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In The Closet (film)
Peccadillo Pictures is a UK-based film producer and distributor of art house, gay and lesbian, independent and world cinema. They have provided distribution for many films such as '' Weekend'', ''Tomboy'', '' XXY'', '' Eyes Wide Open'', '' Four Minutes'', ''The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros'', ''Transylvania'', '' Cockles and Muscles'', '' Summer Storm'', '' The Guest House'' and ''Chemsex''. History Overview Peccadillo Pictures is a distributor of gay and lesbian, art house, and world cinema - including films from Europe, Latin America and Asia: ''Presque Rien'' and '' Wild Side (2004 film)'' both by Sèbastien Lifshitz (France), '' 15'' by Royston Tan (Singapore), '' Summer Storm'' by Marco Kreuzpaintner (Germany), ''El Mar'' by Augusti Villaronga (Spain), '' A Year Without Love'' by Anahi Berneri (Argentina), and ''Blue Gate Crossing'' by Chih-Yen Yee (Taiwan). In October 2006 it released ''Be With Me'' by Eric Khoo (Singapore), and in 2007, it released ''The Blossoming o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, UK
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished from the Lord May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Marco Johann Kreuzpaintner (born 11 March 1977) is a German film director, executive producer and screenwriter. Career In 1999, he began his career in the role of German dubbing assistant for the Stanley Kubrick film ''Eyes Wide Shut''. In the same year, his first short film, ''Entering Reality'', starring August Diehl attracted attention at film festivals. In 1999, he founded the production company ''Die Filmmanufaktur'' with Oliver Weiss. In 2000, he made the short film ''Der Atemkünstler'', for which he was nominated for the Talent award First Steps, and in 2002, he made a TV pilot, ''Rec – Kassettenmädchen/Kassettenjungs''. In 2003, his first feature-length film, ''Ganz und gar'', which describes the life of a young leg amputee, was released in theaters. This was followed in 2004 with the drama ''Sommersturm'' (Summer Storm), which, according to Kreuzpaintner, resembles his own coming out as a young homosexual. Summer Storm won The German Film Award (Germany’s ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Je Te Mangerais
''Je te mangerais'' (literally ''I will eat you'' in English; marketed under the title ''You Will be Mine'') is a 2009 French drama film written and directed by Sophie Laloy. Synopsis The movie is about the complicated relations between two young girls: a student in the Conservatoire de Musique classique de Lyon and her lesbian medical student roommate. Cast * Judith Davis : Marie Dandin * Isild Le Besco : Emma * Édith Scob : Mademoiselle Lainé * Johan Libéreau : Sami Decker * Marc Chapiteau : Hervé Dandin * Fabienne Babe : Odile Dandin * Alain Beigel : Yves * Denis Ménochet Denis Ménochet (born 18 September 1976) is a French actor. Ménochet is known to international audiences for his role as Perrier LaPadite, a French dairy farmer interrogated by the Nazis for harboring Jews in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino film ''I ... : Yves's friend External links * *''Je te mangerais''on BobThèque * * Je te mangerais (You Will Be Mine) (2009) - Rotten Tomatoes 2009 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys On Film (DVD Series)
''Boys on Film'' is a Peccadillo Pictures DVD series of compilations of independent LGBT-themed shorts. Chronology DVD * 2009: ''Boys on Film 1: Hard Love'' * 2009: ''Boys on Film 2: In Too Deep'' * 2009: ''Boys on Film 3: American Boy'' * 2010: ''Boys on Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want''Tim Isaac"Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want (DVD)" ''Big Gay Picture Show'', May 18, 2012. * 2010: ''Boys on Film 5: Candy Boy'' * 2011: ''Boys on Film 6: Pacific Rim'' * 2011: ''Boys on Film: Bad Romance''"Boys on Film: Bad Romance" '' QX'', September 22, 2011. * 2012: ''Boys on Film 8: Cruel Britannia'' * 2013: ''Boys on Film 9: Youth in Trouble''Tim Isaac [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Meyrou '', a 1992 drama film
