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A Class of ‘98 University senior moonlighting as a nightlife Performance Artist conspires with a closeted classmate to open the first gay bar in their straight-laced Maritime Canadian hometown. CAST LIST: Narration: Elizabeth Rose Morriss RAY: Allan Michael Brunet DUNSTAN: Geoff Mays BONNIE: Kyana Teresa —————

Sappho, a well-regarded poet in Ancient Greece, sets out to find true love. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie Sheppard SAPPHO: Hannah Ehman MARKOS: Sean Ballantyne ERIS/RHEA: Kyana Teresa CHARAXOS/ERIS’ FATHER: Steve Rizzo —–

A genderqueer punk rocker moves into their rich aunt’s LA mansion in order to pursue their music career. However, their residency comes with one condition: they must act as an au pair for their petulant thirteen-year-old cousin. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie Sheppard MONTY: Hannah Ehman SHEENA: Kyana Teresa LLOYD: Sean Ballantyne ——-

Retired and conservative Mrs Foster is starting chemotherapy and is understandably anxious. The last thing she needs, is to have to share the treatment room with a ‘know it all child’ who wants to grow up to be a lesbian! But a series of life lessons from this cheeky 9 year old, give her much… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival SHORT Screenplay Reading: My Week with Maisy, by Mark Oxtoby

A series of miscommunications leads to danger as two men (one blind, one deaf) find themselves on the edge of intimacy. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie Sheppard NICK: Steve Rizzo ETHAN: Sean Ballantyne ———–

Winner BEST FEATURE Film – 2021 Season A SAVANNAH HAUNTING, 103min,. USA, Horror/ThrillerDirected by William Mark McCulloughA SAVANNAH HAUNTING is a film based on real supernatural phenomena the writer/director and his family experienced in their home in Savannah for decades. The film was shot on location at the actual haunted house. The filmmakers attempted to… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: December Feature 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival

Showcase of the best SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: DEROUTE Best Direction: PILLOW TALK Best Cinematography: MEDIAN Best Performances: WE ALL DIE ALONE Best Sound & Music: NATION OF ONE Theme of night: Life Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: WE ALL DIE ALONE, 14min., USA MEDIAN, 15min., USA PILLOW… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: DECEMBER SHORT FILM 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival

Space thief Io finds herself caught in a galactic war while attempting to sell a stolen crystal. Now the most wanted person in the galaxy, she races against the clock to save her alien dog and face responsibility for the war she inadvertently started. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allan Michael Brunet DOMINATRIA: Val Cole NIRYAT: Julie… Continue reading LGBT Festival BEST Scene Reading: Intergalactic Io, by Seth Nesenholtz

This is a tragic story about life and loss on an Alzheimer’s unit. It centers on Tim Valzik who works as a QMA caregiver on the Alzheimer’s unit. Tim is unsure of his own purpose in life. He is not at peace with his identity. His job is to protect one who ends up getting… Continue reading LGBT Festival BEST Scene Reading: Clean The World, by John McCloskey

1994. Awkward and tense from a recent break-up and stuck together in a car on a joint thesis project, two NYC lesbian grad students head to Southern New Jersey to investigate the Jersey Devil in this hour long rom-com monster thriller. *Official Selection LGBTQ+ Los Angeles Film Festival* *Semi-finalist Atlanta Screenplay Awards* *Semi-finalist Stage32 TV… Continue reading LGBT Festival BEST Scene Reading: Urban Legends, by Andy Heidel, Chloe Sehr, Sam Callahan