Film With Pride Opens For Submissions for New Season
Following the success of its online #FilmFriday programme, Film with Pride has opened submissions for a new season of online short film screenings. Film With Pride works to showcase LGBT+ films from established and new filmmakers from diverse backgrounds. Since the online #FilmFriday programme launched in May, it has addressed topics including life and loss […]
RECAP: Lifeline
“I wanted to explore the consequences of what it means to lock things away within yourself.” Lifeline tells the story of two self-isolating office workers, connecting via a series of progress reports. Following the screening, we spoke to creator Lewis Carter about making a film under lockdown. “People turn to stories and films in order […]
RECAP: Cwch Deilen (Leaf Boat)
Did you catch last week’s #FilmFriday screening of Cwch Deilen (Leaf Boat), a bewitching 2D animation, in Welsh with English subtitles, all about the adventure of earning to love someone? Watch the video below introducing the film and the team behind it, to find out more about this touching, striking production. You can also watch […]
Unison North West LGBT+ Signs As Sponsor
Following three successful weeks of Film With Pride’s online #FilmFridays, we speak to UNISON North West LGBT+ about their support for the digital programme. Adam Hodgson, Co-Convenor at UNISON North West LGBT+, said: “We are proud to support LCR Pride Foundation’s Film with Pride programme, helping to provide a platform for LGBT+ films, directors, actors […]
“Stories from underrepresented groups are the stories I want to tell.”
Following the screening of Pick A Side: Lesbian or Black we caught up with its creator Sychelle-Kristina Yanda about the inspiration behind the film. “The inspiration comes from a very close member of my family coming out to me and feeling suicidal because of it. She said she was unable to tell anyone else, not […]
#FILMFRIDAYS 12TH JUNE: LIFELINE & CWCH DEILEN (LEAF BOAT)
Film With Pride’s #FilmFriday is back with another short film for your viewing enjoyment Lifeline by Lewis Carter and Cwch Deilen (Leaf Boat) a 2D animation in Welsh with English subtitles. As ever, the films will be available to stream from the Film with Pride Facebook Page from 5pm on Friday 12th June until midnight […]
#FILMFRIDAYS 5TH JUNE: PICK A SIDE: BLACK OR LESBIAN
In a week where global protests calling for justice for George Floyd and countless other victims of racism, harassment and brutality have dominated the news, Film with Pride returns with a short film that discusses the experience and prejudices faced by lesbians in the black community. Pick A Side: Black or Lesbian, will be available […]
We Love Our Volunteers: Meet Joan
Volunteer’s Week starts today and we want to take the opportunity to thank our amazing team of volunteers. Right now, we can’t meet to thank you in person. The events and initiatives that we all love and you support us to deliver have been cancelled or postponed. It’s a really hard time, but we want […]
RECAP: The Wedding Car: “This little car became a character”
In The Wedding Car we witnessed a deep discussion between two friends sitting in a broken down vehicle on the way to see one of them married. We ask writer Catherine Kerr-Phillips, about the inspiration behind the unusual setting to this ultimately uplifting short film. “This film was inspired when I used to visit the […]
RECAP: “We all wear masks”: Behind Count on Me
Following the Film with Pride screening of Count On Me, we speak to writer and director, Matteo Mauroni, about the inspiration behind the film, which explores the relationship between the person and the stage persona of its drag queen protagonist, Pandora. Speaking of what sparked the idea for the story, Matteo says: “Thom Leon, the […]