Enter the fun and fabulous world of global LGBTQ+ sporting. Now in their 40th year, the Gay Games is the biggest LGBTQ+ sporting event in the world. For the first time, it’s taking place in non-white countries and embracing full self-identification – where trans athletes can compete in line with their gender identity and where some sports are completely mixed and non-binary.
Enter the fun and fabulous world of global LGBTQ+ sporting. Now in their 40th year, the Gay Games are moving with the times. For the first time taking place in non-white countries and navigating their first year of full self-identification – where trans athletes can compete in line with their gender identity and where some sports are completely mixed and non-binary. The film will celebrate a global LGBTQ+ sporting event that is vibrant and uplifting but also acknowledge the varying levels of privilege and access that exist within the community. Here, something bigger than where you are from that unites the community; but with an understanding and sensitivity that people from different countries experience their identities in very different ways. GAY GAMES will explore the history of the games, the athletes and the organisers as they work through the complexities of delivering a ‘fair and inclusive’ sporting landscape while celebrating a much- needed space for LGBTQ+ affirming competition, one which many people have not realised even takes place until… NOW!
Chez is a documentary filmmaker who most recently won a BAFTA for British Short Film in the 2022 BAFTA Film Awards. They are passionate about telling universal stories through the lens of often erased communities.
In 2024, Chez was awarded The Arts Foundation Fellowship and was named a Breakthrough Creator by Vimeo in 2023. Chez has previously won UKTV’s Rising Star Award as well as the Best Documentary Award at the Movie Screen and Video Awards.
Chez has been selected on well-respected talent schemes including including BAFTA x BFI Flare’s Talent Programme, International Documentary Association’s (IDA) Logan Elevate Grant, London Film Festivals’ NETWORK@LFF, Sheffield Documentary Festivals’ Doc/Next and The Grierson Trusts’ Doc Lab.
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