30. festival LGBT filma
LJUBLJANA, Kinoteka
Saturday, Nov, 29
20:00

God’s Mistake

Eyeshadow palette in rainbow colors. A blond woman starts speaking about her childhood in Yugoslavia, as she was still, in everyone’s eyes, a little boy.

Azul y no tan rosa / Blue and not so Pink

Diego decides to live with Fabrizio in order to make their relationship formal. But unexpectedly, he has to take charge of his son Armando, a teenager who lives in Spain and that Diego has not seen since many years ago. The boy arrives with a bunch of reproaches, so for Diego is not going to be easy reestablish their bonds. Under these circumstances, Fabrizio is brutally beaten by a group of fanatic homophobes and he goes into coma.

Sunday, Nov, 30
17:00

Gerontophilia

18-year-old Lake has a sweet activist girlfriend, but one day discovers he has an unusual attraction for the elderly. Fate conspires to land him a summer job at a nursing home where he develops a tender relationship with Mr. Peabody. Discovering that the patients are being over-medicated to make them easier to manage, Lake decides to wean him off his medication and help him escape, resulting in a humorous and heartfelt road trip that strengthens their bond.

18:30

Violette

Born out of wedlock early in the last century, impoverished and unloved Violette Leduc meets Simone de Beauvoir in post war Saint-Germain des Prés. An intense lifelong relationship develops between the two women authors, based on Violette’s quest for freedom through writing and on Simone’s conviction that she holds in her hands the destiny of an extraordinary writer.

21:00

Der Kreis / The Circle

Zürich in the mid 50’s: The young shy teacher Ernst Ostertag becomes a member of the gay organization Der Kreis. There he gets to know the transvestite star Röbi Rapp – and immediately falls head over heels in love with him. While the repression against homosexuals became increasingly more intense in Zurich, two young and very different men fight for their love and – together with their friends – for the rights of gays.

Monday, Dec, 1
17:00

Jongens / Boys

Sieger, 15-years, is training hard for the national relay championships where he meets the intriguing and unpredictable Marc. The friendship that develops seems nothing out of the ordinary, but Sieger secretly harbours stronger feelings for Marc. He engages in a lonely struggle with himself when it emerges that Marc is also in love with him.

18:30

Sandrine

When Sandrine’s friend tells her about a strange dream she recently had and then kisses her, Sandrine reacts offended and walks away. But theres is no way out: she has to deal with her own feelings and personal indetity.

Appropriate Behavior

For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

21:00

We are fine

We are fine was shot on location in one hot day at Coogee beach, south of Sydney, Australia.

Du Tonc – Darkness

family dispute gradually reveals the source of a family’s anxieties – a daughter who chooses to dress, and express, as a boy. Going out into the night, she sets off on a journey to find love, and eventually herself, in the colourful underground nightspots of East London.

The Dog

In August 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover’s sex-reassignment surgery. The act resulted in a fourteen-hour hostage situation that was broadcast on TV. Three years later Al Pacino portrayed his crime in Dog Day Afternoon. The film had a profound influence on Wojtowicz When he emerged from a 6 prison term, he was known as “The Dog”.

Tuesday, Dec, 2
18:30

Living High

Documentary about high heels reveals that usual sometimes is not so usual and that in the simplest things like a piece of wardrobe, are hidden the boundaries of society.

Caipirinhas en Ipanema / Caipirinhas in Ipanema

Antonio argues with his partner while they are visiting a European city. In the middle of a square, while his boy asks for a coffee, a little kid approaches him and right behind him, the father… An encounter that will mark him forever, return his trust in love and make him dream of Caipirinhas in Ipanema.

Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho / The Way He Looks

Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans. 

21:00

MecsMeufs / GuysGirls

Bob knows it: when it comes to seduction, men are the weaker sex. Really? But what if things were switched around…?

