	$5,979,292	775	$1,832,898	775	4/29/83
54	The Opposite of Sex	SPC	$5,881,367	165	$102,385	5	5/22/98
55	Beginners	Focus	$5,790,894	170	$141,340	5	6/3/11
56	Personal Best	WB	$5,672,311	236	$549,878	142	2/5/82
57	Three of Hearts	NL	$5,495,507	793	$1,928,076	792	4/30/93
58	Farewell My Concubine	Mira.	$5,216,888	3	$69,408	3	10/15/93
59	Bad Education	SPC	$5,211,842	106	$147,370	3	11/19/04
60	Torch Song Trilogy	NL	$4,865,997	135	$70,022	6	12/16/88
61	Longtime Companion	Gold.	$4,609,953	85	$50,525	2	5/11/90
62	Flawless (1999)	MGM	$4,488,529	483	$1,590,155	478	11/26/99
63	Before Night Falls	FL	$4,242,892	127	$85,230	8	12/22/00
64	Priest (1995)	Mira.	$4,165,845	154	$113,430	8	3/24/95
65	Bound	Gram.	$3,802,260	262	$900,902	261	10/4/96
66	Paris is Burning	Mira.	$3,779,620	91	$310,127	23	8/9/91
67	Jeffrey	OrionC	$3,487,767	63	$185,909	10	8/4/95
68	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	FL	$3,067,312	101	$156,724	9	7/20/01
69	Heavenly Creatures	Mira.	$3,049,135	57	$31,592	2	11/16/94
70	Love! Valour! Compassion!	FL	$2,977,807	-	n/a	-	5/16/97
71	Walk on Water	IDP	$2,713,932	47	$60,465	10	3/4/05
72	Naked Lunch	Fox	$2,641,357	102	$64,491	5	12/27/91
73	The Dreamers	FoxS	$2,532,228	116	$142,632	5	2/6/04
74	Desert Hearts	Gold.	$2,492,088	-	n/a	-	3/7/86
75	My Beautiful Laundrette	OrionC	$2,451,545	-	n/a	-	3/7/86
76	Maurice	Cinc	$2,438,304	1	$49,278	1	9/18/87
77	Go Fish	Gold.	$2,405,285	-	n/a	-	Jul 1994
78	Love is Strange	SPC	$2,262,223	138	$117,276	5	8/22/14
79	Two Girls in Love	FL	$2,210,408	-	n/a	-	6/16/95
80	But I'm a Cheerleader	Lions	$2,205,627	115	$60,410	4	7/7/00
81	Blue Is the Warmest Color	IFC	$2,199,787	142	$100,316	4	10/25/13
82	Ma Vie En Rose	SPC	$2,162,043	63	$76,212	14	12/26/97
83	Wilde	SPC	$2,158,775	7	$69,424	7	5/1/98
84	Trick	FL	$2,087,228	94	$118,594	6	7/23/99
85	Strawberry and Chocolate	Mira.	$2,080,805	-	n/a	-	1/20/95
86	Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss	Trim.	$2,070,399	-	n/a	-	7/24/98
87	I Love You, Phillip Morris	RAtt.	$2,037,459	100	$112,520	6	12/3/10
88	Better Than Chocolate	Trim.	$2,015,406	130	$84,584	15	8/13/99
89	High Art	Oct.	$1,960,216	4	$47,499	4	6/12/98
90	Happy, Texas	Mira.	$1,955,933	146	$72,056	8	10/1/99
91	Kiss Me Guido	Par.	$1,918,497	-	n/a	-	7/18/97
92	I Shot Andy Warhol	Orion	$1,875,527	58	$57,053	3	5/1/96
93	The Broken Hearts Club	SPC	$1,746,585	62	$109,694	7	9/29/00
94	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues	FL	$1,708,873	533	$676,978	533	5/20/94
95	Prick Up Your Ears	Gold.	$1,654,743	36	$38,643	1	4/17/87
96	Camp	IFC	$1,629,862	116	$54,294	3	7/25/03
97	Farewell My Queen	Cohen	$1,597,998	64	$72,100	4	7/13/12
98	Beautiful Thing	Sony	$1,548,120	2	$33,931	2	10/9/96
99	Pride (2014)	CBS	$1,446,634	124	$100,040	10	9/26/14
100	The Celluloid Closet	SPC	$1,400,591	38	$95,047	9	3/15/96
TOTAL (All Movies):			$1,664,180,144	-	-	-	-
AVERAGE (All Movies):			$4,938,220	184	$614,439	103	-
TOTAL (Wide Releases Only):			$1,259,216,962	-	-	-	-
AVERAGE (Wide Releases Only):			$38,158,090	1,496	$10,766,070	1,724	-

 

Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?view=main&sort=gross&order=DESC&pagenum=1&id=gay.htm

Updated: 28 Feb 2017

HBO cancels...

...that's what happens with a weak start.

Series 1 was not exactly the strongest of starts...too erratic and woefully downbeat.

Expectations ran high and many were disappointed with the product.

Ratings tumbled and despite a stronger (and far superior) second series, they continued down the slippery slope into the land of the non-viable.

Only 298,000 viewers watched the finale - ouch!

Still, don't be too grief-stricken, HBO promises a feature-length episode...that's called closure.

 

Ooooh doesn't he look like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth...wrong!!!

Mr Tovey proves [again] that most actors need a script to function in the world-at-large.

Without one, they open their mouths, let their bellies rumble and then spew an inexorable amount of poop.

He has now apologised for his 'really effeminate' comments...after his publicist/agent gave him a well-deserved slap.

Nowadays, 'sorry' seems to be the easiest (and most popular) word to say...horse, bolted, stable-door.

16 years ago Coronation Street introduced the adorable trans-character Hayley...

16 years later, Eastenders announce that they too are introducing a trans character to their laugh-a-minute, uber-depressing, slash-your-wrists soap.

Executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins stated: “The power of EastEnders is to change the world – so you change it gently. I am intending to introduce a trans character."

Ooooh Dominic - time to climb down from your pedestal.

 

 

  

   A little cupid-infused same-sex love...from Ed Sheeran.

 

 

 

Yes, the BBC certainly know when to pull the plug...

This BAFTA-winning series was the only highlight in what can only be called the quagmire of BBC3 productions.

More room for more rubbish...and, repeats!

...his next project.

2016 will see The Boys...about, a group of gay men during the 80s AIDS epidemic.

Speaking to RadioTimes, Davies said: “It’s partly looking back on your life, it’s partly because of my boyfriend [who has been seriously ill] I have been staring mortality in the face.

“I want to go into the bedsits – it’s called The Boys because it’s about the boys. And they will tell the stories of it, because there is a lot to say about it.

“I think we are reaching a bit of a generational thing where men like me in their 50s are looking back and realising how shocking it all was. We all ran away from it. I ran away from it.”

For the academics...

This is an ever-evolving bibliography...gleaned from the world-wide-web.

