Episode 319: ‘Novelette is Trying’ @ VQFF
Vancouver will finally get to watch its first-ever Black+Queer dramedy web series this week when five episodes of Novelette is Trying screen at the 2024 Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Novelette is Trying follows Novelette, a cynical, anti-social, bisexual woman who finds herself newly single at 30, and decides, rather reluctantly, to take on a roommate. At first, the extroverted, outspoken Audre seems like an odd choice for a roommate. But, although their personalities clash, Audre’s boldness and lack of boundaries soon rub off on Novelette in the best way, encouraging her to put herself back into the dating pool. Audacious, poignant, and funny, Novelette is Trying – which will also be released on OUTtv in 2025 – comes to us from the wonderfully creative mind of Giselle Miller, the Jamaican-Canadian writer, showrunner, filmmaker, and three-time Leo Award-nominated actor. Her credits include Young, Single, and Black, Yolanda the Goddess, and Big People Tingz. In this fascinating conversation with Sabrina Rani Furminger, Giselle reflects on her journey to and with Novelette, and the joys and challenges of bringing this groundbreaking series to the screen.
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RELATED LINKS
Watch Novelette is Trying @ Vancouver Queer Film Festival: https://outonscreen.com/vqff-event/episodic-novelette-is-trying/
https://www.noveletteistrying.com/
https://outonscreen.com/vqff/
Novelette is Trying trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETG5rHNGo_s
Giselle Miller’s director reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4V85Edwv3A
Watch Yolanda the Goddess on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5d0vridAZo_nW7I0l0KUAGveSscEs9Q5
Watch Young, Single, and Black on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5d0vridAZo8ERIILQl-4XMH1SwSkvzN1
SOCIAL MEDIA
https://www.instagram.com/miller.giselle/
https://www.instagram.com/producedbygiselle/
https://www.instagram.com/queerfilmfest/
https://x.com/queerfilmfest
http://www.facebook.com/yvrscreenscene
http://www.instagram.com/yvrscreenscene
http://www.instagram.com/sabrinarmf
http://www.twitter.com/sabrinarmf
http://www.twitter.com/yvrscreenscene
CREDITS
Host and executive producer: Sabrina Rani Furminger
Editor: Simon Furminger
Producer: Paul Furminger
Patreon ad reader: Mariana Furminger
Original music: Dane Deviller
