Trouser bar (2016)
directed by Kristen Bjorn | UK | Short Film | 20mins
Trouser Bar is a 2016 British silent erotic comedy/fantasy film directed by Kristen Bjorn. The executive producer and driving force behind Trouser Bar is British screenwriter, playwright and producer David McGillivray, who famously collaborated with directors including Peter Walker and Norman J. Warren.
It features British comedians Barry Cryer and Julian Clary in cameo roles, along with actor Nigel Havers and London-based entertainer, Miss Hope Springs.
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shown across various film festivals around the world
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awards
The film premiered in 2016 at the BFI Flare: London LGBT+ Film Festival and has since been booked for numerous film festivals around the world, including Shropshire (UK), Derby (UK), Turku and Helsinki (Finland), Brussels (Belgium), Hamburg (Germany) and Buenos Aires (Argentina).
The overseas premiere took place in Seattle, Washington, USA on 17 October 2016 at TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival, the largest LGBTQ Pacific Northwest festival. Other screenings include: the 11th Pornfilmfestival Berlin in Berlin, Germany on 30 October 2016; as part of Les Gai Cine Mad in Madrid, Spain (21st Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Madrid); in Edmonton (Canada) for the Rainbow Visions LGBTQ film festival; and in Brazil for the 24th MixBrasil festival in São Paulo.
Credited as a 2nd Assistant Director / Cast.
Available on the Boys on Film 15: Time & Tied DVD collection.
Soundtrack by the legendary Stephen Thrower.