A FILM co-produced by a University of East London (UEL) psychologist which imagines a world in which the majority of people are gay has won a prize at the London Independent Film Festival (LIFF).

Homoworld is a 17-minute film co-produced by Neil Rees, UEL clinical psychology programme director and Catherine Butler, a former UEL tutor.

It focuses on a straight couple who live in a world where the majority of people are gay.

The film, which was shot ws shot at UEL’s Docklands campus and at the UEL centre for Podiatry in Stratford, is being used to raise awareness of discrimination towards gay people.

It won the award for the best lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film at (LIFF).

Mr Rees said: "I’m really pleased with the success of the film and we’ve been inundated with requests from people wanting a copy.

" I thought it would make a great visual story and that’s definitely been the case.

“The film is based on a simple idea of an inverted world that highlights what the reality is like for a minority of people.

"The themes are universal across the board about any minority experience and not seeing yourself represented.

"It shows what it’s like to experience fear and direct discrimination as well as more implicit and subtle exclusions from the majority experience."

The film was also presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference.

Its success now means that it is being put forward for other film festivals including the Edinburgh film festival and the World Wide Human Rights film festival.

For further information about the film visit www.clevermax.co.uk/homoworld