Ris Fatah
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews MY FATHER’S DAUGHTER the feature film debut of Norwegian filmmaker Egil Pedersen.
Being fourteen or fifteen years old is never easy, and feisty indigenous Norwegian Sami teen Elvira (Sarah Olaussen Eira) is no exception. Bored in her small village, Unjarga in the far north of Norway, she fantasises that the father she has never known is Game of Thrones film star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. The Danish heartthrob (he…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ODD FISH a beautiful, and rare, queer film from Iceland
Queer storytelling is constantly evolving in the right direction, and it’s been good to see the latest crop of new films increasingly focus on queer life in smaller towns and villages around the world rather than the more obvious big urban centres. Another welcome development, particularly for trans characters, is for the queer story not…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Queerpanorama : a deep dive into the offbeat hook-up experiences of a twenty-something queer Hongkonger
Queerpanorama takes a deep dive into the offbeat hook-up experiences of a twenty-something Hongkonger. Directed by Jun Li and featuring the impressive acting debut of Jayden Chung, we follow an unnamed protagonist (Chung) as he flips from hook-up to hook-up in and around Hong Kong. What makes this guy different is that he takes on…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews CEREMONY, a Festival of Performance, including many queer performances – Peckham’s Copeland Gallery in London.
If you’re in London this month, check out CEREMONY, a Festival of Performance, a five-day performance arts festival – including many queer performances – taking place April 23-27 at Peckham’s Copeland Gallery in South-East London. Curated by Future Ritual, CEREMONY, a Festival of Performance includes the following gems amongst many more. The Trembling Forest…
