- GFEST on:
Tues 8 / Wed 9 / Thus 10 Nov 7.15 pm
Box Office: 020 74943654 / £12 / 8 (cons.)
Online: http://princecharlescinema.com
| Date | Time | Event | Venue | Booking Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tues 8 Nov | 6 - 7.10 PM | Film Café | Prince Charles Cinema Bar | ENTRY FREE |
| Tues 8 Nov | 7.15 PM | Short Films Screening 1 | Prince Charles Cinema | Box Office 020 7494 3654 or click here to book £12 / £8 concs |
| Wed 9 Nov | 6 - 7.10 PM | Film Café | Prince Charles Cinema Bar | ENTRY FREE |
| Wed 9 Nov | 7.15 PM | Short Films Screening 2 | Prince Charles Cinema | Box Office 020 7494 3654 or click here to book £12 / £8 concs |
| Thurs 10 Nov | 6 - 7.10 PM | Film Café | Prince Charles Cinema Bar | ENTRY FREE |
| Thurs 10 Nov | 7.15 PM | Short Films Screening 3 | Prince Charles Cinema | Box Office 020 7494 3654 or click here to book £12 / £8 concs |
| Thurs 10 Nov | 9 PM till late | GFEST 2011 Film party | Ku Bar | ENTRY FREE |
Tues 8 Nov 2011 6 - 710 PM / GFEST FILM CAFÉ @ Prince Charles Cinema bar.
Entry Free. No registration required
Filmmaker and GFEST artistic director Niranjan Kamatkar will be available to chat informally with filmmakers to explore the ideas around promotion of their work and working together in the future.
7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY / Box Office: 020 7494 3654 / Online / £12, £8 Cons
Filmmaker: Carlos Montero Castiaeira
Description: Jaime, a young, sexy male prostitute realises soon that his customer has actually asked for a very different kind of service. To complicate the matters, another Jaime, a professional killer, follows him to the room.
About the filmmaker: Carlos Montero is a well known script writer of Spanish tv series as "Genesis" "Al salir de Clase" or "El comisario". He is also the creator of the tv series phenomenon "Física o Química" of Antena 3 television.
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Filmmaker: Darius Clark Monroe
Description: Slowing down a blind date might be the key to starting a worthwhile relationship.
About the filmmaker: Darius Clark Monroe is an award winning filmmaker and graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Currently, he's completing post production on his next film, an autobiographical feature documentary entitled 'Evolution of a Criminal'.
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Filmmaker: Joe Morris (GFEST 2009 filmmaker)
Description: Jack and Tat live on the streets and when Jack's behaviour becomes more dangerous, in the moments of melancholic and confused companionship, Tat makes one last ditch attempt to bring a sense of stability to their lives.
About the filmmaker: Joe Morris is a writer/director from Sheffield. He secured finance from Screen Yorkshire to complete his second film Veteran, as part of the Digital Shorts slate 2009. He participated in Screen Yorkshire's Digital Shorts scheme where he wrote and directed his short film 'Boy' which was shown as GFEST 2009. Joe has recently participated in Screen Yorkshire's high level bespoke training and development programme, Super 8.
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Filmmaker: David Hewitt
Description: Steve knows he's straight, but under the water at his local swimming pool he feels gay. Will he tell his ex-girlfriend the whole truth?
About the filmmaker: David Hewitt's 2004 film Belly Button was accepted into many Festivals and won first prize at Raindance East and DVuser and Filmstock Audience Award. David continues to make promotional films and commercials, and also takes time to teach filmmaking in prisons to young offenders, and work with local communities.
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Filmmaker: Lasse Nielsen
Description: 14-year-old Thai schoolboy Lek works in his mother's small shop in a Thai village. While his best friend flirts with a new girlfriend, Lek has decidedly different fantasies.
About the filmmaker: Danish director Lasse Nielsen is best known for his 1978 feature, 'You Are Not Alone,' a best-selling Danish movie.
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Filmmaker: Hannah Hilliard
Description: On a family holiday to Fiji, twelve year old Greg's creative pursuits fail to amuse his father. Setting out to win back his admiration, he enters himself into a competition with a difference.
About the filmmaker: Hannah's short film Franswa Sharl won the Crystal Bear at the Berlinale Film Festival in 2010 as well as being nominated for the Teddy Award. She has also won best Australian short film award. Prior to that Hannah's previous short films collectively won several awards.
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Filmmaker: Yoni Klein and Alka Joshi
Description: This documentary explores Russ Osterweil's life - a bond with humanity and his recent near-death bout with an AIDS-related illness.
About the filmmaker: Yoni Klein is a filmmaker and photographer based out of San Francisco. He is currently completing his BFA in Photography at California College of the Arts. Born in India and having lived in Italy and France, Alka Joshi is a writer, illustrator, and graphic novelist who uses her art to understand her diverse world.
Top of pageWed 9 Nov 2011 6 - 710 PM / GFEST FILM CAFÉ @ Prince Charles Cinema bar.
Entry Free. No registration required
Rebecca Davies & Sarah Trigg, film managers from Skillset to outline the skills building, training opportunities in the informal advice session for young and interested filmmakers at GFEST 2011 cafe with the industry experts.
7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY / Box Office: 020 7494 3654 / Online / £12, £8 Cons
Filmmaker: Betsy Kalin
Description: From Victorian pocket watches to Zoot Suit style to motorcycle necessity, wallet chains have evolved over the years to become more than a trend in lesbian culture.
About the filmmaker: Betsy Kalin received a BA in Women's Studies from Columbia University and a Directing MFA from the University of Miami and runs Itchy Bee Productions. Her feature-length documentary, Hearts Cracked Open, ed at the Frameline Film Festival and has won several awards.
