21:00
Piscina / Pool
Claudia decides to investigate her grand mother’s past, who recently passed away. Through a letter, she comes to Marlene, an old German lady who lives in Brazil and keeps her memories inside a pool without water. During the visit, the old lady reveals details of her life that intersect with Claudia’s grandmother’s past, a German fugitive of the 2nd World War. Pool is about gay persecution during the Nazi period and the achievement of LGBT civil rights in contemporary History.
Grandma
Elle Reid has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when her granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing 600 dollars before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.
18:30
Angry Indian Goddesses
Freida (Sarah Jane Dias) calls over her friends to her home in Goa for a special occasion. She is getting married! Over the few days of their stay, the ladies share with each other their joys, sorrows and doubts. That’s something that these women from all over India, some of whom have never even met, all have in common. But does this female buddy adventure have a happy ending?
Buddy
A young man agrees to support his ex lover during an HIV test. Not having seen each other for a while, they are forced to sit together in the waiting room of an STI clinic. What starts out as an awkward conversation, soon becomes something more tender. Is there still a chance for reconciliation?
Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau / Paris 05:59
Théo and Hugo meet each other in a sex club in Paris. After building a special connection while having sex, the meet outside the club where they realize they had unprotected sex. Since one of them is HIV positive, they go to the hospital to get checked and start the required treatment. You see the boys spend the night together and fall in love after this incident.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the directors, our festival's old acquaintances.
17:00
Aus der Haut / Shed my skin
The life of Milan Schulze, 17 – an average teenager from Halle, with two loving parents and a girlfriend, who is a drummer in a band and has a best friend named Christoph Schulte, 17 – changes dramatically one evening when he tries, under the influence of alcohol and a sexually charged atmosphere, to kiss Christoph. While Christoph flees in a state of shock, Milan, deeply ashamed of himself, turns to alcohol. His parents are visiting friends and have no idea what is going on at home in their absence.
Vagabunda de Meia Tigela / Floozy Suzy
Jonas John is willing to do anything to seduce the popular guy in high school. Using magic from a cursed book he makes the love potion which will help him get the guy and get rid of the girl who stands in his way. But will the spell work?
Strike a pose
In 1990, seven young male dancers – 6 gay, 1 straight – joined Madonna on her most controversial tour. On stage and in the iconic film Truth or Dare they showed the world how to express yourself. Now, 25 years later, they reveal the truth about life during and after the tour. Strike a Pose is a dramatic tale about overcoming shame and finding the courage to be who you are.
Ella Maillart: Double journey
1939. Ella Maillart and Annemarie Schwarzenbach leave Europe for Asia. Ella hopes to make a film, and help Annemarie get off drugs. In Kabul she realizes she’s lost all certainties. Alone she travels in British India while war ravages Europe. Her texts, film footage and photographs tell the story of a journey, a film, a year, a woman.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Monika Hofman about Annemarie Schwarzenbach's work.
17:00
Rara
A story inspired by the case of a Chilean judge who lost the custody of her children for being a lesbian, told from the point of view of her eldest daughter Sara, aged 13. The screenplay is based on true events that could be related as a tale of lawyers and courthouses, lawsuits, claimants, defenders and victims, but instead, it will be the story of a family.
Parting
After a lifetime together, time has stopped for an elderly couple as they prepare to say goodbye.
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
The only thing more outrageous than Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs was his life. He was obsessed with magic and in particular, with what he saw as the magic of photography and the magic of sex. He pursued both with insatiable dedication.
Fantasy
Fantasy is not merely a story about a young man who finds his true love unexpectedly – and loses it in the same way. It is a story about every one of us, about the pain of loss, about the black void that is left in us by the people who we have lost one way or another. And it is a story about a fantasy which lives on ...
The film will be introduced by the crew.
Kater / Tomcat
Andreas and Stefan lead a happy and passionate life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna’s vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large circle of friends. An unexpected and inexplicable outburst of violence suddenly shakes up the relationship and calls everything into question – the blind spot that resides in all of us.
The winner of the Teddy Award at this year's Berlinale.
18:00
Preprosto, Luka
The film gives insight into the life of seemingly ordinary, but humorous, lively and occasionally vulgar Luka. Under the surface Luka’s portrait reveals a life dedicated to creating a safe space within the LGBT community as well as his indescribable and inimitable relationship with his mother. In a direct and sincere manner the subject of the documentary combines numerous members of the community that strives for equality and peaceful coexistence. At the same time it seems that in his circles of family and friends he remains forever ... simply Luka.
The film will be introduced by the crew.
