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• GAY SURFER FILM OUT IN THE LP HS THE BIG SCREEN, WS AWARDS
• 10 GREAT ATRALIAN GAY FILMS
• PK CSH? GAY SURFER MOVIE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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 BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 11, 2007/11:46 PMBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 11, 2007 / 11:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PK CSH? GAY SURFER MOVIE WRAPS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-01-12T04:46:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-01-12T04:46:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS REPORTED TODAY THAT THE HERE! GAY TELEVISN WORK HAS WRAPPED PRODUCTN ON A GAY SURFER ROMANCE ENTLED SHELTER, WHICH IS SET FOR U.S. THEATRIL RELEASE THE FALL. THE FILM IS THE FIRST FEATURE OM WRER-DIRECTOR JONAH MARKOWZ, WHO HAS WORKED AS A PRODUCTN SIGNER AND ART DIRECTOR FOR FILMS LIKE QUCEANERA AND, FTGLY ENOUGH, SURFER-GIRL FLICK BLUE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RTERS SCRIB THE PIC THLY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TREVOR WRIGHT (AIR BUDDI) STARS AS A CALIFORNIA ART-SCHOOL HOPEFUL WHOSE DREAMS ARE SILED BY FAY OBLIGATNS. HE FDS FORT SURFG WH HIS BT IEND'S BROTHER, PLAYED BY BRAD ROWE (BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS), AND PRETTY SOON A RELATNSHIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NICE TO SEE ROWE BACK THE FOLDS OF GAY-IENDLY ENTERTAMENT AFTER HIS TURNS KISS AND KEV WILLIAMSON'S SHORT-LIVED ENSEMBLE SHOW WASTELAND (WHICH FEATURED A GAY LEAD). AND 'S GREAT THAT HERE! IS KEEPG UP S MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTG GAY FILMS (THEY ALSO PUT OUT GAY SLASHER MOVIE HELLBENT, ROMANTIC EDY STRAIGHT-JACKET, AMONG OTHERS) AND HAS MOVED TO PRODUCTN AS WELL, WH SHELTER AS S FIRST ORIGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A GAY-IENDLY ARTHOE NEARBY, THE BLE WORK PLANS ON AIRG THE FILM SHORTLY AFTER THE THEATRIL RELEASE THIS FALL. CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSE FOR MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE OTHER SHELTER: THE GAY SURF MOVIE

GAY SURFER FILM OUT IN THE LP HS THE BIG SCREEN, WS AWARDS

Cast & crewUser reviews2014Not Rated1h 9mTwo gay surfers embark on a global journey to unver the taboo of homosexualy surfg. They bee part of an emergg muny prepared to step out of the shadows of secrecy and create a more open and acceptg surfg gay surfers embark on a global journey to unver the taboo of homosexualy surfg. They bee part of an emergg muny prepared to step out of the shadows of secrecy and create a more open and acceptg surfg productn, box office & pany PhotosMore like thisReview GroundbreakgGround-breakg do that hopefully will allow more gay surfers to e out whout fear of beg bullied.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of Brokeback Mt., but I saw a screeng of this film at the SF Gay and Lbian Film Ftival tonight and loved as much as BBM and some ways appreciated more. For my money the actg (wh avowed heterosexuals playg the gay rol, as BBM) was more nvcg, the kissg more natural, the sex scen extremely sexy and movg; another tone the realistic portrayal of gay love and sex. The fay settg provid a ntext that allowed one man's g out story to be jt one among many chang all fai go through together while simultaneoly puttg some evil homophobic stereotyp to bed, you should pardon the exprsn, rather than dwellg on them as BBM.

David fds the se, registers and th nnects wh Thomas, begng a global adventure to unrstand why homosexualy is such a taboo subject surfg. Experiencg an emotn that so many other gay athlet share, David is amazed to nnect wh someone who unrstands the burn he has rried for so long.

10 GREAT ATRALIAN GAY FILMS

There's some amazg stori, and betiful surfg - ntradictg a ment om a pro surf spectator that "gays jt aren't strong enough to paddle a surfboard". There's an openly gay three-time world champn, an award wng big wave rir, a former US Congrsman and his surfer hband, along wh everyday surfers, gay and straight g together to help build acceptance. When homosexualy is now beg accepted pro sports cludg basketball, football and soccer - why is the surf dtry unwillg to make any ment at all?

Surfers, cludg many profsnal on, were wrg to Castets to expla how they had felt pelled to keep their sexualy secret, faced homophobia the sport or stggled the surf dtry as a rult of g year Thomas, along wh Atralian former state champn surfer David Wakefield – who chose not to pursue a surfg reer out of a fear of beg “found out” as gay – cid to go on a trip around the world to meet some of them. Their journey – ptured award-wng documentary Out the Le-up, which premier the UK this week – sheds a light on the experienc of gay surfers around the world as seeks to unrstand why the sport ntu to stggle to be open about the the stori heard are that of former petive surfer Sie Hernanz, whose fellow surfers and roommat moved out after fdg out she was gay.