Kerron sinulle kaiken / Open Up to Me

At first glance Maarit looks like any other woman in her early forties. There is, however, something special beneath the surface. Working as a cleaner, Maarit is tending to the office of a therapist when she meets Sami. Sami is a handsome man in his late 30s whose marriage is in crisis. Sensing Sami’s desperation, something clicks in Maarit and she pretends she’s a therapist, eager to hear what Sami has to say. The first session goes very well but then …

Wednesday, Dec, 3
17:00

Diego Menendes RIP IT AFTER HIM

young man in a search of identity in a threatening atmosphere of protests and consumerism. A tribute to a “dead” Slovene director Diego Menendes.

Uitgesproken / Caged

David is torn apart when he finds out his best friend Niels is gay. Homosexuality isn’t tolerated in their group of friends and they shut Niels out. Will David side with the group or choose for his friendship with Niels instead?

Agora? – Lembra-me / What now? – Remind me

Joaquim Pinto has been living with HIV and VHC for almost twenty years. An open and eclectic reflection on time and memory, on epidemics and globalization, on survival beyond all expectations, on dissent and absolute love. In a to-and-fro between the present and past memories, the film is also a tribute to friends departed and those who remain.

21:00

Between us

In the midst of a passionate affair with a married woman, arts teacher Ariel must choose between sating her sexual desires or living an open life free of broken promises.

The Foxy Merkins

Two lesbian hookers wind their way through a world of bargain-hunting housewives and double-dealing conservative women in this buddy comedy, an homage to and riff on iconic male hustler films. Margaret is a down-on-her-luck hooker in training, who meets up with Jo, an expert on servicing women. Navigating the bizarre fetishes and sexual needs of their ‘dates’ brings into focus the hilarious and pathetic disparity between the two hookers, fellow travelers who will share the road together but only for a while.

Thursday, Dec, 4
18:30

U očekivanju Axela / Waiting for Axel

young, FTM transgender Axel from Croatia, struggles with an ignorant and unprofessional medical system, which keeps postponing the start of his medical treatment.

Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

The day after her fortieth birthday, Anna comes to the conclusion that it’s time for the madness to stop. She lives in her friend’s back yard tool shed; her career as a filmmaker isn’t paying her bills and worst of all it’s been ten years since she’s had a girlfriend. A hardscrabble life that seemed charming and adventurous in her twenties seems desperate and dire in middle age. She was once an adventurous jet setter & queen of night. Most move on from such a lifestyle before they hit 40. But not Anna. That’s why something has to change.

21:00

Julia

What exactly would drive a boy from art school to leave his home in Klaipeda/Lithuania, to end up as a girl selling her body in the streets of Berlin, in sweaty back rooms, and on the sticky seats of a porn movie theater? For more than ten years photographer and filmmaker J. Ja­ckie Baier follows transsexual Julia K. from Klaipeda/Lithuania through her tough life as a hooker, outlaw and nonconformist who never signed any social contract.

Friday, Dec, 5
17:00

Zomer / Summer

The summer is sweltering and hot in a village where everyday life is dominated by the humming power plant. Anne (16) feels like an outsider, until she meets Lena, a new girl in town who rides a motorbike, wears leather, and is different from everybody else. The two girls rapidly fall for one another and young love unfolds in all its tender awkwardness. Do you dare to be different in a place where everything stays the same?

18:30

Thokozani Football Club: Team Spirit

Thokozani Football Club: Team Spirit is a collective portrait of a football team from the township of Umlazi (Durban). The club, composed of black lesbians, was named after Thokozani Qwabe, a young lesbian footballer victim of a hate crime in 2007. It is in front of the camera of Thembela Dick, who is also a lesbian and a football player, that the pla­yers tell us their story. The Thokozani Footbal Club share with us its fight against lesbophobia but also to the joy of being visible in the public space.

Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

Elizabeth Streb and the Streb Extreme Action Company form a motley troupe of flyers and crashers. Propelled by Streb’s edict that »anything too safe is not action,« these daredevils challenge the assumptions of art, aging, injury, gender, and human possibility. Born To Fly traces the evolution of Elizabeth Streb’s movement philosophy as she pushes herself and her performers from the ground to the sky. Revealing the passions behind the dancers’ bruises and broken noses, it offers a breathtaking tale about the necessity of art, inspiring audiences hungry for a more tactile and fierce existence.

