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Places We’d Like to Go- Tel Aviv Pride!

Our film covered a lot of ground in a short time but people always ask us why we didn't go here or didn't go there. With so many events happening at the same time it was difficult to make choices and in the end we followed our beloved protagonist Ken and told his...

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Gayfest 2013, Reel Queer Cinema and more.

Gayfest 2013, Reel Queer Cinema and more.

It's been interesting watching the changing attitudes towards LGBT rights in recent years. We've had many successes, and then been disappointed with half measures and violent attacks. The Boy Scouts of America lifted their ban on gay youth, but failed to do the same...

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Pride News

Story from GuySpy.com Wade Davis, Gay Former NFL Player, To Speak At DC Youth Pride Event Openly gay former NFL player Wade Davis is set to speak at the 18th annual Youth Pride Day celebration in Washington, D.C., presented by the Youth Pride Alliance (YPA). The...

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Best of the Festival Indianapolis

  Another Great Win!   Best of the Festival in Indianapolis!   To read the full review in the Independent click here . It comes with the jury prize for best documentary at the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival. In case you haven't heard .... this brings...

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Pride 2012

Pride 2012

Every year it seems Pride is here faster than the one before. It's hard to believe that it has been four years since we took that epic journey from Sao Paulo to Moscow and experienced the scariest moments of our lives.  Even harder to believe that it seems like Pride...

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Hot Docs 2012

Hot Docs 2012

For the last 10 days Toronto has been bustling with doc filmmakers for the annual Hot Docs Film Festival.  With over 180 films, meetings, seminars, and the forum, there is a lot to take in. The highlights for me were the charming Italy - Love it or Leave it and the...

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Vues Parallels

Happy Friday the 13th! We are thrilled that Beyond Gay: The Politics of Pride has been  included in the program of Quebec City's first LGBT film festival Vues Parallels.  The one day festival is taking place this Saturday April 15th at the Cinelplex at 591 rue...

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WinterPRIDE 2012

We're baaaack, it's 2012, and the BGM crew are gearing up for our favourite week of winter fun, Whistler's amazing WinterPride week.  This year is sure to be off the hook as this annual gay ski week is celebrating it's 20th year and the organizers .... and heroes of...

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Salt Spring Island Pride

Well if you haven't heard the latest - BC's third largest Pride festival (after Vancouver and Victoria) takes place on Salt Spring Island from Sept 7th -11th.  For an island of roughly just 10 thousand residents, that's an awesome accomplishment and says a lot about...

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Paint the Town Pink.

Tomorrow the 23rd annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival gets under way and I am so freakin excited. I had the pleasure to create the festival's trailer this year with long time festival supporter James Goodman, and also wrangled Mike Wiskar, composer for Beyond Gay, to...

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DVD Launch

New York New York! Here we come.  We are super excited to partner with Newfest and Guy Spy for a special Pride screening in the Big Apple on June 21st.  Its all going down at 92Y Tribeca.  We'll have the first run of DVDs from TLA Releasing there.  There'll be drinks...

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