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Gay
Director: Ivan Peric.
Parody on William Shakespeare`s Romeo & Juliet, break dance gay musical comedy
Director: Roberto F. Canuto.
"Toto Forever" tells the impossible love story between a young postmen, that dreams with a new life, and a gangster, that is in deep trouble with a mafia group. Toto will never lose the "hope", despite of the traumatic end of the affair.Filmed in 16mm, Toto is a fable in which the feelings and emotions are always fully exposed, with a very poetic and symbolic narrative and aesthetic very close to the Animé Japanese.
Call for Submissions
for the 2nd Bangalore Queer Film Festival
Last day for entries: 30 January 2010
Introduction
Bangalore has hosted film festivals on themes related to lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT or Queer) communities since 2003.
Although they were small events, since their transformation into The
Bangalore Queer Film Festival (BQFF) in April 2009, held at the
Alliance Francaise, the festivals made Bangalore a destination for
international Queer films.
Organisers
BQFF 2010 is organised by Good As You (GAY), SWABHAVA Trust and
We’re Here and Queer (WHAQ!). GAY (www.goodasyou.in) is a support group
(est. 1994) for LGBT people in Bangalore and is one of the oldest
support groups in India. SWABHAVA Trust (est. 1999) is a non-profit,
non-governmental organisation working with LGBT issues, including
providing access to support services in Bangalore. Both GAY and
Swabhava have co-hosted previous queer film festivals in Bangalore.
This year, another group called We’re Here and Queer (WHAQ!), a queer
women’s support group (estd. 2009) is also a co-organiser. GAY and
WHAQ! regularly organise film screenings at their weekly meetings. All
the groups are non-funded and operate entirely on donations.
BQFF 2009
The 1st edition of the Bangalore Queer Film Festival was held in
Bangalore on 10 and 11 April, 2009. The event had a tightly packed
schedule screening more than 20 feature, short and documentary films
alongside panel discussions on being out at the workplace and short
performance pieces using drama, dance, Sufi music and poetry.
BQFF 2010
The 2nd edition of the Bangalore Queer Film Festival will be held in
Bangalore in February 2010. Screening feature, documentary and
experimental films, BQFF 2010 caters to a large Bangalore public
interested in international films. Panel discussions on key issues
concerning the LGBT community in Bangalore/India will also be organised
as part of the schedule.
Venue: The Alliance Francaise, Vasanthnagar, Bangalore – 560 001
Dates: 26, 27 and 28 February 2010
Web: http://blrqueerfilmfest.com
Email: blrqueerfilmfest@gmail.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/bqff
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=238745619741&ref=mf
Director: Sven Heinrich.
Edward gets involved with a sect, conducted by the “Godfather”, and he becomes his lover. After a shoot-out he ends up in prison without having committed any crime. During an interview, Edward has the chance to remember his life with the “Godfather”, who served as a Satería priest for the businessman Z and the prosecutor Don Juan.
HeadlinerYoung man gets involved with sect leader.Storyline:The life of a young man changes, when he gets to know a Santería-priest, who serves a businessman and a prosecutor.SynopsisEdward gets involved with a sect, conducted by the “Godfather”, and he becomes his lover. After a shoot-out he ends up in prison without having committed any crime. During an interview, Edward has the chance to remember his life with the sect leader, who served as a Palo Mayombe-priest for the influential bus...
Third Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival Accepting Submissions from 11th January – 30th June, 2010
The third annual Side by Side LGBT International Film Festival, scheduled for the autumn between the 15 – 22 October, 2010, is currently accepting film and video submissions. The festival is looking for work of all genres, lengths and formats, including dramatic, documentary and experimental works, by, about and of interest to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transg...
Director: Gustavo Camelot.
Through seven bottles of cursed wine, we follow the journey of Valentina, a beautiful artist living in Berlin. With a sordid history of sexual and physical abuse, and having been caught in the arms of her female lover by her wealthy, overbearing mother, Val is forced to make a choice: to live a "normal" life, or be forever cut off - financially and emotionally.
She concedes to her mother's ultimatum, and pursues a heterosexual relationship to appease her, only to catch her new boyfriend in bed with another man. Her inability to cope with her life triggers her repressed male alter-ego to emerge and take over…
CALL FOR ENTRIESIt is time for Mumbai to celebrate with its own queer film festival : Kashish – Mumbai Queer Film Festival to be held April 22nd – 25th, 2010.The festival, organized by Solaris Pictures and Bombay Dost, intends to showcase and support films with gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer themes, relevant to Indian and Indian Diaspora. It aims to provide filmmakers, artists, activists, media persons and audiences with a space to communicate, share diverse experiences an...
