Kate Johnston’s gentle comedy Stormcloud follows Vi’s emotional storm when two born-again Christians knock on her door in a vulnerable moment, is based on Johnston’s own experiences when she was in a similar predicament. Although the real story was no more than a polite exchange on the doorstep, in Stormcloud Johnston explores what if she’d […]
Read More… from Interview with award winning director Kate Johnston: Stormcloud
The feature film Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (dir. Angela Robinson, 2018) is based on the true story of the creators of the Lie Detector test and the DC character Wonder Woman. Criticised in reviews and by the Marston family for queering up the relationship between Elizabeth Marston and Olive Byrne, it is exactly […]
Body image is a fundamental part of our identity and a theme which reoccurs throughout LGBTIQ+ narratives. In her film Butch Coyolxauhqui, which is screening as part of the Identity programme of short films (click here for tickets), Director Karleen Pendleton draws on mythology to explore how we can re-create a sense of self. “The […]
Read More… from Interview: Karleen Pendleton-Jimenez, Director: Butch Coyolxauhqui
Having access to new digital technology is only part of the solution to making great film , you still need time, and skill, and a fresh way of telling a story. In the run up to the Identity programme of short films at Curzon Soho, we asked filmmakers to share with us the stories behind […]
Read More… from Interview: Krissy Mahan, Director: ‘My Aunt Mame’
Join us for 9 short films direct from LGBTIQ+ filmmakers plus Q&A with featured filmmakers Jake Graf (Dusk) and Louise Marie Cooke (Pillow Talk). 6 June at 6.30pm, Click here to book tickets. Click here for trailer. See list below for details of the films included in the programme: “When we know ourselves to be […]
The premiere of QueerBee takes place at 7pm on 19 September at Genesis Cinema and Hackney Showroom. Our hosts are Jac Nunns (Genesis) and Andreena Bogle (Hackney Showroom). Filmmaker Krissy Mahan (My Aunt Mame) will be attending Hackney Showroom for a Q&A after the screening. More information https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/Home www.hackneyshowroom.com […]