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A new gay urban romance film is set to become one of the highlights of this year’s London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (LLGFF) with its unique take on the lives of young lesbian and gay London and the influences of black street culture on that scene.
Stud Life is the debut narrative feature written and directed by multi-award winning filmmaker CampbellX. The film receives its UK premiere during the 26th British Film Institute LLGFF at the Southbank on March 30, 2012. The festival begins March 23, 2012 and closes on April 1, 2012.
Stud Life is a rare look at a slice of British urban life, which pays homage to Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It and the self-documenting style of Steven Soderbergh’s Sex, Lies and Videotape, tells an amusing tale of multi-cultural LGBT street life in London.
The film is a young, sexy, and cool with love and friendship for the YouTube generation at its heart. JJ (T’Nia Miller) a wedding photographer is tight with her best friend, a white gay man Seb (Kyle Treslove), until she falls in love with the beautiful Elle (Robyn Kerr). JJ then has to choose between her new hot lover and old best mate. The film’s featured tag line is “Who did you wake up with today? Your lover or your best friend?”
Stud Life takes the viewer on a journey of discovery through the LGBT scene where gender is up for grabs but desire follows very strict rules. JJ and Seb inhabit a world where white LGBT people fuse with black street culture, rejecting the mainstream gay world. The film is CampbellX’s directorial debut, and was produced by Stella Nwimo and co-produced by Nadya Kassam and Lulu Belliveau.
Check out the trailer for Stud Life below:
