Doctor Jekyll is the latest offering from classic British goth horror/fantasy film makers Hammer Films. Based on the classic 1886 horror novella by Robert Louis Stevenson, director Joe Stevenson adds classic Hammer elements of camp pulp and twisted humour to the twenty-first century reinvention of the enduring tale of duality and the inter-play … Continue reading
Five Films For Freedom, the world’s largest queer digital campaign, now in its tenth year, brings five new films from the Philippines, India, Spain, the UK and USA free to audiences worldwide. The film program continues the British Council’s partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. You are invited to dive into … Continue reading
Every year nearly 2 million young LGBTQ+ people in the USA seriously consider suicide, the likelihood of a suicide attempt increasing 8-fold if conversion therapy has been attempted on the youth. Over 700,000 people in the USA have been subject to conversion therapy. These shocking statistics were part of the inspiration, along with the … Continue reading
Step back in time to another era of queer life with the relaunch of Gay USA, the seminal 1977 documentary on the huge Pride protests/celebrations of that summer. Now digitally remastered, Arthur J Bressan Jr.’s iconic time-capsule film was the first documentary by queer people about queer people. Gay USA saw 25 photographers/interviewers … Continue reading
Back to Australia with another coming-of-age queer drama. Heart of the Man explores the life of Queensland-based 18-year-old amateur boxer Chris Wundurra (Parker Little). Under the very watchful eye of the previously successful ex-boxer, ‘The Wonder Man’ now turned coach, father Sammy (David Cook), Chris is religiously training for his first proper fight. The … Continue reading