Updated: Oct 25, 2024
It’s not every day you can say that your work will be showing at an #AcademyAward, #BAFTA and #CanadianScreenAward qualifying film festival.
Feeling proud to announce that in celebration of pride month, Birthday Boy Film has been selected to screen with the world famous Rhode Island International Film Festival.
You can catch our film from this weekend!
Updated: Oct 25, 2024
One year ago today, we revealed our poster design for Birthday Boy.
Since then we have:
- Screened at the British Film Institute (BFI) with the National Film & Television School.
- Had our world Premiere with BAFTA (A Ranking) Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival in Cardiff, Wales.
- Won the Co-op Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival audience award.🏆
- Been nominated for Best Student Film at BAFTA qualifying Norwich Film Festival and interviewed for the festival’s podcast.
- Been officially selected for, and traveled to Glasgow for BAFTA qualifying Scottish Queer International Film Festival.
- Been officially selected for the 40th year of BAFTA qualifying Cambridge Film Festival.
- Released our incredible soundtrack composed by Saul Bragman on all major streaming
platforms.
- Caught up with Steff Barnett at ShoutOut LGBT+ radio (who supported us during our Kickstarter campaign!)
- Screened live (twice!) on Channel 4.
- Become available to stream on Channel 4’s #All4.
- Secured a great interview for our lead Sebastian Emmerson on Trans Radio UK.
- Toured Birthday Boy all around the U.K. with Iris On The Move, participating in Q+A sessions at Arts University Plymouth, HOME Manchester, Arts University Bournemouth, FACT Liverpool and Blackpool Central Library (in partnership with The Winter Gardens Film Festival).
- Featured in an article with the Blackpool Gazette.
- Had a wonderful chat with Festival Director Berwyn Rowlands for the Iris Prize Podcast.
- Made our US debut with Wicked Queer: Boston's LGBT+ Film Festival.
- Received a nomination for Best International Short at Pink Apple LGBT+ Film Festival in Zurich, Switzerland.
- Screened regularly throughout May and early June in Brighton, with Brighton Fringe Iris Prize: Trans Stories.
It’s been an incredible journey, and I feel so grateful for all of the opportunities - and we have more exciting news to announce very soon too!
Updated: Oct 25, 2024
This time last year we shot Boom Bay, a music video for electro-pop duo CRISP&CLASSY.
Here is a glimpse behind the scenes, comparing some of my storyboard sketches to the final scenes, brought to life by our incredible Cinematographer Arushi Chugh.
The video is a celebration of Queer joy and community, taking viewers on a ‘gender and genre bending experience’.
You can watch Boom Bay on YouTube.