Please, feel free to e-mail us with new additions and/or suggestions.

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• Aaron, Michele.New Queer Cinema: A Critical Reader. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2004.
• Andersen, Joceline (2012). “From the Ground Up: Transforming the Inside Out LGBT Film and Video Festival of Toronto.” Canadian Journal of Film Studies | Revue Canadienne d’Études Cinématographiques 21:1 (2012): 38-57.
• Bak, John S. 'Suddenly Last Supper: Religious Acts and Race Relations - Tennessee Williams's 'Desire',Journal of Religion and Theatre, Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 2005
• Bannister, 'Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, and Susan Sontag: Campaigners of Camp and theCarry On films', Forum, Issue 4, Spring 2007
• Bao, Hongwei (2010). “Enlightenment Space, Affective Space: Travelling Queer Film Festivals in China.” Gender, Mobility and Citizenship in Asia.  Mikako Iwatake. Helsinki: Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki. pp. 174-205.
• Bao, Hongwei (2010). “In Search of Lesbian Continuum: Lesbian Public Space through ‘Women 50 Minutes’.” New Perspectives from Japan and China. Ed. Mikako Iwatake. Helsinki: Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki. pp. 136–164.
• Bartone, Richard C. ‘Film Actors: Gay Male’, GLBTQ: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, 2002
• Becker, Edith (1992). “The New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival.” Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media 37. <http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC37folder/NYexptlGayLesFest.html>. (7 Dec. 2008)
• Ben-Asher, ‘Screening Historical Sexualities: A Roundtable on Sodomy, South Africa, and Proteus’,Pace Law Faculty Publications, 2005. Paper 589
• Benshoff, Harry M. 'Notes on Gay History/Queer Theory/Gay Film'
• Benshoff, ‘[Review] of Flaming Classics: Queering the Film Canon by Alexander Doty’, Scope, August 2001
• Berry, Chris (1999). “Bangkok’s Alternative Love Film Festival Raided: Chris Berry interviews Sopawan Boonimitra.” Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context2 (1999). <http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue2/Sidebar.html>. (23 Nov. 2008)
• Berry, Chris (1999). “My Queer Korea: Identity, Space, and the 1998 Seoul Queer Film & Video Festival.” Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context2 (1999). <http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue2/Berry.html>. (23 Nov. 2008)
• Berry, 'East Palace, West Palace: Staging Gay Life in China', fromJump Cut, no. 42, December 1998, pp. 84-89
• Bessa, Karla (2007). “Os festivais GLBT de cinema e as mudanças estético-políticas na constituição da subjetividade. [GLBT film festivals and the aesthetic-political changes in the constitution of subjectivity].” Cadernos Pagu 28 (2007): 257–283. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-83332007000100012> . (10. Oct. 2012)
• Bocchi,Pier Maria. Mondo Queer. Cinema e militanza gay, Lindau, Torino, 2005, ISBN 88-71-80-548-8.
• Bond, ‘Homosexuality and the Italian Spaghetti Western’, Offscreen, November 30, 2007
• Borreye, Orla Juliette. 'The Significance Of The Queer And The Dog In Alejandro González Iñárritu’sAmores Perros(2000): A Masculinity At War', Wide Screen Journal, V 1, No. 1, 2009
• Brasell, Bruce. 'The Making of "Monsters": The Queer as Producer',from Jump Cut, no. 40, March 1996, pp. 47-54
• Brennan, Patrick S. 'Cutting through Narcissism: Queer Visibility inScorpio Rising', Genders 36, 2002
• Bristow, Joseph:Sexuality (1997) ISBN 0-415-08494-6
• Bronski, 'From The Celluloid Closet toBrokeback Mountain: The Changing Nature of Queer Film Criticism', Cineaste, 2008
• Brook, Vincent and Allan Campbell, ‘“Pansies don’t float”– gay representability, film noir, and The Man Who Wasn’t There’, Jump Cut, 46, Summer 2003
• Brooke, Kaucyila (1998). “Dividers and Doorways: How to (De)Personalize Your Lifestyle with Architectural Details.” Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media 42 (1998): 50–57. <http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC42folder/DividersDoorways.html> (7 Dec. 2008)
• Brooke, ‘Dividers and Doorways [on the locational politics of Los Angeles’s Gay and Lesbian film festival]’, Jump Cut, no. 42, December 1998, pp. 50-57
• Brownlee, ‘Masculinity Between Animation and Live Action, or, SpongeBob v. Hasselhoff’, Animation Studies Online Journal, Vol. 6, September 2011
• Bruzzi, 'The Talented Mr Ripley',EnterText 1.2, Spring 2001
• Bryson, 'Todd Haynes'sPoison and Queer Cinema', Invisible Culture - An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture Issue 1, Winter 1999
• Burdette, 'Queer Film Theory - Bibliography'
• Cante, Richard C. (March 2009).Gay Men and the Forms of Contemporary US Culture. London: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 0-7546-7230-1.
• Cascais, António Fernando, and João Ferreira, eds. (2014). Cinema e Cultura Queer | Queer Film and Culture: Queer Lisboa – Festival Internacional de Cinema Queer | International Queer Film Festival. Lisboa.
• Chouinard, 'Queering the Québécois and Canadian Child in Jean-Claude Lauzon’sLéolo', Synoptique13, February 2009
• Chow, 'The Double Standard: The Twins of Two-Faced Woman and Sylvia Scarlett,'Bright Lights Film Journal, Issue 59, February 2008
• Clarke, Eric O. (1999). “Queer Publicity at the Limits of Inclusion.” [Queer Publicity: A Dossier on Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals]. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies5:1 (1999): 84–89.
• Cook, Phillip B. ‘Gay Sundance 2013: The Year Ahead in Independent Queer Cinema’, The Blog, Huff Post Gay Voices, January 17, 2013
• Crémieux, Anne (2013). “Massimadi, festival des films LGBT de l’Afrique et de ses diasporas: Entretien d’Anne Crémieux avec l’équipe de Massimadi.” Homosexualités en Afrique. Spec. Issue of Africultures Ed. Anne Crémieux. Paris: L’Harmattan. pp. 146–155.
• Crimp, 'Getting the Warhol we Deserve: Cultural Studies and Queer Culture',Invisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Studies, 1999
• Cui, Zi’en (2010). “The Communist International of Queer Film.” Transl. Petrus Liu.Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique 18:2 (2010): 417–423.
