38th BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival – full lineup revealed

The full lineup for the 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, running March 13th - 24th at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player, has been announced. The 2024 selection, divided into three thematic strands—Hearts, Bodies, and Minds—includes 33 world premieres, with 57 features and 81 shorts from 41 countries. This year's programmers are Grace Barber-Plentie, Jay Bernard, Diana Cipriano, Zorian... Continue Reading →

SAPPH-O-RAMA! A 30 film exploration of the lesbian image in cinema runs at NYC’s Film Forum February 2nd – 13th

SAPPH-O-RAMA, a 30-film series exploring the eccentric, enduring, and genre-encompassing history of the lesbian image in cinema runs at New York City's Film Forum from Friday, February 2nd through Tuesday, February 13th, 2024. This swoon-worthy celebration of the sapphic canon—groundbreaking, cult favorite, or under-seen selections from the silent era to present day—includes films by Dorothy... Continue Reading →

Masc film series curated by Jenni Olson & Caden Mark Gardner runs at Brooklyn’s BAM Nov 17 – 21st

Spotlighting trans men, butch lesbians, and gender-nonconforming heroes on film, Masc—curated by writer-archivist-filmmaker Jenni Olson and critic Caden Mark Gardner for the Criterion Channel—comes to Brooklyn's BAM November 17th - 21st. The film series journeys through nearly four decades of cinema history in search of authentic, complex representations of masculine identity as it exists outside... Continue Reading →

LGBTQ+ highlights at 14th annual DOC NYC fest

DOC NYC—the nation's largest documentary festival—returns for its 14th edition this month, running in-person from November 8th until 16th at Manhattan's IFC Center, SVA Theatre, and Village East by Angelika. The fest continues online US-wide until November 26th, with most films available digitally to US viewers. Ahead of opening night, we take a look at the... Continue Reading →

TIFF 2023: LGBTQ+ highlights at 48th​ ​Toronto​ ​International​ ​Film​ ​Festival​

The 48th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) opens on Thursday, September 7th with the international premiere of Oscar-winning director Hayao Miyazaki's animated epic The Boy and the Heron (Kimitachi wa Do Ikiruka) and comes to a close on Sunday, September 17th with the world premiere of Thom Zimny's Sylvester Stallone documentary Sly, exploring the close... Continue Reading →

LGBTQ+ highlights at Tribeca Festival 2023

With the 2023 Tribeca Festival opening tonight in New York, running until June 18th, we take a look at some of the LGBTQ+ highlights in this year's exciting lineup of narrative, documentary, and animated feature films and shorts. The fact the festival lands in the city during Pride Month is not lost on Faridah Gbadamosi,... Continue Reading →

Outfest Fusion to honor Bird Runningwater & Elegance Bratton at 20th anniversary QTBIPOC film festival – full lineup announced

This Friday, March 24th, sees the opening of the 20th annual Outfest Fusion QTBIPOC Film Festival in Los Angeles, running in-person and virtually until April 2nd, with screenings, free community workshops, and networking events. At the Opening Night Gala at the JACCC Aratani Theatre, Pier Kids and The Inspection filmmaker Elegance Bratton will be honored with the... Continue Reading →

Exhibition preview: Steven Menendez’s Earth Worship features sensual portraits of male nudes in deep connection with nature

Earth Worship, award-winning fine art photographer Steven Menendez's latest exhibition—running at The SoHo Project Space in New York Thursday, March 30th - Saturday, April 8th, 2023—features a stunning series of landscapes and sensual portraits of male nudes "in states of bliss in the majesty of nature". Earth Worship - Steven Menendez fine art photography exhibition... Continue Reading →

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