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A transgender man turns to contract killing to pay for his gender reassignment surgery, while his murky past begins to catch up with him. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Roy: Sean Ballantyne Jiron: Matthew Camp Attendant: Steve Rizzo

Laila and Manju have been going out for what seems like a lifetime, but Manju’s mother, Poornima, has only just learned about it. In an absurd combination of FOMO, identity crisis and alienation, Poornima worries that her daughter may not be ‘normal’. Was this a result of her laissez faire parenting? Or had the world… Continue reading Winning LGBTQ+ SHORT Script Reading: LAILA MANJU, by Kamya Nair, Prithvi Vatsalya

When a masked stranger crashes a celebration of life party at a secluded estate, an all-guys weekend becomes a terrifying battle for survival – one that will force a grieving young man to use all of his wits and resources to win. “Handsome Devil” is a twisty horror/slasher with an undercurrent of dark humour that… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Reading: HANDSOME DEVIL, by Andrew Albert

Four intelligent, complex women are drawn together. A lesbian couple, their friend and a young woman are looking to find peace relating to their deceased mothers. The fight for equal rights shows up both from the past and present. There is an exciting discovery to bring solar energy to mainstream culture. A huge secret is… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Script Reading: COPPERLAND, by Eila Algood, Holly Algood, Susan Froetchel

A young gay man risks everything as he chooses between his religious community and his own happiness after he’s asked on a date by his bike mechanic. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Miles: Steve Rizzo Sam: Shawn Devlin Holly: Kyana Teresa Clerk/Scott: Sean Ballantyne Jess: Matthew Camp Writer Biography – Ross Morin Ross Morin… Continue reading Winning LGBTQ+ Festival SHORT Script: ALL ARE WELCOME, by Ross Morin

ZIGGY AND RACHEL focuses on the friendship between a young boy and a transgender girl in his Manhattan building. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allison Kampf Lisa: Julie Sheppard Pendergast: Allan Michael Brunet Rachel: Kyana Teresa Ziggy: Geoff Mays Voices – Matthew Camp

Max Westerman is a Dutch journalist who spent much of his professional life in the United States. For fifteen years, until 2006, he was the U.S. correspondent of RTL4 Dutch Television and covered all the major stories from that period, including four presidential elections and the 9/11 attacks. He hosted four TV series and wrote… Continue reading Director Biography – Max Westerman (MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR)

Among the first to be hit by the AIDS epidemic in the 1980’s, Sean Strub’s political ambitions took a backseat as he struggled to survive. Now 60, he is running for mayor of a conservative town in Pennsylvania. How will this liberal, openly gay ex-New Yorker and founder of POZ, a magazine for people with… Continue reading Feature Film: MY FRIEND, THE MAYOR: SMALL-TOWN POLITICS IN THE AGE OF TRUMP, 60min., USA, LGBT/Documentary

Emmy Award winning Producer Amy Oden currently works at PBS’s Maryland Public Television, where she sheds light on a variety of social and scientific topics, including the Baltimore uprising, fracking, mass incarceration, and the opioid crisis. She is currently working on her third independent feature, “Calasag”, which is fiscally sponsored by the International Documentary Association,… Continue reading Director Biography – Amy Oden (LIPSTICK AND LEATHER)

In a buttoned-up city like DC, what happens when drag queens go rogue? LIPSTICK AND LEATHER explores the “alt-drag” community in the nation’s capital, and how these performers are spreading their influence across the east coast. Project Links  Website  Facebook