Explore the unique stori and perspectiv of the LGBTQ+ muny through six of the most ptivatg gay short films of 2022.
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THE OUT TAKE: 10 FANTASTIC TEDDY AWARD-WNG LGBT FILMS TO WATCH RIGHT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY DANIEL WALBERFEBARY 6, 2014/9:49 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DANIEL WALBERFEBARY 6, 2014 / 9:49 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE OUT TAKE: 10 FANTASTIC TEDDY AWARD-WNG LGBT FILMS TO WATCH RIGHT NOW","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2014-02-06T14:49:32.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2014-02-06T14:49:32.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"DANIEL WALBER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TODAY MARKS THE BEGNG OF THE 64TH BERL INTERNATNAL FILM FTIVAL. AND WHILE SOME MIGHT NSIR THE BERLALE TO BE THE THIRD OF THE THREE MAJOR EUROPEAN FILM FTIVALS, AFTER CANN AND VENICE, WHEN TO QUEER CEMA ’S BY FAR THE MOST EXCG. WHY? IT’S THANKS TO THAT CHARMG BEAR UP THERE, THE TEDDY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE TEDDY WAS FIRST GIVEN BACK 1987, TO PEDRO ALMODOVAR’S “LAW OF DIRE” AND TWO SHORT FILMS BY G VAN SANT. THAT MAY NOT SEEM ALL THAT LONG AGO, BUT THK ABOUT : THE BIG FOUNDATNAL MOMENT FOR AMERIN NEW QUEER CEMA WAS FOUR YEARS LATER, AT SUNDANCE 1991 WHEN “PARIS IS BURNG” AND “POISON” BOTH WON GRAND JURY PRIZ (BOTH FILMS ALSO WON A TEDDY). VENICE AND CANN ONLY JT GOT TO THE GAME THEMSELV, AWARDG THE FIRST QUEER LN 2007 AND THE FIRST QUEER PALM 2010. THE TEDDY, BY ENURAGG AND CULTIVATG QUEER CEMA FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS, HAS BEE THE MOST SIGNIFINT LGBT FILM AWARD ON THE FTIVAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT ISN’T JT PRTIG BEE ’S OLD, EHER. SOME OF THE BT QUEER FILMS EVER MA HAVE WON THIS PRIZE, AND SOME OF THE BT FILMS OF THE LAST THIRTY YEARS GENERAL. WHILE AMERIN NEW QUEER CEMA WAS ON THE WANE, THE TEDDY TURNED TO LGBT FILMS OM AROUND THE WORLD, HIGHLIGHTG THRILLG AND UNEXPECTED WORK OM ASIA AND LAT AMERI. RECENT WNERS OM THE UNED STAT HAVE GONE ON TO PICK UP AWARDS BACK HOME, INPENNT SPIRS AS WELL AS OSR NOMATNS. WH SUCH AN IMPRSIVE POOL OF FILMS, ’S A LTLE RIDICULO THAT THERE ISN’T MORE ATTENTN PAID TO THE TEDDY EACH AND EVERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT DON’T TAKE MY WORD FOR ! HERE ARE 10 FANTASTIC TEDDY WNERS THAT YOU N STREAM RIGHT NOW AT HOME. AND IF YOU’RE CUR, THE OFFICIAL PROGRAM GUI HAS BEEN POSTED ONLE, WHERE YOU N LOOK AT THIS YEAR’S ELIGIBLE FILMS AND TRIBUT TO SERGEI EISENSTE AND DTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“RELAX,” BY CHRIS NEWBY – BT SHORT FILM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE’LL START AT THE BEGNG, OR AT LEAST CLOSE TO . CHRIS NEWBY’S “RELAX” IS A MIATURE MASTERWORK, A STUNNG DISTILLATN OF THE SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGIL DIMENSNS OF THE AIDS CRISIS. IT BUILDS UP OM A SGLE ACT, ONE MAN’S CISN TO GET TTED FOR HIV. THE THREAT OF FECTN AND, CCIALLY, THE THREAT OF SIMPLY KNOWG WHETHER ONE HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIS HOVER OVER BOTH HIS LIFE AND THE IMAG THAT NEWBY TO CHALLENGE THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BRISH FILM INSTUTE HAS MA “RELAX” AVAILABLE