UK distributor launches fund, picks up Nicole Conn drama.
UK distributor Peccadillo Pictures and film finance consultancy Authentic Film Group are to launch an Lgbt film fund.
The Eis fund will look to support Lgbt genre films through production and distribution support.
Tom Abell and Kahloon Loke of Lgbt specialist Peccadillo said: “There have been cases recently where demand for suitable quality Lgbt genre films has outstripped available supply.
“We’ve been working with and nurturing relationships with many fantastic filmmakers over the years who are keen to tell often very real Lgbt stories to our audiences both in the UK and internationally.
“Never has the time been better to create a concerted drive focussed on the financing for films of this genre. Authentic has a great track record of helping structure film financing arrangements over the years, so this seems the perfect partnership.”
Adam Betteridge of Authentic added: “Lgbt rights have arguably never been higher up the...
UK distributor Peccadillo Pictures and film finance consultancy Authentic Film Group are to launch an Lgbt film fund.
The Eis fund will look to support Lgbt genre films through production and distribution support.
Tom Abell and Kahloon Loke of Lgbt specialist Peccadillo said: “There have been cases recently where demand for suitable quality Lgbt genre films has outstripped available supply.
“We’ve been working with and nurturing relationships with many fantastic filmmakers over the years who are keen to tell often very real Lgbt stories to our audiences both in the UK and internationally.
“Never has the time been better to create a concerted drive focussed on the financing for films of this genre. Authentic has a great track record of helping structure film financing arrangements over the years, so this seems the perfect partnership.”
Adam Betteridge of Authentic added: “Lgbt rights have arguably never been higher up the...
- 5/17/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Morning Brew - Tues. June 18: "The Fosters" casts Lena's ex, Ellen is the most famous gay in America
Tags: Morning BrewEllen DeGeneresThe FostersKristin BauerKristin Bauer von StratenMelissa EtheridgeKristen StewartNecar ZadeganIMDbAdrienne RichOrphan BlackLove Rehab: A Novel In 12 StepsAustraMandi LinePretty Little Liars
Good morning!
Kristen Stewart went to a Hooters in Amarillo, Texas and why were we not there?
The Fosters has cast Necar Zadegan as Lena's ex-girlfriend. Necar was in the Nicole Conn film A Perfect Ending and most recently the bitchy boss on Emily Owens M.D.. According to Zap2It:
Gretchen is a world-traveler who runs in very wealthy and elite circles and will share stories from her and Lena's shared past during an uncomfortable dinner -- which we assume will involve Lena's current partner, Stef (Teri Polo).
Vulture wants to hear your Orphan Black questions so they can ask the showrunners for you!
Kristin Bauer von Straten said we almost saw a hot sex on the beach scene between Pam and Tara.
There have been many different revisions and different scripts,...
Good morning!
Kristen Stewart went to a Hooters in Amarillo, Texas and why were we not there?
The Fosters has cast Necar Zadegan as Lena's ex-girlfriend. Necar was in the Nicole Conn film A Perfect Ending and most recently the bitchy boss on Emily Owens M.D.. According to Zap2It:
Gretchen is a world-traveler who runs in very wealthy and elite circles and will share stories from her and Lena's shared past during an uncomfortable dinner -- which we assume will involve Lena's current partner, Stef (Teri Polo).
Vulture wants to hear your Orphan Black questions so they can ask the showrunners for you!
Kristin Bauer von Straten said we almost saw a hot sex on the beach scene between Pam and Tara.
There have been many different revisions and different scripts,...
- 6/18/2013
- by trishbendix
- AfterEllen.com
By Mary Malia for YourTango.com
A lesbian-themed film won at Cannes. Wow! How is that possible? Why did it happen? Is it a film that shows the reality of lesbian life, love and coming out? Or does it pander to heterosexual ideas of lesbian love and turn lesbian sex into a porn show?
Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue Is The Warmest Color" walked off with two trophies at this year's Cannes film festival: the Palme d'Or and a special award for its two lead actresses, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux.
Lesbian film is taking off. The quality of films coming out in this genre is growing. The actors involved are well-known in the industry, often award winners themselves. The cinematography is increasingly well-done and often amazingly beautiful. The scripts are well-written and the acting has moved from amateurish and stilted to experienced and smooth, with excellent story-telling and directing.
Lesbian-themed...
