Cake & Candles

Cake & Candles chronicles the lives of three friends as they celebrate various birthdays throughout their lives. Each episode will focus on one character and one celebration, showing snippets of the life young adults lead in London.Created by Julia Almeida and Nicky Chue, the series will explore themes not always explored in the media such as sexuality, gender, and ethnicity, but through more common storylines of friendship, family, and young adult life in London.

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[trans-girl-nausicaa]

this is the most lesbian cake i have ever seen

[s4wdust]

gender reveal

[kkcandlesseries]

Cake & Candles | Episode 1 (LGBTQ+ Web Series)

Cake & Candles | Episode 1: "Preheat Oven" Dee’s ideal birthday would be a quiet get-together with close friends, but her gregarious younger sister Cristina ...

Hello friends - it’s been a long wait, but here you go, fresh from the oven: EPISODE 1 IS OUT NOW! 🙌🏽 Thank you all so much for your patience, encouragement & enthusiasm, we hope you enjoy watching as much as we loved making it. Spread the word & tell us what you think! 🎉🎈🍰✨🏳️‍🌈

[kkcandlesseries]

Crumbs, that’s our panel done! We had an absolute blast, thank you so much to the lovely people at Pilot Light TV Festival & Reel Good Film Club for having us and Mancnubian for providing such a comfortable environment to be creative in✨ For those who missed out, don’t fret! We’re officially releasing Episode 1 online next Sunday, keep checking back this week for details! 🤩🙌🏽

[kkcandlesseries]

Hello friends! Only 1 week until our panel at Pilot Lighy TV Festival hosted by the brilliant Reel Good Film Club and we couldn’t be more excited! Here’s what to expect: *Exclusive premiere of Episode 1 *Live script read of Episode 2 *Q&A with actors Julia Xavier Stier & Sam Volante + creators Julia Almeida Coelho & Nicky Chue *Zine workshop We’re on at 3pm, Sunday 6th May at HOME Manchester! Get your £5 tickets above! 💞

[gaymoviesthatdontsuck]

“Wanuri Kahiu’s lesbian love story ’Rafiki’ is the first Kenyan feature to ever screen at Cannes.”

“The film is inspired by the 2007 Caine Prize Winning short story “Jambula Tree” by Ugandan writer Monica Arac Nyeko and asks whether it’s safer being invisible or if it’s better to defy conservative rules, while discovering one’s identity and destiny through love.“

[kkcandlesseries]

Hi friends, we know we’ve been feeding you crumbs for a while now but it’s finally time you got your just desserts ... Exactly one year ago we officially wrapped Episode 1 and today we’re happy to announce that we’ll finally be releasing it into the world on Sunday, May 13th! 😭🎉🎂 It’s been a long time coming - if you don’t want to wait another month, why not come see it on the big screen at Pilot Light TV Festival in Manchester! We’ll be premiering it there a week early on May 6th, get tickets here! ☺️✨

[kkcandlesseries]

Hi friends, happy holidays from us here at Cake & Candles! 2017 has been a very busy and exciting year for us, but we genuinely wouldn’t be doing this without you! Thank you to everyone who shared, liked, followed and backed us - your support means the world to a small, self-funded project like ours and we can’t wait to show you what we’ve made in the new year. In the meantime, practise some self-care during these stressful winter months, hug your loved ones, and have some cake on our behalf 🍰 See you in 2018! - The Cake & Candles Team 💕💫

[kkcandlesseries]

We had an amazing time at Women and Hollywood’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Monday night, featuring trailblazing female filmmakers such as Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham), Amma Asante (A United Kingdom) & Elizabeth Karlsen (Carol) winning & presenting. A vital reminder to keep pushing the diverse characters and stories we want to see on screen because “no one is gonna do it for you”.

[kkcandlesseries]

Happiest of birthdays to our own @samuelrossvolante aka Kat! 🤗🎂🎉✨ #throwback to behind the scenes banter on Ep 1 💕

[sweetoothgirl]

Chocolate Ghost Cake

[kkcandlesseries]

Hi friends, it's our birthday! (of sorts) A year ago today we pitched the idea for Cake & Candles (in front of people) for the very first time! We didn't have actors, a crew or money (ok, we still don't have money ...) but this was the beginning of getting other people on board & bringing to life this funny little idea we'd had ☺️ It's only been a year but it feels like these characters have been with us for much longer ... Here's some of the first ever character art we did, recognise them? 😜

[brownsunbisexual-permarchive-de]

being lgbt is about both sexuality and gender, specifically about how lgbt people transgress the heterosexualized gender binary. so trans people are lgbt because of the way they disrupt the gender binary, but that is also tied to their sexuality/the way their sexuality is perceived under patriarchy. and lgb+ people are lgbt because they are same-gender attracted, but that is also tied to their gender/how their gender is perceived under patriarchy. 

it’s a mistake to assume that sexuality and gender are discrete and separable categories to begin with but the line between them dissolves even more in the context of lgbt people. erotic/sexual presentations and desires are intertwined with gender roles/gender codes/gender presentations for all lgbt people, and thus the homophobia and transphobia they face are gendered AND based in policing of specific sexual/erotic presentations. 

so it’s not just about who you love or what your gender presentation is - rather, it’s about a complex interaction of the two that work to disrupt and transgress heterosexualized gender, and the reaction to that disruption/transgression is what we know as homophobia or transphobia. 

[kkcandlesseries]

Happy Birthday to Cake & Candles co-creator & producer @thoughtsintospace! 🎂 Here's a throwback to that time she met our fave, Trixie Mattel, who signed our flyer! 😭🙌🏽💕

[bellamynochillblake]

OH MY GOD YAY!!!!

[carmillaseries]

May we present to you the official poster for The Carmilla Movie!

Not only are we excited to bring you this awesome new artwork, photographed by the incredible Ashlea Wessel, we also have a few more exciting pieces of information to share about how YOU can see the film!

CINEPLEX SCREENING EVENT

Firstly, we are thrilled to announce that we’ve partnered with Cineplex Events to bring the film to the big screen for a one-night-only event, taking place in 30 cities across Canada on October 26th. This screening will feature exclusive footage that you can’t see anywhere else, so we hope you can make it! It’s going to be a really special night. Head to https://www.cineplex.com/Movie/the-carmilla-movie to purchase tickets!

PURCHASE THE CARMILLA MOVIE

Not in Canada? NEVER FEAR! The Carmilla Movie will be available globally on October 26th through VHX - so if you’ve pre-ordered the film, or are planning to purchase the film in the near future…Mark. Your. Calendars! (If you haven’t already 😜 ). Head to www.carmillamovie.com to see the different bundles available.

STREAM THE CARMILLA MOVIE

Additionally, we’re super pumped to be partnering with Fullscreen as our exclusive streaming home for The Carmilla Movie, available on their platform as of October 27th. Also awesome? This streaming option is NOT geoblocked and will be available to global audiences!

MEET US AT NEW YORK COMIC CON

And of course, don’t forget that Carmilla is coming to New York Comic Con October 5th! The lovely Elise Bauman, Natasha Negovanlis and producers Steph Ouaknine and Melanie Windle will be on a panel from 1:45-2:45 (room 1A24), as well as a meet and greet from 3-5pm at Autograph Table 21.

[kkcandlesseries]

If you're in London any time before the 1st of October, check out the brilliant films and events at Raindance Festival. This LGBTQ panel was a personal favourite of ours!

[lesbianrey]

treating bi feminist women like they’ve inherently joined some ‘pro-men’ political side of feminism by simply being out and proud about their bisexuality/factually attracted to men is fucked up. stop letting men define women and their politics, no matter what their sexuality.