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Out & Proud
Nov
22
7:35 PM19:35

Out & Proud

  • Zhovten Cinema, Hegemon hall (map)
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Finding your true self and venturing into free love, devoid of intrusive social constructs, is extremely difficult. This year in Out & Proud, we will focus on the search for identity and how the queer community creates a safe space for this search, gives the opportunity to discover yourself and release your desires without fear of judgment.


STARFUCKERS

Antonio Marziale

USA | 2022, 15 min

An intimate evening between a Hollywood director and a callboy. "I'll make you a star". A queer revenge movie.

AT NIGHT WE FLY

Gert-Jan Verdeyen

Belgium | 2021, 17 min

A snapshot of three non-binary friends on dark, deserted streets where there’s space to be themselves – celebrating, crying, talking, enjoying.

WEST BY GOD

Scott Lazer

USA | 2022, 13 min

At a water park deep in the Appalachian Mountains, Nelly locks eyes with Dane. On an awkward date, they drive around their West Virginia town, and Dane shares a version of himself others don’t see.

A WILD PATIENCE HAS TAKEN ME HERE

Érica Sarmet

Brazil | 2021, 26 min

A middle-aged biker is faced with an unexpected but desired encounter with a group of young queer women. When they come together, their universes do not collide but create a timeless identification shared by a common language.

TOO ROUGH

Sean Lionadh

UK, Scotland | 2021, 17 min

After a night of intoxication, a hungover and hysterical Nick wakes up next to his boyfriend Charlie and must conceal him from his own homophobic and dysfunctional family.

 
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FEM* RIOT: On Memory, Solidarity and "Lucky Charms" (Copy)
Nov
22
7:25 PM19:25

FEM* RIOT: On Memory, Solidarity and "Lucky Charms" (Copy)

  • Zhovten Cinema, Classic hall (map)
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To move forward and develop, it is important to remember our history and understand how exactly we got to this point. The power of choice, the awareness of one's past and the desire to get rid of annoying, limiting labels — this is what drives us in the process of forming our own identity. In the six films of the FEM*RIOT program, we will talk about the women who stood up for our rights, remember why we continue this fight and listen to the stories of how traumatic experiences are transformed into strength and scars become evidence of healing.

TEDDY

Milda Baginskaite

UK | 2021, 13 min

Teddy is an identity-focused coming-of-age film, inspired by the cruel reality of teenage pressures to "fit in", whether in culture, class, style or sexuality, the film tells a story of a Lithuanian misfit searching for recognition amongst her British classmates. Its goal is to highlight the power of choice when shaping our own identity and join the conversation around the importance of liberating oneself from labels, especially at a young age.

BOOBS

Marie Valade

Canada, Quebec | 2021, 7 min

A young woman is confronted with the birth of paper breasts on her body and must learn to tame a strange love-hate relationship with her femininity.


FONTIS NYMPH

AIna López

France | 2021, 17 min

At Place de la Concorde, between the obelisk and the Eiffel Tower, where drops of water flow on the breasts of the nymphs caused by the jets of the Fountain of the Seas, conversation, depictions of fable art and ancient descriptions of vulva flow in this short experimental. We center in on Julie, who meets up with her friends and tells them how she first found out about female ejaculation. Creating her own fable.

CICATRICES

Hannah Rosselin

France | 2021, 8 min

C-sections, scoliosis, mastectomies, accidents, tortures… 11 women and trans people, bound by a significant trauma, speak openly, with no barriers.


GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE

Urška Djukić and Emilie Pigeard

UK, England | 2021, 13 min

Four old women, reflect on their memories of old times when they were young and how different the relationships between men and women were back then. Their voices merge into one single voice, that of the grandmother Vera, who tells her story in proper detail. A trip into grandmother’s youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century.

Q&A with Urška Djukić, the director of the film GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE


IN THE SILENCE OF AN ABYSSAL SEA

Juliette Klinke

Belgium | 2021, 19 min

What's worth remembering? Who decides what is worthy of remembrance? Through images shot at the beginning of the 20th century by women filmmakers, the director questions her references. Between past and present, memories and omissions, the audience (re)discovers women who have made cinema what it is today. A sensorial and poetic journey questionning about our own knowledge and social constructions.

Q&A with Juliette Klinke, the director of the film IN THE SILENCE OF AN ABYSSAL SEA


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Midnight Sexy Shorts
Nov
21
7:35 PM19:35

Midnight Sexy Shorts

In this year's Midnight Sexy Shorts section, we invite you to talk about the limits of physical and emotional intimacy. Why does a spark ignite between people? Where can labyrinths of sensations lead? What is love and is there a line of frankness that should not be crossed? In this sensual mix of genres and forms, we will continue the dialogue about the deep nature of desire and ecstatic fantasies that tempt to adventure.


TROY

Mike Donahue

USA || 2022, 16 min

Follows a darkly comedic tale about the unexpected consequences of unasked-for intimacy.

ASPIRATIONAL SLUT

Caroline Lindy

USA || 2022, 15 min

A newly heartbroken woman, on the advice of a pizza guy, learns to separate love from sex and over a series of wild random hookups, she learns to put them back together.

