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MAD ABOUT THE BOY, 8min., UK, Musical/LGBT Directed by Samir Bhamra British born Pakistani singer and songwriter duo, Sidique and Kamaal are in love. They secretly elope and have a gay marriage in Leicester. When Kamaal marries Rukhsana in Pakistan to maintain his heterosexual facade, Sidique is angry and lost. His marriage to Kamaal is… Continue reading Mad About the Boy Short Film, Audience FEEDBACK from the LGBT Jan. 2020 Festival — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: TEDDY MATE BEST PERFORMANCES: PICTURES OF LEO BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: PICTURES OF LEO BEST MUSIC: VIOLET Theme of night: Lost Connections Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: MAD ABOUT THE BOY, 8min., UK, Musical/LGBT PICTURES OF LEO, 15min, Sweden, Drama/LGBT TEDDY MATE, 15min., USA, Fantasy/LGBT THE WAY THINGS END, 5min., Norway, Drama/LGBT […]… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: January 2020 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

On the hard edge of the urban west, Jess, an ex-con and single mother, strives to provide for herself and her own in the face of desperate poverty. CAST LIST: Various: Nikolai Afanasev Carlos: Peter Mark Raphael Narrator: Carina Cojeen Jess: Kristen MacCulloch JJ: Kyana Teresa Various: Kaleb Alexander Writer Statement Danielle and I live […]… Continue reading LGBT Feature Screenplay Winner: Jess, by Sean J.S. Jourdan, Danielle Prall — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

Just a Girl is a romantic-comedy in which a transgender teen girl returns to her high school and comes out as transgender after transitioning in another town, only to have her former best friend fall head over heels for her. The romance plays out against the backdrop of an international high school robotics competition. CAST […]… Continue reading LGBT 1st Scene Script Reading: Just a Girl (AKA Swerve), by Minsun Park & Teddy Tenenbaum — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

This is a story about one’s boys journey out of the closest, and the consequences of the lies he’s to everyone in his life, especially his girlfriend. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Jack: Biden Hall Daisy: Aliya Hamid — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly […]… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Screenplay: Consequences of Living a Lie, by Kieron O’Sullivan — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

A timid, over-weight gay man gets the body of his dreams thanks to a powerful weight-loss supplement, but it comes with ravenous side effects. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Gabe: Biden Hall Kayla: Pascale Behrman — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, […]… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Script: Adonix, by Daniel Boddicker — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

Originally posted on LGBT Toronto Film Festival: https://youtu.be/E0bLvwu6jSg A timid, over-weight gay man gets the body of his dreams thanks to a powerful weight-loss supplement, but it comes with ravenous side effects. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Gabe: Biden Hall Kayla: Pascale Behrman — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting… via… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Script: Adonix, by Daniel Boddicker — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

Originally posted on LGBT Toronto Film Festival: https://youtu.be/JTNqitWgGgk This is a story about one’s boys journey out of the closest, and the consequences of the lies he’s to everyone in his life, especially his girlfriend. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Jack: Biden Hall Daisy: Aliya Hamid — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo,… via… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Screenplay: Consequences of Living a Lie, by Kieron O’Sullivan — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

You might remember the thrills of your first, young love—or lust—and the butterflies in your stomach that made daily life fade to black whenever that person is near. Throw in the discretion of being a closeted gay boy and the idea of doing something that could potentially shatter your world made those kisses all the […]… Continue reading José is the Queer Coming of Age Film We Need — Instinct Magazine

A diary written in 1810 by a Georgian era farmer shows that attitudes towards homosexuality were not all negative in the nineteenth century, as the diary contains passages suggesting that people thought that homosexuality is a normal human tendency, according to BBC. Matthew Tomlinson, a widower and farmer from Yorkshire, is the writer of the […]… Continue reading Nineteenth Century Diary Shows Acceptance Towards Homosexuality — Instinct Magazine