Director Biography – Jan Jalenak (YOU CAN KISS ME)

Jan Jalenak grew up In Memphis, TN and started out in NYC as an actor and playwright. As a writer, her plays have been seen in NY in theaters including Greenwich Street Theatre, Studio theatre Playwrights Horizons, The Actors Studio, Naked Angels, the Robert Moss Theater, and the Gene Frankel Theatre, among others. Jan is… Continue reading Director Biography – Jan Jalenak (YOU CAN KISS ME)

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: March 2020 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: BEST FILM: JUS+ LIKE ME BEST PERFORMANCES: OLD FLAMES BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: LA DISTANCIA BEST MUSIC: RESHAPING BEAUTY Theme of night: Acceptance Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: THE DISTANCE, 18min., Spain, Drama/Teen THE QUIT, 28min., USA, Comedy/Relationship JUS+ LIKE ME, 15min., UK, Documentary NOW I KNOW, 7min., USA, Drama/Teen BOXING DAY, 7min., USA,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: March 2020 LGBT FEEDBACK Film Festival

LGBT Festival TV Best Scene Reading: The Townhouse, by David Neal & Oscar Sanchez

A former Marine operates a lucrative escort service to the Washington power elite and he finds himself in the bulls-eye of concurrent storms involving betrayal, treachery, blackmail, corrupt politicians, cops on the take and murder. CAST LIST: Narrator: Hannah Ehman Father: Isaiah Kolundzic Allison: Nkasi Ogbonnah — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo,… Continue reading LGBT Festival TV Best Scene Reading: The Townhouse, by David Neal & Oscar Sanchez

Director Biography – Jake Shannon (SAMMY THE SALMON)

Jake is a 25 year old filmmaker from Perth, Western Australia, now based in Melbourne. Jake’s films have featured in national and international festivals. He has directed TVC’s which have screened nationally on channels 7, 10 and 9, and has won multiple achievement awards from Channel 9 for his efforts. Director Statement ‘Sammy the Salmon’… Continue reading Director Biography – Jake Shannon (SAMMY THE SALMON)

Director Biography – Christopher Cosgrove (BOLDLY GO)

A geeky Brisbane boy addicted to Tiny Teddies, Christopher Cosgrove has spent the last decade working as a freelance editor, cutting television commercials and corporate videos for clients such as Super Amart, Rio Tinto and Dreamworld. Frustrated by offline media and insufficient disk space, Christopher is eager to transition from the edit lab to the… Continue reading Director Biography – Christopher Cosgrove (BOLDLY GO)

Director Biography – Breno Moreira (DESMOND IS AMAZING)

He won his first camera at age 7. At 17, he directed his first documentary and at 22, with the short film “There ain’t no bad directing when you shoot pretty girls” he was the winner of the Audience Awards at the Cluj International Short Film Festival in Romania. As an advertising director, he has… Continue reading Director Biography – Breno Moreira (DESMOND IS AMAZING)

VIEWS: The best (and worst) of LGBTQI representation on screen today — DIVA MAGAZINE

From Netflix’s Atypical via Black Lightning, to F.R.I.E.N.D.S and Sex In The City BY GEORGIA BUTLER. IMAGE ATYPICAL/YOUTUBE What do we want? Diverse and accurate LGBTQI+ representation in the media. When do we want it? About 25 years ago, maybe..? Things have come a long way since the first issue of DIVA was published way […]… Continue reading VIEWS: The best (and worst) of LGBTQI representation on screen today — DIVA MAGAZINE

Rise of gay killer: Why pop culture suddenly thirsty for queer blood… — CauseACTION Clarion

As the world becomes more and more of a nightmare, with an impending climate catastrophe and negative news arriving via push notification every other hour, people have turned to an unorthodox escape method: true-crime stories. Since the podcast Serial launched our true-crime obsession into overdrive in 2014, we’ve been getting to know convicted murderers from […]… Continue reading Rise of gay killer: Why pop culture suddenly thirsty for queer blood… — CauseACTION Clarion