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Departures: Hollyoaks’ David Tag stars in erotic trailer for gay comedy drama

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The first trailer for Departures has arrived, and it’s filled with messy breakups, chaotic makeups, sex and more. Based on a “real heartbreak,” the film stars Lloyd Eyre-Morgan as Benji and David Tag as Jake, two men who start a whirlwind romance after a chance meeting. As per the synopsis: “Benji meets Jake at an airport check-out gate and is immediately intrigued. Jake is fit, elusive, dominant and, as Benji happily suspects, ‘a bit gay’. “Cue monthly getaways to Amsterdam, a lot of sex and the creeping emergence of a…

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Elliot Page combats “horrific misinformation” of trans people in Close to You

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Alongside Close to You co-star Hillary Baack and director Dominic Savage, Elliot Page reflects on the “spiritual experience” of filming the captivating new film and the necessity for LGBTQIA+ representation in media to counter attempts to “erase trans people.” WORDS BY ALICE MOREY HEADER DESIGN ANISA CLEAVER IMAGES COURTESY OF ME+YOU PRODUCTIONS “In a time where there’s this massive push to essentially erase trans people, I really want to see people play those roles,” Elliot Page says ahead of Close to You’s premiere at the BFI Flare LGBTQIA+ Film Festival…

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What does the future of queer film look like in the Global South?

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In partnership with BFI Flare: London Film Festival, we speak to directors Amrou Al-Kadhi and Onir about the progress of queer film in the Global South and why LGBTQIA+ representation outside the Western film canon matters.  WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN We all remember the first queer film that resonated with us. For me, it was Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga; a seemingly innocuous Bollywood rom-com about a struggling playwright and his fateful encounter with a small-town young woman looking to change her life.…

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