Following the outrage sparked by Canadian border guards’ decision to seize three gay-themed films (Shamim Sarif’s I Can’t See Straight, Adrian Shergold’s Clapham Junction and Ella Lemhagen’s Patrik, Age 1.5) headed to Ottawa’s gay film festival a couple of weeks ago, Jenn Ruddy reports at xtra.com that another gay-themed film was held up by Canadian authorities for more than a month. That’s Dinx, a short film directed by Edmonton-based filmmaker Trevor Anderson. According to Ruddy’s report, when Anderson called the Canada Border Services Agency (Cbsa) to ask why his film had been held up, "he was told that a customs official at the border in Emerson, Manitoba[,] had not known what it was and decided to investigate [...]...
- 12/4/2009
- by Alessandro Moretti
- Alt Film Guide
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