FilmDoo, the leading online Independent Film viewing and discovery platform, has just partnered up with the London Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Festival, and will be hosting the festival’s closing night film, Simo Halinen’s multi Jussi award winning Open Up To Me (pictured), a Finnish film that focuses on the story of a transgender woman and a married man, and the unexpected consequences of their affair.
“We are delighted to be working with FilmDoo on the UK premiere of Simo Halinen’s wonderful Open Up to Me as our closing film for 2014. We were moved and inspired by this funny and touching portrayal of a trans* woman taking control of her life,” said Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest director Alex Karotsch.
“Our aim at FilmDoo is to explore new realms of cinema and to make it possible to learn, discover and share films from different backgrounds, communities and sexualities,” said Filmdoo co-founder Weerada Sucharitkul. “Fringe! Festival has a real energy about it and we‘re delighted to have this excellent Finnish film premiere at their festival.”
Simon Savory, FilmDoo Head of Programming, added: “Transgender rights and issues have been under the spotlight recently across the political spectrum and in the media, so it’s a pleasure to have a strong, positive feature film portrayal of these themes closing the festival and available to view at FilmDoo.”
FilmDoo has also closed a major deal with UK indie and LGBTQI film distributor Peccadillo Films (Eastern Boys, The Way He Looks, Tomboy, Stranger By The Lake), and will be hosting 150 of their feature films, plus over 100 short films.
“We want to be the go-to place for LGBTQI film,” says FilmDoo co-founder Will Page, “and we’re not stopping there. With our remit being independent, art-house and non-mainstream cinema, we‘ll be hosting more exciting films in the months to come.”
Open Up To Me premieres on November 9th at the Hackney Picturehouse in London, and will be available to view at FilmDoo.com.
Originally published October 20, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
