LJUBLJANA, Kinodvor - OTVORITEV

Saturday, Nov, 28
21:00

Rojo / Red

Jesse is an adolescent addicted to chatting. One day an unknown gay “friend” proposes a blind date in a public place, but the boy, not having seen his face, insists he uses a “red“ shirt so he can recognize him. What Jesse never imagined was that with that meeting some of his worst fears would come true, beyond anything he could imagine.

Desde allá / From Afar

Wealthy middle-aged Armando lures young men to his home with money. He doesn’t want to touch, only watch from a strict distance. He also follows an elderly businessman with whom he seems to have had a traumatic relationship. Armando’s first encounter with street thug Elder is violent, but this doesn’t discourage the lonely man’s fascination with the tough handsome teen-ager. Financial interest keeps Elder visiting him regularly and an unexpected intima-cy emerges. But Armando’s haunted past looms large, and Elder commits the ultimate act of affection on Armando’s behalf.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenska kinoteka

Sunday, Nov, 29
18:30

Seveda te ljubim

Short film based on Vesna Lemaić’s short story. The protagonist falls unhappily in love but then something extraordinary happens.

Dolares de arena / Sand Dollars

people parade through her life, Noelí, a young Dominican girl, has a steady client, a mature French woman who, as time goes by, has found an ideal refuge on the island to spend her last years. Noelí’s boyfriend feigns to be her brother and outlines a plan in which Noelí travels to Paris with the old lady and sends him money every month. For Noelí, the relationship with the old lady is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as the departure date closes in.

21:00

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is a movie about three different stories, about crossing the lines and searching for yourself, and about three individuals whose path is crossed by a homeless man, who will change their lives forever.


Monday, Nov, 30
17:00

Sangailes vasara / The Summer of Sangaile

17 year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl of her age at the summer aeronautical show, nearby her par-ents’ lakeside villa. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret, and finds in her teenage love the only person to truly encourage her in flying.

18:30

Tom in America

Story centers around the life of a married elderly man living in the suburb of New York who, while rummaging through trash in search of things to sell at the local flea mar-ket, finds a Tom of Finland doll that triggers a long-ignored impulse.

El Hombre Nuevo / The New Man

In The New Man filmmaker Aldo Garay has drafted a personal and tender portrait of a woman looking back on a tempestu-ous life, in which violence, drugs, prosti-tution and political commitment have all featured. As 12-year-old boy activist Rob-erto, now Stephanía, she fought alongside the communist Tupamaros in Uruguay and supported the Sandinista revolution in her own country of Nicaragua, as well as agitating for education and social reforms. Now Stephanía is striving to be accepted by the society she fought for, and her family.

21:00

Junggesellin / Bachelorette

The bachelorette Stefanie is a young wom-an who, at 26 years old, has not yet man-aged to live in an environment in which she can be truly herself. At home in the back country, everybody tries to find a man for the last bachelorette in the village, who is not thrilled about this at all.

Vainilla / Vanilla

Life is talking about silly stuff with the peo-ple you love.

Over the Rainbow

After her mother passed away, Leny (82) fi-nally had time to follow her dream of cycling around the world. She didn’t get further than New Zealand where she met the love of her life - another woman. Leny came out of the closet aged 68. Since then she has thrown herself into lesbian life, making up for lost time. She is an inspiration to many, but is not getting any younger. She is determined to make the most of her remaining years.


Tuesday, Dec, 1
17:00

Naz & Maalik

After their first night together, Naz and Maalik wander the streets of Brooklyn in a giddy summer haze of romance. But an undercover FBI agent flips their world upside-down after she incorrectly assume their involvement in what appears to be an illegal gun trade. What begins as a sweet ode to love, transforms into a serious and timely study of racism and religion in every-day America.

18:30

The Birthday

Two Taiwanese girls, Ron and May, are living in Berlin. As Ron’s birthday approaches, the different love that they feel for each other places them in front of a meaningful change.

