The searing, insightful LGBTQ drama 15 Years from writer/director Yuval Hadadi will be released on DVD/VOD on April 28. The film which world premiered at the Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival as the Opening Night film, and went on to have a healthy festival life, won the Jury Award for Best Feature Film at Reeling 2019 – the 37th Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival.
Pornhub known primarily for adult entertainment will debut its first non-adult themed content, Shakedown, the critically-acclaimed documentary art film by filmmaker and vanguard artist Leilah Weinraub. The film will screen for the month of March on the streaming network.
Virgil Films is releasing the award winning documentary – Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street – directed by Roman Chimienti & Tyler Jensen.
Magnolia Pictures will release Two Of Us (Deux), Filippo Meneghetti’s deeply moving French drama about the love between two older women starring Barbara Sukowa and Martine Chevallier in the US. Two Of Us which world premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, will open in New York on Friday, April 10 with a national release to follow.
GLAAD announced the 176 nominees in 30 categories for the 31st Annual GLAAD Media Awards honoring ‘media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.’
Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Parasite led the film nominations for GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ 11th Dorian Awards given for the best in film and television of 2019. Portrait of a Lady on Fire and was nominated for Film of the Year, Foreign Language Film of the Year and LGBT Film of the Year.
The French historical drama film Portrait of a Lady on Fire by Céline Sciamma is the winner of the European University Film Award 2019. The award will be presented on Friday, December 6, at the European Film Awards Weekend in Berlin.
The indie LGBT film ‘As I Am’ directed by Anthony Bawn will be released in theaters in December via Bawn Incorporated and APB Productions LLC.
The Guatemalan film Tremors (Temblores) by Jayro Bustamante which recently won the Grand Jury Prize at NewFest: The New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival will be released in the U.S. by Film Movement.
The critically-acclaimed documentary Queen of Lapa from directors Theodore Collatos and Carolina Monnerat will have its much-anticipated New York premiere as part of the documentary competition at the 31st edition of New Fest: New York’s LGBTQ Film Festival, taking place October 23 to 29.
The documentary Gay Chorus Deep South, winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at Tribeca Film Festival, released a power new official trailer, weeks before it opens in theaters. Gay Chorus Deep South directed by David Charles Rodrigues documents the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus as they embark on a tour of the American Deep South, in response to a wave of discriminatory anti-LGBT laws and the divisive 2016 election.
The long-running queer performance art collective’s legendary evenings are chronicled in a new documentary film A Night at Switch n’ Play which will receive its New York City premiere as an official selection of NewFest 2019.