AWARD WINNER Breathing Through a Straw recently won Best Alberta Short at the Calgary International Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying festival) and was selected to screen in the Best of Shorts showcase. In addition, the film won the Award of Distinction from the Canada Shorts Film Festival. FESTIVALS The film has screened at many festivals, including the… Continue reading Short Film: BREATHING THROUGH A STRAW, 18min., Canada, LGBT
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LGBT Festival Testimonial – July 28 2018
Amanda Samaroo So exciting to have my screenplay chosen as a table read for the festival. Everyone associated is helpful and very responsive communicating. Submit exclusively via FilmFreeway: Genre: Drama, Romance, Sports In the mountains of North Carolina a high school football coach’s love for his teenage daughter comes into clash with his religious views… Continue reading LGBT Festival Testimonial – July 28 2018
MASQUERADING: TO HELL AND BACK Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the Dec. 2017 LGBT Festival
MASQUERADING: TO HELL AND BACK, 13min., South Africa, LGBT/Documentary Directed by Sofia De Fay Two hilarious and eccentric old drag queens living in Cape Town, South Africa remember their lives and how they survived years of brutal and terrifying discrimination. The fifty year old drag queens remember the apartheid years, where up till 1994 in South… Continue reading MASQUERADING: TO HELL AND BACK Short Film – Audience FEEDBACK from the Dec. 2017 LGBT Festival
Winning LGBT Feature Screenplay of ÁNH SÁNG, by Barry Brennessel
Genre: Romance, LGBT, Drama French Indochina, 1917. Two teenage boys discover their feelings for one another transcend mere friendship. But the hardships under French colonial rule, and the effects of the Great War, alter their lives forever. CAST LIST: Narration: Carina Cojeen Minh: Xavier de Guzman Thao: Anthony Yu Laurent: Fabio Abreu Minh’s Mother:… Continue reading Winning LGBT Feature Screenplay of ÁNH SÁNG, by Barry Brennessel
September 2017 LGBT Stories, Screenplays, Films
Submit your LGBT Film or Screenplay to the Festival today: https://lgbttorontofilmfestival.com/ UNICORNLAND, 7min, USA, Comedy/Webseries WATCH Audience LAST NIGHT WAS A MISTAKE, 15min, USA, Romance/Comedy WATCH Audience FEEDBACK COUNTING, 10min, USA, LGBT, Romance WATCH Audience FEEDBACK **** Producer: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Director: Kierston Drier Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editor: John Johnson Camera Operator: Mary Cox
Short to know the Short Film: COUNTING, 10min, USA, LGBT, Romance
Short Film Played at the ROMANCE FEEDBACK Film Festival in Los Angeles (September 2017) In 1951 Violet and Milly make a love promise over a penny. In 2015, the promise comes due, and Violet must face a heartbreaking reality. Project Links Facebook Film Type: Short Genres: LGBT, Romance Runtime: 10 minutes 6 seconds Completion Date:… Continue reading Short to know the Short Film: COUNTING, 10min, USA, LGBT, Romance
Get to know the short film: UNTIL DEATH DO US PART, 8min, USA, LGBT, Documentary
Played at the LGBT Documentary Short Film Festival on the Thursday August 31, 2017 Directed by Kristine Kirchmeier Young newlyweds Megan and Danielle Love immediately have their wedding vows put to the test after Megan is diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer a few weeks after they’re married. These two opposites-in-love are rudely confronted with their… Continue reading Get to know the short film: UNTIL DEATH DO US PART, 8min, USA, LGBT, Documentary
Get to know the short film: WALLY, 24min, USA, LGBT, Documentary
Played at the LGBT Documentary Short Film Festival on the Thursday August 31, 2017 Directed by Andy Galloway Wally Linebarger: a man cught in the turbulence of truth. Plagued by a past that longs to define him and a future that remains unsure, Wally presses forward. Despite a life of gain and loss, three lights continue… Continue reading Get to know the short film: WALLY, 24min, USA, LGBT, Documentary
Get to know the short film: THE MARCH SWEATER – PART 1: THE CARETAKERS, 8min, Canada, LGBT, Documentary
Played at the LGBT Documentary Short Film Festival on the Thursday August 31, 2017 Five celebratory stories of LGBTQ2+ seniors speaking of life, love and the wisdom that comes with growing older. The March Sweater is available in full length and as individual shorts. Directed by Cory Ashworth Project Links Website Facebook Twitter News &… Continue reading Get to know the short film: THE MARCH SWEATER – PART 1: THE CARETAKERS, 8min, Canada, LGBT, Documentary
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
LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival 