CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Paul Sr.: Geoff Mays Sarah: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Cardinal Fraser: Steve Rizzo
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Festival occurring twice a year. In Toronto in June. And in Los Angeles in September. Showcasing the best of LGBT Short Films and Screenplays from around the world.
HIGHLIGHTS: December 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners: Best Feature Film: ART AND PEPBest Long Form Short Film: DOGMABest Short Form Short Film: RISE LIKE A PHOENIXBest Direction: FLOWERSBest Performances: A HOLIDAY I DOBest Sound & Music: DANCING HEARTBest Cinematography: TRIPPINGBest Student FIlm: DADDY ART AND PEP, 88min., USADirected by Mercedes… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: December 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
LGBTQ+ Festival Short Story: Bright and Early, by Timothy C. Campbell
Performed by Val Cole LGBTQ+ Festival submission.
HIGHLIGHTS: November 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners: Best Short Form Short Film: BOY MICHIBest Long Form Short Film: AUGUSTBest Direction: ERASE MEBest Performances: NOT AN OTHER ONEBest Cinematography: HONEY BEARBest Sound & Music: BOLD Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: ERASE ME, 19min., USADirected by Lucas Freitas Peixoto… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: November 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Winning LGBTQ+ Screenwriter Diana Smith (THE PUPIL’S LASH)
Watch the Screenplay Reading: A murdered artist is given one more day to live, on the condition that he create a painting of pure beauty and destroy his latest work, a sculpture imbued with evil powers. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah EhmanNIT: Steve RizzoMICHAELANGELO: Geoff MaysTHOMMASO: Sean BallantyneVarious: Julie SheppardVarious: Elizabeth Rose MorrissVarious: Shawn Devlin Get… Continue reading Winning LGBTQ+ Screenwriter Diana Smith (THE PUPIL’S LASH)
HIGHLIGHTS: October 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners: Best Short Form Short Film: PACEMAKERBest Long Form Short Film: CURVEBest Performances: ANGELBest Direction: THE VENMO VANISHERBest Cinematography: BETTER THAN A HARLEY DAVIDSONBest Sound & Music: HEIRLOOM Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: PACEMAKER, 9min., UK, AnimationDirected by Brian Vincent Rhodes,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: October 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
HIGHLIGHTS: September 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners: Best Short Form Short Film: CLOSET COMBAT EPSIDE 2Best Long Form Short Film: GAY BODY OF MUSICBest Cinematography: ClichéBest Direction: STIGMABest Sound & Music: U=U: Undetectable, Untransmittable, and Undeniably Fierce!Best Performances: SLAY Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: Cliché, 16min., PortugalDirected… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: September 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: NOT TONIGHT, by Lisa Triano
A story of abuse and love. CAST LIST: Narrator: Steve Rizzo Diane: Hannah Ehman Tanner: Geoff Mays Doris: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Frank: Sean Ballantyne
HIGHLIGHTS: August 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Short Film: CLEVELANDBest Performances: NINABest Direction: WHAT BECAME OF DAVID BURKETT?Best Cinematography: HOLD YOU DOWNBest Sound & Music: THE SPACE BETWEEN ABOVE Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: WHAT BECAME OF DAVID BURKETT?, 3min., USADirected by Duane MichalsMemories of an old… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: August 2023 LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Interview with Filmmaker Jay Park (D.O.V.)
D.O.V., 24min,. South Korea,Directed by Jay ParkJun-young is an Myungsook University freshman with a lively and cheerful personality and tries to practice Youtube Vlogs with a new secondhands camera. He started practicing camera shooting with Sung-min, an older & mysterious classmate. While filming She discovers that she is transgender, having suffered from her trauma in… Continue reading Interview with Filmmaker Jay Park (D.O.V.)