queertiques
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Staccato : a 19th Century tale of Upstairs/Downstairs gay love
Set in the 1800’s this short film is an Upstairs/Downstairs tale where the aristocratic young master of the House Thomas Croydon (Craig Granger) falls for Sean (Kevin O’Malley) one of his hunky gardeners. In a story that is equally passionate and histrionic, it shows a side of life we will never see in Downton Abbey Directed…
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The Coming Back Out Ball
This wonderfully uplifting Australian documentary is the inspiring tale of how one very determined 40-something-year-old gay man gave the elderly LGBTQI population in Melbourne a reason to celebrate their lives. The flamboyant Tristan Meecham along with his partner Bec Reed who make up All The Queens Men creates spectacular theatrical and participatory arts experiences that…
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My Brother
My Brother is an award-wnning Spanish short film that starts when a phone call to Alberto (Álvaro de Juan ) informs him that his 15 year old brother Luis has just died. His mother is reluctant to give any details to Alberto before he gets the first flight out of Berlin to fly home to…
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The Wedding
This intriguing autobiographical wee film helmed by Egyptian/American filmmaker Sam Abbas who wrote, directed and starred in it, is full of promise which sadly is often over-shadowed by the movie’s rather deadpan and flat production. Abbas plays Rami living in New York’s Lower East Side with his fiance Sara (Nikohl Boosheri) who is anxious to…