• Cunningham, Daniel Mudie. 'Driving into the 'Dustless Highway' of Queer Cinema',Film Journal, 2002
• Curnette, 'Child's Play: The Pixelvision Videos of Sadie Benning',The Film Journal, Issue 4
• Damiens, Antoine (2015). “Queer Cannes: On the Development of LGBTQ Awards at A-List Festivals.” A Festival Report. Synoptique 3:2 (2015): 93–100. <http://synoptique.hybrid.concordia.ca/index.php/main/article/view/65>. (12 Mar. 2015)
• de Villiers, '”The vanguard - and the most articulate audience”: Queer Camp, Jack Smith and John Waters',Forum, Issue 4, Spring 2007
• de Villiers, 'Glancing, Cruising, Staring: Queer Ways of Looking',Bright Lights Film Journal, Issue 57, August 2007
• del Rio, 'Performing the Narrative of Seduction: Claire Denis'sBeau Travail', Kinoeye, Vol. 3, Issue 7, Spring 2003
• Dias, Belidson & Susan Sinkinson, 'Film spectatorship between queer theory and feminism: Transcultural readings', Paper for InSEA on Bridge - 7 European Regional Congress 1st - 6th July 2004 Istanbul - Cappadocia
• Diepenbroick, Dorothée von (2009). “Brauchen wir lesbisch-schwule Filmfestivals? Maren Kroymann im Interview mit Dorothée von Diepenbroick.” Bildschön: 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg. Eds. Dorothée von Diepenbroick, and Skadi Loist. Hamburg: Männerschwarm. pp. 34–39.
• Diepenbroick, Dorothée von, and Skadi Loist, eds. (2009). Bildschön. 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg. Hamburg: Männerschwarm.
• Dioli, Irene (2009). “Back to a Nostalgic Future: The Queeroslav Utopia.” Sextures1:2 (2009). <http://sextures.net/dioli-queeroslav-utopia>. (21 Jan. 2010)
• Doan, Laura L.The Lesbian Postmodern. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
• Dorsey, Zachary. ‘ Slick Moves: Queer Fight Choreography in The Transporter’, In Media Res, December 5, 2007
• Doty, ‘Hot in Cleveland: Everything Old is New Again?’, Republished in FlowTV, August 7, 2012
• Doty, Alexander. ‘I Love Shari: My Queerly Feminist Life with TV’, Republished in FlowTV, August 7, 2012
• Doty, Alexander. ‘Modern Family, Glee, and the Limits of Television Liberalism’, Republished by FlowTV, August 7, 2012
• Dyer, 'Homosexuality in Film Noir', fromJump Cut, No. 16, 1977, pp. 18-21
• Dyer, Richard. Todd Haynes interviewed by Richard Dyer [audio recording from the Tate Modern], 'Double Indemnity: Todd Haynes/Edward Hopper' (4 June 2004)
• Dyer, Richard:The Culture of Queers (2002). ISBN 0-415-22376-8
• Emin-Tunc, Tanfer and Prescott, Nichole. 'Glen or Glenda: Psychiatry, Sexuality, and the Silver Screen',Bright Lights Film Journal, Issue 41, August 2003
• Farmer, Brett and Stacy Wolf, ‘Stage Door Jennies’, Genders OnLine Journal, 38, 2003
• Feistel, Felix (2008). Der Teddy-Award: Der schwul-lesbisch-transidentische Filmpreis der Internationalen Filmfestspiele Berlin. VDM Verlag.
• Fléchet, Pascale Gœtschel, Patricia Hidiroglou, Sophie Jacotot, Caroline Moine, and Julie Verlaine. Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne. pp. 109–121.
• Ford, Akkadia (2014). “Curating a Regional, Queer Film Festival.” Fusion 4 (2014). <http://www.fusion-journal.com/issue/004-fusion-the-town-and-the-city/curating-a-regional-queer-film-festival/>. (26 Aug. 2014)
• Frey, Martin.Derek Jarman - Bewegte Bilder eines Malers. BoD 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-1217-0
• Fruth, Bryan Ray.'Media Reception, Sexuality Identity, and Public Space', e-PhD Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007
• Fung, Richard (1999). “Programming the Public.” [Queer Publicity: A Dossier on Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals]. GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies5:1 (1999): 89–93.
• Gaines, ‘Dorothy Arzner’s trousers’, Jump Cut, 37, July 1992
• Gaines, 'Deviant Eyes, Deviant Bodies: Queering Feminist Film Theory', fromJump Cut, no. 41, May 1997, pp. 45-48
• Galt, Rosalind, and Karl Schoonover (2014). “Minds, Bodies, and Hearts: Flare London LGBT Film Festival 2014.” Festival review. NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies3:2 (#6) (2014): 217–224. <http://www.necsus-ejms.org/minds-bodies-hearts-flare-london-lgbt-film-festival-2014/>. (5 Dec. 2014)
• Gamson, Joshua (1996). “The Organizational Shaping of Collective Identity: The Case of Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals in New York.” Sociological Forum11:2 (1996): 231–261.
• Gann, Jon (2012). “‘Storyteller. Activist. Transformer.’: John Scagliotti, Director, Film Festival Founder and Organizer.” Behind the Screens: Programmers Reveal How Film Festivals Really Work. Washington, DC: Reel Plan Press. pp. 49–56.
• Garel, Stefan Jack. 'Queer Bodies and Settlements', (e-PhD Thesis: University of Exeter, 2008)
• 'Gays, Lesbian, and Transgendered People in Motion Pictures: A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library'
• Gerstner, 'Queer Modernism: The Cinematic Aesthetics of Vincente Minnelli',Modernity, Vol. 2, 2000
• Goddard, 'Beauty Lies in the Eye (So Why Can't I Touch It?)',Film-Philosophy, Vol. 2, No. 25, 1998
• Gorfinkel, Elena (2006). “Wet Dreams: Erotic Film Festivals of the Early 1970s and the Utopian Sexual Public Sphere.” Framework 47:2 (2006): 59–86.
• Grant, ‘…Skipping ROPE (Through Hitchcock’s Joins)’, Frames, 1, 2012
• Grant, ‘Framing Incandescence: Elizabeth Taylor in JANE EYRE’, Film studies For Free, April 7, 2011
• Grant, ‘Our Beautiful Wickedness: On Reading Films Queerly. In Memory of Alexander Doty’, Film Studies For Free, August 13, 2012 
• Greven, American Medusa: Bette Davis, Beyond the Forest, femininity, and Camp’, Jump Cut, 46, Summer 2003
• Grossman, Andrew. 'Twelve Tone Cinema: A Scattershot Notebook on Sexual Atonality',Bright Lights Film Journal, Issue 43, February 2004
• Grossman, Andrew. ‘Film Sissies’, glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, 2002
• Grossman, “The Trouble with Carol: The Costs of Feeling [On Todd Haynes'Safe]', Other Voices 2.3 January 2005
• Grundmann, Roy (1992). “Politics Esthetics Sex: Queer Films and Their Festivals.”Cineaste19:1 (1992): 50–52, 62.
• Guillén, The Evening Class blog, 2006-present