Welcome to This House

Welcome To This House (2015) is a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full self-disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop’s ’best loved homes’ in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends, and scholars provide “missing documents” of numerous female lovers.

21:00

Hommage to Vojin Kovač-Chubby

Film in avtor se ljubita

Portreti in črv

Sranje

Lepo je v naši domovini biti mlad

Slovenski Hamlet


Wednesday, Dec, 2
18:30

The Legend of Narcissus

The Legend of Narcissus is in a new ar-rangement. The film is a parable about tol-erance and against homophobia.

Jutri

New Year’s Eve 1999 finds college-bound Clark and Trevor concerned about the fu-ture of their friendship, and a request for Clark to be Trevor’s wingman ensures things will never be the same again.

The Second Life of Thieves

The Second Life Of Thieves follows Mr Tan, a village elder, who discovers his wife has disappeared with his good friend Mr Lai, with whom he had a secret relationship for decades. Lai’s daughter Sandy, who had suspected an affair of a different sort, embarks with Mr Tan on a storytelling journey filled with memories, love, loss and discovery.

21:00

El Masaje / The Massage

Two friends arrange a meet-up that takes a very special turn.

Le Piment / Pepper

The painful awakening of a couple after an evening of fantasies ... Dreams evaporate, reality appears.

Vagina Is The Warmest Colour

vagina’s life is turned upside down when she falls in love with a French woman. Inspired by Blue is the Warmest Color.

S&M Sally

When Jamie finds out her girlfriend Jill has spent time exploring BDSM, her insecu-rities about falling behind in the bedroom push her to propose that they start going to underground clubs. Jamie decides to use the pseudonym Sally so she can stay anon-ymous but still look like she’s using her real name, which apparently she thinks makes her look cool. Identifying as the butch one in a traditional butch/femme couple, “Sally” assumes she will take the dominant role in their escapades, with Jill as her submissive, but Jill has ideas of her own.


Thursday, Dec, 3
17:00

Stories of Our Lives

Stories of our Lives documents the hidden personal stories of lovers, fighters, rebels and the community histories that character-ize the queer experience in Kenya. A series of vignettes are based on true stories col-lected for the Stories Of Our Lives project.

18:30

An Apple for the Androgyne

Androgyne is a symbol of man born physically or mentally between the two sexes. Throughout his life, he is torn between male and female, Adam and Eve inside and outside.

A qui la faute / No Matter Who

It’s summertime and a troop of young girls are headed to scout camp. For Marie and Lise, it is a time for their first sparks of emotion, a time to learn more about desire and how one confronts a group and their morality.

Vergine giurata / Sworn Virgin

Hana is growing up in an archaic alpine land-scape in Albania where the old codes and traditional gender roles prevail. She escapes the fate of a wife and servant when, in ac-cordance with the Kanun, the traditional Al-banian law, she pledges herself to life-long virginity, thus sacrificing her femininity for perceived freedom. From now on, she is treated like a man. She is given a dagger and the name of Mark. But after ten years of seclusion, she decides to change her life and takes the train to Milan, where her sister lives with her family.

21:00

La vanité

David Miller wants to die and chooses assisted euthanasia. He planned everything: the place, the time and the manner. How-ever, nothing goes right. With Esperanza, member of the association, and Tréplev, young prostitute, David embarks on his ultimate night with total strangers.


Friday, Dec, 4
17:00

Vivant! / Alive!

Five men meet for their first parachuting experience. As they discover the initial in-structions and safety rules their lives will soon depend on, they share another expe-rience, being HIV-positive and undergoing triple-therapy treatment. Full of intense and breathtaking moments, the film also gives them a chance to express profound feelings enhanced by a growing friendship and some hilarious moments.

18:30

Fifi va à la plage / Fifi by the Sea

playful female dog who likes other female dogs gets into trouble at Coney Island.

