HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: April 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best SHORT Film: THE TAILOR Best Performances: SWEET 15 Best Cinematography: SNAKE DICK Best Sound & Music: SLIPPING IN TIME Best Direction: SUNNY BOY Theme of night: Starting over after trauma. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: April 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival

LGBTQ+ Festival BEST SCENE Script Reading: HOW TO CARE FOR CRICKETS, by Jessica Hilscher

Through a string of family events, an emotionally estranged woman comes face to face with her step-father’s abuse. The confrontation threatens to unravel her facade and reveal the dark secrets she keeps in the guise of protecting the family she’s avoided for fifteen years. CAST LIST: Narrator: Val Cole Spencer: Hannah Ehman Mel: Kyana Teresa… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival BEST SCENE Script Reading: HOW TO CARE FOR CRICKETS, by Jessica Hilscher

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LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: ONE NIGHT AT THE MORRISON, by Joan Beilstein

It’s 2040, and Victoria, age 75, has died from cancer. Before her death, Victoria reveals to one of her two daughters, Kelly, that twenty-five years ago, she had met the love of her life, a woman named Jessie, at a wedding weekend. Victoria asks Kelly to please contact Jessie when she dies so Jessie can… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival BEST Scene Reading: ONE NIGHT AT THE MORRISON, by Joan Beilstein

LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: SCHOOL STORY, by Jit Fong Oon

Teen rebel Kai joins the school production of Romeo and Juliet in order to cozy up to his romantic target Ana, but he gets embroiled in her attempt to launch a clandestine gay-themed version of the play despite opposition from the conservative school authorities. CAST LIST: Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss Mr. Lui: Allan Michael Brunet… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: SCHOOL STORY, by Jit Fong Oon

LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: THE DISTANCE, by Pann MuruJaiyan

Jackie Beeman, a young under privileged African American girl eyes for the boxing championship. The only obstacle is not the opponent but a Pastor who hates her guts. Coincidentally, Jackie soon gets a title shot, but at the same time she meets her college crush back in town. Whether she has the true heart of… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival 1st Scene Reading: THE DISTANCE, by Pann MuruJaiyan

HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: March 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS: Best Feature Film: TRANS RESISTANCE Best Short Film: YESTERDAY, MY DEAD BOYFRIEND MESSAGED ME ON GRINDR Best Short Documentary: RAINBOW FLAG FLYING HIGH Theme of night: Overcoming resistance. NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private. Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos: TRANS RESISTANCE, 70min.,… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: March 2021 LGBTQ+ FEEDBACK Film Festival

LGBTQ+ Festival Feature Screenplay Reading: COPPERLAND, by Eila Algood, Holly Algood, Susan Froetchel

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 Feature Screenplay Reading: COPPERLAND, by Eila Algood, Holly Algood, Susan Froetchel

LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Reading: In Hyding, by Carlos Perez

Dr. Jekyll has perfected a medical formula that will bring back a part of himself that was lost because of his father’s mistreatment, and now that Miss Hyde has entered the picture, she has no intention of leaving. This is a transgender woman version of the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde Tale. CAST LIST: Narrator: Allan Michael… Continue reading LGBTQ+ Festival Best Scene Reading: In Hyding, by Carlos Perez