And this Wednesday past, Murder's a Drag screened in London - its European premiere, so to speak - at the Talent Circle Short and Sweet short film night, which is the short film event attached to the EuroPride London 06 programme. (London Pride is also EuroPride this year, hence the name).
After the Melbourne screening of Murder's a Drag (and despite winning an award there) I worried that the film's humour was too Brisbane-centric to really work elsewhere. But the film was really well-received by the London audience, who laughed in all the right spots, and lauched into a rousing cheer at the closing credits. About a half-dozen people from the audience approached me after the screening, to congratulate me, which was really nice. Some were filmmakers and actors too, so it was a good networking opportunity... despite my aversion to anything "networking".
There were three films that I really enjoyed, being The Last Supper, Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, and Seafood. I was looking forward to Attack, but the organisers were unable to play the disc for that film.
The venue for the screenings was Too 2 Much, which is a nightclub/bar/dinner-theatre in one of the seediest parts of Soho. Once inside, the club is quite beautiful. Still, the drinks are outrageously priced, even for London. £7 for a vodka-cranberry! I've written about Too 2 Much once before, I think, as it's where Elton John and David Furnish held their pre-wedding stag party, late last year.