MIX 22: New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, November 17-22, 2009
In the autumn, when the freshers are been counted, it's a hobbit now that, on Cluj-Napoca, in the heart of the Dracula land to take place the international movie fest "Gay Film Nights". It's the sixth edition, the event will begin on October the 19th and it will last one week.
"Movies. Only art. To know us better." is the motto of this year whithin the organisers, are trying to explain to all of us that this festival is just a form of visibility of the life style, of ...
Director: Paul Verhoeven (France).
Beside not very commendable teenagers, there exist some others, but who are never showed… Now, these young people, like Lucas, Alexis, etc, can have a beneficial influence on the youths adrift, and even make them better. But sometimes it is necessary to agree to pay the full price, like the corn grain which must die to bear fruit… It is what this film shows, film at the same time dramatic and full with hope, inspired from real facts.
With the aid of art, a bridge of communication and diversity acknowledgment will be attempted between people, regardless of their sexuality.
The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival is the second
oldest gay and lesbian film festival in the world and prides itself on
showcasing the best LGBTQI films and videos from around the globe. From
international feature films to social issue documentaries to
experimental shorts, Reeling has always presented a range of genres
that demonstrates the rich diversity of work being produced.
Reeling 2009 will screen over 100 independent films and videos over 10
days, from November 5-14, 2009. Entries are eligible for audience
awards, as well as juried awards with cash prizes in the categories of
Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature, Best Narrative Short, Best
Documentary Short, and Best Experimental/Animated Film. Music Videos
are eligible for audience awards only. Reeling is also a nominating
festival for the Iris Prize.
The Rhode Island International Film Festival Once Again Hosts Popular Gay & Lesbian Sidebar August 5-10th PROVIDENCE, R.I. (July 26, 2008)— One of the most popular cinematic sidebars of the annual Rhode Island International Film Festival returns for its 1t2h year: the Providence GLBT Film Festival, August 5-10th. Films made by, for and about the GLBT community have played an integral role in RIIFF, one of New England’s premiere film festivals. This year the GLBT festival is scree...
by Sandy Mandelberger, Festival Circuit Editor Friday, June 5-----While June is still celebrated as “gay pride month” in North America, the LGBT (that’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender for you neophytes) film calendar actually has become a year-round phenomenon, making every season a new reason to think pink. In all, there are close to 100 separate LGBT film festivals in the U.S. and Canada. The most well-known take place in such gay meccas as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco...
Among the top 100 most popular film festivals in the world, the 7th annual Great Lakes Independent Film Festival has officially opened its Call for Entries and will accept submissions internationally of independently produced feature length and short length films and scripts in the genres of documentary, horror, experimental, Religious/Spiritual, animation, and all genre of music videos and Gay/Lesbian for the 2008 festival, September 25th. Thru September 28th. We shall accept all ranges of mus...
Abdul and Nora come from two different countries and two different cultures, but find a common bond at the gym with a zany cast of regulars.
"George, a self-appointed "Soldier of Christ," has embarked on a tortured personal quest to investigate lifestyles that disgust him and that he regards as rejected by God. His interactions with a wide range of people reveal their struggles toward self-acceptance even as the investigations begin to erode George's defenses against his own demons."
Who Leads Film website
Within a few hours, one couple ends and another begins. Adam is leaving Trent, ending their dysfunctional relationship. Jordan, a mover and recent San Francisco transplant, crosses paths with their roommate Spencer. Their intense connection is questioned as they watch the disintegration of Adam and Trent. Who leads when four men come together?
Toto Forever Trailer (a short film by Roberto F. Canuto)
Trailer for the short film "Toto Forever", directed by Roberto F. Canuto in 2009. The festival submissions starts in Spring 2010.
"Toto Forever" tells the impossible love story between a young postmen, that dreams with a new life, and a gangster, that is in deep trouble with a mafia group. Toto will never lose the "hope", despite of the traumatic end of the affair.
Filmed in 16mm, Toto is a fable in which the feelings and emotions are always fully exposed, with a very poetic and symbolic narrative and aesthetic very close to the Animé Japanese.
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