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SAN FRANCISCO! ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ is an official selection of Another Hole in the Head Film Festival. AHITH has a long history (21 years!) of celebrating genre cinema and we are honestly so excited to be a small part of its legacy. WAATGS will screen as part of the superbly named Dark Rainbow block at 3pm, Sunday 15th December at the 4 Star Theatre in San Francisco. We have it on good authority the Charmed sisters will be in attendance. Seriously, this block looks SO GOOD. I’ll be watching online but if you’re in SF, don’t miss it. Anyone reading this wants a free tickets, dm me and I’ll see what can be done. THANK YOU @anotherholeinthehead - we’ve had our eyes on you from the start. It means so much not just to be selected, but curated as part of a block like this. Perfect way to close the year. 🖤

A DREAM - ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ is an official selection of Hollyshorts London for its inaugural edition. Hollyshorts London is an extension of the Academy Qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival which runs annually in (you guessed it!) Hollywood, Los Angeles. The festival runs from 6-8 December at Curzon Soho in London. We’ll update this post when we have exact details of the screening. Thank you @hollyshorts - this really is a dream come true 🖤

US premiere! 🇺🇸 ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ has been selected by AfroComicCon 2024. It’s a strange day. After any election, but especially this one, it feels important to do whatever we can to make the world a more thoughtful, tolerant place. I think that’s ultimately why many of us make films. As minority communities, we must stand together. So I’m grateful that festivals like AfroComicCon exist and I’m grateful to be part of it this year. Also, shout out @imranxadams who plays our black gay superhero Meridian so powerfully in the film. I’m so excited his character is about to reach a whole new continent. AfroComicCon screens TONIGHT in Oakland, California at the Grand Lake Theatre, starting 4:30pm local time. Our film is included in the final block of films, starting approx 8:45pm. Thank you @afrocomiccon 🖤 I wish we could be there in person, but we are 100% with you in spirit.

OFN continues to bring the joy. We are honoured that ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ is nominated in not one but FOUR categories at the OFN awards: ⭐️ Best Fluid Short Story ⭐️ Best Ethereal Short Film ⭐️ Best Performance Short Film (Rory Fleck-Byrne) ⭐️ Best Sound Design (@cassinisound) Our film is screening at Curzon Soho (one of my favourite cinemas in the world) on Sunday 17th November at 11:30am. Tickets are available here: https://shop.onefluidnight.com/product/ethereal-b08-sun17nov/11?cs=true&cst=custom Winners will be announced some time after the screening. Watch this space 🤞 Thank you @onefluidnight - this means so much to me and everyone else involved with the film. 💜🩷

Here we come, Bradford! Filled with big gay joy that ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ has been selected by Bradford Queer Film Festival 2024. BQFF is a citywide celebration of film and storytelling from LGBTQIA+ people, taking place from November 21-24 2024. We’ll update this post when we have full details of our screening. Thank you @bfdqueerfilmfest 💚 It means everything to screen our film in a place filled with LGBTQIA+ artists and allies.

Amazing news! We’re thrilled to announce that ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ has been selected by the prestigious Yellowstone International Film Festival 2024, home to independent cinema from around the world. This year YIFF received over 2,490 submissions from 120 countries, resulting in the official selection of just 140 films - we’re absolutely honoured to be among them, screening alongside Iris Prize Best British Film winner ‘Sister Wives’ and one of our personal faves, ‘Ticker’. WAATGS will screen on 15/11/2024, 12:00- 4:00 PM at Depot 48 - (Level 1 & 2, M Block Market, M9, Part 2, Greater Kailash, New Delhi, Delhi 110048). THANK YOU @yiff_net - we’re so excited and grateful to be bringing our story to India. 💛

Our festival journey continues, in style. Absolutely delighted that ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ has been selected by OFN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, a celebration of queer stories held in Soho, London. OFN (One Fluid Night) is an immersive cinematic experience that celebrates gender and sexuality diversity, aiming to amplify underrepresented voices in film. WAATGS will screen at Curzon Soho, Sunday 17th November at 11:30am as part of the ‘Ethereal’ block of films. Tickets are available at shop.onefluidnight.com Thank you @onefluidnight for selecting our film, it really means the world to us. 🖤

Iris Prize 2024 was everything. We had the absolute honour of screening on opening night, meaning ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ played to a sold out audience of 350 on one of the biggest screens in the UK. Not only that, but Iris used a still from our film as one of its two focal images, featuring our heroes on their programme cover, mugs, and vertical banners lining the street outside the festival. To see our film in a cinema is already special; seeing it advertised on a banner outside the cinema is magic. This was my first time attending Iris, and I was thoroughly inspired by the films I got to watch, including the very affecting Australian queer horror @intheroomwherehewaits From listening to Kate Herron talk about pitching for Loki, to meeting the legend herself @heathersmallmpeople (who took time to talk to all the filmmakers on opening night), to watching as many features and shorts as I could - Iris was pure queer cinematic delight. So many people to thank, but none more so than @johnberwyn who championed our film from the very beginning. Diolch yn fawr iawn, @irisprize 💜💛 We hope to be back again.

Lovely news to end the week on - ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ has been selected by Derby Film Festival for its 2024 edition. DFF is one of the leading regional film festivals in the UK, running from 7-10 November at the Derby QUAD & Cinema. Our film will be included in Shorts Programme 1 on 8th November, 5pm. You can get tickets here: https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/dffshorts1/ Thank you @derbyfilmfest - can’t wait to screen in Derby! 🩵

We’re coming home (again!) - as a proud Midlands filmmaker I am DELIGHTED that ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ has been selected by Birmingham Film Festival. This year’s festival is shaping up to be the biggest yet, running from 8th-17th November at Millennium Point. ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ will screen as part of Block I, Sunday 10th November at 12:00 midday. We are also honoured to be nominated for the BFF Bull Award (Best of the Festival), Audience Award and Best VFX. Thank you @bhamfilmfest - we are so excited to take part in this phenomenal festival.

Great news - ‘Where Are All the Gay Superheroes?’ has been selected by BIFA-qualifying North East International Film Festival! This marks the second film by myself (Tom) and DOP @carlpollard_dop to be selected by NEIFF, as our documentary ‘Love, Dad and Daddy’ won Best Short Documentary at the festival last year. We had a great time in 2023 and can’t wait to do it all again in Newcastle this November. Screenings at NEIFF take place from 22-24 November. We’ll update this post when we have exact details for the screening. Thank you NEIFF for selecting our film 🖤 @neiff_official @bifa_film