A lesbian-themed film won at Cannes. Wow! How is that possible? Why did it happen? Is it a film that shows the reality of lesbian life, love and coming out? Or does it pander to heterosexual ideas of lesbian love and turn lesbian sex into a porn show?
Abdellatif Kechiche's "Blue Is The Warmest Color" walked off with two trophies at this year's Cannes film festival: the Palme d'Or and a special award for its two lead actresses, Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux.
Lesbian film is taking off. The quality of films coming out in this genre is growing. The actors involved are well-known in the industry, often award winners themselves. The cinematography is increasingly well-done and often amazingly beautiful. The scripts are well-written and the acting has moved from amateurish and stilted to experienced and smooth, with excellent story-telling and directing.
Lesbian-themed...
- 6/7/2013
- by Curtis M. Wong
- Huffington Post
Netflix has revolutionized the home movie experience for fans of film with its instant streaming technology. Netflix Nuggets is my way of spreading the word about independent, classic and foreign films made available by Netflix for instant streaming.
How I Ended This Summer (2010)
Streaming Available: 05/10/2011
Synopsis: At an isolated science station in the Arctic, meteorologist Sergei and young intern Pavel face the impending closure of the now-irrelevant base. While Sergei eagerly anticipates returning to his family, Pavel still hopes for a grand adventure. Average Netflix rating: 3.5
Blue Velvet (1986)
Streaming Available: 05/15/2011
Synopsis: An innocent man gets mixed up in a small-town murder mystery involving a kinky nightclub chanteuse and a kidnapper with a penchant for snorting helium in this moodily surreal mystery from writer-director David Lynch. Average Netflix rating: 3.4
Don Juan Demarco (1994)
Streaming Available: 05/15/2011
Synopsis: Marlon Brando stars as a psychiatrist assigned to diagnose a mysterious man who’s convinced that...
How I Ended This Summer (2010)
Streaming Available: 05/10/2011
Synopsis: At an isolated science station in the Arctic, meteorologist Sergei and young intern Pavel face the impending closure of the now-irrelevant base. While Sergei eagerly anticipates returning to his family, Pavel still hopes for a grand adventure. Average Netflix rating: 3.5
Blue Velvet (1986)
Streaming Available: 05/15/2011
Synopsis: An innocent man gets mixed up in a small-town murder mystery involving a kinky nightclub chanteuse and a kidnapper with a penchant for snorting helium in this moodily surreal mystery from writer-director David Lynch. Average Netflix rating: 3.4
Don Juan Demarco (1994)
Streaming Available: 05/15/2011
Synopsis: Marlon Brando stars as a psychiatrist assigned to diagnose a mysterious man who’s convinced that...
- 5/10/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The more astute of readers will probably have guessed that I am not a lesbian, so perhaps I am not the target audience for Nicole Conn's Elena Undone (2010). However, what you will have also guessed is that I am an avid film lover, so I'd like to think that I know what makes a good film and what makes a bad film...and Elena Undone is a bad film.
Conn's film tells the tale of Elena (Necar Zadegan), the wife of the local pastor and photographer who strikes up a friendship with local writer and lesbian Peyton (Traci Dinwiddie). Their friendship grows and grows until they both admit their feelings for each other and begin an affair.
So the plot, while cliched, is at least fairly decent. It ticks all of the right boxes and, aside from the final 10 minutes, follows a very linear path that is signposted along the way.
Conn's film tells the tale of Elena (Necar Zadegan), the wife of the local pastor and photographer who strikes up a friendship with local writer and lesbian Peyton (Traci Dinwiddie). Their friendship grows and grows until they both admit their feelings for each other and begin an affair.
So the plot, while cliched, is at least fairly decent. It ticks all of the right boxes and, aside from the final 10 minutes, follows a very linear path that is signposted along the way.
- 2/15/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Let Me In" (2010)
Directed by Matt Reeves
Released by Anchor Bay Entertainment
"Never Let Me Go" (2010)
Directed by Mark Romanek
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
Two of 2010's most underrated films that approach their respective genres from radically different perspectives than most, "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves' "Let Me In" and Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go" will finally have the opportunity to stand out on home video. In "Let Me In," Reeves applies some of his own biographical touchstones for this remake of Tomas Alfredson's horror film about the unlikely friendship between a vampire (Chloe Moretz) and a lonely young boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Romanek's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's much-beloved sci-fi novel about a group of children raised apart from the rest of society for purposes that are unknown to them. (Alison Willmore's reviews for "Let Me In" and...