• Han, Ju Hui Judy, and Marie K. Morohoshi (1998). “Creating, Curating, and Consuming Queer Asian American Cinema.” Q & A: Queer in Asian America. David L. Eng, and Alice Y. Hom. Philadelphia: Temple Univ. Press. pp. 81–94.
• Hanhardt, Christina B. (2001). “Founding New Beginnings: Passing the Torch at MIX.” A Closer Look: Media Arts 2001. Ed. Helen de Michiel. San Francisco: National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC). pp. 39–48.
• Hartzell, Adam. 'Queer Pal For The Straight Gal -Wanee & Junah and Queer Friendship', The Film Journal, Issue 7
• Heyn-Jones, Zoë. 'Eye and Brain, Torn Asunder: Reading Ideology in Sally Potter’sOrlando', Synoptique, 11, March 12, 2008
• High, ’Boys Will Be Boys With Boys: the Real and queer subjectivity in film’, Reconstruction Vol. 9, No. 3, 2009
• Hogan, Mel. ’21 years of image & nation: legitimizing the gaze’, Nouvelles «vues» sur le cinéma québécois, no. 10, Hiver 2008-2009
• Hohenberger, Eva, and Karin Jurschick (1994). “As women, as people of color, as lesbians…: Diskussionen und Filme über raceund gender bei den Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals in New York und San Francisco 1993.” Frauen und Film 54/55 (1994): 149–164.
• In Media Res GLBT media-themed week, April 21-25, 2008
• Irini Stamatopoulos, 'Ang Lee's Cowboys',Offscreen Journal, Volume 11, Issue 2 (February 28, 2007)
• Jarman, Derek:Queer Edward II (1991) ISBN 0-85170-316-X
• Jenkins, 'Grief's Testimony: On Almodóvar’sAll About My Mother', Scan: Journal of Media Arts Culture, Vol. 4, Number 2, August 2007
• Jenkins, Henry et al, ‘Acafandom and Beyond: Alex Doty, Abigail De Kosnik, and Jason Mittell (Part One)’, Confessions of an Acafan, September 28, 2011
• Jenkins, Henry et al, ‘Acafandom and Beyond: Alex Doty, Abigail De Kosnik, and Jason Mittell (Part Two)’, Confessions of an Acafan, September 30, 2011
• June, Jamie L. (2004). “Defining Queer: The Criteria and Selection Process for Programming Queer Film Festivals.” CultureWork8:2 (2004). <http://aad.uoregon.edu/culturework/culturework26.html>. (7 Dec. 2008)
• June, 'Is it Queer Enough?: An Analysis of the Criteria and Selection Process for Programming Films within Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Film Festivals in the United States' (e-Thesis) MA Thesis, University of Oregon, August 2003
• Jusick, Stephen Kent (2004). “Gay Art Guerrillas: Interview with Jim Hubbard and Sarah Schulman.” That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation. Ed. Matt Bernstein [Mattilda] Sycamore. Brooklyn: Soft Skull Press. pp. 39–58.
• Kajinic, Sanja (2008). “The Queer Zagreb Festival and Its Intersectional Manifestos.” New Subjectivities: Negotiating Citizenship in the Context of Migration and Diversity. Eds. Golańska, Dorota and Aleksandra M. Różalska. Łódz: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego | Lodz Univ. Press. pp. 187–202.
• Kajinic, Sanja (2010). “‘Battle for Sarajevo’ as ‘Metropolis': Closure of the First Queer Sarajevo Festival according to Liberal Press.” Anthropology of East Europe Review 28:1 (2010): 62–82. <http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/aeer/article/view/654/747>. (8. Jun. 2011)
• Kakmi, 'Queer Cinema: A Reality Check',Senses of Cinema, 2000
• Kemp, 'Bi-Polar Gender-Blender:Sylvia Scarlett,' Senses of Cinema 22, Sept-Oct 2002
• Kim, Jeongmin (2007). “Queer Cultural Movements and Local Counterpublics of Sexuality: A Case of Seoul Queer Films and Videos Festival.” Transl. Sunghee Hong. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies8:4 (2007): 617–633.
• Kirkland, 'Romantic Comedy and the Construction of Heterosexuality',Scope Issue 9, 2007
• Kraus, ‘Transexuality in Film’, glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, 2002
• Kuzniar, Alice. ‘Schwul-lesbisches Kino aus Deutschland’, in: Bildschön: 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg, ed. by Dorothée von Diepenbroick and Skadi Loist (Hamburg: Maennerschwarm Verlag, 2009)
• Lee, Kevin B. 'Madchen in Uniform (Leontine Sagan, 1931)'
• Li, Cheuk Yin. ‘The Absence of Fan Activism in the Queer Fandom of Ho Denise Wan See (HOCC) in Hong Kong’, edited by Henry Jenkins and Sangita Shresthova, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 10, 2012
• Lin, Hui-Ling. Bodies in Motion: The Films of Transmigrant Queer Chinese Women Filmmakers in Canada, PhD Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011
• Lindner, Katharina (2015). “Review of Queer Film Culture: Queer Cinema & Queer Film Festivals International Conference.” Transnational Cinemas 6:1 (2015): 97–103.
• Lo, 'The Politics and Aesthetics of “Asian American” Sexuality in Ang Lee’s Cross-Cultural Family Dramas: A Case Study on The Wedding Banquet and The Ice Storm', Stanford Journal of Asian American Studies, Vol. 1, 2008
• Loist, Skadi (2008). “Frameline XXX: Thirty Years of Revolutionary Film: Der Kampf um queere Repräsentationen in der Geschichte des San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival.” Medien – Diversität – Ungleichheit: Zur medialen Konstruktion sozialer Differenz. Eds. Ulla Wischermann, and Tanja Thomas. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. pp. 163–181.
• Loist, Skadi (2009). “Das Queer Cinema und die Bedeutung lesbisch-schwuler Filmfestivals: Monika Treut im Interview mit Skadi Loist.” Bildschön: 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg. Eds. Dorothée von Diepenbroick, and Skadi Loist. Hamburg: Männerschwarm. pp. 12–20.
• Loist, Skadi (2010). “Queer Film and the Film Festival Circuit.” Curator’s Note. In Media Res Sep. 2010. <http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2010/09/14/queer-film-and-film-festival-circuit>. (10. Dec. 2010)
• Loist, Skadi (2011). “Precarious Cultural Work: About the Organization of (Queer) Film Festivals.” Screen 52:2 (2011): 268–273.
• Loist, Skadi (2012). “A Complicated Queerness: LGBT Film Festivals and Queer Programming Strategies.” Coming Soon to a Festival Near You: Programming Film Festivals. Ed. Jeffrey Ruoff. St. Andrews: St Andrews Film Books. pp. 157-172.
• Loist, Skadi (2013). “Konvergenzen im Filmfestival-Circuit: Filmfestivalforschung und Queer Studies.” Sexy Media? Gender/Queertheoretische Analysen in den Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften. Eds. Skadi Loist, Sigrid Kannengießer, and Joan Kristin Bleicher. Bielefeldt: transcript. pp. 187–205.