21:00

MeTube: August sings Carmen »Habanera«

MeTube, a homage to thousands of ambitious YouTube users and video bloggers, gifted and less gifted self-promoters on the Internet, has attracted international attention.Behind the cross-over of musical styles in the movie are director Daniel Moshel as well as opera and oratorio tenor August Schram.

Matterhorn

Fred is 54 years old and lives alone. He rides around in the local bus, virtuously attending church and eating his green beans, meat and potatoes at 6 o’clock on the dot every day. One day, Theo wanders into the life of Fred and turns his well organized life upside down. With the special talent of the stranger Theo, Fred starts to set out into the big, wide world. Will he fulfil his dream?

Saturday, Dec, 6
17:00

Kate Bornstein Is A Queer and Pleasant Danger

Kate Bornstein Is A Queer and Pleasant Danger captures the many facets of a queer hero and pioneering gender outlaw. Whether she is charming an enraptured audience on her latest book tour, tweeting to her 20 thousand followers from her home office, or cuddling with her puggle; this documentary portrait highlights Kate’s style, wicked wit, and astonishing candor.

18:30

Recently in the woods

Recently in the Woods is a short tale about acceptance and tolerance. Two horses laugh at a unicorn’s horn because of its different appearance.

Carpe jugular

The dance floor is a battlefield.

Eastern Boys

They come from all over Eastern Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia… The eldest ones appear no older than 25; as for the youngest, there is no way of telling their age. They spend all their time hanging around the Gare du Nord train station in Paris. They might be prostitutes. Daniel, a discreet man in his early fifties, has his eye on one of them – Marek. Gathering his courage, he speaks to him. The young man agrees to come and visit Daniel the following day at his place…

21:00

Ang huling cha-cha ni Anita / Anita’s Last Cha-Cha

Twelve-year-old Anita falls in love with the new woman in town, a beautiful Pilar. Amidst whispers speculating the intentions of this mysterious and beautiful new arrival, a girlhood crush blossoms during the Fiesta to Santa Clara in Obando, Bulacan, Philippines.

Cafe Kolaž, Gornji trg 15, Ljubljana
Wednesday, Nov, 26
20:00

La virgen de los sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins

With a screenplay adapted by Fernando Vallejo from his novel “La Virgen de los Sicarios”, the film gazes into the soul of a gay writer who returns to Medellín, his hometown, after 30 years. He meets Alexis, a handsome young boy, and the two begin a relationship which, apart from the sex, consists mainly in Fernando telling Alexis how pastoral the city used to be, while Alexis explains to Fernando the ins and outs of everyday robbery, violence, and shootings. 

Thursday, Nov, 27
20:00

El mar / Sea

As children during the Spanish Civil War, Andreu Ramallo, Manuel Tur and their friend Francisca already live in a world of political assassinations and a resultant atmosphere of hatred and suspicion between adults and children. On one decisive day, their lives are irrevocably affected when they witness the vengeful slaying of one child by another, provoked by adult political intrigue. Years later, the three meet again as young adults, again in dire circumstances.

Škuc-Kulturni center Q (Tiffany), Metelkova-mesto, Ljubljana
Wednesday, Nov, 26
20:00

Fucking Different XXY

In order to create even more gender confusion as in his latest compilation “Fucking different XXY”, Kristian Petersen asked for only trans* filmmakers to contribute a short film about something that is alien from their own gender concepts. The films break stereotypes, create confusion and celebrate diversity.

Sunday, Dec, 7
22:00

Mondo Homo: A Study of French Gay Porn in the 70’s

Between 1975 and 1983 a new kind of film could be seen in French cinema : home-grown gay pornography. The films were shot in 16mm and most of them were passed and given certificates by the CNC (National Cinema Centre). They were screened in a small number of Parisian cinemas dedicated to gay pornographic films : Le Dragon, La Marotte and Le Hollywood Boulevard as well as several in the provinces.

