posted Friday, March 10, 2023
Jim is a promising teenage boxer, training under the watch of his demanding and alcoholic father. When Jim develops a relationship with a male classmate, the two are forced to navigate isolation, homophobia, and the brutality of small-town life in New Zealand. As Jim discovers what it means to be gay, he realizes how little […]
posted Wednesday, March 8, 2023
The Gig follows the story of three drag queens who are hired to perform at a private function,the catch? It just happens to be a campaign fundraiser for a rookie Conservative politician. Politics, sibling rivalry, and wigs are just some of the ingredients that make this gig unforgettable! This contemporary comedy asks: what do we […]
posted Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Lonesome is a new feature film by Award Winning Australian director, Craig Boreham, exploring sexuality, loneliness and isolation in a world that has never been more connected. Casey, a country lad running from a small-town scandal, finds himself down and out in the big smoke of Sydney. When he meets Tib, a young city lad, […]
posted Monday, March 6, 2023
The 20th Annual Human Rights Watch Canada Film Festival (HRWFF) in partnership with Hot Docs Cinema will be held from March 8 to 19, 2023; March 8-12 in-person at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, and March 13-19 on Hot Docs digital platform. Following the tradition of past festivals, all tickets for both in-person and digital screenings are […]
posted Saturday, March 4, 2023
Grammy-nominated international superstar Adam Lambert releases his highly anticipated new album “High Drama.” An album of inspired covers, “High Drama” kick starts the next chapter in Adam Lambert’s solo career, and of course draws on his well-known penchant for HIGH DRAMA! The astonishing visual for “Getting Older,” a cover of the Billie Eilish song, is also out now. Directed by Heather Gildroy, the video shows Adam dramatically transformed, with the […]
posted Thursday, March 2, 2023
Splice the spiritual DNA of John Waters with martial arts, gore and rude, run-amok mayhem, and you have Enter the Drag Dragon, Lee Demarbre’s antic celebration of high camp. Ottawa’s Mayfair Theatre, which Demarbre owns and runs, is the home of Enter the Drag Dragon’s Crazy Dragon Detective agency, which consists of the drag queen Crunch (variously […]
posted Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Scare BNB is the first original, LGBTQ+ series to debut on the newly launched, queer network DIVABoxOffice.tv. In the thriller, two lesbian couples—long-time friends since high school—are in high spirits when they arrive at a remote, rental cabin in the Tennessee woods for a much-needed vacation. But, upon their arrival, they find the overly attentive owners […]
posted Sunday, February 26, 2023
Principal photography has started on the queer-led, highly anticipated BACKSPOT, marking the feature film debut of creator/director D.W. Waterson (That’s My DJ), and starring award-winning actor Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs, Marvel’s Echo), and newcomer Kudakwashe Rutendo in lead roles. The film’s title derives from a backspotter, or someone who lifts and throws a flyer, or top girl, in the air […]
posted Thursday, February 23, 2023
Canadian web-series, Gay Mean Girls, premieres its second season on YouTube on Feb. 24, 2023. Originally based on a viral short film by Heyishi Zhang that amassed 3.5 million views in 2015, the web-series premiered its first season in 2019 to a sold-out screening at TIFF Next Wave. In Season 2, the popular web-series will […]
posted Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Swallowed is the Sundance Festival award-winning queer horror film from director Carter Smith. After a drug run goes bad, two friends must survive a nightmarish ordeal of drugs, bugs, and horrific intimacy in this backwoods body-horror thriller. Set in a remote township on the border between Maine and Canada, it’s a story about friendship and […]
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