Posts Tagged ‘Outfest’

Gay film competition plus Outfest starts today

If you live in the US and really don’t like your postman or woman very much, you can enter a competition to win $1,000 worth of gay movies on DVD (or lesbian movies for the girls). It’s being run by gay film distributor Wolfe Releasing to celebrate 25 years in the business and they’re doing [...]

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Gay film fest news plus a gay McDonalds ad

Some gay film festival news for movie fans in the US and UK today. Variety reports on the selection for L.A.’s Outfest (8th – 18th July) with opening night honours predictably going to James Franco-starrer Howl, while High School intersex comedy, Spork, brings things to a close on Gala Night.
Sandwiched in between are 60 gay [...]

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Let Hollywood come into the closet

I’m sure Todd Holland had no idea what a storm his comments at last weeks Outfest would cause. When he said that any aspiring gay actors should keep the closet door firmly shut if they wanted a Hollywood career, the gay blogosphere and Twitter universe went into overdrive…
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Outfest winners 2009

Already dripping with awards, Tina Mabry’s harsh tale of three kids from the Deep South trying to escape their abusive family, Mississippi Damned, has added another to its clutch and won the jury award for a feature-length movie at last week’s Outfest.

The audience award went to Spanish comedy, Chef’s Special – or Fuera de carta [...]

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