New international LGBTQIA+ film festival One Fluid Night kicked off in style with a double-bill at London’s glittering Curzon Soho last night.
Playing to a packed house, the evening started with Embrasse-Moi, a gorgeous short film about an older writer who tracks down the guy of his dreams online, has sex with him – no kissing! – and then allows him to leave for another party. But there’s a twist. And two very attractive actors, one of whom – Tom Vallejo, the younger guy in the picture - turned up for the Q&A.
The main event was What a Feeling!, a brilliant feel-good Austrian romance about an older married woman who, when her husband has a mid-life wobble on the occasion of their 30th wedding anniversary, somehow falls first into a lesbian bar and then into a lesbian relationship with a similarly-aged Iranian player, whose speciality is keeping married women happy while fitting their kitchens. Now that’s what we call representation…
The turn-out for the movies and for the after-party at Louche in Greek Street was impressive, bearing in mind this is their first outing. And with a mind-boggling number of movies on show over the weekend, it’s definitely worth taking a punt if the quality of these two films is anything to go by.
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