Marco Berger | Plan B
Starting in 2008, in two years Marco has written and directed four films and even acted in one of them, Plan B, as a blind man.

EE Cassidy | We Are the Mods
An enthusiast in using the internet as a networking tool, Cassidy continually updates her emailing list; reaching out to other scooter and mod aficionados.

Claudio Cipelletti | Parents Reborn (Due Volte Genitori)
Cipelletti has been involved in film since 1990 both in video editing for corporate videos and independent films. He has also been teaching editing at schools in Milan.

Cheryl Dunye | The Owls
Cheryl Dunye is a director, screenwriter and filmmaker whose work explores issues of race, class, gender and sexual orientation.

Mateo Guez | Off World
Born and raised in Paris, Guez studied the techniques of film production by watching literally thousands of films and believes in visualizing the end result of his efforts.

Christopher Hines | Butch Factor
Hines started as a reporter, continuing on to be a director. He started his own production company, Rogue Culture Inc. to develop programming for gay and straight audiences.

Emilie Jouvet | Too Much Pussy
Photographer and filmmaker, Emilie's personal, artistic and political work shows her friends and lovers in their intimacy, far away from the clichés of the standard gay representations.

David Kittredge | Pornography: A Thriller
David Kittredge attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. In 2001 he founded Triple Fire Productions, where he serves as director and executive producer.

Panos H Koutras | Strella
Koutras, a Greek filmmaker and writer, debut film was The Attack of the Giant Moussaka, a science-fiction parody. He has also directed Alithini Zoi and Strella.

Javier Fuentes-León | Undertow
A former medical student from Peru, Fuentes-León, has followed his childhood wishes involving film; writing and directing three films, Undertow (Contracorriente), Géminis and Espacios.

Clay Liford | Earthling
A filmmaker from Texas, Liford made goofy films like horror-comedies. Now older, he is striving for respectability by shooting an all-midget version of Schindler's List.

Donatella Maiorca | Sea Purple (Viola Di Mare)
Marioca's film life as an actress and then as an assistant director. Now she directs her own films like Violá and Sea Purple (Viola Di Mare).

Madsen Minax | Riot Acts: Flaunting Gender Deviance in Music Performance
Madsen Minax is a non profit slinger, bass slapping swinger, norm f***ing humdinger who will pull your finger and laugh.

Kareem Mortimer | Children of God
Schooled in film since sixteen in Miami, Mortimer began with documentaries and now is exploring feature lengths with Children of God and Wind Jammers.

David Oliveras | Watercolours
Oliveras is an American director who won "Best Director" and "Outstanding First Dramatic Feature" for his 2008 debut feature film Watercolors. He also wrote the script!

Lucía Puenzo | Fish Child (El Niño Pez)
A writer, film director and screenwriter from Argentina, Puenzo started in 2000 and has received multiple awards for her work.

Nani Sahra Walker | Other Nature
Walker's debut, Coming in from the Cold, premiered at four festivals in 2009. Five years later, she still works in broadcast television and independent films in New York City.

Irving Schwartz | My Normal
In his early career, Irving Schwartz worked in all phases of the movie business, having started writing screenplays in the late 1990's and making his directorial debut in 2001.

Eyad Zahra | Taqwacores
It's hard to explain what lured me into filmmaking.... It's just something that I felt drawn to do for a very long time.

 

The outstanding filmmakers above could not be with us for our Festival, however we celebrate their vision and dedication to queer cinema.