• Loist, Skadi (2013). “The Queer Film Festival Phenomenon in a Global Historical Perspective (the 1970s-2000s).” Une histoire des festivals: XXe-XXIe siècle. Eds. Anaïs
• Loist, Skadi (2014). “Queer Film Culture: Performative Aspects of LGBT/Q Film Festivals.” PhD Thesis. Hamburg: Universität Hamburg, Institut für Medien und Kommunikation
• Loist, Skadi (2014). “Rêves transversaux: La circulation des films queer dans le réseau des festivals.” Transl. Brigitte Rollet. Diogène: Revue internationale des sciences humaines245 (2014): 80–103.
• Loist, Skadi (2015). Queer Film Festivals globally (1977-2015), interactive map of LGBT/Q film festivals globally since 1977. <http://tinyurl.com/kmbwzwf>
• Loist, Skadi, and Ger Zielinski (2012). “On the Development of Queer Film Festivals and Their Media Activism.” Film Festival Yearbook 4: Film Festivals and Activism. Eds. Dina Iordanova and Leshu Torchin. St Andrews: St Andrews Film Studies. pp. 49–62.
• Loist, Skadi, and Marijke de Valck (2010). “Film Festivals / Film Festival Research: Thematic, Annotated Bibliography: Second Edition.” Medienwissenschaft / Hamburg: Berichte und Papiere 91 (2010). <http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/Medien//berichte/arbeiten/0091_08.html>. (19. May. 2010 (sections:  Film Festivals: The Long View; 2. Festival Time: Awards, Juries and Critics; 3. Festival Space: Cities, Tourism and Publics; 4. On the Red Carpet: Spectacle, Stars and Glamour; 5. Business Matters: Industries, Distribution and Markets; 6. Trans/National Cinemas; 7. Programming; 8. Reception: Audiences, Communities and Cinephiles; 9. Specialized Film Festivals; 10. Publications Dedicated to Individual Film Festivals; 11. Online Resources; Contact / Bio), 2008
• Loist, Skadi, and Marijke de Valck (2013). “Trans* Film Festivals: An Interview with Eliza Steinbock.” NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies 4 (2013). <http://www.necsus-ejms.org/trans-film-festivals-an-interview-with-eliza-steinbock/>. (19 Nov. 2013)
• Loist, Skadi, and Marijke de Valck, ‘Film Festival Studies: An Overview of a Burgeoning Field’, in: Film Festival Yearbook 1: The Festival Circuit. Eds. Dina Iordanova and Ragan Rhyne. St. Andrews: St. Andrews Film Studies, 2009. pp. 179–215
• Loist, Skadi, and Marijke de Valck, ‘LGBT / Queer Film Festivals’, Film Festival Research Network, last updated November 2012
• Loist, Skadi. ‘Das Queer Cinema und die Bedeutung lesbisch-schwuler Filmfestivals: Monika Treut im Interview mit Skadi Loist’n: Bildschön: 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg. Eds. Dorothée von Diepenbroick, and Skadi Loist. Hamburg: Männerschwarm, 2009. pp. 12–20
• Loist, Skadi. ‘Precarious cultural work: about the organization of (queer) film festivals’, Screen, 52.2, 2011
• Loist, Skadi. ‘Queer Film and the Film Festival Circuit’, In Media Res, September 14, 2010
• MacCormack, 'Barbara Steele's Ephemeral Skin: Feminism, Fetishism, and Film',Senses of Cinema, September 2002
• MacCormack, Pleasure, Perversion and Death: Three Lines of Flight for the Viewing Body, Transmat Online Book
• MacDowell, 'What Value is There in Gus Van Sant'sPsycho?', Offscreen Journal, Vol. 9, Issue 7, 2005
• Maddison, 'Pedro Almodóvar and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: the Heterosocial Spectator and Misogyny', Chapter 4 of Fags, hags, and queer sisters : gender dissent and heterosocial bonds in gay culture (New York : St. Martin's, 2000)
• McBride, 'George Cukor: The Valor of Discretion',Bright Lights Film Journal, Issue 32, April 2001
• McKinnon, ‘Taking the Word ‘Out’ West: Movie Reception and Gay Spaces’, Participations, Volume 7, Issue 2 (November 2010) 
• McWilliam, Kelly (2007). “‘We’re Here All Week': Public Formation and the Brisbane Queer Film Festival.” Queensland Review 14 (2): 79–91.
• McWilliam, ‘We’re Here All Week': Public Formation and the Brisbane Queer Film Festival. Queensland Review 14(2), 2007:pp. 79-91
• Mellamphy, 'The Paradox Of Transvestism In Tim Burton’sEd Wood', Wide Screen Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2009 
• Michel, 'The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love',Cineaste, Vol. 21, No. 4, 1995
• Miller, A. 'La Ronde',Film Quarterly, Spring 2009
• Miller, A. 'AnalRope'
• Morris, ‘Film Noir’, glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture, 2002
• Murray, Virginia, and Katya Johanson (2015). “The Cut-Through Concept: 52 Tuesdays, Festivals and the Distribution of Independent Australian Films.” Studies in Australasian Cinema 9:1 (2015): 52–65.
• Ogonoski, 'Queering the Heterosexual Male in Canadian Cinema: An Analysis of Jean-Claude Lauzon’sLéolo', Synoptique, 13, February 2009
• Olson, Jenni (2002). “Film Festivals.” glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture (2002). <www.glbtq.com/arts/film_festivals.html>. (7 Dec. 2008)
• Ommert, Alek, and Skadi Loist (2008). “featuring interventions: Zu queer-feministischen Repräsentationspraxen und Öffentlichkeiten.” Im Zeichen des Geschlechts: Repräsentationen –Konstruktionen – Interventionen. Eds. Celine Camus, Annabelle Hornung, Fabienne Imlinger, Milena Noll, and Isabelle Stauffer. Königstein/Taunus: Ulrike Helmer. pp. 124–140.
• Panosky, 'Dorothy Arzner and Gender Representation.” In: “International Female Film Directors: Their Contributions to the Film Industry and Women's Roles in Society.” Chapter 4 of e-Thesis
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• Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. ‘Paranoid reading and reparative reading, or, You’re so paranoid, you probably think this introduction is about you’, Novel gazing : queer readings in fiction / edited by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (Durham: Duke University Press, 1997)
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• Soles, Carter Michael. Falling Out of the Closet: Kevin Smith, Queerness, and Independent Film, e-Thesis University of Oregon, 2008
• Soles, ‘A stalker’s odyssey: arrested development, gay desire, and queer comedy in Chuck&Buck’, Jump Cut, 49, 2007
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Teenager Ben discovers - after his parents divorce - that his father decides to transition.

