Author: lgbttorontofilmfestival

Leo LIBorn in 1991, graduated from Department of Filmmaking, Taipei National University of Arts. WU Zi-jingGraduated from Department of Theatrical Design & Technology, Taipei National University of Arts, majoring in stage design. Currently studying at Taipei National University of Arts, Graduate Institute of Theatre Performance and Playwriting, majoring in directing. In 2008, Wu Zi-jing commenced… Continue reading Director Biography – Leo LI, WU Zi-jing (SOMEWHERE OUT THERE)

Dear Lin Mei-jing, Actually, I don’t know why I’m writing this letter to you, since you’ll never understand what I’ve been thinking anyway. You kept saying something like being brave, standing out to solve those problems, but I just thought that it’s impossible for me to do things like that. After being through many tough… Continue reading Short Film: SOMEWHERE OUT THERE, 30min, Taiwan, Drama

Al Lewis is a director and producer based between Amsterdam and London. Most recently she has produced two television series for Vice Studios and directed award winning work for WeTransfer and Dazed. She has also produced work for BBC, The BFI, The Guardian, VICE, Refinery29 and Boiler Room. She aims to create work that has… Continue reading Director Biography – Alice Lewis (PRIDE IS PROTEST)

Amsterdam’s LGBTQ+ community reflects on Pride as a form of protest. and the event’s intersectional roots and personal resonance. Project Links  Website News & Reviews “Amsterdam’s LGBTQ+ community reflects on Pride as a form of protest”Dazedhttps://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/49992/1/amst

Compartment is the story of a closeted common Indian man. His life is a conflict. There is a mask of ‘being normal’ that he wears everyday, bound and afraid of the rigid social dynamic in Indian society.But within, he unleashes the fantasy and ironically the truth of who he really is. Though after all these… Continue reading Short Film: COMPARTMENT, 5min., India, India, Dram

Joselyn, a Mexican transgender immigrant woman, crosses the Mexico/U.S. border to flee increasingly dangerous conditions in her hometown. She attempts to adjust to her new home in Queens, New York, but finds similar oppressive conditions in the U.S. After the murder of her best friend she falls into deep depression. Joselyn finds a community of… Continue reading Short Film: OUT OF THE SHADOWS, 14min., USA, LGBT/Drama

FRANCESCA Tasini is an Italian actress and screenwriter from Pieve di Cento (BO). After graduating in educational sciences at the University of Bologna she spent three years in Berlin studying the art of miming and clowning. Right after she continued her theatre studies at the Galante Garrone academy (Italy) and at the Dimitri theatre academy… Continue reading Director Biography – Francesca Tasini (LOLA)

Lola Barth is a beautiful transgender person with a very intense past.She has been in a relationship with her boyfriend Johnathan for about five years. They lived together, and about a year ago, they started the adoption process. To become a mother is the biggest dream of Lola, and she is willing to do everything… Continue reading Short Film: LOLA, 20min., Germany, Drama

At present I am a gay long-term foster dad to two wonderful boys. I am also an award winning Film Editor with over 35 years of Broadcast experience. I now edit films from home for clients all over the world. I make Film Portraits where I sit with individuals and capture the essence of them… Continue reading Director BIO: Andrew Hassenruck (BEING BLACK)

Wayne is a proud black, Afro-Caribbean, gay man living in the UK. His father was also a proud man, moving to the UK in the 1950’s was his duty to the ‘father country’. For Wayne being a UK citizen now doesn’t make him proud and is a different story.