Film Festival out of Detroit, USA for queer filmmakers, not just queer films š³ļøāš 6th Annual Fest in Oct 2022
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Aleksei is a filmmaker dedicated to telling the stories of queer people in post-soviet countries. He believes film & storytelling can change the world, one step at a time.
Read abt him & his latest film in this blog post by NIJC intern Madeleine Paulsen: immigrantjustice.org/staff/bā¦
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"The vast majority of Deaf stories focus on heterosexual cisgender white people. Perhaps this is because they are largely told by able-bodied filmmakers who seem to think that a character simply being Deaf is diverse enough."
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"You see an openly queer woman of color, an Afro-Latina, who found her strength and life through art. And that is, I think, what weāre here to celebrate. So if anyone has ever questioned your identity, I promise you this ā there is indeed a place for us.ā āĀ Ariana DeBose #Oscarš
Ariana DeBose has won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for āWest Side Storyā at the #Oscars.
Read TIMEās review of the film here: ti.me/3K13xZX
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Representation in mainstream entertainment is undeniably important due to the broad reach it has, butā¦ now more than ever, we should be promoting & uplifting queer INDIE films/filmmakers who are doing FAR more for the community than those who continually kowtow to conservatives.
Pixar cut a gay storyline in "Luca." Zoe Kravitz "interpreted" Catwoman as bisexual. LGBTQ audiences deserve more than table scraps. A closer look into studios having a major "Donāt Say Gay" problem: bit.ly/36Ctmk2
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š„ Filmmaker Jan Miller Corran takes us behind the scenes of Along Came Wanda.
@ILoveGayMovies #gay #lesbian #lgbt #film #queerfilm ow.ly/nXk730sf9by
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āIām always afraid to... no longer remember the people, places or certain feelings I felt at certain moments."
Photographer/filmmaker/curator Mohamad Abdouni explains to @kimmmakhlouf how fear of forgetting led him to document Lebanon's queer community:
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Pixar employees make stunning accusation: Disney censors the studioās films
āWe at Pixar have personally witnessed beautiful stories, full of diverse characters, come back from Disney corporate reviews shaved down to crumbs of what they once were.ā Story: cartoonbrew.com/feature-filmā¦
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As I cont to crank out entries for Queer Horror Film Guide (@McFarlandBooks ! Soon!) I found another awesome film - BRAID aka DYING TO PLAY. Amazing work by filmmaker Mitzi Peirone
Official Trailer (2018) Sarah Hay, Madeline Brewer Movie HD youtu.be/_OsbsI2Fi7I via @YouTube
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While we are extremely grateful for the support weāve been getting, we understand that other media outlets in Ukraine have been less lucky.
Thatās why our partners launched a new global fundraising campaign to help independent Ukrainian media.
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Rejoice! Filmmaker Fawzia Mirza @thefawz is here to talk all things creative and queer.
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#WomensHistoryMonth Spotlight on Cheryl Dunye.
@cdunye is a world-renowned filmmaker who emerged as part of the āQueer New Waveā with her film, The Watermelon Woman. Her work has since cemented the influence of many queer creatives today.
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Applications are open for @togetheruktv's Diverse Film Fund! The Ā£100k fund will give 5 emerging filmmakers the opportunity to make five 20-min documentaries on Queer Lives Today. Filmmakers will be supported with dedicated mentoring & training throughout. bit.ly/36VALet
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I've never seen queer characters do the thing they do like in Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping's 'Femme.' It's nominated at BAFTA this year, and I am really rooting for it. Read my interview with the filmmakers.
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āFrameworkā serves an emotional dinner dialogue at 2022 Halifax Black Film Festival ift.tt/7ESuydO The film, directed by Halifax filmmaker, Deborah Castrilli, explores what it means to be queer and Black in Nova Scotia
source ā¦ ift.tt/nVY50um
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PROFILING LaQuann Dawson, a Brooklyn-born filmmaker, creative director and photographer based whose work explores themes of healing, isolation, desire, joy and disappointment while centering the visibility, wellness and liberation of Black and queer people bit.ly/3BARoXU
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Queer Palestinian songwriter and filmmaker Zaher Saleh on how he uses music and film to explore the his struggle going up gay in an Arab household, the battle between his queer identity and Islamic faith, and how love, ultimately, always conquers all. pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/18/zaā¦
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Based on his own experiences, first-time filmmaker Jared Frieder's comedy is the kind of open-hearted offering legions of queer teens absolutely need access to. @katerbland reviews "Three Months:" bit.ly/3HbtGTv
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How cult 70s film Pink Narcissus invented the twink
On 1 February 2022 the news broke that the legendary queer artist and filmmaker James Bidgood had died. Emerging in the 1960s New York art scene alongside Andy Warhol and Kenneth Anger, Bidgoods nameā¦ dazeddigital.com/film-tv/artā¦
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So @MattWalshBlog's crew is trying to trick trans people into joining a fake documentary. His producers set up a whole front organization (@GenderUnityProj) and tried to recruit me into his next anti-trans documentary. Here's the wild story of how it went down (1/x):