WET

Lauriane Montpert, Mélina Mandon, Elvira Taussac, Marianne Bergeonneau

France || 2022, 6 min

A lady attempts to seduce her masseur, leading them both into a maze of sensation, flesh, and steam.

SAUNA

Anna Lena Spring, Lara Perren

Switzerland || 2021, 4 min

Ava enters the Sauna for the first time. She is overwhelmed by the nudity, her thoughts, and the physical sensations. The other guests go about their routines. With the rising heat, Ava starts to relax. Finally, she melts away and dissolves into complete ecstasy.

CHLOE CHERRY LIKES HER MEN LIKE HER TEA

Max Sherman

USA || 2022, 2 min

Chloe Cherry likes her tea hot, but not, like, burning hot.

EATING IN THE DARK

Inari Sirola

UK || 2022, 9 min

Through snakey dildos, setting boundaries and a journey through a mind bending forest, we follow Siro’s quest for self discovery.

SALMON MEN

EISPRUNG, Veronica L. Montaño, Manuela Leuenberger, Joel Hofmann

Switzerland || 2020, 6 min

The salmon want to reproduce.
While the salmon men are swimming upstream in a testosterone-driven race, at the source the women indulge themselves in a fertility dance. But the roles aren’t set as clearly as the men expect.

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The One Minutes Jr. Ukraine (2016-2017)
Nov
21
6:10 PM18:10

The One Minutes Jr. Ukraine (2016-2017)

46 touching and sincere stories told by children from the regions near the frontline. These are the voice of a new generation that grew up under the sound of shelling, and it warns against indifference. We could pretend that it didn’t concern us and the war was somewhere far away, but in reality, it was close, and the 24th of February affected everyone. In 2016 and 2017, long before russia’s full-scale invasion, The One Minutes went to Ukraine multiple times for workshops with young people in Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Dobropillia, Kharkiv, Liman, Mariupol, Melitopol, Severodonestk, Sloviansk, and Volnovakha. They sought to find out how children who grew up so close to the frontline lived and what their dreams were. The result of this project is a series of 1-minute films, which we will show for the first time in Ukraine at KISFF. The heroes of these films are no longer children, and many of these cities are now destroyed by russian invaders. For us, this almanac is a reminder that there is no such thing as someone else’s grief.


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Queerment Québec
Nov
19
5:30 PM17:30

Queerment Québec

  • Zhovten Cinema, Hegemon hall (map)
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Montreal's 35th Image+Nation festival of LGBT2SQ+ cinema celebrates Montreal image-makers in their annual Queerment Québec program. Coming-of-age stories, the searching for your true self and the sensation of absolute freedom instead of the oppressive borders that bind your desires — all in this eclectic and entertaining mix of emerging and established talent.

 
 

BLUE LIPS

Philippe Hamelin

Canada || 2020, 7 min

Using synthetic images, the gorgeous animation, Lèvres bleues (Blue Lips) reconstructs the memory of a loving moment.

FALENA

Nancy Pettinicchio

Canada || 2021, 16 min

Intrigued and inspired by an unexpected encounter with an older neighbour, Leila spends her last days in the suburbs exploring her identity through nude photography. As she faces her transition to adulthood, Leila is confronted with her changing relationship to her best friend Cassy.

ALEX

Jean-Pierre Huot

Canada || 2022, 18 min

A prostitute becomes friends with an old woman who is his complete opposite. This friendship deeply transforms the young man. However, she keeps a grave secret that will upset their relationship.

ABUNDANCE

Justine Rivard

Canada || 2022, 6 min

The movements of the water unite with those of the dance, moving the filmmaker to finally recognize himself in it.

NUIT BLONDE

Gabrielle Demers

Canada || 2022, 16 min

At night, Victor walks without supervision to live his life.

COEXHISTENCE

Youri Létourneau-Langlois

Canada || 2022, 14 min

Sophie lives as a recluse and increasingly feels herself in a dissociated state. While trying to escape through poetry, a strange presence heightens her anguish, making her speech more and more irrational.

 
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The One Minutes Jr. Ukraine (2016-2017)
Nov
18
6:00 PM18:00

The One Minutes Jr. Ukraine (2016-2017)

46 touching and sincere stories told by children from the regions near the frontline. These are the voice of a new generation that grew up under the sound of shelling, and it warns against indifference. We could pretend that it didn’t concern us and the war was somewhere far away, but in reality, it was close, and the 24th of February affected everyone. In 2016 and 2017, long before russia’s full-scale invasion, The One Minutes went to Ukraine multiple times for workshops with young people in Avdiivka, Bakhmut, Dobropillia, Kharkiv, Liman, Mariupol, Melitopol, Severodonestk, Sloviansk, and Volnovakha. They sought to find out how children who grew up so close to the frontline lived and what their dreams were. The result of this project is a series of 1-minute films, which we will show for the first time in Ukraine at KISFF. The heroes of these films are no longer children, and many of these cities are now destroyed by russian invaders. For us, this almanac is a reminder that there is no such thing as someone else’s grief.


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