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A Million Different Loves Queer Film Festival (2006)
Asheville Qfest (2011-2012)
Asian Queer Film Festival - Japan
Bangkok Pride Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2002)
Bari Queer Festival (2011-2013)
Batho BaLorato Film Festival (2013)
Boston Transgender Film Festival (1999)
Brandon Fest: Edicion de Cine Queer de Buenos Aires (2004-?)
Cambodia LGBT Pride Film Festival (2010-?)
Calcutta LGBT Film And Video Festival
Charm City LGBT Film Festival (2012-2013)
Chennai Rainbow Film Festival
Cine Entendido Cari
CinegailesAST (2006-2014)
Colab Film Festival: Queer(ing) Frame
Counting Past 2: Transgender Film Festival (1997-2002)
Dialogues: Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Film and Video Festival in Guwahati
Divergenti Festival Internazionale di Cinema Trans (Bologna, Italy)
DIVERSA – International Gay Lesbian and Trans Film Festival of Argentina (2004-2010)
Diversity in Animation – Festival of LGBT Animation (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Diverso Festival Internacional de Cine GLBT de Panamá
Edgy Women Festival Montreal
eLnadruhou: Open Lesbian Festival (2005-2012)
Feminale (1984-2005)
femme totale (1987-2005)
Festival Arc en Ciel (2010-2013)
Festival Autre Regard (2010-?)
Festival de la Luna: International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival of the Region of Valencia (2010-2011)
Festival del Mar - International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (2006-2011)
Festival del Sol - International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (2006-2011)
Festival EntiéndeNos (2003-2010)
Festival Internacional de Cine Gay Costa del Sol (2010-2011)
Festival Reflets: Festival de Cinéma LGBT (2002-2011)
Fire Island Film & Video Festival
Flaming Film Festival (1999-2007)
Freedom to be Different Film Festival: Miami, Florida, USA
Frontera Pride Film Festival (2009-2010)
Gay Filmmakers NYC Screenplay Contest
Gender DocuFilm Fest
Glasgay!
Gr Arts Festival: UK
Homoscope Queer Arts and Film Festival (2008-2011)
Ídem: Festival Gay-Lesbico de Artes Audiovisuales de Andalucía (2007-2010)
International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival Holland (1986-1991)
International Transgender Film & Video Festival (1997-1999)
Joburg Queer Film Festival – South Africa
Kitoks kinas: LGBT Film Festival (2011-2013)
Latin@ Queer Arts and Film Festival
LesbenFilmFestival Berlin (1985-2004)
LesbenFilmNächte (1997-2007)
Lesgaifestival (2004-2005)
LesGayCinePty - Panama
Lethal Lesbian: Israeli Lesbian Film Festival (2008-2012)
LGBT Film Days Riga (2006-2011)
LGBTQIA+ Arts Festival, Colliers Wood, South London
London Transgender Film Festival (2008)
Los Angeles Transgender Film Festival (2009-2014)
Mimi LGBT Short Film Festival
MIX Aarhus (2009-2010)
Mix Fest Atlanta
Mostra de Cine LGTB (2004-2009)
Mostra Possíveis Sexualidades (2008-2013)
Neonfest Las Vegas
New England Transgender Film Festival (2012-?)
New Orleans Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival
New York Gay Film Festival (1979-1986)
Nigah Queerfest (2007-2011)
Notre Dame Queer Film Festival (2004-2007)
North LA Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Ogunquit Rainbow Film Festival
Olympia Pride Film Festival
Olympia Transgender Film Festival (1999)
ONE Queer Film Fest! – L.A.
Oslo Queer Festival
Out Film Festival - Kentucky
Out in Africa (1994-2013)
Out in the Desert Film Festival
Out OK: Oklahoma, USA
Outcast International Film Festival
OUTer Gay & Lesbian Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Festival
OutLook: Cork LGBT Film Festival (1991-2012)
Outreelz: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Outtakes Dallas
Out Takes – New Zealand
Out Twin Cities Film Festival: Minneapolis, USA
Paranoid Paradise Queer Film Fest
Philadelphia QFest
Pikes Peak Lavender Film Fest (2000-2011)
Pink Latino Diversity Festival
POUT Film Festival
Pride International Film Festival (PIFF) (2004)
Pryzmat. LGBT Film Festival (2006-2007)
Puerto Vallarta International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (2011)
QFest - Pune
QFest: Schenectady
Q-Fest Winter
Qfilmistan (2001)
Queer Arab Film Festival – Sydney
Queer as Film
Queer Black Cinema International Film Festival (2008-2011)
Queer Fruits Film Festival (2009-2012)
Queer Movie Nights (2008-2011)
Queer Nazariya – International LGBT Film Festival (2010)
Queer Pix: France
Queer Realities (2003-2013)
Queer Screen: queerDoc (Paddington & Newtown, Australia)
Queer Voices - Ontario
Queerceañera – Houston International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (Houston, USA)
Queere Migrantische Filmtage Wien (2012)
Queering Roma: Festa del Cinema LGBTQ della Capitale (2012)
queerschnitte: schwul-lesbische filmtage (2007-2011)
REVOLVE: Oakland LGBTQIA Pride Creative Arts & Film Fest
Rhino in the Room (RITR) Film Festival
Riverside Studios LGBT Season (2014)
San Francisco Bi Film Festival (1998-1999)
Sarajevo Queer Festival (2008)
Savannah LGBT Film Festival (2008-2011)
Shorts Queer Film Fest – Portland
shOUT Gay Lesbian and Trans Film Festival - Australia
Skråblikk LGBT Film Festival - Norway
Soggettiva
Stockholm Queer Film Festival (2006-2009)
Sydney Gay Film Week (1986-1991)
Tasmanian Queer Film Festival
Thai International Gay Film/Video Festival (1995)
The Little Queer Film Festival: Chicago
Toronto International Queer West Film Fest (Toronto, Canada)
Trans*Festival - Poland
Verzaubert Queer Film Festival (1995-2012)

