Queere Kurzfilme: Searching and Arriving

Das sagt der/die Veranstalter:in:

Animierte Schnecken und dunkelrote Lippen, eine zärtliche Anbahnung inmitten widriger Umstände, ein intimes Fotoessay voller Fragen: Das XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin bringt sieben abwechslungsreiche Kurzfilme ins Lenbachhaus! Ob experimentell, dokumentarisch oder szenisch – die Filmschaffenden und ihre Protagonist*innen erkunden queere Identitäten, Empowerment und Widerstand. Welches neue Selbst kann es geben, welche neuen Orte können als Zuhause erlebt werden – ohne dabei die Verbindungen zum Alten zu verlieren?

Merle Groneweg, Kurator*in beim XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin, hat ein Kurzfilmprogramm zusammengestellt, das wir um 14 Uhr und um 16 Uhr im Georg-Knorr-Saal direkt neben dem Eingangsfoyer zeigen werden. Der Eingang zum Saal ist barrierefrei. Das Screening findet am internationalen Museumstag bei freiem Eintritt statt!

Die Filme in Screening-Reihenfolge:

Slug Life
Sophie Koko Gate, Großbritannien 2019, 7 min
We watch one young woman’s unconventional attempt to take control of her own love life by growing the perfect partner - a beautiful giant slug. Both freaks of nature, it’s a seemingly perfect match; until the slug is introduced to the outside world where he develops a taste for dinner parties and stimulating.

I Was Never Really Here
Gabriel Bihina, Deutschland 2022, 23 min
"I Was Never Really Here" is a love story about two boys who meet over a summer that will forever change their lives. Kwesi understands he is not in a privileged position as he awaits the news about his residence permit, but the hot summer days allow the boys to escape for a moment, even if it means holding on to these memories for as long as they can.

Comme Tous Les Garçons 
Morisha Moodley, Großbritannien 2022, 10 min
The name of the film is "commes tous les garçons". It is a meditation on what it means to be/come like all the boys and also what it means to want to be/come like them. It navigates images and ideas of masculinity and trans masculine identity, combining found footage, illustration and personal archive in an act of assemblage that mirrors the erratic and eternal piecing together of a queer identity. The film attempts to trace a story of becoming, the active process of stitching oneself together from a myriad of starting points, whilst also laying bare the moments of conflict and interruption that occurs from this process.

Soft Bwoi
Danny Bailey und Alizée Ndiaye, Großbritannien 2023, 6 min
Filmmaker Danny Bailey returns to our screens with a mission – to turn the derogatory accusation of softness on its head. In yardie culture, “yuh too soft” can mark you from childhood, the equivocation of gentleness and sensitivity with weakness and irrelevance. In this ensemble production, Soft Bwoi (2022) refuses such sentiment and Babylon itself, using folklore and imagery from Caribbean carnival culture and queerness to redefine this misconception. The concealment of emotion, embracing norms, and the repression of femininity are no longer signs of power and strength. Instead, it is in seeking the divine feminine, deep connections with one another and the rejection of toxicity that will unite Black men to find better ways to survive in this harsh but limitless world. Yes lawd!

Queer Exile
Ahmed Awadalla, Deutschland 2024, 10 min
When an activist escapes Egypt after the 2011 revolution, he is forced to start a new life in Berlin, where he hopes to find safety and freedom. Instead, he has to live in a refugee camp in an area where far-right groups stage regular anti-refugee protests. Torn between the hostility in the new home and the nostalgia for his past life, he questions his life choices and what it means to tread a queer path. Delving into memory archives, he develops a new understanding of exile. He forges new friendships with his surroundings and generates a new meaning for homemaking in Berlin.

Flores Del Otro Patio
Jorge Cadena, Kolumbien 2023, 16 min
In northern Colombia, a group of queer activists use their extravagance to denounce the disastrous exploitation of the largest coal mine in Colombia through performative actions.

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