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BFI Flare announces films to open and close this year’s London LGBTQ+ Film Festival

Graham Robson January 30, 2024

Lead Pic: LAYLA by Rob Baker Ashton The 38th edition of BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, which runs March 13 – 24 at BFI Southbank and on BFI Player, has announced its Opening Night Gala is the European premiere of Amrou Al-Kadhi‘s confident debut feature LAYLA, and its Closing Night Gala is the World […]

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Peccadillo Pictures announces new film releases – from sex influencers in Argentina, to finding love in French borstals!

Graham Robson January 24, 2024

Peccadillo Pictures has prepared a thought-provoking, life-affirming journey through LGBTQ+ communities with a series of new film releases. You can follow sex influencers from Argentina, find love in French borstals, and get ready for a happy ending to a popular gay short film collection. These are available to view on DVD or blu-ray and can […]

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Runs in the Family, starring trans actor Gabe Gabriel, nominated for top award at 35th GLAAD Media Awards

Graham Robson January 23, 2024

Giant Films and Fae Pictures has announced its father-son queer road trip drama, Runs in the Family, has been nominated for Outstanding Film – Streaming or TV at the 35th GLAAD Media Awards which will take place on March 14, 2024 in Los Angeles. Ian Gabriel (Ludik, Four Corners) and Gabe Gabriel (No Hiding Here) […]

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Hammer horror is back with the haunting and enigmatic Doctor Jekyll, starring Eddie Izzard

Graham Robson January 16, 2024

Hammer Films has announced upcoming horror thriller Doctor Jekyll will be available exclusively in the UK on Digital Download from March 11. Set in an isolated mansion, and starring the incomparable Eddie Izzard, Doctor Jekyll is a fresh, horror-filled take on a timeless tale, promising to send shivers down your spine. Adapted from Robert Louis […]

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Jonathan Bailey dedicates Critics’ Choice Award to LGBTQ+ people living in bigoted communities “which still surround us”

Graham Robson January 15, 2024

British actor Jonathan Bailey dedicated his Critics’ Choice Award “to every LGBTQ+ person living in a bigoted community which still surround us” in his emotional acceptance speech. The star, 35, won the award for best supporting actor in a limited series for his role in Fellow Travelers, opposite Matt Bomer playing lovers who meet in […]

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Andrew Scott says we should get rid of expression ‘openly gay’

Graham Robson January 12, 2024

Film and TV star Andrew Scott, 47, has said that we should get “rid of the expression openly gay” during an actors’ roundtable. The Irish actor, who appears in All Of Us Strangers, a new film about a budding romance between two men, spoke on the importance of representation in the film industry and why […]

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LGBTQ+ film ‘EGOIST’ part of the UK’s biggest celebration of Japanese film

Graham Robson January 4, 2024

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, billed as the UK’s biggest festival of Japanese cinema, which has run for over 20 years, is to return this year from February 2 – March 31. This year’s programme features the LGBTQ+ film Egoist, which is based on the autobiographical novel Egoist by TAKAYAMA Makoto, known for his […]

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Queer East to embark on tour of UK cities, including Manchester, Cambridge and Edinburgh

Graham Robson October 20, 2023

Now in its fourth year, Queer East will return to cinemas around the UK in 2023 with another nationwide tour which presents contemporary feature film and documentary with retrospective screenings, short films, artists’ moving image works, and a VR cinematic experience. Through a programme of cinema and performance art, the festival will push boundaries and challenge expectations and labels commonly associated with queer communities. 

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