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Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival announce first raft of category Award winners

Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival announce first raft of category Award winners

At a special awards event today, the 20th Virgin Media Dublin International Festival announced the recipients of a selection of their awards: the Aer Lingus Discovery Award, Short Film and Documentary category winners, as well as the Irish Council of Civil Liberties (ICCL) Human Rights Film Award.  Over the Festival’s two decade history a very important and defining ethos has been the…

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REEL DESIRES: CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL QUEER FILM FESTIVAL ONLINE, SHOWCASES DIVERSE GENDER AND SEXUALITIES  DEC 4-5, 11-12, 2021

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The ninth edition of Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival is being held  online over two weekends – Dec 4-5 and 11-12 of December 2021. Reel Desires features films, shorts and documentaries showcasing sexuality and gender diversity issues.  This year’s line-up consists of 16 films from 8 countries, selected via a community-led review process.

The principal organizers of CIQFF 2021 are Orinam and Goethe-Institut, working in collaboration with Nirangal Charitable Trust, Chennai Queer Café (CQC), SAATHII, and East-West Center for Counselling and Training.

Highlights among shorts include Libre: A Celebration of Queer Body (2021) by Arthur Lopes,  Sivanum Mohiniyum(2020) by Ramakaushalyan, My Mother’s Girlfriend  (2021) by Arun Phulara, Do I know You? (2021) by  Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair, and Maccher Jhol (2018)) by Abhishek Verma.

The feature films include The First Summer (2020) an Australian coming of age film written and directed by Katie Found; and Futur Drei/No Hard Feelings (2020) directed by Faraz Shariat, on the experiences of queer migrants trying to find belongingness in Germany.

CIQFF is also honoured to host the India and South Asia premier of Emergence: Out of the Shadows, a documentary on the struggle for identity and familial acceptance among queer South Asians in Canada.

On Sunday Dec 5, 2021, the screening of Emergence: Out of the Shadows, will be followed by a panel virtual discussion on queer and trans families, featuring panelists who are members of natal families and families of choice.

On Sunday, December 11, 2021, there will be a dramatic reading of a play titled ‘Journey from A to E and more’ in Tamil, English, Kannada, and Malayalam. Interspersed with strikingly diverse songs from Amir Khusrao poems to L.R. Eswari film hits, the play explores writer and performer Rumi Harish’s musical journey along with his lived experiences as a queer transgender man. As LGBTIQA+ collectives in India work to expand inclusion and reduce discrimination on the ground, we also work to engender change in hearts and minds, a task substantially more challenging than legal reform. One way we do this is by participating in and producing cultures that reflect both the universality and specificity of our experiences.

We thank the Australian Consulate Chennai and Equal Ground, Sri Lanka, for recommending and helping source some of the films.

Reel Desires: Chennai International Queer Film Festival 2021, curated under this name since 2013, is the latest in a series of over 17 queer-themed film festivals held in Chennai to date, beginning in November 2004. In the wake of India’s COVID-19 pandemic, the film festival and associated events are being held entirely online.  Login details will be posted at ciqff.org The event is free and open to individuals above 18.

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#IrishFilm: Watch the proof of concept for Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair's NEON

#IrishFilm: Watch the proof of concept for Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair's sci-fi thriller NEON

925 Productions has released a proof of concept video for their forthcoming feature NEON, written and directed by Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair.

The world is poisoned. A sacrificial population is tasked with carving out a clean passage with neon lights between pockets of surviving civilisation. One ‘runner’ dares to race for her life against all the odds. NEONis a break-neck cyberpunk action sci-fi set…

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#Interview: Scannain Talks NEON with Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair ahead of the Galway Film Fleadh

Scannain caught up with writer/director Rioghnach Ni Ghrioghair to talk about her IFB-backed Short Stories short film NEON, ahead of its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh.

The world is poisoned. A sacrificial population is tasked with carving out a clean passage with neon lights between pockets of surviving civilisation. One ‘runner’ dares to race for her life against all the odds. NEONis…

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#IrishFilm: 29th Galway Film Fleadh to feature World Premiere of IFB Short Stories

Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board (IFB) has announced the world premiere of the short films made under its Short Stories film scheme which will take place at the 2017 Galway Film Fleadh.

The films screening include Neon by Rioghnach Ni Ghioghair, Nice Night For It by Rachel Carey, A Different Kind of Day by Maria Doyle Kennedy, Bellwether by Caroline Campbell, and Deposits by Trevor…