A new locally-made gay-themed short film will premier tonight in an LGBT cinema festival in Spain – while Kiwi audiences have to wait another few months before it's shown in New Zealand. Toy trouble: A scene from Teddy Local gay filmmaker Christopher Banks says Teddy is the story of two men and a bear. "Tony, a dyed-in-the-wool Londoner who has travelled over 10,000 miles to rural New Zealand for a holiday with his ex, the man who abandoned him for a life on the other side of the world - Neil. "While Tony's hopes of rekindling his relationship with Neil are complicated by the presence of Neil's new man, Phil, it's a faded old teddy bear which will finally decide their fate." Shot just north of Auckland over two days last November, Teddy is just 13 minutes long. The film will have its world premiere this evening at the International Gay-Lesbian Festival for Audio-Visual Art in Andalucía. "New Zealand audiences will have to wait a little longer, unfortunately, until May when Teddy will be screening as part of Out Takes 2009 in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch," explains Banks. The trailer for Teddy is shown below.
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First published: Saturday, 14th March 2009 - 9:34am