Perfectly coinciding with International Transgender Day of Visibility, the official trailer debuted today for the ground breaking documentary, The Sound Of Identity, winner of the 2020 Outshine Film Festival’s prestigious Programmers Award of Excellence. Shout! Studios will release the documentary film on digital and on demand on June 1, 2021, timed with the kick off of global Pride Month celebrations.
Ahead of the release on Friday, April 2nd, Utopia released the new official trailer for the hilarious indie comedy film Shiva Baby. Written and directed by Emma Seligman, Shiva Baby stars Rachel Sennott as a bisexual college student who runs into her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend at a Jewish funeral service with her parents.
The 14th edition of the St. Louis-based LGBTQ film festival, QFest St. Louis will present an eclectic array of 24 films (14 shorts, six narrative features, and four documentary features). Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, all programs will run virtually from April 16-25, 2021.
IFCFilms released the trailer for the film Moffie from South African director Oliver Hermanus exploring life of a closeted young boy serving his mandatory military service during Apartheid in 1980s South Africa.
The coming-out drama film Sweetheart directed by Marley Morrison was voted the Audience Award winner of the 2021 Glasgow Film Festival. Sweetheart is a sharply observed coming-of-age story that charts the relationship between two young women, during a summer holiday at a caravan park in Dorset. The Audience Award is the only award given by GFF and is voted for by the audience.
The 35th BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival unveiled the full program of 26 features and 38 free shorts LGBTIQ+ films from 23 countries, for this years virtual edition of the festival.
Two new gay and lesbian films – Rebel Dykes, a brilliant and refreshing documentary history of UK post-punk dyke culture in 1980’s London; and Firebird, a sweeping love story about freedom and love against all odds set in the Soviet Air Force at the height of the Cold War will world premiere at BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival.
In honor of Academy Award and BAFTA winning actress Cloris Leachman, who passed away earlier this month at the age of 94, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival will screen Leachman’s final starring role “Jump, Darling” in the Bodies strand. BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival runs digitally from the March 17th- 28th, 2021.
The new trailer debuted today for Sex, Drugs & Bicycles, a topnotch documentary that digs deep into the nightmare of paid vacations, universal healthcare and windmills. Directed by Jonathan Blank, Sex, Drugs & Bicycles will air as part of PBS’ Link Voices series on February 26th, 2021
BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival will hold the 35th edition of the Festival online from March 17th- 28th 2021. BFI Flare will deliver virtual festival premieres via BFI Player to UK audiences, in a dynamic and thought-provoking program of the best new LGBTIQ+ cinema from around the world, alongside a program of virtual events, which will be available to audiences for free.
The documentary short subject film Draw With Me tells the story of trans youth – Brendon Scholl – who despite life’s challenges used their art as an important tool to walk through life’s hurdles with their family. The documentary features a special introduction by their aunt Jennifer Lopez. The film, an official Oscar entry for Documentary Short Subject runs theatrically now at ArenaScreen through February 9th.
Quiver released the new trailer for Viggo Mortensen’s directorial debut Falling, also starring Viggo Mortensen, along with Lance Henriksen, Sverrir Gudnason, Laura Linney, opening in theaters, on digital and on demand on February 5th, 2021.