This selection of queer shorts sets classic images of sexuality and bodies in motion. Self-confident, lively and powerful and at the same time sensitive, reflective and curious these films go their own paths of storytelling.
Techno, Mama
Techno is Berlin. Berlin is techno. This is exactly where Nikita wants to go, away from his cold-hearted mother, to the big city, to his father and straight into Berghain. Putting his plan into action is going to be harder than he thought.
Techno is Berlin. Berlin is techno. This is exactly where Nikita wants to go, away from his cold-hearted mother, to the big city, to his father and straight into Berghain. Putting his plan into action is going to be harder than he thought.
Director:Saulius Baradinskas
Screenplay:
Saulius Baradinskas
Vytautas Katkus
Editing:
Karolis Labutis
Music:
Rob Meyer
아이즈앤혼즈
[Eyes and Horns]
A Minotaur appears, blurs, dissolves, and takes on new forms. As shapes and sounds intermingle, the boundaries of masculinity and femininity are explored and broken up.
A Minotaur appears, blurs, dissolves, and takes on new forms. As shapes and sounds intermingle, the boundaries of masculinity and femininity are explored and broken up.
Director:Chaerin Im
Chaerin Im
Music:
Karie Jacobson, Drew Kowalski
Sound designer:
Karie Jacobson, Drew Kowalski
Film school:
CalArts
Atopia
“Where to flow with all my liquidity?” Somewhere between reality and fantasy lies Atopia, a place where everyone has a place and the sexes are fluent. In a very personal video essay gender identities are being explored.
“Where to flow with all my liquidity?” Somewhere between reality and fantasy lies Atopia, a place where everyone has a place and the sexes are fluent. In a very personal video essay gender identities are being explored.
Director:Olivier De Vos
Olivier De Vos
Music:
Eliott Delafosse
Sound mixer:
Hugo Simons
Film school:
RITCS (Brussels)
No Yes Babe
A second date after six months in a wintry park. Between two trees, the two feel their way towards each other, try to get to know one another without being predictable and to surrender without losing control. The result is an intimate encounter of a very unique nature.
A second date after six months in a wintry park. Between two trees, the two feel their way towards each other, try to get to know one another without being predictable and to surrender without losing control. The result is an intimate encounter of a very unique nature.
Director:Ada Labahn
Producer:
Ada Labahn
Ada Labahn
Camera:
Anna Ilin
Cast:
Samia Chancrin, Sophie Hutter
Editing:
Ada Labahn
Sound mixer:
Giuseppe Ielo
Film school:
FilmArche
First ad:
Kathan Larissa
Production assistant:
Larissa Kathan
Ob Scena
[OBCENE]
An experimental video essay that combines found footage with the filmmaker’s personal experiences and thought processes to negotiate sexuality in its own unique way. The result is a self-reflexive study of the history and present of pornography and sexual representation.
An experimental video essay that combines found footage with the filmmaker’s personal experiences and thought processes to negotiate sexuality in its own unique way. The result is a self-reflexive study of the history and present of pornography and sexual representation.
Director:Paloma Orlandini Castro
Producer:
Manuel Pasik
Screenplay:
Paloma Orlandini
Felipe Bozzani
Editing:
Zoe Fahler
Sound designer:
Zoe Fahler
Film school:
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTIN
Art director:
Lucila Manara
Warsha
Mohammad is a Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to man one of the tallest and most notoriously dangerous cranes. Dozens of metres above the city, away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to experience freedom and to live out his deepest passion.
Mohammad is a Syrian migrant working as a crane operator in Beirut. One morning he volunteers to man one of the tallest and most notoriously dangerous cranes. Dozens of metres above the city, away from everyone’s eyes, he is able to experience freedom and to live out his deepest passion.
Director:Dania Bdeir
KHANSA
Cinematographer:
Shadi Chaaban
Editing:
Ali J. Dalloul
Music:
Hello Psychaleppo
Sound designer:
Régis Diebold, Mathieu Z’Graggen