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When the government begins to inspect their marriage, a gay immigrant and his lesbian wife throw a dinner party in an attempt to fool the INS; but soon realize that they aren’t the only ones hiding something. Project Links  Instagram

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: ALVORADA BEST LGBTQ+ STORY: SAUCY TOINHA BEST PERFORMANCES: MASCARA BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: ON THE RIDE BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: MEMENTO MORI BEST SOUND & MUSIC: SEE ME THRU Theme of night: Exposure NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: January 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival

A transgender man turns to contract killing to pay for his gender reassignment surgery, while his murky past begins to catch up with him. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Roy: Sean Ballantyne Jiron: Matthew Camp Attendant: Steve Rizzo

Laila and Manju have been going out for what seems like a lifetime, but Manju’s mother, Poornima, has only just learned about it. In an absurd combination of FOMO, identity crisis and alienation, Poornima worries that her daughter may not be ‘normal’. Was this a result of her laissez faire parenting? Or had the world… Continue reading Winning LGBTQ+ SHORT Script Reading: LAILA MANJU, by Kamya Nair, Prithvi Vatsalya

When a masked stranger crashes a celebration of life party at a secluded estate, an all-guys weekend becomes a terrifying battle for survival – one that will force a grieving young man to use all of his wits and resources to win. “Handsome Devil” is a twisty horror/slasher with an undercurrent of dark humour that… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Reading: HANDSOME DEVIL, by Andrew Albert

Four intelligent, complex women are drawn together. A lesbian couple, their friend and a young woman are looking to find peace relating to their deceased mothers. The fight for equal rights shows up both from the past and present. There is an exciting discovery to bring solar energy to mainstream culture. A huge secret is… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Script Reading: COPPERLAND, by Eila Algood, Holly Algood, Susan Froetchel

A young gay man risks everything as he chooses between his religious community and his own happiness after he’s asked on a date by his bike mechanic. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Miles: Steve Rizzo Sam: Shawn Devlin Holly: Kyana Teresa Clerk/Scott: Sean Ballantyne Jess: Matthew Camp Writer Biography – Ross Morin Ross Morin… Continue reading Winning LGBTQ+ Festival SHORT Script: ALL ARE WELCOME, by Ross Morin

ZIGGY AND RACHEL focuses on the friendship between a young boy and a transgender girl in his Manhattan building. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Lisa: Julie Sheppard Pendergast: Allan Michael Brunet Rachel: Kyana Teresa Ziggy: Geoff Mays Voices – Matthew Camp

Max Westerman is a Dutch journalist who spent much of his professional life in the United States. For fifteen years, until 2006, he was the U.S. correspondent of RTL4 Dutch Television and covered all the major stories from that period, including four presidential elections and the 9/11 attacks. He hosted four TV series and wrote… Continue reading Director Biography – Max Westerman (MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR)

Among the first to be hit by the AIDS epidemic in the 1980’s, Sean Strub’s political ambitions took a backseat as he struggled to survive. Now 60, he is running for mayor of a conservative town in Pennsylvania. How will this liberal, openly gay ex-New Yorker and founder of POZ, a magazine for people with… Continue reading Feature Film: MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR: SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP, 60min., USA, LGBT/Documentary