It’s the queermas miracle we’ve all been waiting for BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS As the wise Mariah Carey once said, “I don’t care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree.” All I really care about this year is watching Happiest Season at least once a week during the festive period. Us LGBTQI folk have never had [….]
Under My Skin is the non-binary romance film we’ve always wanted BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Before it’s premiere at Raindance Film Festival this evening, we thought you might want to cast your eyes on the trailer for Under My Skin. With four non-binary actors in its ensemble cast, this beautifully shot independent drama brings a multitude [….]
We are living for the Queer strand at Raindance 2020! BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS It’s that time of year again! Raindance Film Festival is back for 2020 and once again, one of the programming strands is completely queer. In addition, there’s 50 feature films and documentaries screening online this year, plus short film programmes (including plenty [….]
Human connection overrules the constraints of the past in Francis Lee’s second feature BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Returning after a hugely successful breakout feature in the form of God’s Own Country, Francis Lee’s Ammonite is here to prove his deserved place in the queer cinema canon. This time, the love story ventures back in time to [….]
They Them Us is screening digitally at the LA Femme International Film Festival, followed by a Q&A BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS All you queer film fans out there, there’s a chance to see a screening of the fabulous They Them Us on Friday evening, 16 October – virtually of course, as part of the LA Femme [….]
The queer film on everyone’s radar, hot off the heels of it’s Iris Prize success BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS Opening the generation section of the Berlinale 2020 where it had its World Premiere, Cocoon is the impressive second feature from Berlin-based writer and director Leonie Krippendorff. It’s a tender story of first times during a heated summer. [….]
This moving LGBTQI drama is set for theatrical and digital release 13 November BY SOPHIE GRIFFITHS We love seeing our favourite lez/bi actors taking to the screen to tell fresh LGBTQI stories, but it’s about time there was a queer film that represented the older generation. In the real world, coming out stories exist beyond [….]
