Tag: JoyLand
The QUEER parts of the 40th Edition of the Miami Film Festival
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miami Film Festival (@miamifilm) 40th Edition of the Miami Film Festival is about to kick open its doors: as is the norm these days the program is divided into in-person screenings and a whole online schedule of movies too. The Fest is known…
Queerguru’s TOP PICKS OF MUST SEE MOVIES @ Queer Screen – Mardi Gras Film Festival, Sydney
In 1993, a group of queer Sydney filmmakers, students, and supporters approached Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras to establish an independent organization whose focus would be queer film and screen culture. This organization was Queer Screen. (One of those pioneer filmmakers was Stephen Cummins who died in 1994, and now is…
Three queer dramas are on the shortlist for the Academy Award Best International Film Award !
The American Academy of Motion Pictures released some Shortlists for 2023 Oscars including Best International Film and we are so delighted that it includes 3 excellent queer films. two of which were made in countries where being gay is still illegal. Queerguru Contributing Editor Andrew Hebden was at Londons BFI London Film Festival in…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah raves about JOYLAND an award-winning queer film from Pakistan
The past few years have seen an increase in queer-themed films coming out of Muslim countries. Hot on the heels of Morocco’s excellent Le Bleu Caftan – soon to be screened at a Saudi Arabian film festival – comes Joyland, the directorial debut from Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq With famous activist Malala Yousafzai as…