Margarita, With a Straw

Laila, on wheelchair, is suffering from cere-bral palsy and is an aspiring song writer and a rebellious young woman. The movie’s plot highlights the struggle she faces meeting out the basic day to day activities in her life. Laila, despite her disability, wants to live her life to the fullest. She leaves her home in India to study in New York, unexpectedly falls in love, and embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-discovery.

21:00

Aya Arcos

Set in the gray and rainy old quarters Lapa and St Teresa of Rio de Janeiro, previously successful actor Edu falls in love with young hustler Fabio, despite his fear of attracting HIV through him. Now, on the same page both are fighting the odds of their relation-ship. Edu cannot fully accept Fabio’s love and has to bear the consequences of a sur-prising turn Fabio’s life takes, when he finally takes a test, too.


Saturday, Dec, 5
18:30

En Eftermiddag / An Afternooon

Mathias is in love with Frederik, but is he ready to make his move?

Komma Ut / Coming Out

Joel has finally made up his mind, or so he thinks.

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)

In Thailand, all males turning 21 years old must participate in the annual military draft lottery. Drawing a black card grants exemp-tion, while drawing red results in two years of military service. On the morning of his draft lottery, Oat reflects back on his childhood when as a child, his older brother Ek faced the possibility of being drafted himself. Un-able to convince Ek to do whatever he can to change his fate, young Oat takes matters into his own hands, resulting in unexpected circumstances.

21:00

Duke of Burgundy

Day after day, Cynthia (Sidse Babett Knud-sen) and Evelyn (Chiara D’Anna) act out a simple yet provocative ritual that ends with Evelyn’s punishment and pleasure. As Cyn-thia yearns for a more conventional relation-ship, Evelyn’s obsession with erotica quickly becomes an addiction that may push the relationship to a breaking point.

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Cafe Kolaž, Gornji trg 15, Ljubljana

Thursday, Nov, 26
20:00

We Are Here

The United Nations 4th world conference on women, held in Beijing in 1995, was a turn-ing point for the Chinese women’s move-ment, including around sexuality issues. This vivid and moving documentary, We are here brings to life the story of how this con-ference was experienced and built upon by Chinese lesbian and feminist activists.


Friday, Dec, 25
20:00

Las ventanas abiertas / Open Windows

In Madrid and in Paris, Boti, Empar, Miche-line and Jocelyne, four lesbian women in their seventies, tell of their fears, their de-sires, their differences... They are still ac-tive, or activists, and will not give in to the passage of time; they refuse to be pushed aside because of their age. They live their everyday lives to the fullest, taking advan-tage of all opportunities. They show us their world, their experience, and their problems, and talk about their relationship with age.

Škuc-Kulturni center Q (Tiffany), Metelkova-mesto, Ljubljana

Sunday, Dec, 6
20:00

Do I Sound Gay?

Is there such a thing as a “gay voice”? If there is ... where does it come from? Why do some people “sound gay” and not others? Why are gay sounding celebrities, from Liberace to Tim Gunn, beloved in pop culture but gay teens are bullied and harassed for sounding gay? Do I sound Gay? is the first film to comprehensively explore the linguistically and culturally rich notion of the “gay voice.”

22:00

Primavera

1917: Homosexuality is decriminalized in Russia. 1933. Homosexuality becomes a crime again. 1993: Homosexuality is legal-ized again. 2013: Vladimir Putin supports new legal measures which discriminate against and harass the LGBT population.

Camionero / Truck Driver

In a boarding school, Raidel is witness to the abuse suffered by his schoolmate Randy. He decides to take action.

Die Scwulenheiler / Gay Healers

The documentary “Gay Healers” reveals that there are doctors in Germany that con-sider homosexuality a disorder and therefore want to treat gays to become heterosexual.

