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ORGANISERS ARE looking for the best, brightest, most innovative and most engaging new voices in queer cinema to submit works which tell LGBT Chinese stories, and which create awareness and promote tolerance for the LGBT community through film.
In the spirit of Shanghai PRIDE, filmmakers of all backgrounds are welcome to participate, whatever their sexuality, gender or nationality, and submissions are open to professional, student or first time storytellers. Fiction, documentary and experimental projects are all encouraged, with rewards in each category.
A winning film will be selected to represent Shanghai at the UK IRIS PRIZE FESTIVAL, one of the world’s most dynamic LGBT film competitions, with a prize of £25,000.
To qualify for entry to the UK competition via the Shanghai festival, films must be submitted to ShPFF by March 15, 2015.
The final deadline for all other ShPFF submissions is April 15.
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MIKE IS supporting the Lords amendments tabled in the Consumer Rights Bill that would provide greater transparency for those purchasing tickets through resellers and help protect the live music industry.
Live music and events are a vital contributors to the economy and the cultural well-being of society.
Mike, former Intellectual Property Adviser to the Prime Minister, will be supporting the fans, performers and promoters that believe that the current ticketing arrangements for major events is not delivering value for money for those involved and that the free market falls down when it comes to secondary ticketing, given the restriction of supply.
The Lords amendments to the Consumer Rights Bill, which Mike supports (and the government has indicated it will not support) will be considered in the House of Commons on Monday January 12, would require resellers to state the name of the seller, employment details (if related to the entertainment industry), any reference numbers, as well as a seat number, if applicable.
Mike said: “The secondary ticketing market is a cash cow for a select few and, by and large, bad for music fans. The procurement of tickets by resellers takes place on an industrial scale as soon as an event opens its box office, denying fans the opportunity to buy tickets at their face value.”
“Those arguing against greater transparency are trying to shield from fans the source of the tickets or circumvent individual venues restrictions on reselling tickets. There is a large amount of criminal activity around fake tickets, which is fuelled by extortionate prices, that can leave fans massively disappointed and out of pocket. This has to stop.”
An open letter from industry representatives:
“As representatives from the live event industry, responsible for putting on shows ranging from international sporting fixtures and world class theatre to intimate gigs, we are committed to ensuring that event-goers have the best experience possible at a fair price. The way that the secondary ticketing market is allowed to operate at present can seriously undermine that effort.
“It’s almost 3 years since Channel 4’s Dispatches: The Great Ticket Scandal exposed how secondary platforms court major ticket touts and take allocations directly from promoters to sell on above face value to unsuspecting consumers.
“And it’s almost 2 years since Operation Podium, the Police unit set up to tackle Olympics-related crime, produced a report calling for legislation to tackle “unscrupulous practices, a lack of transparency and fraud” within the secondary market.
“Tomorrow, the House of Commons has the chance to pass that legislation. Clause 33 of the Consumer Rights Bill would give consumers looking for tickets basic information which the secondary platforms have been so keen to hide: who they’re buying from, the face value of the ticket, the seat number and, importantly, whether that ticket is being sold in contravention of its terms and conditions.
“Sadly, the Government tried to block this Clause in the Lords, and want to strip it out of the Bill in the Commons tomorrow.
“If the secondary platforms have nothing to fear from transparency, they have nothing to fear from these simple provisions.
“It’s high time the Government stopped sticking up for them, and decided to put fans first.
