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Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Short Film: FIRST SLOVAK PRIDEBest Performances: EARWORMBest Direction: D.O.V.Best Sound & Music: FIRST SLOVAK PRIDEBest Cinematography: THE PLACES WE WON’T WALKBest Student Film: THE PRINCE’S DILEMMA Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: L’ULTIMO SALUTOE, 20min., ItalyDirected by Vincenzo Palazzo“The last greeting”… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: July 2023 LGBTQ+ Toronto Festival

Eden, a closeted Mormon, is called to serve a mission in South America, but when her best friend kisses her the night before she leaves, everything she has ever known to be true is now in question. Narrator: Val Cole God: Shawn Devlin Eden: Julie Sheppard Eric: Steve Rizzo https://instagram.com/jobroooo

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Short Form Short Film: FEAR OF FLYINGBest Long Form Short Film: THE EXCHANGEBest Cinematography: ba•laBest Direction: DAVIDBest Performances: COLLECTIONSBest Documentary: RED RIBBONS OF LOVEBest Sound & Music: AUREO & MIRELEBest Student Film: LA PETITE MORT Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film:… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: June 2023 LGBTQ+ Toronto Festival

Set in 1947 Los Angeles and based on true events, a young woman uses her free time as a secretary at a movie studio to secretly produce the first gay magazine in the United States, Vice Versa, finding a community and herself in the process. CAST LIST: Narrator: Steve Rizzo McGuire: Geoff Mays Edythe: Hannah… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Script: Vice Versa, by Jason Lajoie

When the opportunity to move forward arrives at his doorstep, a mortician must decide whether to heal or hide. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Stephen: Geoff Mays Peter: Sean Devlin

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Feature Film: OUTRAGEOUS: THE QUEER HISTORY OF AUSTALIAN TVBest Short Form Short Film: MY MOTHER, MY SELFBest Direction: LIKE SON, LIKE FATHERBest Performances: FIRST POSITIONBest Sound & Music: No One Knows I’m A Dog On The InternetBest Cinematography: The Art of Making The… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: May 2023 LGBTQ+ Toronto Festival

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:Best Short Form Short Film: NOVABest Long Form Short Film: PIEDRA DURABest Performances: BLUEBERRY SMOOTHIEBest Cinematography: ACHING HEARTSBest Student Film: BLACK BOXBest Direction: DIXSON Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: NOVA, 8min., USA, Family DramaDirected by Gabe SheetsSam is a transgender teenager… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS: April 2023 LGBTQ+ Festival

The world’s greatest romance novelist has given up on love due to long-standing grief, but will his blossoming relationship with a younger man lead to a new chapter or the same tragic ending. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Bibi: Hannah Ehman Ezra: Sean Ballantyne

Eliot Glassman, 15, openly gay and precocious, becomes emancipated from his suburban parents and friends, following incidents of physical abuse. Freed from his troubled suburban origins, he navigates (often on a skateboard) the dangers and delights of his new urban surroundings. Through it all, Eliot remains a positive life-force -– the ultimate wise ass, the… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival TV Best Scene: GOOFY FOOT, by Richard Redlo