It also touch on the tragic se of Ben Roper, a young gay surfer om one of Sydney’s famo surf gangs, the Bra Boys, who killed himself last year. “I have seen so many talented female surfers e and go bee they didn’t have the support om the surfg dtry due to the fact that they were eher gay, spected of beg gay, not feme enough or they simply did not f the image that brands believe sells product, ” she says. “To e out as gay the surfg dtry is to step out of the bounds of what is nsired ‘marketable’, so I suffered the nsequenc of that, ” she actn shot om Out the Le-up.

PK CSH? GAY SURFER MOVIE {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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 BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 11, 2007/11:46 PMBY BRIAN JUERGENSJANUARY 11, 2007 / 11:46 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"PK CSH? GAY SURFER MOVIE WRAPS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-01-12T04:46:11.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-01-12T04:46:11.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRIAN JUERGENS","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS REPORTED TODAY THAT THE HERE! GAY TELEVISN WORK HAS WRAPPED PRODUCTN ON A GAY SURFER ROMANCE ENTLED SHELTER, WHICH IS SET FOR U.S. THEATRIL RELEASE THE FALL. THE FILM IS THE FIRST FEATURE OM WRER-DIRECTOR JONAH MARKOWZ, WHO HAS WORKED AS A PRODUCTN SIGNER AND ART DIRECTOR FOR FILMS LIKE QUCEANERA AND, FTGLY ENOUGH, SURFER-GIRL FLICK BLUE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RTERS SCRIB THE PIC THLY:{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TREVOR WRIGHT (AIR BUDDI) STARS AS A CALIFORNIA ART-SCHOOL HOPEFUL WHOSE DREAMS ARE SILED BY FAY OBLIGATNS. HE FDS FORT SURFG WH HIS BT IEND'S BROTHER, PLAYED BY BRAD ROWE (BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS), AND PRETTY SOON A RELATNSHIP {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S NICE TO SEE ROWE BACK THE FOLDS OF GAY-IENDLY ENTERTAMENT AFTER HIS TURNS KISS AND KEV WILLIAMSON'S SHORT-LIVED ENSEMBLE SHOW WASTELAND (WHICH FEATURED A GAY LEAD). AND 'S GREAT THAT HERE! IS KEEPG UP S MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTG GAY FILMS (THEY ALSO PUT OUT GAY SLASHER MOVIE HELLBENT, ROMANTIC EDY STRAIGHT-JACKET, AMONG OTHERS) AND HAS MOVED TO PRODUCTN AS WELL, WH SHELTER AS S FIRST ORIGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE A GAY-IENDLY ARTHOE NEARBY, THE BLE WORK PLANS ON AIRG THE FILM SHORTLY AFTER THE THEATRIL RELEASE THIS FALL. CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSE FOR MORE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Photograph: PRFor Ian Thomson, who directed the documentary and is himself gay and a surfer, is not jt the profsnal aspect of surfg that n feel very hostile to a gay person. ”The issue of homosexualy and surfg draws a lot of wir problems the sport has wh diversy general – somethg that seems at odds wh the easy-gog, unterculture liftyle many feel reprents.

THE OTHER SHELTER: THE GAY SURF MOVIE

There is still yet to be an openly gay male pro surfer at the ele level who is currently on tour – spe the fact that more tradnal sports, such as football, gby and boxg, have had succsful athlet e out. And another e is jt that there have never really been any gay surfers out there, so I would jt ll that ignorance and a lack of visibily.

”The aim of the film – which has been shortlisted to be ed as part of the tn programme Atralian high schools – is not simply to challenge homophobia surfg, but also to help refe and mornise the image of homosexualy general. “The media is still picturg gay people as livg the cy, wearg the same cloth, gog to parti …” says Castets, who feels that the perceptn of gay culture – a siar way to surfg – hasn’t evolved much sce the 80s. “I thought if we were able to make this film, we would be able to change that stereotype and show a new image of what is to be gay 2014.

The Adventur of Priscilla, Queen of the Dert (1994)While same-sex marriage was only ma legal Atralia 2017, the untry has a fairly strong rerd on LGBT rights, and Sydney is one of the most gay-iendly ci the world. Before the 1970s, the sexualy of probable gay characters was not ma explic, for example the effemate sal assistant  Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938). The Set (1970) is the first Atralian film wh homosexualy as a central theme, while gay men appeared sexploatn favour such as Atralia after Dark (1975) and The ABCs of Love and Sex: Atralia Style (1978), which H was for homosexualy.