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Erik & Erika

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  Erik and Erika is the dramatization of the extraordinary life story of Austrian World Skiing Champion Erika Schinegger who relinquished her title when she finally became Erik. Born in 1948 to a farmer’s wife, as the baby had no physical signs of any genitalia, the midwife declared that she was a girl, and the family … Continue reading



Consequences

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  This very first LGBT movie made in Slovenia makes for very scary viewing.  This debut feature  from filmmaker Darko Stante is a brutal twist on a coming out tale that is both compelling and and also shockingly violent.  It’s the tale of Andrej (an exceptionally talented Matej Zemljic) a dispirited teenager who drifts from one … Continue reading




Staccato : a 19th Century tale of Upstairs/Downstairs gay love

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  Set in the 1800’s this short film is an Upstairs/Downstairs  tale where the aristocratic young master of the House Thomas Croydon (Craig Granger) falls for Sean (Kevin O’Malley) one of his hunky gardeners.  In a story that is equally passionate and histrionic, it shows a side of life we will  never see in Downton Abbey Directed … Continue reading



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