RUSHES SOHO SHORTS PRESENT QUEER BRIT AT REEL OUT

Rushes Soho Shorts will be presenting a programme of British work showcasing queer filmmakers and films with queer and transgender themes for Canada's Reelout Film Festival, www.reelout.com .

The programme is funnily enough called 'Queer Brit'.

Reelout prides itself on honouring the work and dedication of those who have championed queer film and video and its artists over the past ten years and will continue to work towards showcasing the best and brightest queer cinematic offerings from around the world.

Joe Bateman, Festival Director for Rushes Soho Shorts comments, "It's really exciting to be able to look at the films we've previously had entered into our festival and to be able to bring together such a fantastic programme of work under the Queer Brit banner. We just wished we could get over there to celebrate with the Reelout gang - and, perhaps, camp it up just a little bit!"

Queer Brit is screening from 7pm at the Stirling A Theatre, 64 Queen's Crescent, Kingston, Ontario.

Films and Filmmakers in the showcase programme are:

Hammerhead
Directed by Sam Donovan  (Independent)           14mins  UK         
Oddball Boris has a passion for sharks. It could save his life.

Boy                                                  
Directed by Joe Morris  (Picture Palace North)  15mins  UK         
In a quiet suburb of Sheffield there is an allotment where Ed spends time away from his wife and step-son to reflect on his unwanted feelings for Ryan - a 12-year-old boy.

Stepping Out   
Directed by Joe Cohen  (NFTS)   4mins    UK         
A poetic reflection on the complexities of transgender

New Best Friend
Directed by Steve Smith  (Trunk Animation)        2mins    UK         
Our anti-hero, Brat, sets about psychologically and physically tormenting his toy bear.

Forna
Directed by Oscar Sharp                (Therefore Films/Film 38)            12mins UK         
Some unusual vegetation is discovered at the bottom of the garden.

Souljah
Directed by Rikki Beadle-Blair (Team Angelica)   10mins  UK         
An effeminate teenage refugee proives to be tougher than he looks.

Everybody Like Something
Directed by Jesse Lawrence  (La Famiglia)            5mins    UK         
Raza, a homosexual asylum seeker facing deportation, decides to take desperate measures...

Darkside
Directed by Michel Wright (Partizan Lab)               10mins  UK         
As astronauts Frank and Dave travel around the dark side of the moon, Frank reveals that he is about to take them both on a journey from which they may never return

Chef's Letter
Directed by Sybil H. Mair (Gaius Productions)      10mins  UK         
Unrequitted love could prove to be too much in this Chef's kitchen.