Denver’s LGBTQ+ Ally and Pioneer, a short documentary about a straight man who buys a gay bar in the 80s and becomes a lifelong LGBTQ+ pioneer and ally. Project Links Website
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Director Biography – Laura O’Grady (UNDETECTABLE)
Laura O’Grady likes to keep busy. From national broadcasters to documentaries that have been screened around the world, Laura O’Grady has produced, coordinated, written or directed hundreds of hours of content. She has received many Canadian Screen Award nominations, provincial awards, and has had 2 films debut at the Hot Docs Film Festival. 2021 marks… Continue reading Director Biography – Laura O’Grady (UNDETECTABLE)
Short Film: UNDETECTABLE, 42min., Canada, Documentary
Undetectable breaks down the roadblocks and exposes the gatekeepers that have stopped the world from becoming HIV/AIDS free. the documentary is a deep dive into the hysteria, misinformation, stigma, and prejudice that has surrounded the HIV virus since it was identified in the early 80s.. through the eyes of current front line workers and tireless… Continue reading Short Film: UNDETECTABLE, 42min., Canada, Documentary
Director Biography – Dale Windle (UNDECTABLE)
Dale is an accomplished professional with 30+ years’ experience in business; managing companies, finances, and business development. Dale has two university degrees in architecture and worked as a buildings architect for 15 years. He transitioned to Information Technology in 1993, founding and selling a web hosting startup. After selling that company Dale worked in investment… Continue reading Director Biography – Dale Windle (UNDECTABLE)
Short Film: CHINA DOLL – A MANY SPLENDORED QUEEN!, 22min., Canada, Documentary
A Many Splendored Queen! A profile of a Chinese Canadian restaurateur with a big heart, running a successful restaurant, hosting wild karaoke parties & making people happy as the amazing, flamboyant, wonderful drag queen CHINA DOLL! Project Links Website Facebook
HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: SEPTEMBER SHORTS 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival
Showcase of the best SHORT FILMS in the world today. AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: THEY/THEM Best Direction: ULRICHS 1867 Best Performances: THE NEARING OF JORDYN SIMMONS Best Cinematography: SUNDOWN TOWN Best Production Design: LESBIAN Best Sound & Music: 75 CENTS Theme of night: Life NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: SEPTEMBER SHORTS 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival
Director Biography – Sven Niemeyer (ULRICHS 1867)
Sven Niemeyer is a german movement director and choreographer. Besides his work for stage (Musicaltheater), Film and TV, he produces dance-short-films. His first film COLD (2017), about (postnatal) depression, won several awards cross the globe.ULRICHS 1867 is his third work and second collaboration with DOP Markus Kopeke.http://www.svenniemeyer.com Director Statement Besides my work for Musical theater,… Continue reading Director Biography – Sven Niemeyer (ULRICHS 1867)
Short Film: ULRICHS 1867, 10min., Germany, Drama
Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (1825-1895), was a lawyer, journalist, publisher, writer, pioneer of sexology and is known as the “first open gay man” and “LGBTQ+”-activist in Germany. At the German Juristentag in Munich in 1867, he publicly called for the impunity of same-sex sexual acts for the first time in a speech, which led to tumultuous… Continue reading Short Film: ULRICHS 1867, 10min., Germany, Drama
Director Biography – Rosemary Baker (LESBIAN.)
Rosemary Baker is a queer filmmaker and visual artist with an established, and award-winning, career in unscripted television in the UK. She lives and works in Cardiff, Wales. Originally commissioned for the Channel 4 Random Acts short film platform at the Edinburgh International TV Festival in 2019, “Lesbian.” is her debut short film, and her… Continue reading Director Biography – Rosemary Baker (LESBIAN.)
Short FilM: LESBIAN, 5min., UK, Poem
“Lesbian.” is a powerful poem by Lisa Luxx. It’s about the word “lesbian”, and the decades of toxic connotations that have made it feel like a hostile piece of language: so much so that today, many queer women hesitate before using it. Rosemary Baker’s short film of the poem, which features a cast of real… Continue reading Short FilM: LESBIAN, 5min., UK, Poem