MGLFF - The Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival

Contents:

• THE MIAMI GAY & LBIAN FILM FTIVAL - NOW MIFO
• LONDON LBIAN & GAY FILM FTIVAL
• 10 GREAT CANADIAN LBIAN, GAY AND TRANSGENR FILMS
• BANGKOK GAY & LBIAN FILM FTIVAL

THE MIAMI GAY & LBIAN FILM FTIVAL - NOW MIFO

“Gay men still domate terms of on-screen reprentatn, and not only do we need more lbian and trans stori, but we sperately need films that explore bisexual, asexual and fluid inti, as well as thentic QTIBPOC (Queer Trans Intersex Black People & People of Colour) stori. BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival prev articleNatnal Youth Theatre next articleTackroom Theatre The BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival is the largt film ftival of s kd Europe and attracts more than 25, 000 Ftival, which is supported by the Pureland Foundatn, was lnched 1986 as a season of gay and lbian films at the Natnal Film Theatre. It was then lled Gay’s Own Pictur and curated by Peter Packer of the Tyni Cema.

LONDON LBIAN & GAY FILM FTIVAL

The event was renamed the London Lbian and Gay Film Ftival recently, the name has been updated to BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival, wh the Q+ reflectg shifts cultural nversatns around inty and the Ftival’s own ethos as welg and clive. On behalf of the Board, Staff, and Volunteers, wele to the 33rd Annual Tampa Bay Internatnal Gay & Lbian Fim Ftival.

A time which we didn’t exist history or the stori of the day, and a time which gay rights ordanc were repealed by voters Irve, California, and ci around the untry–and even our own Hillsborough County a few years later. Today we live a time where is not OK to say “gay”: where a stg Jtice of the Supreme Court thks we should revis Uned Stat v. The Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival (MGLFF), a crilly acclaimed event, started 1998 and is based the world-renowned historic South Beach neighborhood wh addnal films screened at lotns throughout Miami-Da County.

The Miami Gay & Lbian Film Ftival is mted to s missn: To spire, enterta and te the public, enurage a sense of muny through ternatnal and culturally diverse film, vio and other media that offer historil and ntemporary perspectiv on the gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr experience. The Miami Gay and Lbian Film Ftival is an ternatnally acclaimed event servg as a platform for numero World Premiers, North Amerin Premiers and East Coast Premiers.

10 GREAT CANADIAN LBIAN, GAY AND TRANSGENR FILMS

The Miami Gay and Lbian Film Ftival is the first MAJOR LGBT film ftival to occur the lendar year, settg the tone for the entire LGBT film ftival season.

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A gay uple, as picted by Unstable Diffn. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

BANGKOK GAY & LBIAN FILM FTIVAL

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022.

Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage". World premiere screengs the ftival will be prentg clu John Hay’s illumatg documentary Willem & Frieda, where Stephen Fry vtigat the spirg and movg story of a gay man and a lbian who led anti-Nazi ristance Holland.

Timothy Harris’s timely documentary Kenyatta: Do Not Wa Your Turn follows 31-year-old Pennsylvania State Reprentative Mallm Kenyatta who tak along on his race to bee the first openly gay person of lour wh a seat the Uned Stat senate. Chroma 11 – Based on a te story of lost love, this immersive Virtual Realy experience rn a gay uple by means of digal media and the power of memori.

Le Be Mec (1979)BFI Flare celebrat the redisvery of Wallace Potts lost masterpiece of 1970s gay porn, Le Be Mec, featurg the merawork by legendary cematographer Néstor Almendros (Days of Heaven, The Blue Lagoon, Sophie’s Choice). Followg his recent ath, BFI Flare will screen the late pneerg gay Brish filmmaker Ron Peck’s Strip Jack Naked: Nighthawks II his memory.

Peck’s 1979 feature film Nighthawks told the story of a gay schoolteacher and his relentls search for a partner. Thirteen years later, Strip Jack Naked: Nighthawks II pris outtak om the first film as Ron gave an acunt of his life as a young gay man growg up 1960s and 70s Bra and tails the makg of Nighthawks, self a product of the gay liberatn movement. BFI Flare will also clu a wi range of events, talks and bat, which clu Rememberg Ron Peck, an timate library event which will provi the chance to learn more om iends of this sensive giant of gay pennt film and learn more about this important, unassumg yet driven tr and gay rights champn.