A group of queer best friends arrive at the lake for the perfect getaway. Their Gaycation gets interrupted when the group discovers the lake house has been double booked by a bachelor party.
She’s The Protagonist
The Protagonist, by her given name, is presented to us in her natural environment: a jungle, sadly, often lacking in density. But today enough is enough! Being the mother, the secretary, the lover, the nanny, the baby bottle, the side piece of the main male character is no longer enough for our dear Protagonist! Put on “mute” after the allocated time for female* characters in a film was reached, she runs away with her friend the Voice-Over for a new journey with plenty of humor.
When Hearts are Sad
Simone is suddenly confronted with her ex-wife Nora. After the loss of their daughter, they had no contact for a long time. Simone loses the balance between reason and feeling.
Beș
Asli, a young Turkish woman, no longer lives in the village where she grew up. She lives with her girlfriend and has built a life of her own where she doesn’t have to define herself to anyone. She desperately wants to go to Irem’s engagement party, but is scared that her old friends won’t accept her and her sexuality. When the ritual at the henna-party starts, Asli suddenly sees her younger self. This vision reminds her of her youth, when her friend group played together without judgement and enjoyed each other’s company without a care. This memory reassures Asli and makes her realise she is safe and allowed to be who she is. And so, she realises that she harbours the biggest prejudice and once more feels connected with her Turkish background.
Mother Prays All Day Long
Confused between German bureaucracy and questions about sexuality, Hoda, an Iranian asylum seeker in Berlin, finds herself emotionally and sexually hooked on Magdalena, who promised to grant her stay permission by marrying her. Due to changes in Magdalena’s private life, the decision of marrying Hoda becomes more complex for her.
Butch up
“Stop being miserable.” After hearing her ex’s last words to her, Mi-hae, a lead singer of an independent band, cannot get herself to sing the band’s most popular song, “Oppa’s Girl”.
Mon chéri Soviétique
The film is made of hundreds of photographs telling a story of the last Soviet soldiers leaving Poland in 1990s. The focus of the work is the figure of a soldier who is not fighting on the war front, but takes off his uniform in front of a camera. The author of “Mon chéri Soviétique” supplements photographs from the past with contemporary film material in which he reenacts past events.
The narrator of the film, an elderly anonymous citizen of Wrocław goes back to the beginnings of the 1990s and tells a story about the photographer and his life’s project. He describes a world in-between communism and capitalism through a lens of Polish gays’ relations with Soviet soldiers: through their queer friendships, thrilling love affairs, but also gossip and legends. The film is an attempt to save an uncomfortable, suppressed archive that was destined for destruction. An archive that builds queer memory.
Cancer is a Drag
“Cancer is a Drag” explores the story behind the organization by following the journey of Alan Bugg, who was diagnosed with Grade 4 Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in September 2010. After many cycles of chemotherapy and not being able to work, he found it difficult to make ends meet. During this time, his friends, family and organizations helped him survive financially, mentally and emotionally. Alan was inspired to help others and prevent cancer from being even more of a drag than it is now. Through stories of solidarity between Alan and his friends from the drag community who helped him, stories of celebrating the drag life while kicking cancer in the butt, and stories of successful fundraising, this film brings nothing but joy.
Ob Scene
A personal and sexual diary. A fake user’s manual whose sophistication and audaciousness free it from the traps of what has to be said and the agenda of commonplace.
A disconcerting discourse without instructions, with an exploring spirit and without restrictions.
Glow
In this poetic and observational documentary we follow Yusuf during an ordinary day in his life in the asylum seekers’ center. Slowly, we see how he transforms into his alter ego Grizolda, who gives him hope and strength outside the walls of the asylum seekers’ center.