March 23, 2006: ?This year, it has got bigger and better and the audience has expanded,? says Nody Murphy ? the director of the Out In Africa (OIA) film festival, referring to the growth the festival has so far advanced. According to Murphy, OIA should in the future be taken to other towns and cities than only in Johannesburg and Cape Town as it is happening. She stressed that gay communities stretch also into rural areas and small towns such as Pietermaritzburg and Grahamstown. |
Although in some parts the film festival honors Busse, the theme stretches to on one of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex?s (LGBTI) subsumed topic. Transgender will be the main focus in this year?s festival. |