Shropshire LGBT Film Festival
Feature Film: (Saturday 17th October, 16:30 – The Old Market Hall Cinema). Royal Intelligence Ministry agent, Jayson Bend, teams up with a Swiss agent to try and stop the launch of a satellite that will turn the owner of the largest global hair salon chain into one of the most powerful men in the world.
The Saturday Short Film Audience Award – Fiction – was awarded to Moire.
The Sunday Short Film Audience Award – Non-Fiction – was awarded to Mark Bunyan Very Nearly Almost Famous. Congrats to all!
Bette Bourne, the subject of a documentary, will speak at a Q&A following the screening of a film about his life – a life described as ‘a real life Priscilla Queen of the Desert adventure’, by the Directors, Mark Ravenhill and Jeremy Jeffs.
(Rainbow Film Festival Plus Screening – UK) – A story of friendship between two young women framed with a criminal element. Wednesday 15th October 2014 @ 19:30 at The Sitting Room, Ludlow.
Karen (Audrey Hepburn) and Martha (Shirley Maclaine) are best friends, fresh out of college and establishing a new private girls’ school. Everything seems to be working out – until some of the pupils overhear an argument where Martha’s Aunt Lily accuses her and Karen of an “unnatural relationship”. Sunday 19th October 2014 @ 13:30 at the Old Market Hall.
UK PREMIERE (Saturday Shorts-Fiction-Spain) – Some friends reunite after 20 years, many things have changed since they last met. Saturday 18th October 2014 @ 10:00 at The Gateway.
WORLD PREMIERE (Saturday Shorts-Fiction-United Kingdom) – Saucy musical romp in a fruit shop. An enactment of Mark Bunyan’s infamous Fruit Song starring Mark Bunyan as the grocer. Saturday 18th October 2014 @ 10:00 at The Gateway.
UK PREMIERE (Saturday Shorts-Fiction-India) – After failing to get hot dates in town, a young teenage boy discovers a gay dating site called PR (Public Relations). Saturday 18th October 2014 @ 10:00 at The Gateway.
UK PREMIERE (Saturday Shorts-Fiction-United Kingdom) – On a lazy Sunday afternoon, she remembers being drawn to another woman’s scent. Erotic lesbian transitioning/coming out, a true story by Sarah Reilly, poet and artist. Saturday 18th October 2014 @ 10:00 at The Gateway.
(Saturday Shorts-Fiction-Ukraine) – History about not mutual love triangle between two guys and one girl. Saturday 18th October 2014 @ 10:00 at The Gateway.
