2017
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BFI celebrates with 50 years of queer cinema
Everyone in the UK seems fully intent of not letting the 50th Anniversary of the passing of the Law to decriminalize homosexuality to slip by unnoticed. Now the latest organization to join in is the British Film Institute (BFI) who, amongst other things, run BFI Flare London’s annual LGBT Film Festival. In an announcement…
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Does God Hate Queers?
UK’s BBC is one of the many British institutions that are putting on special cultural events to mark the 50th Anniversary of the de-criminalization of homosexuality in the country. They have launched a rather stunning TV series called Queer Britain presented by YouTuber and journalist Riyadh Khalaf which plans to get under the skin of queer…
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Fairy Tales for Lovers & Fighters
In a perfect world queerguru would jetting around the globe to a different film festival every week, and one very high on our priorities would be the Fairy Tales Queer Film Festival up in Calgary, Alberta. About to have its 19th Edition they strive to celebrate local and national queer artists and share diverse stories…
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Before The Fall : Pride and Prejudice revisited
It was probably inevitable that if queer filmmakers should want to adapt ‘the classics’ that they would start with romance first. And who better to begin with than Jane Austen herself. Newbie writer/director Byrum Geisler’s very spirited attempt at converting Pride and Prejudice into a modern day gay love story may have Miss Austen turning in…