TO RENT ON S WEBSE, AS WELL AS TWO OTHER TEDDY SHORT WNERS OM THE EARLY YEARS: RICHARD KWIETNWSKI’S “ALFALFA” AND CONSTANT GIANNARIS’S “CGHT LOOKG.” THEY’RE BOTH GREAT AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“PARIS IS BURNG,” BY JENNIE LIVGSTON – BT DOCUMENTARY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I AM A BROKEN RERD ABOUT THIS FILM, ONE OF A HANDFUL OF TEDDY WNERS THAT HAS ACTUALLY ATTAED A SIGNIFINT CULTURAL IMPACT BEYOND THE QUEER FILM FTIVAL WORLD. IT IS ALSO STILL BRILLIANT AND STILL ON NETFLIX INSTANT. IF YOU HAVEN’T SEEN YET, YOU’RE NOT AS ON TOP OF THIS “MOVIE FAN” THG AS YOU MIGHT HAVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH ON NETFLIX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TREVOR,” BY PEGGY RAJSKI – BT SHORT FILM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MANY OF THE AWARD-WNG SHORT FILMS AT THE BERL FILM FTIVAL OVER THE YEARS HAVE BEEN SEXY, EXPERIMENTAL WORKS THE I OF DEREK JARMAN OR CONSTANT GIANNARIS. THAT’S HARDLY THE ONLY KD OF FILM THAT SERV THIS SORT OF ATTENTN, HOWEVER. PEGGY RAJKSI’S “TREVOR” IS BETIFUL S SIMPLE MMENT TO THE PERSPECTIVE OF A SGLE GAY KID, LOVE WH HIS BT IEND AND ALONE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“THE WATERMELON WOMAN,” BY CHERYL DUNYE – BT FEATURE FILM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONSIRED TO BE THE FIRST FEATURE FILM DIRECTED BY AN AIN AMERIN LBIAN, “THE WATERMELON WOMAN” MAK HISTORY BY FOCG ON THE HISTORY OF CEMA SELF. THE MA CHARACTER IS A FILMMAKER NAMED CHERYL, PLAYED BY CHERYL DUNYE HERSELF, WHO BE FASCATED WH THE ARCHETYPAL ROL FOR BLACK ACTRS 1930S AND 40S HOLLYWOOD. IT’S AN EXPLORATN OF THE PAST THAT HELPS PH THE FUTURE FORWARD, THE SORT OF FILM TO WHICH WE SHOULD NTUE TO RETURN AS WE TRY TO UNRSTAND THE NEW DIRECTNS QUEER CEMA IS GOG THIS EVEN NEWER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH ON AMAZON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“¿CON QUé LA LAVARé?” BY MARIA TRéNOR – BT SHORT FILM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DEDITED TO SUCH QUEER LUMARI AS JEAN GE AND RAER WERNER FASSBR, THIS GEO SHORT FILM’S ANIMATED DREAMLAND FDS S SPIR THE SHADY BARS AND CISG SPOTS OF OLD. YET PRENTS THIS WORLD OF DRIPPG SEXUAL ENERGY WH AN OPERATIC DIGNY, HELPED ALONG BY THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK CHOICE OF A 16TH CENTURY TORCH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“BEYOND HATRED,” BY OLIVIER MEYROU – BT DOCUMENTARY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OLIVIER MEYROU’S “BEYOND HATRED” IS A SORT OF ANTI-URTROOM DOCUMENTARY. IT HAS TO BE, ACTUALLY, BEE THE TRIAL QUTN WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. ONE OF THE THREE SKHEADS THAT MURRED 29-YEAR-OLD FRANIS CHENU WAS A MOR. INSTEAD, THE FILM TIMATELY FOLLOWS THE MOURNG PROCS OF HIS FAY ALONGSI THE LEGAL PROCEEDGS. THE RULT IS A SOMEWHAT FORMALLY RTRAED LOOK AT THE RULTS OF HOMOPHOBIC VLENCE WHOUT DIRECTLY NONTG ANY OF A BRASH MANNER. CHILLGLY BETIFUL, “BEYOND HATRED” CLUS SOME OF THE BT DIVIDUAL SHOTS OF ANY TEDDY AWARD-WNG NONFICTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH ON NETFLIX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“Tá,” BY FELIPE SHOLL – BT SHORT FILM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}QUICK, DARG AND SEXUALLY PROVOTIVE, FELIPE