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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…
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Listen : the first breakup always seems like the end of the world
Struggling with the breakup of a relationship is tough at any age, but it seems like the end of the world when it’s your first love. This touching short film from writer/director Stewart Hannah is the story of Tom and Adam who cannot move on two months after they decided to part ways after…
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Queerguru checks out HOT LEGS a provocative naked psychological thriller
From a very conservative South Africa comes this very provocative full-frontal queer short film written and directed by Luiz DeBarros back in 1995 It’s a psychological thriller that explores a tense abusive relationship between a gay man and his childhood bully. From the opening scene when the naked bully is tied to a chair,…
