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Opening Ceremony of the 20th TLVFest: The Tel-Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival

19:30 – Red Carpet and Cocktail for the ticket buyers for the opening ceremony and invitees only. Sponsored by Vodka Mont Blanc
20:30 – The opening ceremony – hosted by Lioz Levi and Yaniv Biton.
Performances by Yael Levita and Eitan Drori from the Israeli Opera and Drag Brunch Tel Aviv – One Night Only
TLVFest 2025 honorary award to the iconic Dana International

.From the screenwriter of “Chicago” and the director of “Gods and Monsters”, “Kinsey” and “Dream Girls” comes the cinematic production of the Tony award winner musical “The Kiss of the Spider Woman”, based on a 1976 novel by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig.

Valentin, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser who was arrested for indecent exposure. The two make an unexpected connection when Molina tells the plot of an old Hollywood music film named “The Kiss of the Spider Woman” starring his favorite diva, Ingrid Luna.

Aside from the spectacular visual design of the film, you can find three talented actors moving between drama, dancing and singing like they’ve been doing it on a daily basis.

Jennifer Lopez is giving a performance of a lifetime- hypnotizing and unforgettable as if she was born to play the Latina Diva Ingrid Luna. Diego Luna (“Andor”, “Y tu mama tambien”) is Valentin, in one of his best performances and Tonatiuh (“Carry-on”) is truly a rising star.