Signed by:
Adam Brown, Brownstock
Ali McLean, DHP Concerts / No Tomorrow Festival
Andy Bell, Festibelly
Andy Smith, Kendal Calling
Angus Baskerville and Charlie Myatt, 13 Artists Agency
Anthony Addis, Brontone Management
Barry Drinkwater, Global Merchandising Solutions
Bullet For My Valentine
Cancer Bats
Caroline Maclennan, Hebridean Celtic Festival
Chris Tofu, London Remixed Festival
Craig Jennings and Don Jenkins, Raw Power Management
Dave Newton, WeGotTickets
Emma Banks and Mike Greek, Creative Artists Agency
Freddie Fellowes, The Secret Garden Party
Gallows
Geoff Meall, The Agency Group
Harvey Goldsmith CBE
Hugh Phillimore, Cornbury Festival
Ian McAndrew, Wildlife Entertainment
James Scarlett, ArcTanGent
Jane Beese, Meltdown
Jeff Craft, X-Ray Touring
Jim Winship, The Event Services Association
Jo Dipple, UK Music
Joe Buirski, Fire in the Mountain
Joe Gibbs, Belladrum Tartan Heart
John Empson, Eden Sessions
John F. Smith, Musicians Union
John Jackson, K2 Agency
John Rostron, SWN Festival
Jon Webster, Music Managers Forum
Joshua Sanger, Barn On The Farm
Julia Calver, UK Centre for Events Management
Julian Bird, Chief Executive, Society of London Theatre
Kate Hewett, Tramlines
Katherine Goodenough, Greenbelt Festival
Lee Denny, Leefest
Martin Laws, Pangaea
Mooseblood
Nicholas Crow, Fling Festival
Nick Chambers, Beat-Herder Festival
Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Ed O’Brien (Radiohead), and Sandie Shaw, Co-Chairs, Featured Artists Coalition
Nick Tanner, Glastonbudget
Nick Thomas, Chairman of HQ Theatres & Hospitality Ltd
Oliver Jones, Deer Shed Festival
Oscar Thornton, Farr Festival
Pablo Janczur, Brecon Jazz
Paul Bliss, Blissfields
Paul Flower, Profound Media & Management
Paul Reed, Association of Independent Festivals
Peter Davies, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru
Peter Elliott, Primary Talent International Agency
Peter Nosworthy, Nozstock Festival
Rachel Tackley, President, UK Theatre Association
Ralph Broadbent, Truck
Ralph Broadbent, Y-Not Festival
Reece Miller, We Are FSTVL
Richard Griffiths, Modest Management
Rob Challice, Larmer Tree Festival
Rob Da Bank, Bestival/Camp Bestival
Rod Smallwood, Phantom Music Management
Roger Tomlinson and Andrew Thomas, The Ticketing Institute
Roger Woodhall, Bournemouth 7s
Sam Eldridge, Urok Management
Sean McLoughlin, Village Green
Sidharth Sharma, Shambala
Simon Maltas, 2000 Trees
Simon Watson, Sidewinder Management
Sofia Hagberg, End of the Road Festival
Stuart Galbraith, Kilimanjaro Live
Turbowolf
While She Sleeps
Will Brown, In the Woods Festival
LABOUR LAUNCHED the pledges during a visit to Brighton & Hove by Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and Peter Kyle, Hove and Portslade Labour Parliamentary candidate.
Labour Leader Councillor Warren Morgan, said: “We want to help local small and medium sized businesses succeed. They are the lifeblood of our local economy and vital to the city’s prosperity.”
“We listened to local businesses at an event last summer when they said that their time was precious, and dealing with council bureaucracy was costly. We are now pledging to increase the support local businesses can get from the council by providing a dedicated team to help them get their transactions with the council completed swiftly.”
“We know small businesses and traders find the cost of parking in the city a big problem, so we are saying that if businesses invest in low emission vehicles, we will give them a discount on their trader parking permits. This will also be a positive step to tackle air pollution in the city centre, something the Greens have clearly failed to do.”
“To help young people get a good start to their careers and tackle local youth unemployment, we want to make a similar offer to any small business that takes on additional apprentices.”
Peter Kyle, Labour’s Parliamentary candidate for Hove and Portslade, added: “Let’s get Hove and Portslade open for business again. Entrepreneurs are the driving force of our local economy and I want to help them succeed.”
“I set-up a small business in the city myself, so I understand the challenges and barriers to growth – as well as how it is our entrepreneurial spirit which will help create more jobs and provide the apprenticeships we need.”
FOR ITS USA release, the distributor photoshopped out all references to gay and lesbian people on the DVD cover.
The film’s original artwork has a photo of activists on a march. But on the American DVD cover, a sign saying “Lesbians & gays support the miners” has been digitally removed from the photo and the synopsis refers to the film’s protagonists as ‘London-based activists’ pretending the generous people in the film, who helped raise the money for the miners weren’t gay and lesbian as if it’s something to be ashamed of.
Over the last few days CBS Films has come under intense pressure at their attempt to “straight-wash” the LGBT content of the film and following a flurry of international media coverage, have issued a statement saying they are “Looking into” what has happened.
Allout.com the campaigning website are organising a petition to deliver to CBS films tomorrow, Friday, January explaining that this rewriting of history is wrong and dangerous as it feeds anti-gay attitudes.
To sign the petition calling on CBS to change the cover back and honour the pivitol role lesbian and gay people played in this story, click here:
FOR ITS USA release, the distributor photoshopped out all references to gay and lesbian people on the DVD cover.