SHOLL’S SLICE OF LIFE SHORT FILM TRI TO EXPLORE THE WAYS WHICH AN EXPAND FORT WH SEXUALY OCSNALLY PLIT THE WAY WE UNRSTAND EACH OTHER. IT MAY NOT DIRECTLY E OUT AND SAY ANYTHG QUE AS RIDICULO AS “LOVE IS AD,” BUT ’S A PLAYFUL GLIMPSE TO WHAT A FUTURE OF OPENLY GAY BUT STILL ENTIRELY ADOLCENT TEENAGERS MAY LOOK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“TOMBOY,” BY CéLE SCIAMMA – JURY AWARD, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FEATURG ONE OF THE BT CHILD ACTOR PERFORMANC RECENT MEMORY, ZOé HéRAN AS LRE/MIKAEL, “TOMBOY” IS A EPLY UNRSTANDG LOOK AT THE WAY GENR INTY ISSU EMERGE THE CHILDHOOD. IT’S A QUTN OF PERSPECTIVE. BY LEAVG THE FILM THE HANDS OF S PROTAGONIST, CéLE SCIAMMA REFULLY RPECTS THE IAS AND DIVIDUALS VOLVED, AND CRAFTS A TLY BETIFUL TALE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH ON NETFLIX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“KEEP THE LIGHTS ON,” BY IRA SACHS – BT FEATURE FILM, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HEARTBREAKG, IF ALSO A LTLE MISERABLE, “KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON” IS QUE THE TRAGEDY OF DG ADDICTN, MISMUNITN AND EMOTNAL EXHSTN. AS SUCH, ’S PRETTY IMPRSIVELY PELLG SPE OF HOW ROUGH IS TO GET THROUGH. IT MAY ALSO BE THE FIRST EVER TEDDY AWARD WNER TO MENTN THE TEDDY AWARDS – S PROTAGONIST IS A FILMMAKER WHO ACTUALLY WS ONE HIMSELF. THAT ALONE MAK A LTLE PIECE OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH ON NETFLIX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“CALL ME KUCHU,” BY KATHERE FAIRFAX WRIGHT AND MALIKA ZOUHALI-WORRALL – BT DOCUMENTARY, {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE S TRATG OMISSN OM THIS YEAR’S BT DOCUMENTARY OSR SHORTLIST, WE N NSOLE OURSELV THAT THE TLY EXCEPTNAL “CALL ME KUCHU” WON BERL. THIS PROFILE OF THE HEROIC LGBT MUNY OF UGANDA IS AN EPIC OF ACTIVISM AND A POWERFUL REMR THAT THE ROAD TO JTICE AND ACCEPTANCE IS LONG AND TORTURO. ITS LEGACY NTU WH THE DAVID KATO VISN & VOICE AWARD, WHICH THIS YEAR’S FTIVAL PROGRAM ANNOUNC WILL BE GIVEN TO CAMBODIAN ACTIVIST SOU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCH ON NETFLIX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
“Lavenr” is the send narrative short om gay filmmaker Matthew Pucci, who wrote and directed the film. The film ftivals of 2022 were a ttament to the signifince of this movement, showsg some of the most ptivatg and spirg gay short films that left dienc around the world awe.
’ THE WINNERS IRIS PRIZEThe wner of the Iris Prize Supported by The Michael Bishop Foundatn is Tarne, directed by John Sheedy (Atralia)Tyrone liv wh his mother and her boyiend Pommy, a lowlife dg aler who spis immigrants and homosexuals.
BenedictnOn June 3rd of 2022, two films featurg lic nstctns of muni of gay men were released on the very same day. One you've surely heard of (Fire Island, which I'll get to later) — and the other was Benedictn, a film that barely seemed to register spe beg helmed by one of our great queer filmmakers, Terence (who directed Rachel Weisz and Cynthia Nixon to arguably their greatt performanc The Deep Blue Sea and A Quiet Passn, rpectively) utiliz a bpic of Brish poet and rated WWI bat veteran Siegied Sassoon (played by Jack Lown his youth and Peter Capaldi olr age) to offer a wdow to the dramatic liv of aristocratic gay men the 1920s.