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I Am Syd Stone : and I’ve still got the hots for you
Canadian queer filmmaker Denis Theriault’s 11 min short is a tale of regret about choices you make at school. This is the story of Syd Stone (a hunky Gharrett Patrick Paon) who has come back to his hometown school reunion after a 10 year absence. He’s not exactly been idle in this time as…
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HOLD ON : a stark choice between Faith and Sexuality
Queerguru talks with young American/Chinese queer filmmaker Haiyang Yu about his new short film HOLD ON which had us in tears. It is the story of a devout Catholic mother who is the caregiver for her disabled gay son and has to choose between her faith and her son’s happiness To find out where the film is screening…
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Phillip Guttmann : when a Black Hat is a symbol of repression
Queerguru talks with Phillip Guttmann the writer and co-producer of BlackHat a short powerful queer film that just won the £30K prestigious Iris Prize Festival : the story is of an Hasidic man living a secret double life misplaces his black hat one night which will cause his two separate lives to collide in a way he…
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Becoming Cherrie : a journey so worth taking
The Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival based in Cardiff, Wales awards the largest short film prize in the world – the prestigious £30,000 Iris Prize. It’s enough money for filmmakers to convert their shorts into full-length features like past winners like Daniel Ribeiro ‘The Way He Looks’ and Dee Rees ‘ Pariah’. This last…
