Miami Film Festival
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Miami (Not So Queer) Film Festival 2021
It’s apparent to Queerguru that when they slimmed down the 38th Edition of the Miami Film Festival Virtual Online Edition, the LGBTQ movie section of the program suffered. What was once a very respectable showing of some new cutting-edge queer movies is now down to a solitary feature film. Plus two shorts. The Poppy…
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Over 80% of the actors at the casting for Jayro Bustamante’s film refused to play ‘gay’
When Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante‘s went to cast his sophomore film a drama about a married man who comes out as gay he was shocked to discover that over 80% of the actors at the casting would not play ‘gay’ . He needn’t have worried though as he chose the extremely talented actor JUAN PABLO…
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This Changes Everything
We guess for Hollywood insiders Tom Donahue incisive documentary on gender inequality in the movie business is hardly big news, but for those of us outside of the circle his ‘investigation’ highlights issues that we rarely think about. Interestingly enough Donahue started the project before the formation of the whole #MeToo movement which is…
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The Best Queer Films at Miami Film Festival
As Jaie Laplante the Festival’s Executive Director cut his teeth helming the city’s LGBT Film Festival several years,he has always insured that the Miami Film Festival incorporates a very healthy selection of LGBTQ movies in their programming. Not only that, but the eclectic mix they pick is adventurous, provocative, mesmerising and thoroughly entertaining. By…