Been Too Long At The Fair

The FAIR Theater in Jackson Heights, Queens is one of the oldest continuously running gay establishments in New York City. It is one of only two pornographic theatres left in New York after the Guiliani Mayoralty. A loyal patron recounts this his-tory through his erotic encounters there, re-vealing how the FAIR has managed to stay open and serve it’s gay clientele for over 35 years.

Mladinski center Bistrica ob Sotli

Friday, Nov, 27
20:30

Dečki


Saturday, Nov, 28
20:30

Slovenski Hamlet

CELJE, Celjski mladinski center, Mariborska cesta 2

Tuesday, Dec, 1
19:00

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is a movie about three different stories, about crossing the lines and searching for yourself, and about three individuals whose path is crossed by a homeless man, who will change their lives forever.

PTUJ, Mestni kino

Wednesday, Dec, 2
14:40

Sangailes vasara / The Summer of Sangaile

17 year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl of her age at the summer aeronautical show, nearby her par-ents’ lakeside villa. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret, and finds in her teenage love the only person to truly encourage her in flying.


Thursday, Dec, 3
14:40

Naz & Maalik

After their first night together, Naz and Maalik wander the streets of Brooklyn in a giddy summer haze of romance. But an undercover FBI agent flips their world upside-down after she incorrectly assume their involvement in what appears to be an illegal gun trade. What begins as a sweet ode to love, transforms into a serious and timely study of racism and religion in every-day America.

KOPER, MKSMC Botegin - Glagoljaska 4

Thursday, Dec, 3
20:00

Welcome to This House

Welcome To This House (2015) is a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full self-disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop’s ’best loved homes’ in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends, and scholars provide “missing documents” of numerous female lovers.


Friday, Dec, 4
20:00

How to Win at Checkers (Every Time)

In Thailand, all males turning 21 years old must participate in the annual military draft lottery. Drawing a black card grants exemp-tion, while drawing red results in two years of military service. On the morning of his draft lottery, Oat reflects back on his childhood when as a child, his older brother Ek faced the possibility of being drafted himself. Un-able to convince Ek to do whatever he can to change his fate, young Oat takes matters into his own hands, resulting in unexpected circumstances.


Saturday, Dec, 5
20:00

Dolares de arena / Sand Dollars

people parade through her life, Noelí, a young Dominican girl, has a steady client, a mature French woman who, as time goes by, has found an ideal refuge on the island to spend her last years. Noelí’s boyfriend feigns to be her brother and outlines a plan in which Noelí travels to Paris with the old lady and sends him money every month. For Noelí, the relationship with the old lady is one of convenience, but the feelings become more intense as the departure date closes in.


Sunday, Dec, 6
20:00

Aya Arcos

Set in the gray and rainy old quarters Lapa and St Teresa of Rio de Janeiro, previously successful actor Edu falls in love with young hustler Fabio, despite his fear of attracting HIV through him. Now, on the same page both are fighting the odds of their relation-ship. Edu cannot fully accept Fabio’s love and has to bear the consequences of a sur-prising turn Fabio’s life takes, when he finally takes a test, too.

MARIBOR, Kino Udarnik

Wednesday, Dec, 2
20:00

Margarita, With a Straw

Laila, on wheelchair, is suffering from cere-bral palsy and is an aspiring song writer and a rebellious young woman. The movie’s plot highlights the struggle she faces meeting out the basic day to day activities in her life. Laila, despite her disability, wants to live her life to the fullest. She leaves her home in India to study in New York, unexpectedly falls in love, and embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-discovery.


Thursday, Dec, 3
20:00

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is a movie about three different stories, about crossing the lines and searching for yourself, and about three individuals whose path is crossed by a homeless man, who will change their lives forever.


Friday, Dec, 4
20:00

La vanité

David Miller wants to die and chooses assisted euthanasia. He planned everything: the place, the time and the manner. How-ever, nothing goes right. With Esperanza, member of the association, and Tréplev, young prostitute, David embarks on his ultimate night with total strangers.