World Aids Day 2015 – Alive (Vivant)
1st December 2015 – The Hive. In this compelling documentary, five HIV-positive gay men spend a week preparing for their first solo parachute jump.
Category: Past Posts
IDAHOT 2015 – Screening of "Fagbug"
Sunday 17th May 2015 @ 20:00, The Hive. In response to finding the words “fag” and “U R gay” spray-painted on her car, Erin decided to embrace what happened by leaving the graffiti on her car, putting her studies on hold and embarking upon a video-documented 55,000 mile journey through 41 U.S. states.
IDAHOT 2015 – Amiable Warriors – Book Reading & Signing
Peter Scott-Presland was on great form: entertaining and informative. He read from personal accounts in the book, which was riveting. A really good discussion followed and a number of books were sold. A big ‘Thank you’ to Peter, who put so much into making the event a success and Maria and Karen at Two Fat Rascals for hosting it.
Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival On My Doorstep
We are eager this year to feature a number of screening outside Shrewsbury as requested in some of the feedback forms during previous festival weekends.
Is there a community hall, local cinema or other suitable venue you would like the festival to come to? Is there an organisation you would like us to present to? Do get in touch and we will do our best.
the blossoming of maximo oliveros
Absolutely nothing to do with Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival, however The Shrewsbury Film Society are screening the Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros on 29th June. We screened it during our second festival back in 2007.
LOLGBT SHORTS
FLATPACK Film Festival presents….LOLGBT SHORTS. Surreal, reflective, and occasionally downright crude – a lucky dip of new shorts presented in association with Shout Festival.
Flicks in the sticks Pride
Absolutely nothing to do with Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival, however “Flicks In the Sticks” are screening the Bafta winning film Pride to venues across Shropshire between January and May 2015.
Love is Strange
Absolutely nothing to do with the Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival, but a film that was recommended to us and coincidentally is on at the Old Market Hall. Wednesday 8th & Thursday 9th April 20:00
Manchester – The First National Festival of LGBT History
Manchester is hosting the first ever National Festival of LGBT History focused on exploring, exposing, and discussing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) history. Committee members of the Shropshire Rainbow Film Festival will be there giving a talk on “Rainbow Shropshire”.
LGBT History Month 2015 – The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister
Wednesday 18th February 2015 @ 20:00 at The Hive. Anne Lister (1791–1840) was a wealthy, unmarried woman who inherited Shibden Hall in West Yorkshire from her uncle in 1826. Throughout her life, she kept diaries which chronicled the details of her everyday life, including her lesbian relationships, her financial concerns, her industrial activities and her work improving Shibden Hall.
