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WAJOOD (SELFHOOD) Short Film – AUDIENCE FEEDBACK Video from the LGBT June 2017 Festival

Wajood (Selfhood) revolves around a young hijra’s (trans-woman) life in Mumbai, who seems to fancy herself with an auto-rickshaw driver. When confronted by the elders of her community about her unrealistic expectations, she goes on a subconscious quest to know if somebody will ever fall in love with her. Or, is this thought as naive… Continue reading WAJOOD (SELFHOOD) Short Film – AUDIENCE FEEDBACK Video from the LGBT June 2017 Festival

Winning LGBT Feature Film Reading of ARRANGING MIA, by Joanie Fox

Genre: LGBT, Romance, Comedy A dying mother wants to marry off her lesbian daughter to a man before she dies. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Mia: Pip Dwyer Helen: Julie Burris Cole: Geoff Mays Alex: Hugh Ritchie Dr. Harrison: Ariel Brooker Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? Arranging Mia is… Continue reading Winning LGBT Feature Film Reading of ARRANGING MIA, by Joanie Fox

LGBT Best Scene Reading of DADDY, by Bernard Leed

Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama CAST LIST: Narrator: Hugh Ritchie Jeremy: Michael Lake Brett: Nick Wicht Rachel: Alicia Payne Get to know the writer: What is your screenplay about? Best friends BRETT and RACHEL are professionally and sexually satisfied twenty-somethings who can’t seem to find meaningful romantic relationships. Though only a few years out of college,… Continue reading LGBT Best Scene Reading of DADDY, by Bernard Leed

May 2017 LGBT Stories, Screenplays, Films

Submit your LGBT Film or Screenplay to the Festival today: https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/   LGBT TV PILOT – FAUK MY LIFE May 2017 Readingby Stephanie Neroes BLOSSOM OF MY HEART, 4min, Canada, Experimental/Anti-Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK     **** Director/Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: John Johnson

LGBT Short Film Festival – Thur. June 22, 2017

Our home is The Carlton Cinemas, located in the heart of downtown Toronto at 20 Carlton Street. The event runs from 7pm to 9:10pm. Continuing to showcase the best of short films from around the world, while maintaining our audience feedback format moderated by Kierston Drier. Showcasing a festival twice a month in Toronto in… Continue reading LGBT Short Film Festival – Thur. June 22, 2017

Director’s BIO: Erez Eisenstein

Short Film HOW TO BE ALONE Playing at June 2016 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto Director Biography Erez Eisenstein is a film director and screenwriter, born and raised in Israel. Graduated with Honors from the Mathematics and Computer Science Department of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Recently graduated from the Film and Television Department of Tel-Aviv… Continue reading Director’s BIO: Erez Eisenstein

Get to know the short film: HOW TO BE ALONE, 22min, Israel, LGBT, Drama

Playing at June 2016 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto “Listen to me: there is life without love. Loneliness is the soul’s forgotten desire. You don’t need anyone. Don’t search, don’t hope, don’t dream; and only then, perhaps, you too will learn how to be alone.” Relying on “How To Be Alone” – a self-improovment audio… Continue reading Get to know the short film: HOW TO BE ALONE, 22min, Israel, LGBT, Drama

Director’s BIO: Zsolti ‘Sholtay’ Szabo

Short Film SHAPING SCARS Playing at June 2016 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto Director Biography Screen Dance Director Sholtay has been involved with dance for over 20 years now. Originally from the Hungarian countryside, he moved to London in 2010 and started to work at Danceworks, a renowned dance studio in the heart of London. The… Continue reading Director’s BIO: Zsolti ‘Sholtay’ Szabo

Get to know the short film: SHAPING SCARS, 7min, UK, LGBT, Dance

Playing at June 2016 LGBT Film Festival in Toronto ‘Shaping Scars’ takes the viewers on a journey with two girls who once loved each other, but while one is able to embrace herself openly (and therefore their relationship), the other is struggling to step into the light and shake off her demons. They love, they… Continue reading Get to know the short film: SHAPING SCARS, 7min, UK, LGBT, Dance