Letargo / Lethargy
Alex is a boy who has just broken up with Marc, his partner for several years. In a cold winter night, their dog sickens and Alex brings him to the hospital. This situation forces Marc and Alex to meet again in a long night in which everything that seemed asleep awakens.
Good-bye Adam
In a Turkish area of Australia, lives a woman (Eve) in her 40s who has an unhappy marriage, never goes outside of her local area and spends all her days in the isolation of her home like a prisoner. Her biggest joy is the time she spends in the garden at home. A woman (Lilith) pays her visits in her daydreams. Finally, she (Eve) leaves home with everything left behind to charter her own destiny.
30 let hiv preventive v Sloveniji
The documentary “30 Years of HIV Prevention” is an attempt at capturing on film the work done in the field of HIV in Slovenia thus far as a record of a time marked by HIV and AIDS. It recounts the stories of dedicated activists and experts reminiscing about the old days, talking about the work of their respective organisations at a time when HIV prevention programmes were not easy to implement. And about prevention today, when we can look into the future with optimism, into a time when HIV will be defeated.
The film will be introduced by the crew.
The Masterful Hermit
The only thing that kept her going, that made the future worth waiting for, was her persistent faith that true love eventually finds us all.
Trade queen
Mr. Jonas and Mr. Schmidt look like boring salesmen but they have their secrets. Beneath their perfect gray suits shines love, courage and many other things.
Čas je ZA Kabaret Tiffany
The film describes the birth of the cabaret group in Ljubljana’s club Tiffany. It acquaints us with the performers, their stories and motives for artistic performance, and the degree to which they include their personal experiences, intimacy and private lives in the stories they tell. The film also shows excerpts from the performance put on at the 2016 Ljubljana Pride Parade.
The film will be introduced by the crew.
Rotten
In Turkey you are obliged to prove your sexual orientation in order to avoid military service. By proving enough femininity one can be certified as having a mental disorder which makes you unfit for the military (the word “rotten” in Turkish is used to describe these people). This short documentary film, a poignant satire aimed against a conservative society proposes a very interesting look at a society that stigmatises homosexuals.
En underbar jävla jul / A Holy Mess
Both 27 years old, Oscar and Simon have been together for several years and desperately want a baby, so they’ve gotten their close friend Cissi to agree to be their surrogate mother. Together, the three friends decide to become a modern Swedish family. But nine months into their pregnancy, they’re all still wondering who the father is—Simon or Oscar? This coincides with the guys inviting both sets of their slightly homophobic parents for Christmas, so they can share the happy news that they’re about to be grandparents.
17:00
Transspolna življenja v Sloveniji
The documentary movie Transgender life in Slovenia, which is a presentation of 10 transgender and gender variant persons from various locations in the country, portrays diverse experiences regarding one’s gender identity and the stance of being a transgender person in Slovene society. The movie will contribute to awareness raising about transgender persons in Slovenia, and mostly increase visibility and legitimization of both out and nonout transgender persons.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with guests.
Love Is a Sickness
Is love for the same sex really a sickness in Slovenia? The film features the individuals who, in the tiny country of Slovenia, a couple of days before Christmas, fought for fundamental human rights.
The film will be introduced by the crew.
La belle saison / Summertime
There was little chance, in the year 1971, that Carole, a Paris Spanish teacher and feminist militant, would ever meet Delphine, the daughter of a couple of Limousin farmers. But they did meet and fell passionately in love as well. Unfortunately, Delphine’s father fell victim to a stroke, and the young woman had no other choice but to go back home to help her mother run the family farm. Carole decided to join her lover at the farm. But could feminism and lesbianism easily be transferred to the countryside and its standards of the time...?
Betty
An elderly lady watches the world go by, sharing her life with plants and memories. One day, a newspaper advertisement catches her eye and invites her to explore her past.
Bolesno / Sick
At the age of 16 Ana was locked up in a psychiatric hospital by her parents who arranged the treatment for curing her homosexuality with the hospital director. After five years she is free and longs for a girl who won’t find her crazy because of her PTSD condition. She finds one in her new love Martina. They get engaged and plan their wedding. However, Martina’s huge patience and devotion wanes with time as she finds Ana more obsessed with her traumatic past than with the life they’re sharing together. ‘Sick’ is a film about love, betrayal, revenge, and forgiveness.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Hrvoje Mabić, the director.
18:30
Dawn
As dawn creeps in, two lost outcasts meet in the darkness, more afraid of themselves than each other.
Viva
Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams of being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father Angel, a former boxer, who has been absent from his life for 15 years. As father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become a family again.
