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H.K .queer filmmaker Ray Yeung talks about his exceptional love story TWILIGHT’S KISS

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Twilight’s Kiss (aka 叔 • 叔 Suk Suk the Movie) is the third feature film from Ray Yeung one of the most successful queer filmmakers in #HongKong. It had its European Premiere at Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival in January where it picked up a Nomination for a prestigious TEDDY AWARD. Since then the journey of this touching love story between two mature men has been stalled due to the global Lockdown.

However as it is about to be screened as part of Frameline Virtual Film Festival later this month, QUEERGURU tracked Yeung down in HK to film this interview with him via Facetime

https://frameline.org/festival/film-guide/twilights-kiss-(suk-suk) For all future screenings https://strandreleasing.com/

P.S. You can read QUEERGURU’s full review of the film HERE.




LEON LOPEZ talks about filming queer stories during COVID 19 Lockdown

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Queer Brit actor, writer, director, singer-songwriter , filmmaker and advocate Leon Lopez is passionate about his work. Even in the COVID 19 Lockdown he cannot keep still and has created two short films about how it is  all affecting people and relationships  in DISTANCING and HEY GOOGLE …. we’ll confess the latter had us in tears.

So Queerguru tracked him down in the UK to talk about these wonderful wee films of his …… and also to spend sometime reminiscing about his remarkable career to date which is full of surprises

N.B. Both of the films can be watched in You Tube  HERE

http://www.leonlopez.com/



Daniel Monks : a new queer filmmaker so worth watching

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Queerguru talked with DANIEL MONKS the delightful queer Australian writer and star of PULSE his rather wonderful movie, directed by STEVIE CRUZ-MARTIN that was loosely based on Daniel’s life and  was about to have its European Premiere at BFI FLARE London’s #LGBTQ Film Festival in 2018.

This debut feature film is one of the most provocative stories that tackles gender identity and presents its own very different sci-fi take on this issue that is both innovative and intriguing.  You can read our full review of the film  http://c3f.ab6.myftpupload.com/pulse/.

Now at last  the movie itself can be viewed in the US on VOD at http://darkstarpics.com/ or  via the HERE TV channel on Amazon Prime 

The interview was filmed by DEBBIESEARS at BFI SOUTHBANK for WWW.QUEERGURU.COM



The Day I Met LARRY KRAMER : R.I.P.

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Five years ago I got to film my very first interview.  Talk about starting at the very top as my guest was LARRY KRAMER the legendary outspoken gay activist, playwright, author, film producer, and public health advocate.  He was also a  personal hero of mine too.

Larry was in Provincetown with his husband the architectural designer David Webster for the screening on a new documentary of his life Larry Kramer in Love and Anger,  directed by his friend Jean Carlomusto.  Though very frail at the time he generously agreed to the interview that the crew of PTV filmed in his hosts garden.

I was as nervous as hell facing the great man that I had admired from afar for so long.  As a AIDS widower I was so indebted for his unceasing work at ACT UP  and GMHC to help all of us affected by that epidemic, and as gay man had been so utterly moved by reading The Normal Heart and Faggots.

I needn’t have worried Larry is the most generous of men and never let on if he recognised my total inexperience.  I remember distinctly the pleasure I had of making him laugh more than once, and making one of my camera crew cry. 

That afternoon will always forever stay  with me, and now that it has just been announced that Larry Kramer died today at the age of 84, I’m sharing this interview again to remember (to paraphrase writer/actor David Drake) The Day I Met Larry Kramer.  May He Rest In Peace  



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