The film’s original artwork has a photo of activists on a march. But on the American DVD cover, a sign saying “Lesbians & gays support the miners” has been digitally removed from the photo and the synopsis refers to the film’s protagonists as ‘London-based activists’ pretending the generous people in the film, who helped raise the money for the miners weren’t gay and lesbian as if it’s something to be ashamed of.
Over the last few days CBS Films has come under intense pressure at their attempt to “straight-wash” the LGBT content of the film and following a flurry of international media coverage, have issued a statement saying they are “Looking into” what has happened.
Allout.com the campaigning website are organising a petition to deliver to CBS films tomorrow, Friday, January explaining that this rewriting of history is wrong and dangerous as it feeds anti-gay attitudes.
To sign the petition calling on CBS to change the cover back and honour the pivitol role lesbian and gay people played in this story, click here:
THE TRAVELLING exhibition is coming to Brighton during LGBT History Month from February 2-21.
Discover how the stories and experiences of LGBT Jewish people have shaped British culture from the 1950s to the present.
Experience the full diverse range of Jewish voices; Ultra-Orthodox Lesbians, bi-sexual rabbis, gay Holocaust survivors and transgender activists.
Rainbow Jews is supported by the National Lottery Heritage through the Heritage Lottery Fund, and hosted by Liberal Judaism.
Event: Rainbow Jews: An event for LGBT History Month
Where: Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton, BN1 1GE
When: Febraury 2-21
Opening Times:
• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 10am-7pm:
• Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, 10am-5pm and
• Sunday 11am-5pm
THE TOUR will follow in the footsteps of some of the historical Brightonians who lived outside the norms of sexuality and gender.
Brighton’s current popularity as a ‘gay-friendly’ city is well-known, but Brighton has been attracting people who wanted to ‘escape to the seaside’ for over 200 years. And this included many people who we would now call LGBT.
Piers and Queers is titled after Noel Coward’s appraisal of the city: “Ah, dear Brighton: piers, queers and racketeers” and takes you on a stroll along the seafront – and through 200 years of the city’s queer past.
On the way guide Ric visits locations associated with well-known names such as Oscar Wilde, Dusty Springfield and Lord Byron, each of whom had a special relationship with the city.
He also visits the theatre where an Edwardian drag king performed, and the site of England’s first Civil Partnerships.
The tour will also looks at some lesser-known, but extraordinary people. One Regency surgeon was the first female-born person to qualify as a doctor and performed the first successful Caesarian in British medicine. But because women were barred from the profession, he passed his whole adult life as a man. Another couple became the first known same-sex couple to marry in Brighton – way back in 1923!
Event: Piers and Queers A walking tour with Ric Morris during LGBT History Month
Where: Meet in Regency Square by the statue
When: Sunday, February 15 & 22, 2015,
Time: 12 noon
Cost: £8/6
For more information, email:
Piers and Queers is also available as a private tour for 2-25 people all year round.
JARMAN IN PIECES was first performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 to commemorate the life of Derek Jarman.
It is a performance collage comprising original songs, film, interviews, ambient sounds and spoken word that aims to celebrate these contrasts rather than reconcile them.
“A multi-media experience with a good deal of entertaining and thought-
provoking music” ScotsGay magazine.
Event: Jarman in Pieces
Where: Hove Library, 182-6 Church Road, Hove. BN3 2EG
When: Thursday, February 19, 2015
Time:Doors 7pm for 7.30 start (performance 50mins)
Tickets: £4.00 including a glass of wine.
Buy direct from Hove Library or Jubilee Library Booklover Store
THE EVENING will be hosted by Dave Lynn and the winner will receive a £100 cash prize and a photo shoot with the professional photographer, Hugo Michiels.
Contestants will have to navigate two round of club wear (dancing involved) and swim/underwear.
Judges for the evening will be Davina Sparkle (Adonis Cabaret) fresh from Panto in Torquay, photographer, Hugo Michiels and 78 year old party girl Bet who is being filmed for a Channel 5 documentary on older people who don’t conform to society’s perceived behaviour of a person of their age.
Channel 5 will be filming on the evening.
To enter and get more information, email:
Or telephone: 01273 696873
a Mr QA 2015 competition on 22nd January 2015.
THEIR NEXT social is on January 9 at the Somerset Day Centre, Kemptown, Brighton.
Guest speaker will be from the charity Compassion in Dying who will explain what rights people have as they get towards the end of their life.
The social starts at 1pm and a light lunch will be provided.
Event: OLDER & OUT
Where: Somerset House Day Centre, 62 Saint James’s Street, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 1PR
When: Friday, January 9
Time: 1-3pm
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