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Olivier is the French form of the given name Oliver. It may refer to: * Olivier (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Olivier (surname), a list of people * Château Olivier, a Bordeaux winery *Olivier, Louisiana, a rural populated place in the United States * Olivier (crater), on the Moon * Olivier salad, a popular dish of Russian cuisine * ''Olivier'' (novel), the first published novel by French author Claire de Duras * The Olivier Theatre (named after the actor Laurence Olivier), one of three auditoria at the Royal National Theatre * The Laurence Olivier Awards, a theatrical award * Olivier (comics), a foe of The Punisher See also * ''Olivier, Olivier ''Olivier, Olivier'' is a 1992 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland. It entered the competition at the 49th Venice International Film Festival and won an award at the 1992 Valladolid International Film Festival. The plot involves a nine-year-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond Hatred
''Beyond Hatred'' (french: Au-delà de la haine) is a 2005 French documentary film written and directed by Olivier Meyrou. The documentary tells the story of a French couple seeking justice and feeling acceptance after the homophobic murder of their gay son, 29-year-old Francois Chenu. He was murdered by three white power skinheads in 2002, who beat him severely in the face and threw him into a pond. The attackers were arrested one month after the incident, and Meyrou read about the case on the front page of ''Le Monde''. He had been wanting to make a film about homophobia for some time, and decided that the Chenu case was very emblematic. The film's French television premiere was on 19 June 2005; Eurozoom distributed the film's French theatrical release the following year. It was shown at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival, the Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and the 2007 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auraeus Solito
Auraeus Solito, also known as Kanakan-Balintagos, is a Palawán-Filipino filmmaker and indigenous peoples rights advocate who comes from a lineage of shaman-kings from the Palawán tribe. He was one of the first to be born outside of his tribal land of South Palawan. He was born in the city of Manila and, after graduating from the Philippine Science High School, studied theater at the University of the Philippines, where he received a degree in Theater Arts. One of the leading independent filmmakers in the Philippines, he was chosen as part of in ''Take 100, The Future of Film'' in 2010. This book, published by Phaidon Press, New York, is a survey featuring 100 emerging film directors from around the world who have been selected by 10 internationally prominent film festival directors. His first feature film, ''Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros'' (''The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros'') won 15 international awards including 3 awards at the Berlinale (The Teddy award, International J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Khoo
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Be With Me
''Be with Me'' is a 2005 Singaporean Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Eric Khoo. The film is inspired by the life of deaf-and-blind teacher Theresa Poh Lin Chan. It premiered as the Director's Fortnight selection in the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. It was also the official entry from Singapore for the 78th Academy Awards in the foreign language category. In December 2005, the academy body disqualified the film on grounds that the dialogue is mainly in English. Out of 93 minutes, the film only has two and a half minutes of dialogue. ''Be with Me'' is the first film in Singapore to explicitly feature a lesbian relationship. Cast * Ng Sway Ah as Father * Sanwan Bin Rais as Security Supervisor * Theresa Poh Lin Chan as Herself * John Cheong Puk Fai as Sam's father * Elizabeth Choy as Herself * Leong Kooi Eng as Mother * Lim Poey Huang as Jackie's mother * Seet Keng Yew as Fatty Koh * Shaun Koh as Sam's brother * Ezann Lee as Jackie * Poh Huat Lim as Brother * Sherry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Gate Crossing
''Blue Gate Crossing'' () is a 2002 Taiwanese film by writer-director Yee Chin-yen. It was nominated for ''Best Asian Film'' at the 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards held in 2004. Cast * Chen Bolin as Zhang Shihao * Gwei Lun-mei as Meng Kerou * Yolin Liang as Lin Yuezhen * Joanna Chou as Mrs. Meng Cameo * Jay Shih as Pipi Plot Reception The film has been well-received critically. Dennis Lim, in a review for the ''Village Voice,'' observed the film's "meticulous framing and haunting use of repeated motifs" reflects the influence of Taiwanese New Wave directors Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang. The ''Portland Mercury'' described the film as "a modern-day Chinese lesbo twist on the old ''Cyrano'' story" that "treads new territory in the teen coming of age drama realm," praising Yee's "haiku-like directorial lyricism." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