Der Ost-Komplex / The GDR Complex
Being gay, resilient, young and conservative, Mario Roellig became one of the youngest and most in– demand witnesses to the atrocities of the GDR. He guides groups through today’s memorial site in the former Stasi (GRD State Security Services) prison where he was once incarcerated. Roellig speaks to school classes all over Germany and has been invited to universities abroad, always pointing out the special queer moment in his life drama.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Jochen Hick, the director.
17:00
Mów mi Marianna / Call Me Marianna
Marianna is an attractive 40yearold woman who has just sued her parents in order to obtain a sex change. Confronted with the idea of losing what she holds dearest to her – her family – she must face the chilling reminder of the sacrifices one takes to be themselves. Karolina Bielawska’s film about freedom as the supreme value was made with a great sensitivity.
The documentary has received numerous jury and audience awards.
Désirs / Desires
Young girls are indulging in passion and lust until one of them rush out of the bed at midnight while the other follows her.
De chica en chica / Girl Gets Girl
Inés has lived the American dream in Miami for nine years. When she ́s caught cheating on her girlfriend, her world tumbles down. For the first time in years Inés asks herself what she wants in life... It ́s time to get back home, to get back to Madrid... even if it means she will have to face the huge mess she left behind. What Inés really wants is to finally succeed in seducing Lola, the hot straight best friend of Verónica Psyco, the woman Inés left nine years ago... pregnant and on their wedding day!
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the actress Sandra Collantes Sanz!
Vingarne / Wings
The film is based on the novel ‘Mikaël’ by Danish author Herman Bang, about an artist and his young protégé. The ageing artist is a sculptor, who at the beginning of the film sets out to work on a piece called ‘The Wings, inspired by the Ikaros myth. The film evolves into an asymmetric love triangle, where the old master in growing despair sees the young model/painter get infatuated by a countess.
The screening will be accompanied by live piano music by Andrej Goričar.
Free screening on the Culture Day.
Metelkova-mesto, Ljubljana
20:00
Yes, We Fuck!
This documentary shows six stories about sex and functional diversity, real and varied stories where sex is turned into a pleasure weapon for poeple’s individual and collective rights. Beyond sex, this project shows, without inhibitions, censorship or prejudice, what sexuality can do for people with functional diversity, and also how the reality of functional diversity can contribute to human sexuality.
20:00
FtWTF - Female to What The Fuck
The documentary FtWTF is a precise encounter with the theme of gender transgression, whereby the gender border is crossed in the same direction each time: from a specific starting point ( female/woman) to a temporarily open end point (“what the fuck”). The filmmakers portray six people who for different reasons take on a transgender identity and live it out in different and changing ways.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the directors.
20:00
Johnny
Johnny is a young rent boy who is forced to confront a haunting moment from his past when he is hired by a lonely and conflicted older man looking to experience his first sexual encounter with another man.
Sex & the Silver Gays
SEX & The Silver Gays tells the idiosyncratic story of the New York Prime Timers, the randy NYC Chapter of the national senior gay men’s Organization. Amidst their flurry of elderly activities, the New York Prime Timers members also actively participate in monthly sex parties.
Desire Will Set You Free
A richly funny, touching and meandering walk through Berlin’s queer scene, the debut feature from Yony Leyser (William Burroughs: A Man Within) is based on his own life as an American living in the city. Following Ezra (Leyser) on an odyssey through Berlin’s subcultural life, his journey takes in the clubs, drugs, and creativity of the scene.
14:40
Aus der Haut / Shed my skin
The life of Milan Schulze, 17 – an average teenager from Halle, with two loving parents and a girlfriend, who is a drummer in a band and has a best friend named Christoph Schulte, 17 – changes dramatically one evening when he tries, under the influence of alcohol and a sexually charged atmosphere, to kiss Christoph. While Christoph flees in a state of shock, Milan, deeply ashamed of himself, turns to alcohol. His parents are visiting friends and have no idea what is going on at home in their absence.
14:40
Rara
A story inspired by the case of a Chilean judge who lost the custody of her children for being a lesbian, told from the point of view of her eldest daughter Sara, aged 13. The screenplay is based on true events that could be related as a tale of lawyers and courthouses, lawsuits, claimants, defenders and victims, but instead, it will be the story of a family.
20:00
Ella Maillart: Double journey
1939. Ella Maillart and Annemarie Schwarzenbach leave Europe for Asia. Ella hopes to make a film, and help Annemarie get off drugs. In Kabul she realizes she’s lost all certainties. Alone she travels in British India while war ravages Europe. Her texts, film footage and photographs tell the story of a journey, a film, a year, a woman.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Monika Hofman about Annemarie Schwarzenbach's work.
