Written and directed by Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers was one of the most talked about cinematic releases in 2024, before finally landing on Disney+. Scooping the most wins at the Dorian Awards given by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, the winning categories included LGBTQ Film of the Year award, the Film of the Year award and LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year.
Synopsis: One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.
PGGB Members: Richard Juneman (Financial Controller), Amaka Ugwunkwo (Unit Production Manager), Susannah Booker (Supervising Location Manager) and Gisela Evert (Post Production Supervisor).
The musical film biopic won four Oscars, including Best Actor for Rami Malek's emotional portrayal of Freddie Mercury, becoming the sixth highest grossing film worldwide in 2018, and can now be streamed on both Netflix and Disney+.
Synopsis: Bohemian Rhapsody is a foot-stomping celebration of Queen, their music and their extraordinary lead singer Freddie Mercury, who defied stereotypes and shattered convention to become one of the most beloved entertainers on the planet. The film chronicles how shy misfit Freddie transformed into an iconic lead singer, detailing his personal struggles with his sexuality, drugs and AIDS diagnosis in the years leading up to Queen's appearance at the Live Aid concert in 1985.
PGGB Members: Richard Hewitt (Co-Producer), Camilla Stephenson (Supervising Location Manager), Jennifer Wynne (Unit Production Manager), Neil Chaplin (Financial Controller), Charlotte Wright (Location Manager (Additional Photography)), Diarmuid Coghlan (Financial Controller (Prep)), Vicki Brown (Film Officer), Danielle Rogers (Production Secretary), Charlotte Michel (2nd Unit Production Co-ordinator), Elizabeth Small (Production Co-ordinator (Additional Photography)), Sheerin Khosrowshahi-Miandoab (Assistant Co-ordinator), Sarah Lyall (Payroll Accountant (Additional Photography)), Steve Johnson (Assistant Production Co-ordinator (Additional Photography)), Alex Kerr (1st Assistant Accountant), Raci Wilkinson (Post Production Accounts Assistant), Cristina Zanoletti (Dailies Payroll Assistant), Lucy Barron (Accounts Assistant) and Carmen Marina (Production Assistant).
Based on the extraordinary true story, the film adaptation follows the outset of what would become the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners campaign. Picking up Best British Independent Film at the 2014 BIFA ceremony, the uplifting comedy drama can be streamed on Apple TV+.
Synopsis: During the 1984 Miners strike two seemingly contrasting Welsh communities come together to take on hardship from the press and the government and form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.
PGGB Members: Jim Spencer (Line Producer), Benjamin Greenacre (Line Producer (Re-shoots)), Jennifer Wynne (Production Manager), Gisela Evert (Post Production Supervisor), Caroline Russell (Production Accountant), Marco Calabrese (Production Co-ordinator (Re-shoots)) and Sheerin Khosrowshahi-Miandoab (Assistant Co-ordinator).
Based on the stage play, this feelgood coming-of-age musical on Channel 4 is inspired by Jamie Joseph Campbell (also known as Fifi la True) a British drag queen and media personality.
Synopsis: A young lad dreams of escaping his humdrum existence and become a drag queen. Sixteen-year-old Jamie New (Max Harwood) doesn’t quite fit in; instead of pursuing a traditional career, he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure - he's going to be a sensation. Supported by his loving mother and amazing friends, Jamie overcomes discrimination and bullying to step out of the darkness - and into the spotlight.
PGGB Members: Barry Ryan (Co-Producer/ Unit Production Manager), Neil Cairns (Financial Controller) and Gareth Jones (Financial Controller (Additional Photography)).
Available to watch on NOW TV, Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander star in this remarkable love story inspired by true events from Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper.
Synopsis: In 1920’s Denmark, when Gerda (Vikander) asks her husband Einar Wegener (Redmayne) to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realised her true self and with Gerda's love and support, Lili embarks on a groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer. Her voyage of self-discovery ultimately leads to her undergoing the first ever sex-change operation.
PGGB Members: Dan Hillsdon (Financial Controller), Stuart Ewen (Assistant Production Co-ordinator) and Ewan Taylor (Co-1st Assistant Accountant).
A four-series teen comedy drama made for Netflix, featuring an all-star cast the show received critical acclaim, picking up a BAFTA TV Award for Aimee Lou Wood in the Best Female Comedy Performance category and Best Comedy Series at the International Emmy Awards along the way.
Synopsis: In the fictional town of Moordale, a teenage boy with a sex therapist mother teams up with a classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school. The show delves into the journeys of the two teens and their peers as they contend with a diverse range of sexual dilemmas and issues, while trying to figure out who they are.
PGGB Members: Emma Parsons (Line Producer), Jonathan Harris (VFX Supervisor), Juliette Woodcock (Production Manager), Medyr Llewlyn (Production Manager), Elena Rubio Hall (Production Manager), Roger Evans (2nd Unit Production Manager), Laurence Parker (Production Accountant), Jennifer Griffin (Production Accountant), Matt Dalton (Post Production Accountant), Laura Gardner (Payroll Accountant), Antony Dyer (Assistant Location Manager) and Anwen Hayward (Accounts Payable).
A coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama television series on Netflix, written and created by Alice Oseman and based on her webcomic and graphic novel of the same name.
Synopsis: At an all-boys grammar school two British teens, Nick Nelson (Kit Connor), a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, and Charlie Spring (Joe Locke), a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, one day are made to sit together in class. Their friendship quickly becomes something more for openly gay Charlie, but he initially does not believe he has a chance with Nick, but love works in surprising ways, with Nick more interested in Charlie than either of them realised.
PGGB Members: Daniel Watkins (Production Manager), Gemma Kent (Production Accountant), Justin Miller (Production Accountant), Phil Lobban (Locations) and Amy Sharman (Production Co-ordinator).
Jack Rooke's Channel 4 comedy sitcom, loosely based on the comedian’s 2020 memoir.
Synopsis: Two mismatched boys from very different ends of the ‘spectrum of masculinity’ strike up an unlikely friendship during freshers' week at Brent University.In their first year at university, the best friends explore, experiment and try to discover themselves, helping one another along the way. Returning for the second year of university they face eye-opening gay encounters, dodgy work experiences and drastic lifestyle changes.
PGGB Members: Thomas Dixon (Line Producer) and Gareth Blake (Assistant Production Co-ordinator).
British drama miniseries broadcast on Channel 4, written by Russell T Davies is based on his and his friends’ experiences during the UK AIDS crisis, and to commemorate a generation who died from the illness.
Synopsis: A group of five friends living in 1980s London find their lives tested when they’re struck by a virus ignored by most of the world. As they grow up in the shadow of AIDS, they're determined to live and love more fiercely than ever.
PGGB Member: Rebecca Sowah (1st Assistant Accountant).
Based on Irish Author Sally Rooney’s 2017 debut novel, the eponymous screen adaptation can be watched on BBC iPlayer.
Synopsis: Cool, confident Bobbi (Sasha Lane) and Frances (newcomer Alison Oliver) are best friends, and former girlfriends who dated at school and have just graduated. After the Dublin college students perform spoken-word poetry, they are taken into the adult world of glamorous writer Melissa (Jemima Kirke) and thereby introduced to her handsome husband Nick (Joe Alwyn). Forging a strange and unexpected connection of intertwining and shifting friendships and relationships, infatuation, self-discovery, and learning to navigate unexpected emotions.
PGGB Member: Martin Ainscough (Production Accountant).
