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Film Festival out of Detroit, USA for queer filmmakers, not just queer films 🏳️🌈 6th Annual Fest in Oct 2022
Detroit, MI
Joined May 2017
Are you a queer filmmaker? We want to see your movie @ https://t.co/uPb2tV32w5
#gay #queer #gayanimation #TransWomenAreWomen #indiefilm
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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
Aleksei Borovikov has talked to dozens of LGBTQ+ individuals from post-Soviet bloc countries.
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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." https://t.co/jdtJI5UUjg
americamagazine.org
“As a Deaf person, I am exhausted at yet another mainstream story that pretends to be about my identity filtered through the eyes of the hearing other,” writes Garrett Zuercher.
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It’s coming up on our deadline for screener applications! Love movies and want to help us build our queer festival?
transstellarfilmfestival.com
Do you want to help increase queer representation in film and watch queer films before they’re released? This is a great entrypoint into the film festival industry and film criticism while making a...
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Representation in mainstream entertainment is undeniably important due to the broad reach it has, but… 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 "Don’t Say Gay" problem: https://t.co/5jAIziX1hx
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🎥 Filmmaker Jan Miller Corran takes us behind the scenes of Along Came Wanda. @ILoveGayMovies #gay #lesbian #lgbt #film #queerfilm
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“I’m 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: https://t.co/nLBjnsMzHj
today.lorientlejour.com
BEIRUT —The Lebanese-born Mohamad Abdouni is an ambidextrous creative force — a photographer, filmmaker and curator based between Beirut and Istanbul. He is also editor-in-chief and creative...
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Pixar employees make stunning accusation: Disney censors the studio’s films “We 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.” Story: https://t.co/J7VikhFiB9
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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 https://t.co/GkGMEVJMPV via @YouTube
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While we are extremely grateful for the support we’ve been getting, we understand that other media outlets in Ukraine have been less lucky. That’s why our partners launched a new global fundraising campaign to help independent Ukrainian media. https://t.co/2rQnKIWL6D
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Help Ukrainian media keep going! Ukraine is facing an unprecedented, full-scale war. M… Jakub Parusinski needs your support for Keep Ukraine’s media going
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Rejoice! Filmmaker Fawzia Mirza @thefawz is here to talk all things creative and queer. https://t.co/sM5Nl9JFcE
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#WomensHistoryMonth Spotlight on Cheryl Dunye. @cdunye is a world-renowned filmmaker who emerged as part of the “Queer New Wave” 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 £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. https://t.co/iAG6IbCMLC
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CINEMQ is back with fresh perspectives for #InternationalWomensDay2022 We’ve teamed up with Focus to present HERSPACE, a special screening of queer and female-focused short films by emerging Chinese filmmakers. Sunday 03.06 in #shanghai
#queer #IWD
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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. https://t.co/Fn6RbaxTVT
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I've never seen a movie like Femme before. Queer characters are not permitted the same amount of time in a lot of television or film if they are not suffering or coming to terms with their own...
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‘Framework’ serves an emotional dinner dialogue at 2022 Halifax Black Film Festival https://t.co/ZWYP0Xwmga The film, directed by Halifax filmmaker, Deborah Castrilli, explores what it means to be queer and Black in Nova Scotia source …
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The film, directed by Halifax filmmaker, Deborah Castrilli, explores what it means to be queer and Black in Nova Scotia source https://glo...
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