20:00
Yes, We Fuck!
This documentary shows six stories about sex and functional diversity, real and varied stories where sex is turned into a pleasure weapon for poeple’s individual and collective rights. Beyond sex, this project shows, without inhibitions, censorship or prejudice, what sexuality can do for people with functional diversity, and also how the reality of functional diversity can contribute to human sexuality.
20:00
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
The only thing more outrageous than Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs was his life. He was obsessed with magic and in particular, with what he saw as the magic of photography and the magic of sex. He pursued both with insatiable dedication.
20:00
Transspolna življenja v Sloveniji
The documentary movie Transgender life in Slovenia, which is a presentation of 10 transgender and gender variant persons from various locations in the country, portrays diverse experiences regarding one’s gender identity and the stance of being a transgender person in Slovene society. The movie will contribute to awareness raising about transgender persons in Slovenia, and mostly increase visibility and legitimization of both out and nonout transgender persons.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with guests.
20:00
Viva
Jesus does make up for a troupe of drag performers in Havana, but dreams of being a performer. When he finally gets his chance to be on stage, a stranger emerges from the crowd and punches him in the face. The stranger is his father Angel, a former boxer, who has been absent from his life for 15 years. As father and son clash over their opposing expectations of each other, Viva becomes a love story as the men struggle to understand one another and become a family again.
20:00
Mów mi Marianna / Call Me Marianna
Marianna is an attractive 40yearold woman who has just sued her parents in order to obtain a sex change. Confronted with the idea of losing what she holds dearest to her – her family – she must face the chilling reminder of the sacrifices one takes to be themselves. Karolina Bielawska’s film about freedom as the supreme value was made with a great sensitivity.
The documentary has received numerous jury and audience awards.
20:00
De chica en chica / Girl Gets Girl
Inés has lived the American dream in Miami for nine years. When she ́s caught cheating on her girlfriend, her world tumbles down. For the first time in years Inés asks herself what she wants in life... It ́s time to get back home, to get back to Madrid... even if it means she will have to face the huge mess she left behind. What Inés really wants is to finally succeed in seducing Lola, the hot straight best friend of Verónica Psyco, the woman Inés left nine years ago... pregnant and on their wedding day!
The screening will be followed by a discussion with the actress Sandra Collantes Sanz!
20:00
Transspolna življenja v Sloveniji
The documentary movie Transgender life in Slovenia, which is a presentation of 10 transgender and gender variant persons from various locations in the country, portrays diverse experiences regarding one’s gender identity and the stance of being a transgender person in Slovene society. The movie will contribute to awareness raising about transgender persons in Slovenia, and mostly increase visibility and legitimization of both out and nonout transgender persons.
20:00
Preprosto, Luka
The film gives insight into the life of seemingly ordinary, but humorous, lively and occasionally vulgar Luka. Under the surface Luka’s portrait reveals a life dedicated to creating a safe space within the LGBT community as well as his indescribable and inimitable relationship with his mother. In a direct and sincere manner the subject of the documentary combines numerous members of the community that strives for equality and peaceful coexistence. At the same time it seems that in his circles of family and friends he remains forever ... simply Luka.
30 let hiv preventive v Sloveniji
The documentary “30 Years of HIV Prevention” is an attempt at capturing on film the work done in the field of HIV in Slovenia thus far as a record of a time marked by HIV and AIDS. It recounts the stories of dedicated activists and experts reminiscing about the old days, talking about the work of their respective organisations at a time when HIV prevention programmes were not easy to implement. And about prevention today, when we can look into the future with optimism, into a time when HIV will be defeated.
Fantasy
Fantasy is not merely a story about a young man who finds his true love unexpectedly – and loses it in the same way. It is a story about every one of us, about the pain of loss, about the black void that is left in us by the people who we have lost one way or another. And it is a story about a fantasy which lives on ...
Love Is a Sickness
Is love for the same sex really a sickness in Slovenia? The film features the individuals who, in the tiny country of Slovenia, a couple of days before Christmas, fought for fundamental human rights.
Čas je ZA Kabaret Tiffany
The film describes the birth of the cabaret group in Ljubljana’s club Tiffany. It acquaints us with the performers, their stories and motives for artistic performance, and the degree to which they include their personal experiences, intimacy and private lives in the stories they tell. The film also shows excerpts from the performance put on at the 2016 Ljubljana Pride Parade.