Pride (UK) Director: Matthew Warchus

Our review can be found here

Saturday, 07 June 2014
until
Thursday, 12 June 2014

 

FEATURE FILMS         

Peter de Rome Grandfather of Gay Porn

WORLD PREMIERE

Sun 8^th June, 12:15 - Showroom 3

Wed 11^th June, 17:45 - Showroom 3

Director: Ethan Reid | Producer: Alex Main | Country: United Kingdom | Year: 2014 | Duration: 97 MINS

During Peter de Rome’s lifetime, being gay has gone from a pathological disorder to an accepted part of human sexuality. At 90, de Rome’s sense of mischief has not diminished, and it’s easy to see how he might have charmed his way to those wonderfully illicit encounters that he has committed to film. His dreamy pornscapes evolved from brazen cruising experiences to the later genre mash-ups. The erotic thrill of getting caught and the joy of sex were only ever filmed for a small, trusted audience, liberating de Rome of a wider artistic burden and emboldening him to make some truly inventive, ground-breaking work. But word spread quickly about the films in the New York underground, attracting the likes of David Hockney and Andy Warhol to the viewing parties. Director Ethan Reid’s portrait of gay porn’s granddaddy celebrates his life and revisits some of the most orgasmic moments caught on film.

 

Regarding Susan Sontag

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

Sat 7^th June, 13:30 - Sheffield Library Theatre

Tues 10^th June, 15:15 - Sheffield Library Theatre

 

Director: Nancy Kates | Producer: Rachel Antell | Country: United States | Year: 2013 | Duration: 98 MINS

Susan Sontag was an author, a social critic, a filmmaker, and an activist, though her preferred description would probably just have been “writer”: “someone who is interested in everything”. A formidable voice of the American political and cultural spheres, Sontag’s work defied the high-brow, patriarchal expectations of traditional academia and launched her into the embrace of New York City’s nocturnal art scene in the 1960s. Her brilliance gave form to the intangible — from the slipperiness of “camp” homosexuality to the “erotics” of art — as she battled her superego demands and physical desires. Forever ruffling feathers, she refused to concede to sexist, outdated presumptions and fought back with a fierce commitment to oppression. Award-winning filmmaker Nancy Kates chronicles the life of the first rock star intellectual in Sontag’s own words and images, as well as through interviews with the people who loved and loathed her best.

 

The Dog

UK PREMIERE

Wed 11^th June, 19:15 - Sheffield Library Theatre

Sun 8^th June, 17:45 - Showroom 2

Director/Producer: Allison Berg, Frank Kerauden | Country: United States | Year: 2013 | Duration: 101 MINS

Brooklyn, August 22, 1972. Determined to secure a sex change operation for his lover, John Wojtowicz decides to hold up a bank. The chaotic afternoon that ensued was famously depicted by Al Pacino in the classic Dog Day Afternoon. Ten years in the making, directors Alison Berg and Frank Keraudren take us through Wojtowicz's unorthodox life, guided in large part by Wojtowicz himself, in the months before he died of cancer. A conservative Italian American and Vietnam vet, he was also a sexual pioneer undeterred by the social mores of the time, and an enthusiastic participant in NYC's fledgling gay rights movement, marrying his lover in one of NYC's first gay drag weddings, despite having a wife and kids. Aided by a still doting mother, the frank Wojtowicz looks back in fondness at the romantic passion that drove a series of bad decisions, earning him both national attention and a lengthy jail sentence.

 

Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story

UK PREMIERE

Wed 11^th June, 15:15 - Showroom 3

Director: Beth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle | Producer: Beth Stephens, Xandra Coe, Annie Sprinkle, Jordan Freeman | Country: United States | Year: 2013 | Duration: 70 MINS

It's a practice as destructive as it sounds: Mountain Top Removal has to date decimated 500 mountains in the Appalachian Mountains, blowing the tops off mountains and pushing them into the rivers and valleys below. Ecosexuals Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle return to Stephen’s West Virginia homeland to visit those devastated by the practice, and heartbroken over its effect on the land that they cherish. Stephen’s family have mined coal since the 16th century, but now stand by helpless as MTR destroys their community. As leaders of the ecosexual movement, Stephens and Sprinkle consider nature as lover – espousing the eroticism of the natural world, cuddling up to tomatoes and conducting wedding ceremonies with the mountains. Their vows are ones that they hope will spread well beyond their small numbers -- promising to speak up, act out and raise hell about MTR, whilst making the environmental movement a little more fun and sexy at the same time.

 

What is Left?

UK PREMIERE

Sat 7^th June, 11:00 - Showroom 3

Director: Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi | Producer: Gustav Hofer | Country: Italy | Year: 2014 | Duration: 74 MINS

After 20 years in power and a compilation of public gaffes only rivalled by George W. Bush, Silvio Berlusconi is finally bowing out of Italian politics. Life partners Luca Ragazzi and Gustav Hofer examine a post-Berlusconi reality in their third collaborative quest for the modern Italian identity (Suddenly Last Summer and Italy: Love it, or Leave it?) — this time, through the country’s history of radical politics. Sidelined, marred, and compromised, the once-mighty Italian Communist Party has been whittled down to the current Democratic Party, a shell of its former self. In their signature reflexive, bicker-banter style, the filmmakers look back at their own upbringing to locate a bevy of political influences: parents, radio shows, the workers’ movement, comedians. Tailgating candidates and attending meetings of different political persuasions, they look for traces of the left today. As Europe’s “free” market proves itself to be a hoax, Ragazzi and Hofer reflect upon Italy’s past insurgencies.

 

The Case Against 8

Sat 7^th June @ 19:00 - Showroom 2
Tues 10^th June @ 10:00 - Sheffield Library Theatre

Director/Producer: Ben Cotner, Ryan White | Country: Israel, United States | Year: 2014 | Duration: 112 MINS

The euphoria that greeted California's first same sex marriages in June 2008 was all too short-lived. In November of that year - on the day that Barack Obama was elected president - a proposition to once again ban same sex marriages passed. The LGBT community fought this outrage by focusing their full energies on the highest court in the land - the Supreme Court. The determined legal team's secret weapon was a shocking one: Ted Olson, one of the most prominent conservative lawyers in the country and the man with the dubious distinction of having successfully steered George W Bush to the presidency in 2000. Shot over five years, we follow Olson as he brings together a cross-party team -- and two same sex couples who open up their lives to intense public scrutiny -- in this gripping story which earned Sundance's best doc directing prize for co-directors Ben Cotner and Ryan White.

 

Chemsex

Work in Progress

Wed 11^th June, 10:00 - Showroom 2

Director/Producer: Will Fairman, Max Gogarty|| Country: Canada | Year: 2014 | Duration: 85 MINS

A powerful and unflinching exploration of a hidden health emergency in London’s gay community. Chemsex is a feature-length documentary with extraordinary access to the secret world of '’chemsex’' and "slamming” parties - where intravenous drug use and unprotected sex is fuelling a huge rise in HIV infections and drug addiction in the capital.

Dog Day Afternoon

Sun 8^th June, 20:30 - Showroom 2

Director: Sidney Lumet | Producer: Martin Bregman, Martin Elfand | Country: United States | Year: 1975 | Duration: 125 MINS

A desperate and crazed man with the help of an accomplice, takes a local Brooklyn bank hostage with plans to rob it in order to pay for his lover's sex-change operation. Al Pacino and director Sidney Lumet both picked up Oscar nominations for this 1975 classic.

 

The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome

Director/Producer: Peter de Rome | Country: United States | Year: 1972 | Duration: 98 MINS

In the late 1960s and early 1970s British-born New Yorker and unsung hero of gay underground filmmaking Peter de Rome produced a number of explicit, painstakingly crafted Super 8 films each of which took the viewer on an immersive sexual journey. In 1973, eight of these films were brought together as The Erotic Films of Peter de Rome producing one of the finest cinematic examples of the intersection of artistry and eroticism, in the tradition of Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger. Now released on DVD for the first time, these extraordinary films are accompanied by a new BFI documentary.

