'Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy' closing the Melbourne Queer Film Festival and the London LGBTQ Film Festival in March

Melbourne, Australia:

MQFF Kristen Stewart is at her charismatic best in this wilder than fiction true account of the infamous literary scam that fooled Hollywood. Stewart plays the androgynous Savannah Knoop who spent six years pretending to be the celebrated male author JT LeRoy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law Laura Albert, played here by Laura Dern at her prickly best. Featuring Courtney Love, Jim Sturgess and Diane Kruger and directed by Justin Kelly (I Am Michael, King Cobra, MQFF 2017), Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy is an intriguing and provocative tale on the slippery nature of celebrity, gender and sexuality.

The film festival runs from 14-25 March. 'Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy' will therefore screen on 25 March.

London:

The BFI is also thrilled to announce that the Closing Night Gala is the European premiere of Justin Kelly’s JT LEROY. Powered by superb performances from Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart, the film is adapted from Savannah Knoop’s memoir Girl Boy Girl: How I Became JT LeRoy and tells the captivating real life story of the most compelling literary ‘hoax’ of our generation. With a screenplay written by Justin Kelly and Savannah Knoop, JT LEROY also stars Diane Kruger and Jim Sturgess. Fortitude International is handling international sales.

Justin Kelly, Director, JT LEROY says:

“Having opened 2015’s BFI Flare with my first film, I AM MICHAEL, I am beyond honoured to return to close this year’s festival with my new film, JT LEROY, the fascinating true story about two women whose lives forever change when they bring to life the fictional boy-wunderkind author JT LeRoy.”

The BFI Flare: London LGBTQ film festival runs from 21-31 March. The film will therefore screen on 31 March.

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If you are in Melbourne, Australia - tickets can be purchased here.

If you are in London, England - tickets will go on sale at the end of February here.