Curtis Lee is a Sydney based filmmaker that focuses predominantly on queer storytelling. Having spent the last two years developing the pilot episode for his new web series ‘Committed’, Curtis also works as an associate producer in television. Curtis writes, directs, acts, edits and has just recently started his own production company – FamiLee Productions… Continue reading Director Biography Curtis Lee (YESTERDAY, MY DEAD BOYFRIEND MESSAGED ME ON GRINDR)
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Short Film: YESTERDAY, MY DEAD BOYFRIEND MESSAGED ME ON GRINDR, 18min., Australia
Yesterday, My Dead Boyfriend Messaged Me on Grindr tells the story of Julian, a man dealing with the unexpected death of his boyfriend, Kinsey. In an attempt to move on from the grief, Julian logs onto Grindr only to be bombarded with messages of detached filth. Giving up on the app, he goes to turn… Continue reading Short Film: YESTERDAY, MY DEAD BOYFRIEND MESSAGED ME ON GRINDR, 18min., Australia
Director Biography – ZHANG Hong-Jie (RAINBOW FLAG FLYING HIGH)
Zhang Hong-Jie is from Taipei, Taiwan., studied in the Graduate Institute of Applied Media Studies, National Taiwan University of Arts, and am an independent documentary director who uses the camera to observe and record social issues
Short Film: RAINBOW FLAG FLYING HIGH, 33min., Taiwan, Documentary
This is a documentary portraying Taiwan’s first-ever, most-prominent and most outspoken gay activist, Chia-Wei Chi.
LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Script Reading: My Home Far Away, by Diego Scerrati
CAST LIST: Narrator: Steve Rizzo Oliver: Geoff Mays Lukas: Sean Ballantyne
Winning LGBTQ+ Festival SHORT Screenplay Reading: IN THE CITY, by Adam Wilson
A teenage hustler and a cop have an encounter on the streets in 1970’s New York City. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Cop: Allan Michael Brunet Hustler: Steve Rizzo
LGBT Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Vincent & Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood, by Frank Hays
Logline: A mentally unstable painter must overcome his tumultuous relationship with his narcissist lover, who uses and exploits him to advance his career. CAST LIST:Narrator: Steve RizzoPaul: Geoff MaysVincent: Sean BallantyneWaitress: Val Cole Theodorus: Bill Poulin
LGBT Festival Best Scene Script Reading: The Little Death, by Daniel Appleby
Two non-binary high end restoration laborers attempt a disembiguation of T.S. Elliot’s “The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock” while speculating on the sex life of Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. CAST LIST:Narrator: Steve RizzoMax: Julie Sheppard Alex: Allison Kampf
LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Strange Desires, by Doug Allen
When a middle-aged gay man’s sartorial choices create an identity crisis, he is forced to reconsider his relationships with the men in his life, and ultimately what it means to be a man. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Jasper: Allan Michael Brunet Phil: Shaun Devlin Receptionist: Andy Camp Gina: Kyana Teresa
LGBT Festival Best Scene Script Reading: Our Home, by Claire Kathryn Roche
Set against the backdrop of the 2015 Marriage Referendum in the small, Irish town of Kilkee, several vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of prejudice, loss and identity while a Siren stalks them from a distance. CAST LIST:Narrator: Geoff MaysErin: Allison KampfTammy: Val ColeAnn: Julie Sheppard Old Man: Sean Ballantyne