Vancouver Queer Film Festival reveals first slate of films, including opening film by Ben Whishaw good boy and hacker actor johnny sibley Grand Canyon.
VQFF will be closer, A selection of short films led by good boydirectorial debut mainstream Co-writer Tom Stuart, co-writer of Gia Coppola’s Venice opener mainstream.
downpour Actor Whishaw plays a desperate man who attempts to rob a bank but is thwarted by his overly supportive mother (crown Actor Marion Bailey) and an unexpected encounter with his family doctor.
good boy Executive produced by Emma Thompson and Coppola. Ella Mae Salman’s romantic comedy also plays on opening night Grand Canyon, a live-action/animation hybrid that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. Sibli stars as a gay man who spirals into a spiral of anxiety and insecurity on his first date.
Sibyl is best known for playing Wilson in the comedy Max hacker. His other works include Posture, Station 19 and his role in the film Noah Hernandez queer as folk series.
VQFF to end with Canadian premiere Laila, The feature film debut of British-Iraqi director Amrou Al-Kadhi. This drama, which premiered in competition at Sundance, is set in East London’s queer scene and follows an up-and-coming Palestinian drag queen, played by Bilal Hasna, who lights up local clubs. s story.
The festival also world premieres the Vancouver Black Queer web series Novella is trying, written and directed by Gisele Miller. The upcoming OutTV series tells the story of an antisocial queer black woman who has to face a lack of purpose in her life after taking in a roommate.
The Vancouver Queer Film Festival will be held in Vancouver from September 11th to 22nd.
