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The Lovers and Fighters Convention

Synopsis

The Lovers and Fighters Convention tells the story of one night at London's legendary Transfabulous Arts Festival. In the wake of the Queen signing into law The Gender Recognition Act in the mid-noughties, a community developed of people who wanted to recognise a new culture in the UK, a culture of 'transness' - artistic work that developed around gender.

The Transfabulous Arts Festival became a lightning rod for these ideas. This observational documentary shows just one night at this festival in 2008.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Features
Running time
66 mins
Format
Digibeta
Director
Mike Wyeld
Producer
Jason Elvis Barker, Serge Nicholson
Co-Producer
Jason Elvis Barker, Serge Nicholson
Editor
Ben Scott, Megan Frazer
Director of Photography
Emma Bailey
Production Designer
Melissa Magna
Sound
Chopin Gard, Adele Fletcher
Composer
Jessica Lauren, Chopin Gard, Tom O' Tottenham, Mike Wyeld
Principal cast
Jason Elvis Barker, Jet Moon, Josephine Wilson, Dr. Jane, Ingo, Tom O' Tottenham

Genre

LGBTQIA+

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Wotever / Transfabulous

Unit 40
Marie Lloyd House
Murray Grove
London N1 7PU
UK

T +44 (0)7759 510 452

info@theloversandfightersconvention.com

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