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Video: QFest 2012 Teaser Mon, July 9, 2012 Come follow PhillyGayCalendar.com as we cover all the films, parties and stars of the 2012 QFest LGBT Film Festival of Philadelphia
Video: QFest 2012 Opening Night Sat, July 14, 2012 The 18th Annual QFest kicked off with an amazing night of films, music, parties, celebrities and more. Check it out and follow all the videos at PhillyGayCalendar.com
Video: QFest 2012 Amber Rose Mon, July 16, 2012 Amber Rose stopped by QFest 2012 so we sat down to talk to her about her life in South Philly, and her career as well as her endorsement of Smirnoff
Video: QFest Dirty Poole Tue, July 17, 2012 We talked with iconic porn director Wakefield Poole and filmmaker Jim Tushinski as they presented excerpts from Dirty Poole, a documentary on Poole's life and work.
Video: QFest 2012 Saltwater Wed, July 18, 2012 A former career military man re-enters civilian life and soon discovers Mr. Right might be a lot closer than he thinks! We met up with the Cast and Crew to talk about the movie
Video: QFest 2012: The Men Next Door Thu, July 19, 2012 Filmmaker Rob Williams returns to QFest to present the World Premiere screening of his newest film-A romantic comedy about a a man who is dating two men-and discovers that they are in fact father and son.
Video: QFest 2012: TRANS The Movie Fri, July 20, 2012 In TRANS, a moving and exceptionally well-researched documentary, we meet a remarkable cast of characters from all walks of life who are wiling to tell their stories in the hope that they might one day be able to live ordinary lives.
Video: QFest 2012: Elliot Loves Sun, July 15, 2012 From the creative mind of Terracino, comes this wildly entertaining NYC tale of wide-eyed Elliot, a gay young man seen both as an inquisitive 10-year-old boy with an intense releationship with his mother and as an idealitic, 21-year-old searching for love. We sat down with the cast and crew of this movie
Video: QFest 2012 Rising Star Award - David W. Ross Mon, July 23, 2012 The multi-talented, model-handsome, openly gay David W. Ross stands in a unique position as an award recipient in the annals of QFest 2012 since the festival had to modify the category, establishing a new award name. Because of his early success as a 'teen-heartthrob' as a member of the popular British boy band, Bad Boys, Inc., his ride came at the ripe age of 17. His stardom ultimately afforded him the opportunity to move from London to Los Angeles and realize a dream come true. Landing the role of Gary in the Sundance 2006 award-winning breakout film, Quinceanero, about the gentrification of L.A.'s Echo Park and the coming of age of two teenagers, was a turning point for Ross who says that he was inspired to write his own film. He admits to teaching himself how to write from the book, "Screenwriting For Dummies," resulting in the semi-autobiographical, I Do, a family drama about the challenges of same-sex, bi-national couples victimized by marriage inequality and unfair immigration policies in modern day America. (He shared the fact that the making of I Do was both heartbreaking and bittersweet as he lost a lover to a harsh and insensitive bureaucratic system.) In addition to being the screenwriter, Ross stars in, and served as producer of, I Do alongside producer Stephen Israel and director Glenn Gaylord (Eating Out, All You Can Eat.).
Video: QFest 2012 - A Perfect Ending Wed, July 25, 2012 It's hard to imagine that in 1992, when veteran director Nicole Conn's Claire of the Moon was released, there was not a significant market for lesbian films. Conn (whose film Elena Undone was QFest's 2010 Opening Night selections) is back again with her new sexy romance. In this bold story about the struggles for truth, love and happiness, we are introduced to Rebecca (Barbara Niven), an elegant, prim and punctilious mother to three grown children and wife of a wealthy husband she no longer shares a bed with. Rebecca has an unusual secret, which she's about to reveal to her lesbian best friends—she's never had an orgasm! Deciding that she needs a hand locating her G-Spot, her friends hook Rebecca up with Valentina (the iconic Morgan Fairchild) who manages a successful service business, catering to the sexual needs of its clients. While money can't buy her love, it can buy time. Her needs are attended to by a high-priced bisexual escort. Paris is a stunning sultry, tall brunette with come-to-bed brown eyes, played by out lesbian model and actress Jessica Clark. Initially wary of their age-differences, Rebecca discovers in Paris a passionate, lustful, intoxicating soul mate who offers respite from her home life. Neither of them could have predicted what develops. What starts as a cash transaction between two strangers ends up uniting two souls. Each needs to learn to love themself (and each other) in order to own her past and journey on. A strong supporting cast and astonishing performances by the films central leads will enthrall audiences. If ever there were a shrine to be built to honor the goddesses of lesbian cinema, it would surely include Nicole Conn who has dedicated her life to our stories and is already working on the script for her next production.
Video: QFest 2012 - I Stand Corrected Thu, July 26, 2012 This award-winning true life story follows the meteoric rise and internal struggles of King of Prussia native, Jennifer (then John) Leitham, an exceptionally talented, left-handed, upright bassist and recording artist.
Video: QFest 2012 - CockyBoys.com stars Jake Bass and Max Ryder at iCandy Fri, July 27, 2012 We met up with porn stars Jake Bass and Max Ryder from cockyboys.com and found out what their first on screen sex scene was like - and then they took the stage (and the shower) and gave the crowd a thrill!
Video: QFest 2012 - BearCity 2 Mon, July 30, 2012 BearCity 2: The Proposal, the sequel to the award-winning breakout hit BearCity (2010) is a romp full of fur, fun and family as the bears realize that marriage is much more than just the freedom to say "I do." Kathy Najimy plays den mother to the returning cast of bears, boys and cubs, for a Bear Week bachelor party in Provincetown!
Video: QFest 2012 - Filmmakers Tue, July 31, 2012 We sat down with the film makers from QFest 2012 and asked them - what advice they had for other film makers.
Video: QFest 2012 Closing Night Wed, August 1, 2012 It was a long and exciting week, but QFest 2012 has come to a close. With the sexy cast of Bear City 2, we hit Sugar House Casino. We talked with the movie goers, the stars, watched the drag show and said goodbye to yet another amazing QFest
...more to come