Project Detail

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+

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Wotever / Transfabulous

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

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