The Latest Travis Mathews Film.

Michael Langan talks to Alex Karotsch, the Fringe! Film Fest producer, who is performing in Travis Mathews’ film In Their Room London.

“In a film like that you can’t really hold back. And I didn’t want to hold back, because that’s the whole point of it. So I tried to be as honest as possible, but it’s very different from talking to your friends.”

A Question of Equal Rights.

Walter Beck looks at the Arizona bill that would make it illegal to use a toilet not designated for the same sex that is on your birth certificate. Part 1 of 2.

“The potential damage is even deeper than the question of being able to use a public facility without harassment. If passed, the amendment would make null and void any ordinance passed that includes protections for the Trans community. “

The Young Men Who Shocked Victoria England.

Neil McKenna talks about the case of Fanny and Stella, which revealed a hidden underworld of female impersonators and male prostitutes.

” It is significant that the Fanny and Stella trial was in 1870. It is significant that the police and the state cracked down on sexual identity. It was the manifestation of Fanny and Stella’s identity that was the problem as well as their behaviour.”

Time for an other view.

Scott de Buitléir talks about the new online magazine Eile, a new voice in Irish media.

“In Irish ‘an pobal eile’ means the other people, the other community, and that suits the idea perfectly. It’s not the mainstream.”

Win tickets to see the World Premiere of Travis Mathews’ film In Their Room, London.

Saturday April 13, Fringe! Film Fest 2013.

Picks for 2013.

Pick of Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest 2013: Satan’s Angel, deepsouth, Let My People Go!

The Perfect Man?

Gay Relationship Column. Scottie is caught out by the idea of the perfect man, which then falls down between first impressions and the eventual truth.

“Had we been a few months into the relationship, I might have let him have a bit of a moody strop, but when it’s only weeks into it – no thanks.”

It’s Consuming Me.

Andrew Darley talks to the young director Kai Staenicke about how his short films navigate the terrain of queer personal relationships, and how that plays out in his latest, It’s Consuming Me.

“I want my films to transfer something, whether it’s a message, an impulse or an emotion. I don’t want them to be meaningless. So of course I’d like to think of my films as statements. For all different kinds of things. Mostly for being who you are.”

For the Queer Community.

Alex Karotsch and Muffin Hix talk about the hip queer film festival Fringe! and why it is by the community and for the community.

“A festival doesn’t have to be about big shiny premieres. We don’t have an industry section to our festival. It’s for the public that want to come out and see films.”