 

SESSIONS

 

Ecstasy, Breathing And The Creative Process

Wed 11^th June, 10:45 - Other

Barbara Carrellas and Annie Sprinkle have travelled the world to learn new and ancient techniques to create ecstasy and bliss. They will share with you their favourite: Ecstasy Breathing and Energy Orgasms. It’s an artistic vision quest, a sexual healing session, an emotional cleansing, and a mind expanding shamanic journey all rolled into one yummy pleasurable experience. This technique can profoundly change your experience of your sexuality and its creative possibilities. Annie and Barbara will provide a safe, supportive, gentle, yet energized atmosphere. They have taught this technique to thousands of people of all ages, races, genders, backgrounds and beliefs. Although this is a participatory workshop, there will be no nudity and you will not be asked to work with a partner.

 

Making It Sexy – New Ways Of Unlocking Creative Potential

Tues 10^th June, 19:15 - The Crucible Studio

What do you hope to achieve with your films? Social change? A paradigm shift? Worldwide peace and understanding? Now, how do you make all this happen? Struggle? Hard work? Long hours? Little pay? What if you could achieve your goals more effectively, efficiently and pleasurably? Barbara Carrellas, author of Ecstasy is Necessary, has spent the second half of her life discovering and sharing the creative magic that can happen with out erotic and spiritual purposes align. Barbara spent the first half of her working life as a Broadway producer and general manager, making art the old fashioned way – struggle, hard work, long hours, little pay. Then, on a quest to reinvent sex during the AIDS crisis, she and her best friend, porn star/performance artist Annie Sprinkle discovered the power and potential of Eastern sex practices. Barbara soon realised that the techniques that were transforming her sex life, were also lighting creative fires in the professional life. In this presentation, Barbara will discuss how modern versions of ancient erotic techniques can help you make your best, most effective art by allowing you to create from an ecstatic spirit. The same techniques that can open you to a healthy and joyful integration of sex and spirit can also be applied to any artistic or business challenge. In this inspiring, innovative presentation, Barbara will use a combination of brain science, Tantric and Taosist sex techniques, video clips, and humour to show you how getting your body, sex and spirit firing together can change everything, and produce stunning outcomes for you, your team and your films.

Other films to look out for....

Pakistan's Hidden Shame

The Overnighters

Pleasure at Her Majesty's

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

Dressed As a Girl

Shield and Spear

En Vogue

Derby Crazy Love

David Hockney IN THE NOW (in six minutes)

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This video was created by THE FAIR GAMES PROJECT with funds raised independently via indiegogo.com. It is meant to serve as a catalyst for dialogue and a gesture of support for Athlete Ally, LGBT advocates in Russia, and the Russia Freedom Fund. Berserk was the sole entity behind the project's creation.

Director / Producer / Editor - Michael Rohrbaugh // www.michaelrohrbaugh.com // @MPRohrbaugh
Executive Producer / Producer - Chris Svoboda
Executive Producer - Louis Venezia - www.pilotnyc.com
Associate Producers - James Aries Wolcott, Adam Mutchler, and Hugo Rojas
Director of Photography - Dave Myrick
Music by - King avriel

The LGBT offerings @ SWSX...

The Dog - During the summer of 1972, John Wojtowicz robbed a Brooklyn bank to pay for his lover’s gender reassignment surgery. If that sounds familiar to you, it’s because the incident was later turned into a movie with Al Pacino called Dog Day Afternoon. Now you can hear Wojtowicz's story “in his own unique, offensive, hilarious and heartbreaking way.”

Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival Filmmaker Brunch - The southwest’s oldest and largest LGBTQI film festival holds an excellent brunch with its usual mix of opinionated organizers, charming schmoozers and good-lookin’ folks. Mimosas anyone? Kindly RSVP.

EASY - Openly gay director Daniel Laabs presents the world premiere of his dramatic narrative short about two brothers, one on the verge of adulthood, the other on the verge on adolesence.

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz - A documentary examining the legacy of the bisexual Reddit co-founder who committed suicide at age 26 amid a two-year legal battle involving free access to digital information.

LADY VALOR: The Kristin Beck Story - You may remember Kristin Beck, the former Navy Seal who came out as trans in her book Warrior Princess and later called convicted transgender Wikileaker Private Chelsea Manning “a traitor to me personally.” She’s now in a documentary discussing her own transformative journey.

Ukraine Is Not A Brothel - The Ukrainian "sextremist" feminist group FEMEN has dedicated itself to "fighting patriarchy in its three manifestations - sexual exploitation of women, dictatorship and religion." But how can these women beat sex trafficking while using their own sexual bodies as a protest? Director Kitty Green goes inside FEMEN to untangle the seeming contradictions.

David Hockney IN THE NOW (in six minutes) - A quick look at iconic, gay British artist — a man whose iPhone still life paintings recently appeared in New York's Museum of Modern Art.

Stage Fright - Becoming a Broadway diva isn't all it's cracked up to be; especially when someone cracks up and starts murdering people left and right. Will starry-eyed teenager Camilla Swanson make it past the final curtain call or will she be  lethally cut from the cast?

Premature - This teenage comedy about an ambitious young man reliving the same day over and over again has a plot similar to Groundhog Day. Only, instead of an alarm clock playing Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe," he wakes up he instant he prematurely climaxes from a handjob. (WARNING: trailer above NSFWish)

The Case Against 8 - Five years in the making, The Case Against 8 follows two same-sex couples at the heart of California’s gay marriage battle and looks behind-the-scenes at the lives and legal issues surrounding the infamous anti-gay law known as Proposition 8.

Unicorn Council - A stop-motion animated short about sassy space unicorns that save a city from an evil man-eating cat. Oh yes.

Chef - Bisexual actor John Leguizamo appears in this culinary drama about a celebrated chef who tries business on his own as a food-trucker after being fired from a hoity-toity restaurant.

The Iris Prize, held every autumn in Cardiff, is a great showcase for LGBT short films from around the world. However this year they have announced plans for a new strand to celebrate the Best of British.

The new strand will screen up to 10 of the best short films produced by filmmakers in Britain over the past 24 months. The films will be judged by an independent British Jury who will present the winning film with the Iris Prize Best British Short Award.

“British films have always been well received at the Iris Prize Film Festival and we are delighted to be screening more British shorts this year. This new development will also allow Iris to have a closer relationship with more local film makers,” said Festival Chair Andrew Pierce.

“The Iris Prize has a well-established track record for celebrating international talent having presented the Prize to film makers from the US, Israel, Germany, Norway, Brazil and two from Australia. However as we grow there is an expectation for us to do more! This is what we are doing by launching the Best British Short Award!” he added.

More details about the Best British Short prize will be announced at a drinks reception in London to co-inside with the closing weekend of BFI Flare on 29 March 2014.

If you’ve got a film you’d like to submit (whether you’re a British filmmaker or not), here are some of the key dates for this year’s fest:

• • The submissions process is open and film makers can submit here: LINK
  • The closing date for submissions is Friday 4th July 2014.
  • All films submitted for the Best British Short will also be considered for the main Iris Prize.
  • The Best of British jury will be independent of the International Jury who will be responsible for the main Iris Prize.
  • The winner will be announced during the Iris Awards on Sunday 12th October 2014.