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We are going to hold an LGBT Film Festival during February 2007 at the Hull Screen. I am not sure how many films we will be able to show yet - but at this stage what we need are lots of suggestions for really good films with a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender theme.

I have been searching through Amazon and checking out the reviews - but of course all the films on Amazon are easily available on DVD - so may not attract a good audience. I know the trans films quite well and some of them have never been released in Hull and it's possible that many people have never heard of them. However I really don't know the Gay and Lesbian films very well

What we need right now is suggestions for films you think people would like to watch - films that challenge and address issues that often are not hendled by mainstream media. I have for example found some interesting films from India, New Zealand, Turkey, Canada, etc that have never been released on DVD - I have found films with a horror/thriller theme that are also LGBT in content.

If you have seen a film that you think would we should consider - if you have heard about a film you would like to see - click on comments below and tell us about them

Just to stimupate you thinking here are some of the films we are considering - you may like to tell us whichof these you would like to see.

Gay Movies Wish List - Click this link for full details

Brokeback Mountain [2005]
Gods And Monsters [1999]
Wilde [1997]
The Trip
Edge Of Seventeen [1998]
Beautiful Thing [1996]
Lilies [1996]
Trick [2000]
Big Eden [2001]
The Laramie Project [2001]
My Beautiful Laundrette [1985]
The Broken Hearts Club - A Romantic Comedy [2001]
Mysterious Skin
The Closet [2001]
My Own Private Idaho
Urbania [2000]
A Month In The Country [1987]
Another Country [1984]
End Game
Prick Up You r Ears [1987]
Bent [1998]

Lesbian Movies Wish List - Click this link for full details

FingerSmith [2005]
Aimee And Jaguar [2001]
Tipping the Velvet [2002]
Better Than Chocolate [1999]
If These Walls Could Talk 2 [2000]
My Summer Of Love [2004]
The Killing Of Sister George [1968]
All Over Me [1997]
Pourquoi Pas Moi? [1999]
A Joanna Trollope's A Village Affair [1995]
The Monkey's Mask [2000]
Bound [1997]
But I'm A Cheerleader [1999]

Trans Movies List - Click this link for full details

Trans America (2005)
Beautiful Boxer (2005)
Connie And Carla [2004]
Torch Song Trilogy [1988]
Ma Vie En Rose [1997]
Wild Sid e [2004]
Soldier's Girl (2005)
Breakfast on Pluto
Kinky Boots (2004)
Hedwig And The Angry Inch [2001]
Boys Don't Cry [2000]
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
Normal [2003]
Stonewall [1996]
Just Like A Woman [1992]
Myra Breckinridge [1960's]
The Crying Game [1992]
The Adventures Of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
Different for Girls ( Crossing the Border ) [1998]
Farewell My Concubine [1993]
The Birdcage [1996]

Huggs
Rikki

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Now a Blog on the other hand solves those problems.

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The downside is that people still don't know what a Blog is. Well - it's a simple newsletter - like a newspaper column. Every article is a short musing from the author on some topic of interest to the readers, and there can be one or more authors on the blog. Each time a new article is written it pushes the older ones down the page - until they end up in the archives. The past articles are always there, you just have to look for them. The latest articles are always at the top.

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Rikki

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