Lucía Florez is a Peruvian audiovisual communicator specializing in portraying inequality at all levels: from environmental to social. This led to the creation of her production company, El Taller, which focuses primarily on environmental issues. Previously, she created and produced the series Siete y Cuarto: six audiovisual pieces that depict the lives of LGBTQ+ people in Peru.
Scarlett Johansson has dropped out of the role of a transgender criminal following a strong backlash against her casting, the actress announced in an interview published Friday by Out Magazine. The actress was set to star in “Rub and Tug,” the story of Dante “Tex” Gill, a massage parlor operator and pimp who…
The film, which tells the story of a lesbian couple from Asunción's high society, garnered four awards at its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival, including the Silver Bear for Best Actress for its star, Ana Brun, and the Teddy Award - the festival's queer award.
Cordoban filmmaker Daniel Tortosa explains why his documentary "Los Maricones" (which can be viewed in its entirety here) addresses the repression of gay and trans people during the last dictatorship, but it doesn't end there. Released in 2016, the testimonies recover marginalized voices and warn of the return of punitivism and police harassment of dissident sexual identities.
The Chilean film directed by Sebastián Lelio and starring Daniela Vega will compete at the Oscars for best foreign film on March 4th.
From the trenches of queer guerrilla cinema, Goyo Anchou fires back at conformity and naiveté in gay film production. He defends his hatred of the world as it is, which he takes to extremes in his new film: Heterophobia, an anti-patriarchal rhapsody, is a call for the castration of all men to end oppression.
More than one hundred films from 24 countries, international visits, music, performances and much more are what the program of the fourth edition of the Asterisco International LGBTIQ Film Festival brings, based in Buenos Aires between November 1 and 5.
October 11th is International Coming Out Day. Here are ten films that bring LGBT stories to light. Over time, they've become iconic, though some of their protagonists were able to come out, while others weren't.
Peru's first LGBT web series, "Don't Mess With My Boyfriend," already has a large audience eagerly awaiting its second season. It's not an isolated phenomenon: videos showcasing open relationships and films starring trans people, like "Without a Vagina, I'm Marginalized," are also popular. While television barely includes sexual diversity, often relegating it to the category of "curious characters," online, LGBTQ+ identities are building new frameworks for identification and positive reference.
Until July 15, the Lesbigaytrans Film Festival is showcasing more than 47 titles in Asunción: feature films, short films, and documentaries with LGBTQ+ themes. Two of the filmmakers from the new generation participating in the festival, Sonia Moura and Bruno A. Comas, told Presentes why they seek to build a Paraguayan LGBTQ+ film scene free of stereotypes. "With film, we can gradually break down barriers."
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