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Kaveh Kardan is a filmmaker and portrait photographer based in Honolulu, Hawaii. He has been involved in software development, computer generated imagery, and visual effects for the past thirty years. He moved to Honolulu in 1997 to work on the CG feature “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” and then taught at UH Manoa ACM for… Continue reading Director Biography – Kaveh Karden (THE LONGING FADE)

A lonely woman struggles with her sense of self and fading memory as she embarks on a journey of closure. Project Type: Short Runtime: 7 minutes 32 seconds Completion Date: January 20, 2020 Production Budget: 350 USD Country of Origin: United States Country of Filming: United States Language: English Shooting Format: Digital Aspect Ratio: 16:9… Continue reading Short Film: THE LONGING FADE, 7min., USA, Drama

Director: Ash Kreis is a trans filmmaker from Colorado Springs. She got her start working on indie features including The Creep Behind The Camera and The Frame. She also worked in the advertising industry while teaching cinematography at UCCS. The last feature film she worked on was Being Evel directed by Daniel Junge and Produced… Continue reading Director Biography – Ash Kreis (THE FANDOM)

Watch this feature streaming online ONLY on Friday January 8th. EMAIL US to reserve the FREE private link and password to watch the festival. THE FANDOM dives headfirst in the imaginative world of “furries,” the often-misunderstood internet subculture of fans of the anthropomorphic arts. Using a bountiful collection of archival tapes and images, this documentary traces the… Continue reading Feature Film Showcase: THE FANDOM, 89min. “The imaginative world of the ‘furries’ community”

David and Randall are in the principal’s school office. He wants to know what they did to be there. In the meantime, these two enemies will understand they’re more similar than they though.

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: JULIET BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: TOUCH & AGREE BEST PERFORMANCES: BEING IN BEST SOUND & MUSIC: HER & HER Theme of night: Trying to find peace NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: PAULA + FRANCESCA, 10min, USA,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: November 2020 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival

Condominium board President Dead Ed’s mysterious death sets off a series of machinations from those who profit and lose from this event in the low-rent Hollywood condo community where he lived. Who will become the new Board President? What crimes were committed? Who will do what to get what? While Dead Ed is dead, he… Continue reading LGBT Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: BOARD TO DEATH, by Jodi Teti

CAST LIST: Narrator: Steve Rizzo Matthew: Geoff Mays Alana/Fruit Fly: Julie Sheppard Betty: Kyana Teresa

The Last Gableton, a dramatic feature set at the turn of the twentieth century, is the story of a young social pariah, Hildegard Ashdown, who finds herself pursued by the son of a wealthy family. As things progress between them, she begins to sense he has a dark secret, and his family will do what… Continue reading LGBT Festival Best Scene Script Reading: THE LAST GABLETON, by Haley Rice

Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood is a biographical drama about the tumultuous relationship between Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. Historians and biographers agree that Vincent van Gogh’s adulthood included periods of hypersexuality, hyposexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality. This screenplay delves into the homosexual relationship between Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. CAST LIST: Narrator: Julie… Continue reading LGBT Festival 1st Scene Script Reading: VINCENT AND PAUL: UNSPOKEN BROTHERHOOD, by Frank Hays