60th BFI London Film Festival October 5th-16th, 2016 Various London Venues by Joanna Orland The 60th BFI London Film Festival played like a ‘Best Of’ the 2016 international film festivals.  Opening with Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom and closing with Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire, the festival showcased some of the year’s most buzzed about films.  […]

Director Justin Kelly discusses his films I Am Michael and King Cobra by Joanna Orland Screenwriter and director Justin Kelly first garnered industry attention when his debut feature I Am Michael premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2015.  His second film King Cobra continues the tradition set by I Am Michael, by being based on […]

King Cobra Directed by Justin Kelly Starring Garrett Clayton, Christian Slater, Alicia Silverstone, Molly Ringwald, Keegan Allen and James Franco LFF Screening October 6th, 7th, 2016 by Joanna Orland Justin Kelly’s first feature I Am Michael took a politically provocative subject matter and humanized the true story of Michael Glatze, the former gay rights activist […]

February 5th – 15th, 2015 Berlin, Germany by Joanna Orland The Berlin International Film Festival is a staple in the film industry’s diary.  Every year, the Berlinale showcases roughly 400 films, mostly international and European premieres.  More importantly for the film industry, the European Film Market (EFM) holds around 400 companies and over 8000 film […]

Directed by Justin Kelly Starring James Franco, Zachary Quinto and Emma Roberts by Joanna Orland LGBT activist Michael Glatze was a voice of the Queer youth in 1998, San Francisco.  As the magazine editor of a popular LGBT magazine, documentary filmmaker and advocate for gay rights, Michael was seemingly comfortable in his sexuality and openly […]

Berlinale 2015 Photo Gallery February 6-10, 2015