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Filmmaker: B.Steady
Description: A love Story between two women transcending time and space.
About the filmmaker: B.Steady is a two Paul Robeson Awards winner for her video, Bones and who explores the art of making fun pop music for queer people of color and other folks with silenced struggles. She is currently attending Howard University in pursuit of her M.F.A. in film.
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Filmmaker: Tim Brunsden and Paul McCann
Description: "I lived with this person for 37 years. He was a nice bloke, he really was… So I look back on that part of my life now, and I look back on it with pride." Vikki-Marie Gaynor
About the filmmaker: Tim Brunsden is a freelance documentary film-maker, also a camera person and an editor. Based in Liverpool, over the last few years Tim has worked on projects such as Liverpool Stories to larger educational work such as Project Triangle.
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Filmmaker: Gilivanka Kedzior and Barbara Friedman
Description: A reflection on the strength and the pain of the tie between two individuals.
About the filmmaker: Gilivanka and Barbara are multidisciplinary artists who investigate subjects such as dominant relationships, social yokes, gender and issues of the double and of the multiple characters under a single skin.
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Filmmaker: Sam Donovan
Description: Boris tries to reunite his parents on a shark-spotting trip. Only, his biggest enemy is 'along for the ride' his mother's girlfriend, Lilah. Once Boris accepts Lilah, can he unite his family in his own unique way.
About the filmmaker: Sam Donovan is director of two short films, King Ponce and Unite. Hammerhead is his third short film with cinematographer Fabian Wagner and his second with writer Andrew Yerlett. Unite was one of 15 national 60 second shorts to be selected for the BAFTA in 2008.
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Filmmaker: Tim Brunsden
Description: A unique insight into the world of Amateur Boxer Kayleigh Hayes and Women's Amateur Boxing and the hard work, dedication and sacrifice required to achieve honours at an international level.
About the filmmaker: Tim Brunsden is a freelance documentary film-maker, also a camera person and an editor. Based in Liverpool, over the last few years Tim has worked on projects such as Liverpool Stories to larger educational work such as Project Triangle.
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Filmmaker: Nola Grace Gaardmand
Description: Manila, Philippines: On a quiet side street, tucked away from the noisy, polluted traffic there is a special place: Home for the Golden Gays has been a refuge for the elderly and vulnerable gays of Manila since 1969.
About the filmmaker: Nola studies Journalism at the Danish School of Journalism and currently works for the Danish national newspaper Information. She has been an editor in chief of the Danish magazine CITAT, after being an associate editor at online magazine UrbanDaddy in New York.
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Filmmaker: Liane Lang
Description: An atmosphere of surreal animation pervades the film which obliquely references the two women's political imprisonment by the Nazis, their sensual relationship to each other and their division of roles.
About the filmmaker: Liane Lang grew up in Germany and the US. She studied at NCAD in Dublin and completed a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College followed by a Postgraduate Diploma at the Royal Academy, where she graduated in 2006. Her work is concerned with notions of animacy, which she investigates through sculpture, photography and video works.
Top of pageThurs 10 Nov 2011 6 - 710 PM / GFEST FILM CAFÉ @ Prince Charles Cinema bar.
Entry Free. No registration required
informal advice session for LGBT and potential short filmmakers by industry expert Tom Abell, Peccadillo Pictures.
7 Leicester Place, London WC2H 7BY / Box Office: 020 7494 3654 / Online / £12, £8 Cons
Filmmaker: Craig Boreham
Description: Things are changing for Mik. The sudden death of his big brother forces him to redefine his place in his family. The one solid thing in Mik's life is his best friend Dan. But Dan has a new girlfriend...
About the filmmaker: Craig Boreham is a Sydney based writer/director. Much of Craig's video and film work focuses on themes of sexuality and the politics of desire. His films have been seen in over 150 festivals and have received numerous awards.
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Filmmaker: Kim Jho Kwang-soo
Description: A hearing-impaired boy, Min-so is gay, and he likes his classmate, Ji-seok. One day, Min-so impulsively has sex with a man who works in a public bath, an experience that lends him a new-found confidence, but at a heavy price.
About the filmmaker: Kim is one of South Korea's few openly gay film directors and has been involved in the production of several works with gay themes. He produced the 2006 film No Regret which was considered to be "the first real Korean gay feature." In 2008, he directed and wrote his first short film, Boy Meets Boy as well as two follow-ups: Just Friends? and LOVE, 100°C .
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Filmmaker: Tamer Ruggli
Description: Jérémie is a shy teenager who's keeping a hefty secret: his homosexuality. Between juggling his feelings for his classmate and sexual fantasy Damien and his very generous but over-protective mother Gina, his life is about to change...
About the filmmaker: Born in Zurich in 1986. After graduating at an arts oriented high school, he started film studies at ECAL, Lausanne's Art College. Cappuccino is his graduation film.
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Filmmaker: Jason Bradbury
Description: Anthony and Kyle spend their last night together before Kyle moves away, leaving Anthony to look after his terminally ill mother.
About the filmmaker: Jason is a graduate from Isle of Wight College whose previous productions include Static, made while he was a college student and selected for the BBC Big Screen Film Festival 2006.
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Filmmaker: Hong Khaou
Description:Joe embarks on a sadomasochistic adventure with a stranger. For him it's all about the sexual thrill, but for Tim their game satisfies deep psychological needs.
About the filmmaker: Hong Khaou is a filmmaker who is slowly emerging as a very exciting voice in the British filmmaking scene. His film 'Spring' is the second part of a quadrilogy, followed by 'Monsoon' and 'Winter'. 'Spring' had its world premiere in Sundance and was at Berlinale 2011 for the European premiere.
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