"Let Me In" (2010)
Directed by Matt Reeves
Released by Anchor Bay Entertainment
"Never Let Me Go" (2010)
Directed by Mark Romanek
Released by Fox Home Entertainment
Two of 2010's most underrated films that approach their respective genres from radically different perspectives than most, "Cloverfield" director Matt Reeves' "Let Me In" and Mark Romanek's "Never Let Me Go" will finally have the opportunity to stand out on home video. In "Let Me In," Reeves applies some of his own biographical touchstones for this remake of Tomas Alfredson's horror film about the unlikely friendship between a vampire (Chloe Moretz) and a lonely young boy (Kodi Smit-McPhee). Romanek's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's much-beloved sci-fi novel about a group of children raised apart from the rest of society for purposes that are unknown to them. (Alison Willmore's reviews for "Let Me In" and...
- 1/30/2011
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
Julianne Moore. Natalie Portman. Annette Bening. A few years ago, no one would have dreamed that such big, bankable names would be involved in pushing lesbian-inclusive cinema to the major studio mainstream, perhaps even to the promised land of the Oscars. But here we are at the end of 2010, and the future has never looked brighter.
With one truly breakout film, The Kids Are All Right, and high-profile projects including The Runaways, Black Swan, and the Millennium Trilogy, it seems that that queer female lead characters have finally made it into the cinematic forefront. Perhaps it's only a toehold, but it's a welcome trend, considering big-screen lesbians have most typically been portrayed as serial killers (Monster, Basic Instinct) or minor characters.
The lesbian movies are all right
For years, the lesbian movie-watching community has been waiting for "Dykeback Mountain" — that is, our own mainstream breakout in the vein of 2005's cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain.
With one truly breakout film, The Kids Are All Right, and high-profile projects including The Runaways, Black Swan, and the Millennium Trilogy, it seems that that queer female lead characters have finally made it into the cinematic forefront. Perhaps it's only a toehold, but it's a welcome trend, considering big-screen lesbians have most typically been portrayed as serial killers (Monster, Basic Instinct) or minor characters.
The lesbian movies are all right
For years, the lesbian movie-watching community has been waiting for "Dykeback Mountain" — that is, our own mainstream breakout in the vein of 2005's cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain.
- 12/13/2010
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
Jc Calciano‘s Is It Just Me? (top); Nicole Conn‘s Elena Undone (middle); Roberto Moreira‘s Paulista (bottom) Jc Calciano‘s Is It Just Me?, Anna Margarita Albelo‘s Hooters!, Roberto Moreira‘s Paulista, and Nicole Conn‘s Elena Undone are some of the films screening at Outfest 2010 on Friday, July 16. Is It Just Me? is a West Hollywood-set romantic comedy that borrows plot elements from Cyrano de Bergerac: Blaine (Nicholas Downs) falls in love with Xander (David Loren) after chatting with him online. The glitch is that the profile picture Blaine saw was that of Xander’s hunky roommate Cameron (Adam Huss). Hooters! is a documentary about the making of Cheryl Dunye‘s The Owls, screened last weekend at Outfest. In Paulista, an actress (Sílvia Lourenço), a lawyer (Maria Clara Spinelli), and an author (Fábio Herford) look for love in the streets of bustling São Paulo. Elena Undone...
- 7/16/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Actresses Necar Zadegan and Tracie Dinwiddie have puckered up big time for their roles in the new movie Elena Undone -- and their soon to be famous lip-lock has now landed them in the record books as owners of the longest kiss in cinema history.
The film, which deals with a well-known lesbian writer falling in love with a pastor's wife was conceived by filmmaker Nicole Conn after her partner wondered why there weren't more lesbian films being made. The idea of the record-breaking kiss, however, didn't come until later.
Conn recounts the story of the kiss' conception by explaining that it came to her after a long day of script revisions. The writer-director felt she was overthinking things and decided to revisit her emotions instead. "I began to remember falling in love with Marina and let all the delicious moments that sweep over you when you first fall in...
The film, which deals with a well-known lesbian writer falling in love with a pastor's wife was conceived by filmmaker Nicole Conn after her partner wondered why there weren't more lesbian films being made. The idea of the record-breaking kiss, however, didn't come until later.
