Welcome to the 17th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival On Tour

Once again we were delighted to present the 17th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival on Tour. This festival was not only a celebration of cinema, and queer film-makers' contribution to the art form; it was also a unique opportunity for us all to come together to take stock - to think and feel, work out who we are in relation to the rest of the gay community, and remind ourselves that our culture wasn't always like this, and that it is changing still.

This year's programme reflected the astounding diversity on offer within the festival, with eight international features packed full of true and false rebels, quirky people and precious moments. This was the year of the short film - Kinderwhores and Boywonders were two programmes to make you sit up and think.

Very many thanks to all the film-makers, Metro Tartan (Chris Barwick), Flach Pyramide Int'l (Paul Richer), PPR (Christian Martin and David Ballantine), Peccadillo Pictures (Tom Abell and Kahloon Loke); bfi Festivals, Programme Planning, Dispatch and Programme Unit.

Selina Robertson and Helen de Witt
Programmers 17th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival On Tour

History of Gay Cinema

Also this year the NFT has screened a major survey of the History of Gay Cinema. See the NFT site for more information on the programmes at the NFT. bfi Video releases new titles such as Campfire, a collection of short films by Bavo Defurne, and classics such as The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant and Jean Genet's remarkable short, Un chant d'amour which is available on DVD and VHS. See the bfi Video catalogue for a selection of lesbian and gay titles.