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Originally posted on LGBTQ+ Toronto Film Festival:
Watch the Winning LGBTQ+ Feature Festival Today: FRANCHESKA: PRAIRIE QUEEN, 64min., Canada, DocumentaryDirected by Laura Lynn O’Grady It’s hard to be a superstar when you have a midnight frontline shift to show up for. Francheska: Prairie Queen follows the journey of Filipino care worker Francis (Kiko) Yutrago, as…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
G(R)O(W)ING UP was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2019 Female Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Annabelle Frost: My boss at the time encouraged me to make a film as he knew I had professional directing aspirations.…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
G(R)O(W)ING UP was the winner of BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY at the April 2019 Female Film Festival in Los Angeles. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? Annabelle Frost: My boss at the time encouraged me to make a film as he knew I had professional directing aspirations.…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
AN ASPIRATIONAL SPACE was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival in Janaury 2020. Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film? GG Hawkins: There were a few things that got the ball rolling on An Aspirational Space. First and foremost, I…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
ATARAXIA, 15min., USA, Drama Directed by Haley Seppa Ataraxia is a film about 32-year-old female-bodied, queer identified photographer, Mickey, who, due to experiences with trauma and rape as a teenager, has built her adult life around making “safe” choices and hiding behind the lens of her camera. Until…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
TOMARO, 17min., Nigeria, Documentary Directed by Kimberly Cecchini Bring out the voices and offer an honest, intimate glimpse into the complexities of life in a riverine community outside of the city in Nigeria. Get to know the filmmaker: 1. What motivated you to make this film? As a…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Kamile is a girl fed up with high school stereotypes, determined to make herself different, however she finds herself falling into them when she falls in love with her best friend. Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? A Poem To My Love is…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
Sam is standing in line at the grocery store with his grandson when an incident sparks a memory, and Sam is stunned as he watches the Food Lion transform into the haunting landscape of Auschwitz he escaped seventy years ago. Get to know the writer: 1. What is…

Originally posted on Matthew Toffolo's Summary:
A funambulist battles gem smugglers, pirates, her estranged mother, and the Russian mob, to win the Golden Clown at the Monte Carlo Circus Festival. Get to know the writer: 1. What is your screenplay about? A female tight-rope performer with two Dads must locate the missing jewels her…