Conn recounts the story of the kiss' conception by explaining that it came to her after a long day of script revisions. The writer-director felt she was overthinking things and decided to revisit her emotions instead. "I began to remember falling in love with Marina and let all the delicious moments that sweep over you when you first fall in...
- 6/24/2010
- by Alison Nastasi
- Cinematical
The upcoming indie romance drama "Elena Undone", which follows a well-known lesbian writer falling in love with a pastor's wife, has broken a record for the longest screen kiss in history reports After Ellen.
The 3 minute 24 second lip-lock between actresses Necar Zadegan and Tracie Dinwiddie beats the previous record holder, Jane Wyman and Regis Toomey's kiss in 1941's "You’re in the Army Now", by eighteen seconds. 2005's "Kids in America" featured a six-minute kiss, however it took place during the end credits and isn't considered 'organic to the film' (ie. part of the story).
Filmmaker Nicole Conn (Claire of the Moon, Little Man) wanted to "capture the power and magic behind a monumental first kiss". The film itself will screen at Frameline in San Francisco on June 25th and at Outfest in Los Angeles on July 16th.
The 3 minute 24 second lip-lock between actresses Necar Zadegan and Tracie Dinwiddie beats the previous record holder, Jane Wyman and Regis Toomey's kiss in 1941's "You’re in the Army Now", by eighteen seconds. 2005's "Kids in America" featured a six-minute kiss, however it took place during the end credits and isn't considered 'organic to the film' (ie. part of the story).
Filmmaker Nicole Conn (Claire of the Moon, Little Man) wanted to "capture the power and magic behind a monumental first kiss". The film itself will screen at Frameline in San Francisco on June 25th and at Outfest in Los Angeles on July 16th.
- 6/24/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Filmmaker Nicole Conn (Claire of the Moon, Little Man) is doing her part to put lesbians in the record books, one extra-long kiss at a time.
Her new project, Elena Undone, follows a well-known lesbian writer who falls for the wife of a pastor. It was conceived by Conn and her partner, Marina Rice Bader, on a weekend getaway when Bader asked, "Why aren't there more lesbian movies out there?" The two decided to "give it a go," and Elena Undone was born.
In her new film, Conn wanted to capture the power and magic behind a monumental first kiss, and ended up shooting a 3:24 long kissing scene that breaks the record for longest kiss in cinema history, originally set back in 1941 by — naturally — a heterosexual couple.
Conn, the writer and director recently told us about the inspiration behind the history-making kiss she filmed and gave us a first look at the scene.
Her new project, Elena Undone, follows a well-known lesbian writer who falls for the wife of a pastor. It was conceived by Conn and her partner, Marina Rice Bader, on a weekend getaway when Bader asked, "Why aren't there more lesbian movies out there?" The two decided to "give it a go," and Elena Undone was born.
In her new film, Conn wanted to capture the power and magic behind a monumental first kiss, and ended up shooting a 3:24 long kissing scene that breaks the record for longest kiss in cinema history, originally set back in 1941 by — naturally — a heterosexual couple.
Conn, the writer and director recently told us about the inspiration behind the history-making kiss she filmed and gave us a first look at the scene.
- 6/23/2010
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
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Question: I had just finished watching Run Fatboy Run, and I was raving to my friend about how beautiful and talented I think Thandie Newton is. My friend said that Thandie is bisexual...is this true? Is she definitely bisexual?
— Lindsey, New Orleans, Louisiana
Thandie Newton
Answer: Since it's really up to the individual in question to officially label their sexual orientation, I think it's safer to say that she's "potentially" bisexual.
Actress Thandie Newton (W., Crash) is married to director Ol Parker, who made many new lesbian friends when he wrote and directed the romantic comedy Imagine Me & You (2005), starring Piper Perabo and Lena Headey.
Question: I had just finished watching Run Fatboy Run, and I was raving to my friend about how beautiful and talented I think Thandie Newton is. My friend said that Thandie is bisexual...is this true? Is she definitely bisexual?
— Lindsey, New Orleans, Louisiana
Thandie Newton
Answer: Since it's really up to the individual in question to officially label their sexual orientation, I think it's safer to say that she's "potentially" bisexual.
Actress Thandie Newton (W., Crash) is married to director Ol Parker, who made many new lesbian friends when he wrote and directed the romantic comedy Imagine Me & You (2005), starring Piper Perabo and Lena Headey.
- 1/27/2009
- by karman
- AfterEllen.com
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