Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesErez, a talented young Israeli swimmer, is one of five swimmers selected for a special residential training camp. The swimmers are in competition with each other and the winner will be chosen to join the Israeli Olympic swimming team. Erez (Omer Perelman) meets the beautiful, muscular Nevo (Asaf Jonas), a fellow swimmer at the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe Perfect David (El perfecto David) is a tense yet poetic modern-day coming of age story. It accurately reflects an 18-year old’s transition into manhood, trying to fit into his new adult world when life goals, sexuality, and relationships are usually still a bit vague and sometimes temporarily heading in the wrong direction. Premiering … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWildhood is a beautiful queer coming of age story set within Canada’s first nation Mi’kmaq people, a community over 14,000 years old, based in rural Nova Scotia. The road movie introduces us to Link, (Phillip Lewitski), a Two-Spirit, half Mi’kmaq teenager, and his younger half-brother Travis (Avery Winters-Anthony). The term Two-Spirit loosely refers to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere have been lesbian and gay film festivals in Sydney since 1978. Initially, these were run by the Australian Film Institute (AFI). In 1986, the AFI partnered with what was then the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, to present an annual ‘Sydney Gay Film Week’. Since 2013, a new film festival, Queer Screen Film Fest, has … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s a new year which means a whole new round of some of the very best QUEER FILM FESTIVALS around the Globe. The first out of the block as usual is Queer Screen’s Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney, Australia which runs from 15th Feb – 29th Feb The wonderfully diverse program for … Continue reading