PTUJ, Mestni kino
Wednesday, Dec, 3
14:40

Zomer / Summer

The summer is sweltering and hot in a village where everyday life is dominated by the humming power plant. Anne (16) feels like an outsider, until she meets Lena, a new girl in town who rides a motorbike, wears leather, and is different from everybody else. The two girls rapidly fall for one another and young love unfolds in all its tender awkwardness. Do you dare to be different in a place where everything stays the same?

Thursday, Dec, 4
14:40

Jongens / Boys

Sieger, 15-years, is training hard for the national relay championships where he meets the intriguing and unpredictable Marc. The friendship that develops seems nothing out of the ordinary, but Sieger secretly harbours stronger feelings for Marc. He engages in a lonely struggle with himself when it emerges that Marc is also in love with him.

CELJE, Celjski mladinski center, Mariborska cesta 2
Saturday, Dec, 6
20:00

Azul y no tan rosa / Blue and not so Pink

Diego decides to live with Fabrizio in order to make their relationship formal. But unexpectedly, he has to take charge of his son Armando, a teenager who lives in Spain and that Diego has not seen since many years ago. The boy arrives with a bunch of reproaches, so for Diego is not going to be easy reestablish their bonds. Under these circumstances, Fabrizio is brutally beaten by a group of fanatic homophobes and he goes into coma.

KOPER, MKSMC
Thursday, Dec, 4
20:30

Fucking Different XXY

In order to create even more gender confusion as in his latest compilation “Fucking different XXY”, Kristian Petersen asked for only trans* filmmakers to contribute a short film about something that is alien from their own gender concepts. The films break stereotypes, create confusion and celebrate diversity.

Friday, Dec, 5
20:30

Ang huling cha-cha ni Anita / Anita’s Last Cha-Cha

Twelve-year-old Anita falls in love with the new woman in town, a beautiful Pilar. Amidst whispers speculating the intentions of this mysterious and beautiful new arrival, a girlhood crush blossoms during the Fiesta to Santa Clara in Obando, Bulacan, Philippines.

Saturday, Dec, 6
20:30

God’s Mistake

Eyeshadow palette in rainbow colors. A blond woman starts speaking about her childhood in Yugoslavia, as she was still, in everyone’s eyes, a little boy.

Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

The day after her fortieth birthday, Anna comes to the conclusion that it’s time for the madness to stop. She lives in her friend’s back yard tool shed; her career as a filmmaker isn’t paying her bills and worst of all it’s been ten years since she’s had a girlfriend. A hardscrabble life that seemed charming and adventurous in her twenties seems desperate and dire in middle age. She was once an adventurous jet setter & queen of night. Most move on from such a lifestyle before they hit 40. But not Anna. That’s why something has to change.

Sunday, Dec, 7
20:30

Matterhorn

Fred is 54 years old and lives alone. He rides around in the local bus, virtuously attending church and eating his green beans, meat and potatoes at 6 o’clock on the dot every day. One day, Theo wanders into the life of Fred and turns his well organized life upside down. With the special talent of the stranger Theo, Fred starts to set out into the big, wide world. Will he fulfil his dream?

MARIBOR, Kino Udarnik
Wednesday, Dec, 3
20:00

God’s Mistake

Eyeshadow palette in rainbow colors. A blond woman starts speaking about her childhood in Yugoslavia, as she was still, in everyone’s eyes, a little boy.

Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho / The Way He Looks

Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans. 

Thursday, Dec, 4
18:00

Appropriate Behavior

For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn’t know she’s bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can’t understand why she doesn’t tell them. Following a family announcement of her brother’s betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of pansexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

Friday, Dec, 5
20:00

Julia

What exactly would drive a boy from art school to leave his home in Klaipeda/Lithuania, to end up as a girl selling her body in the streets of Berlin, in sweaty back rooms, and on the sticky seats of a porn movie theater? For more than ten years photographer and filmmaker J. Ja­ckie Baier follows transsexual Julia K. from Klaipeda/Lithuania through her tough life as a hooker, outlaw and nonconformist who never signed any social contract.