Upcoming Film Festival Screenings
East London LGBTQ+ Film Festival - UK PREMIERE!
Oi, UK—Maxxie’s finally crossing the pond! Get ready for high heels, heroics, and a whole lot of laWOW! 🇬🇧💃🔥
What's chilly and dreary on the outside but filled with love, camp and fun on the inside? The historic Lumiere Theater restored just in time for our March screening of "Maxxie LaWow!"
The film festival is organized by Kaleidoscope, a community-based organization focused on uplifting the LGBTQ+ community in and around Romford. Come see some great films like ours and support the important work of this fabulous organization!
Creator/director/producer Anthony Hand will be in attendance.
Event Details:
• Saturday, March 15, Noon - "Saturday Orange Session"
• Lumiere, The Mercury Mall, RM1 3EE (East London)
• Dress code: Sparkles! Boas! Fabulous Fun
Roze Filmdagen Film Festival - INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE!
Amsterdam, get ready to paint the town Roze! Maxxie LaWow is bringing the glam, the giggles, and a whole lot of 'laWOW' to Roze Filmdagen! 💖✨🇳🇱
Join Maxxie at the largest and longest-running LGBTQ+ film festival in the Netherlands! Better yet, Maxxie is screening TWICE!
In these times when the discourse around the LGBTQ+ community is narrowing and the safety of LGBTQ+ people is increasingly less evident, the festival proudly offers a strong program of queer storytelling that touches upon the entire community.
Creator/director/producer Anthony Hand will be in attendance on March 23.
Screening 1 Details:
• Sunday, March 23 at 16:00h
• Het Ketelhuis Cinema, Westerpark, Amsterdam
• Dress code: Color! Glitter! Boas!
Screening 2 Details:
• Friday, March 28 at 21:00h
• Het Ketelhuis Cinema, Westerpark, Amsterdam
• Dress code: Glitz! Glamour! Sparkles!
Principal Cast
Grant Hodges Simon/Maxxie LaWow
Simon: Shy 21 yo barista. Not terribly confident. Doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life.
Maxxie LaWow: Confident, brash, sexy drag queen. Commands the stage at all times. Slays lip syncs. Kills on the runway. But not literally bcuz: shero.
Erika Ishii Jae
Childhood #bff with Simon. Daughter of Korean immigrants. Goes to community college, works part time at the cafe.
Is starting to explore the dating scene and has broad interests…
Definitely has a thing for unicorns.
Terren Wooten Clarke Dyna Bolical
Dyna Bolical lives in the creepy old rundown family mansion on the edge of town. Her family used to be wealthy. Now, she’s struggling to get by as a drag entertainer and plots schemes to regain her family fortune.
Supporting Cast
Laraine Newman Claire
An older woman with a healthy libido: 110% cougar! Character is in her "Sexy 60s."
Michael-Leon Wooley Mama Mumu
Mama Mumu (she/her, they/them) owns The Skirt & Girdle nightclub & cabaret. They used to be a drag entertainer, still does it sometimes, and they act as a mentor to young drag queens.
Michelle C. Bonilla Valentina
Valentina used to be in tech, and now she’s living her dream as the owner of the Pink Unicorn Cafe. She’s a no nonsense woman who often acts as a mother figure to her young employees. She is a fierce LGBTQ+ ally.
Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman Calvin
Calvin is a manager at a shop near the Pink Unicorn Cafe and swings by most days for a Glitter Latte. He’s handsome, dresses well, and was only a couple years ahead of Simon and Jae in school.
Will Simon ever get up the courage to ask Calvin out??
Avi Roque Igor
Igor is Dyna Bolical’s long suffering personal assistant / costume designer / lead chemist / lover.
JJ Hawkins Jack Elation
Jack (he/him) is a suave representative of a mysterious government agency. Typically sports dapper suits. He takes an interest in Maxxie’s potentially supernatural origins...
Jack was a drag king at the Skirt & Girdle when he was younger.
In this film, Jack a secondary character. We have plans for interesting storylines with Jack in future productions.
Jinkx Monsoon Betty
This character appears in the fictional movie snippet. She and Babs are frenemies sharing a tragic personal secret, and immediately engage in oneupsmanship with each other.
BenDeLaCreme Babs
This character appears in the fictional movie snippet. She and Babs are frenemies sharing a tragic personal secret, and immediately engage in oneupsmanship with each other.
Monét X Change Amaretto Sour
One of Dyna Bolical’s victims. Amaretto Sour was all set to headline open mic night at the Pink Unicorn Cafe when tragedy strikes!
Rosé Legendary Queen / Cop
One of Dyna Bolical’s victims. Legendary Queen is a legend in the local Tuckerton drag scene. She practically gave it birth!
Rosé also brings her signature Scottish accent to a police officer character that'll leave the audience in stitches.
Heidi N Closet Old Skool Queen / Pat
One of Dyna Bolical’s victims.
As Pat, news reporter on the scene, Heidi whistles, er, tells it like it is!
Angie Fisher Vocalist
Angie Fisher is a Grammy-nominated vocalist and radio personality. Angie sings 4 incredible original songs in the film representing an in-world pop singer, a là Lady Gaga or Beyoncé.
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