What do you call a rom-com without the com? Technically From Zero to I Love You isn’t a comedy. It’s a gay romance through and through, but it has all the tropes of a rom-com. From the meet-cute, the therapist, the art-gallery job, the zippy title, the improbable scenarios, the side-kicks whose only function is... Continue Reading →
The inaugural 51Fest, "celebrating the voice, vision and stories of the female majority" takes place in New York 18th - 21st July 2019. Presented by Women in the World and IFC Center, 51Fest builds on the mission of the Women in the World Summit, founded by Tina Brown in 2009, to amplify and celebrate women’s... Continue Reading →
Europe’s largest South Asian film festival, the Bagri Foundation's London Indian Film Festival opens in London today Thursday 20th June 2019 and runs at various cinemas in the capital until Saturday 29th June. The UK festival also runs in Birmingham (21st June - 1st July) and Manchester (26th- 29th June). The 2019 LIFF offers a... Continue Reading →
The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Frameline, opens tonight 20th June 2019 with lesbian period drama Vita & Virginia. As Pam Grady notes in the festival's programme, the film features "sensational star turns by Elizabeth Debicki (Widows) as Virginia Woolf and Gemma Arterton (Quantum of Solace) as Vita Sackville-West" and brings "to dazzling life one... Continue Reading →
The 18th Tribeca film festival marked the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with a one day event, Tribeca Celebrates Pride. The packed day of programming included a diverse range of fascinating panel discussions and interviews with notable LGBTQ+ figures and allies, plus screenings of LGBTQ+ related short films and the world premiere of HBO... Continue Reading →
As well as the one day event Tribeca Celebrates Pride on Saturday 4th May, the 18th Tribeca Film Festival, which continues in New York until 5th May 2019, boasts a wealth of LGBTQ+ related storytelling. Here are some of this year's LGBTQ+ highlights, for a full list of remaining Tribeca events and to purchase tickets head... Continue Reading →
The 18th Tribeca Film Festival is set to explore activism in the arts with the first Tribeca Celebrates Pride this Saturday 4th May at the Tribeca Festival Hub at Spring Studios, New York. The day long event will honour the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, including on stage interviews with LGBTQ+ creatives including Neil Patrick Harris, John Cameron... Continue Reading →
BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which begins in London today, has announced that British acting legend Terence Stamp will attend the festival's screening of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert celebrating the film's 25th anniversary. Released in UK cinemas on 14th October 1994, the film went on to win an Oscar for... Continue Reading →
Following its UK Premiere at the 2017 Iris Prize Festival in Cardiff , lead actor Miles Szanto won the festival’s award for Best Performance in a Male Role. The Australian coming of age drama from writer/director Craig Boreham is set in the suburbs of Sydney. Although two of the cast members, Daniel Webber and Charlotte... Continue Reading →
